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A short while back I posed a question. Scroll down and you will find it. It’s pretty simple. As a decade shifts out of infancy into maturity it seems that some band, group, someone releases an album that pretty much defines the decade. The Beatles did it with Sgt. Pepper. Continue Reading

In 1973 Barnaby Jones debuted.17 years later Seinfeld would bow. It has been 17 years since Seinfeld’s first episode.I feel fucking old.

blogging from the iPod touch: I finally discover radiohead just in time for them to change the very fabric of the music industry.News out of radioheadland: new album. $80 super disc/cd/vinyl/booklet/digital package. Sell through direct by the now labelless bandor you can just purchase the digital download: price? Donation only.pay Continue Reading

Today I listened, I mean, really listened to Radiohead’s OK Computer for the first time. Fine. Shut up. I’ve been busy. And snobby. And I even followed it up with Kid A and Liked that, if you can believe it. Maybe I’ve mellowed or perhaps it was that oatmeal with Continue Reading

Yeah, I couldn’t fucking wait. You don’t understand. I HAVE NO IPOD! My 60g photopod goes “sad Ipod” when the battery is EVEN SLIGHTLY low. I lost the teeny shuffle that someone gave me for working on their commercial last year (hey, Apple! What? You can’t make it even smaller Continue Reading

All this brouhaha about Britney…..allow Septenary to maintain perspective, please. 1963. Beatles “She Loves You” breaks the band stateside. Boys appear on Ed Sullivan. Phenomenon ensues.1970. Beatles release “Let it Be”. Then break up.In between there are amazing albums, mind altering drugs, advances in technology and production, the Summer of Continue Reading

Right now go to I, Splotchy for these as well as other great tunes.The theme was “What’s in a Word”. All submitted songs must contain ONE word and it could not be a name or proper noun of any kind. Nor could it be a made up word.Here is my Continue Reading

No, it’s not a colorful poolside umbrella drink, though it seems like it might be tasty and have a little kick. It’s the virtual mixtape over at I, Splotchy.Because I raised my hand afore many others who wished to be a part of it, you all get to bear witness Continue Reading

It was mid 1988. I was 9 months into my new life in los Angeles and about 6 months away from retreat back to the east coast. My apartment was a shared basement piece of ugly in West Hollywood, near the corner of Holloway and Sunset. I was a 30 Continue Reading

(reprinted from Life with Zoe) Another hotel room. Back in Vancouver this time. Itunes has chosen “Seperate Ways” by Journey and that seems appropriate. Not lonely, not really bored, I’ve culled enough watching and reading material for the trip. Trust me, 4 hours of Kevin Smith monologuing is more than Continue Reading