What’s In a Voice?

I’ve been thinking about this one for quite some time…music, especially Indie music, is about more than just the music. It’s about the words. It’s about the singer. The genius of Indie is that each band has a distinct personality, that evades the normal “Write about the same thing” nonsense you hear on mainstream radio. [...]

Death Cab – A tale of too long and too short OR Amazon out of the dog-house

First, a Kudos to Amazon for rectifying the previous incident reported on this blog…when approached (for the 2nd time) about their faulty policy in shipping items altogether when you do super-saver shipping, they shipped my new Death Cab CD out immediately and swallowed the $2-$3 shipping at the same time. Now on to my much [...]

American Doll Posse = Neo Tori

I got my hands on a copy of Tori Amos’ latest CD (yeah, I know it’s a bit late, but hey, I’ve got 0 budget here). I’ve been a Tori fan for decades, though I’ve never thought she’s done much of note since Little Earthquakes. Sure, a hit here, a good song there. (I don’t [...]