What was the compact version of my regular blog, Bowlful of Crickets, including abstracts from there, the tunes I play on Blip.fm, and the occasional re-blog of some of the fine people using Tumblr. Not sure what this will be next.

The 2008 Timmy Awards!

It should come as little surprise, based on how seldom I update this blog, that it took me soooo long to complete my 2008 Top 50 albums list. Well, it’s done.

Reviews: Pitchfork Food and The Flaming Lips

I wrote two reviews for WindyCitizen’s Pitchfork blog: one on the food at the ‘Fork, and the other on the Flaming Lips’ set that closed the event. Check them out if you are so inclined.

My…

Pitchfork Music Festival ‘09, Day One

I’m covering food at the ‘Fork for the fine people at WindyCitizen’s Pitchfork Music Festival Blog (article should be there on Monday), but thought I’d share some more detailed thoughts here.

What’s worse than yo-yo dieting?

Yo-yo blogging, of course. I’m alive and well, hoping to get back on the writing horse. Still finishing up my 2008 best-of, it’s pretty much my white whale now. Doing tweets and blog posts for the…

listening to "freedy_johnston_bad_reputation - "

nice @evablue, haven’t heard this one in years, thanks for reminding me of this great tune.

listening to "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Tommy Boyce

They wrote a lot of the Monkees tunes, kept this for themselves…

listening to "Fox on the Run - Dondero High School"

These kids are alright…

listening to "You're All I Need To Get By (ft. Wale) - Mark Ronson"

cover of a cover…

listening to "Life Is A Highway (1992) - Tom Cochrane"

a guilty pleasure…

listening to "Oxford Comma (Daytrotter Session - 22 October 2007) - Vampire Weekend"

Overrated maybe, but still a fun listen. Here’s the Daytrotter version…