Full disclosure: I love Jameson. I began a long love affair with whiskey during my college years. I had a hard time getting drunk drinking beer because I had a lot of tummy trouble at the time and the carbonation made it difficult to drink large amounts without blowing chunks. Whiskey has been a close friend of mine ever since. Continue reading
Everyone knows at least one Cat Lady. You know the type: totally obsessed with their feline companion(s), constantly showing pictures of their cat(s) to strangers, 10+ nicknames for their pet, fleeces covered in dander, bedrooms that smell like urine, shredded furniture, serious Continue reading
It’s only a few weeks late!
Since the old Northern Lights venue in Clifton Park, NY has changed hands and been renamed The Upstate Concert Hall the shows have gotten a lot better. 1) It seems as though they have finally put some capable person in charge of the acoustics so that they don’t sound absolutely awful at every show, and 2) They actually attract acts worth seeing; there are still bullshit stoner cover bands which wrangle the desperate, scene-less 40&50-somethings, but NYC’s A$AP Rocky was in Upstate New York a few months back, Foals play there this coming Monday and Wales’ The Joy Formidable Continue reading
I was thrilled when I heard that Dirty Projectors would be playing at Skidmore College in Saratoga, NY, a mere 30 minute drive. I had been to the venue before some years ago for a Wilco show. It’s a gymnasium but the acoustics are surprisingly sharp.
My girlfriend, two friends and I arrived unfashionably early Continue reading
Photo by Nicki Bertsch
April 20th is a day that is (in)famous for a number of reasons. It’s Hitler’s birthday. It’s the anniversary date of the Columbine school shooting. Pot-smokers celebrate 4/20 by getting rather ripped. Today the nation celebrated the capture of the Chechnyan bomber who had terrorized Boston, MA since Monday. And, on a sunnier note, April 20th, 2013 marked the sixth annual Record Store Day, a day of frivolous spending for audiophiles. Continue reading
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook (2013)
This is a book that I was so excited about that I pre-ordered it twice (a drunken oversight as the book’s publication was backed out a few months). Not only was there a new back-story to one of my all-time favorite bands, it was told by the band’s bassist. Continue reading
Above: My ticket to the show atop Al Di Meola’s 1976 debut Land of the Midnight Sun.
I have to say that I’m glad that I subscribed to The Egg’s email list some months ago because I’m not sure that I would have heard about this show otherwise. Last Sunday night two legends of jazz in Al Di Meola and Gonzalo Rubalcaba played at the Swyer Theatre within The Egg. Continue reading
I know that it’s belated, but I did want to wish you readers a happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I don’t have anything against the holiday per se. I very much enjoy pounding corned beef and cabbage. I love spending time with family. My paternal grandmother’s birthday often times fell on St. Patrick’s Day. BUT, I had the great displeasure of spending this past St. Patrick’s Day weekend Continue reading
This was supposed to be published 12/14/2013 and then it wasn’t.
Though Guided by Voices didn’t have any big winners this year, they would definitely be up for a Most Productive of 2012 nomination. The Bears for Lunch was the third LP released this year Continue reading
While most of you are likely past agruing about the Academy Awards with coworkers, I’m still aghast at this year’s Grammys. February 10th saw the 55th Annual Grammy Awards and to borrow a title from Joy Division it was an atrocity exhibition. I myself didn’t watch the program, not so much an act of defiance as the absence of cable in my apartment, but after seeing the list of winners Continue reading
the self-hating hipster 