RTP oh 7 Top 10 - Pete W

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
-released July 10
Catchy stuff from this southern band. A comeback, even.
No Shouts No Calls - Electrelane
-released April 30
Thx to Benom for turning me onto this record. Easy-listening fun.
American Doll Posse - Tori Amos
-released May 1
Tori has always been fearless and creative. And she gets a high-five for having the […]

Disappointments and Guilty Pleasures

Small Sins’ eponymous debut album of 2006 was ‘one pleasant surprise’, as Benom might say. I still go back to it frequently. It is groovy, an easy listen that is fun and enjoyable.
Which is why I’m disappointed by their 2007 release (officially launched in late September). The band still loves synthesizers, but their sophomore […]

Whiney Jill stuck in a rut?

Woe is Jill Sobule. Poor gal whines a bit in her latest tune, picking on record companies, out-of-style execs, plus her own indecisiveness about how to release her new music, and what angles she should be taking that will (we assume) get her back on another big soundtrack.
All the while she doesn’t revel in the […]

Rock Stars of Tech

Not a musically-inclined post, but it is inspired by the long-recognized tech world rock star Guy Kawasaki.
Guy’s blog post about how to not hire via Craigslist is classic.

When he’s 64…

Paul McCartney showed up in the headlines again this week, and his ex-wife was all over the news this past week due to the paparrazi that was found guilty of harassing her. Some ‘expert’ talks about Paul’s shame in this article, but I have to imagine Paul is a bit PO’d about his new record […]

Patio Music

Here in the pedestrian ‘burbs, my wife tends to freak out any time I want to stretch the speakers (The Black Keys are a speaker stretching fave lately), but I can always chill her out and get the kiddies bopping around with some early Robert Palmer.
Yes, that’s right, the guy most remember for Addicted to […]