/ oct 2010

1. 10.07.2010 | 6:23 PM EST

   Play It Pretty for Atlanta:
   The National Live @ The Fabulous Fox Theater iPhone 4G + CameraBag Flew to my home town last weekend to visit family and friends, and lo and behold, who happens to be playing at one the most historic, stunning venues in the country? High-lights:...

/ aug 2010

1. 08.20.2010 | 9:23 EST

   Mix Tape: Empire Blues Vol. 5 …chapter five in a maudlin series of sad bastard music for half-broken New Yorkers. “The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might...

/ may 2010

1. 05.19.2010 | 5:23 EST

   Backwards + Forwards:
   New Music from MGMT + Broken Social Scene This will be short, time is scarce this week, but I’ve spent the day absorbing these two new records. Both quite good, if not a little surprising.   MGMT: Brian Eno MGMT’s 2005 debut,...

2. 05.12.2010 | 11:23 PM EST

   Purple Prose for High Violet Terrible Love For the suburban teen, October is by far the cruelest month. Summer’s memory still lingers as the full force of winter fast approaches. Daylight Savings Time darkens the damp walk home...

3. 05.10.2010 | 7:23 PM EST

   Paris. Pavement. OMFG. This slideshow includes an audio track. If you have a boss or sleeping baby, mute your speakers. Otherwise, crank it up! Matt, Scott and I were infants when the Velvet Underground released their firs...

4. 05.06.2010 | 8:23 AM EST

   The National
   High Violet Tour 2010 Day 1: London The whirlwind three-city, four day tour begins, leaving JFK 10PM Tuesday night, arriving London Heathrow 9:30AM the next day. 3 hours sleep. 8 hours on a cramped plane seat, several train rides and a ...

5. 05.04.2010 | 7:09 PM EST

   Elton or Lennon? Friend Bradyspud took this iPhone photo on an East Village sidewalk and asked me whom I thought the stencil rendering was intended to depict. Quite a riddle. It’s well known that John and Elton ...

/ apr 2010

1. 04.24.2010 | 10:23 EST

   Keep It Simple, Stupid: A Response to Reader
   Comments on The New York Time’s article
   “The National Agenda” Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. And there’s no accounting for taste when it comes to something like pop music. I could easily be accused of bias and puckering up to The National lads’ ...

2. 04.16.2010 | 12:23 PM EST

   Tax Man: The Marble Tea’s Sunny Afternoon Rock ‘n Read To quote from How To Get Ahead In Advertising: No one ever remembers a late delivery. They only remember a bad one. Well, seeing as this post is one day past due, I guess I better m...

3. 04.12.2010 | 11:23 PM EST

   This Charming Man:
   Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra, Joe’s Pub NYC all photos Nikon D500s | 85mm f/1.8 3200 ISO | © maunet.com Why lead off this piece with a photo of anyone other than the man who charmed the pants off all those in attendance last night? Just look a...