My apologies to the arachnophobes out there. I was so caught up in the technical mastery exhibited in yesterday's spider photo that it didn't occur to me that some of you might freak out. It should have, really. I worked with the most insect phobic person I've ever encountered for a couple of years at Oxford. If a fly buzzed into the lab, she would run screaming and refuse to return to work until there was confirmation that the harmless bug had left the building. I was bored at my job. Very bored. When I'm bored, [...]
Jeez, when you have a ton of music sent to you by some very talented people, where do you start? Seems these fine folks just want you to hear their music and really don't care about anyone having legal issues with it. That's not only pretty cool but a big relief, because if this blog has to go from music to cooking or gardening I'm in deep shit. • • • • First up is a band called Basement Band. A couple of buddies-Jeff Malinowski (guitar, vocals) and John Durgee (drums, vocals)-loaded [...]
It's not "news" that Gavin DeGraw's spot National Underground is one of NYC's best music venues- and what's more is that it's managed to remain somewhat 'untrendy' in the everchanging landscape of the LES . The space regularly brings together unique bluegrass, folk, country and rock acts that might have otherwise lacked a 'home' in this fast-paced city. Last night I had the pleasure of taking in the sounds of The Basement Band which was recently named Nat'l Underground's Thursday night house band. The Village Voice say s "Basement [...]
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