http://www.chapstickweekly.com For the prudent gentleman or gentlelady. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:15:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sooooooooooo!!!!! Where to begin where to begin. I have been to Chicago. I have been there many times and again and again, and it puts something on the end of my tongue that will never be spit out. No wonder there is this laughable irony when I say ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2009/08/03/chicagoan-like-obi-wan/ Amidst the sounds of bongs gurgling, horns blaring, and rhyme words, snares, and shakers ridiculously reverberating, that catchy, funny accent that can only be deemed “Rasta” heralds the long-awaited Beatles tribute album from Easy Star All Stars: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Dub Band. The third album of its kind, Dub Band follows up tributes Radiodread (Radiohead, OK ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2009/08/03/easy-star-all-stars-sgt-dub/   “I want to write something of my own, and for it to seem like I have quoted one of the greats. I want to turn the heads of all the casual readers and those that I can no longer just assume will love me.  I want to turn your understanding ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2009/05/15/the-competitors/ A quick moment of reflection before I launch into this one. I think I became employed today...although I’m still looking for a better job...economic crisis aside, I really did just need to start working. (More on that later.) Two thoughts, simple yet profound, on what people are ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/reflections/ Please Note, I could not get several of these tracks to work. So here's the list! The Chemical Brothers - The State We’re In The Chemical Brothers – Denmark Cut Copy – Lights & Music Pacific! – Number One Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy Kaiser Chiefs – Addicted to Drugs Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish Lost In ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/i-miss-you-and-you-know-who-you-are-mix/ Department of Eagles, In Ear Park TV On The Radio, Dear Science Thievery Corporation, Radio Retaliation Radiohead, In Rainbows Megafaun, Bury the Square http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/albumen-2/ Really quick, some one-sentence summaries for the shows I’ve seen over my extended chapped lipped period recently. Please note the effort I give to masking my run-on sentences. ps. Where's my chippie? pps. Everybody's famous on YouTube. pps. This is me on a daily basis, really, it's just funnier ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/chapstick/ Imagine taking a best of album of the greatest lovemaking songs of the 70s and 80s, then having someone with the voice of a baby angel cover them with a superbly laid back electronic act. You’ll be close to where the sounds of Koushik take you. Their new ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/koushik/ Man, I was wrong to dismiss this one. The new album, Dear Science, definitely resonates with me on several levels. And to think! The previous albums, so lackluster and outside my liking due to their metallic sheenlessness. Maybe somebody put a few quarters (or dollars or ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/tv-on-the-radio/ One man and his laptop is how some people may describe this one after seeing the live performance, but the music speaks to a classic folk tradition that goes well into Appalachia. Acoustic guitars and self-made vocal harmonies decorate a vast landscape that spans genres from country to electronic, ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/the-electric-owls/ Emergent! After leading off with two singles, this group has its expectations to fulfill. Spacial, pressing music backs an emotionally charged, timid voice on their track All Roads Lead to You. Closing my eyes, I see years span before me, from the years when I could hear ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/lost-in-los-angeles/ Buy the new Kaiser Chiefs album, Off With Their Heads. Teaming with producer Mark Ronson and complete with a Cut Copy remix, this album literally blew me away (J/K...I am laughing at that description because it is so lame – what does that even mean). Anyway, I can't ... http://www.chapstickweekly.com/2008/12/10/buy-the-new-kaiser-chiefs/