sure looks that way to me. what apple did for personal music players with the ipod may be peanuts compared to what the iphone, unveiled today at macworld expo 2007, may do for cell phones, pdas and well, ipods. this thing is a monster when it comes to the amount of technology that apple has packed into a device that is just slightly larger than the current full-size ipod: 3.5 inch widescreen display, mac os x with email and web browsing, wi-fi, bluetooth, a 2mp camera, and a new multi-touch on-screen user interface. the only drawbacks are [...]
pretty slow day today, mostly because i seem to have caught another bug that's going around. nothing nearly as bad as that stomach flu i had last week, but still a pain. i never usually get sick, so hopefully this is just a little bad luck. but my bad luck is relative--charles at heartache with hard work had his laptop, ipod, and digital camera stolen out of his car as he's been visiting los angeles. as if the financial burden of replacing those items wasn't enough, his laptop contained all of his music and his ipod [...]
this could very well be my favorite song ever. the lyrics were penned by woody guthrie , the songwriter probably best known for his folk song " this land is your land ". guthrie was a prolific writer whose experiences in life imparted on him the ability to identify and resonate with the every-man. his writings tended to focus on the social and political plight of the disenfranchised, with particular attention paid to his desire to kill fascists with his guitar. however, "remember the mountain bed" is, at its core, a tale of love, and more beautiful [...]
i'm not really sure how my last two posts fit in with my only-substantive-post policy, but the well is a little dry lately. so bear with me. i finally started up one of those myspace thingamajigs last week and finally started messing around with it. starting the process of adding friends, how could i not have this song in my head? camera obscura : "i need all the friends i can get" mp3 from the lp let's get out of this country [...]
i have nothing nice to say today. but it is new years day, so there's that. happy new year. here's a new years song you might not have heard. madder rose : "happy new year" mp3 from the lp panic on ( atlantic records , 1994)
as 2006 winds down to a close, i'd just like to say that these first five months of sand is overrated have been personally very rewarding and a lot of fun as well. i've had the good fortune of a meeting a lot of really interesting people who have helped draw me ever closer to this world we are all so crazy about. as the site continues to evolve and take shape, i hope that i can provide to some other people just half of what i get out of writing my own blog and reading all the [...]
greenpeace.uk all i can say is, it's about time. from the washington post : the bush administration has decided to propose listing the polar bear as threatened under the endangered species act, putting the u.s. government on record as saying that global warming could drive one of the world's most recognizable animals out of existence. ... because scientists have concluded that carbon dioxide from power plant and auto emissions is helping drive climate change worldwide, putting polar bears on the endangered species list raises the [...]
seriously. worst christmas ever. it was bad enough that i just could not seem to get into the holiday spirits this year, but then to have to suffer through the worst stomach flu ever as well? that's just plain mean. but that's okay. i'm over it. the good thing about not having the energy to do anything the past couple of days was that i had ample time for music browsing and blog reading. i read all sorts of eulogies and remembrances to the late great james brown. and rachel at untitled [...]
i have a birthday coming up. next tuesday. sort of a big one. i have been pondering whether if i refuse to acknowledge it, will it still occur? if i really have to acknowledge it, can i go back a year instead of forward a year? is it possible to legally change my age? along with the genes in my blood comes the blessed curse of never looking my age--i probably haven't looked my age since i was eight. i know i'll be grateful when i'm 40, but for now it's just a bit of an annoyance for [...]
finally, the third and final part of 2006 is overrated , my end-of-the-year lists ( part one , part two ). in retrospect, 2006 was a very good year in music. although i think it lacked a truly life-changing album for me, there were a lot of very good albums encompassing every aspect of music that i love. before looking at the best of those albums, there were a few that i hated to leave off my list and a few that i think might in time be considered among my 10 favorites of [...]
continuing on with 2006 is overrated , part two spotlights my twelve favorite tracks of the year (part one, with tracks 13-20 and my favorite concerts of the year, is here ) tracks of the year (1-12) 12. the elected : "did me good" mp3 from the lp sun, sun, sun ( subpop ) on an album full of songs that i saw myself in, there [...]
here is the first of three parts of my 2006 is overrated end-of-the-year-lists. part two, tracks of the year (1-12), comes tomorrow; and part three, albums of the year, will run on sunday. enjoy! tracks of the year (13-20) i had hoped to provide comments for each of these tracks but i've run out of steam under the sheer weight of this whole undertaking. 20. loose fur : "the ruling class" [...]
given that the commercialization of christmas seemingly starts just after labor day these days, there is just too much time for the idea of a christmas mix to not become a tired, worn-out cliche. as such, i swore i would not partake in the festivities this year. bah. humbug. however, given that this is my first holiday season with sand is overrated , i felt i would be remiss if i failed to post my one favorite christmas song, "winter wonderland." as best i can recall, the first album that i ever bought* was the first volume [...]
a few notes: first, in the interest of full-disclosure, let me acknowledge that i received this cd from memphis' record label, good fences , as part of a really nice package that included the sealed cd, a memphis scratchpad, and two pins. that said, i feel good about saying that my feelings about this album are unbiased and not influenced by how well the label treated me. second, on that same note, it seems to me that this is really how record labels should work [...]
the past three days have been an extremely introspective time for me and sand is overrated . i've been considering a lot of issues which i hope will help me to shape and transform this site into exactly what i wish it to be. what i've been thinking about can basically be broken down into what sand is overrated was becoming, what i wanted it to be, and how to make that happen. if i may, let me briefly explain what i've been contemplating. in the four months since sand [...]
so, perhaps in response to my disappointment in seeing him with a full band in september (yeah...right), m. ward has announced a short burst of shows, solo and unfettered . and wouldn't you know it, he'll be playing february 2nd at the el rey theatre. sweet mother of juan carlos! presale tickets went on sale this morning through the very excellent ducatking ticketing distribution, so get them while they're hot! tour dates: jan 26 – new york, ny @ town hall theatre jan [...]
so, perhaps in response to my disappointment in seeing him with a full band in september (yeah...right), m. ward has announced a short burst of shows, solo and unfettered . and wouldn't you know it, he'll be playing february 2nd at the el rey theatre. sweet mother of juan carlos! presale tickets went on sale this morning through the very excellent ducatking ticketing distribution, so get them while they're hot! i know, i know--m. ward again? i swear i can't help it if the guy is always [...]
...is the feeling of the day. i've been contemplating a lot of blog-related issues today. a lot of the thoughts i'm having are going to lead to changes. but they still need time to percolate. before i can put them down to keyboard. in the meantime. this fits. wilco : " woodgrain " (mp3) from the ep more like the moon ( nonesuch , 2003) i'm not a poet [...]
still on a bit of a grant lee phillips / buffalo kick lately, and the one song that i can never get past is "susanna little", off grant's 2004 solo effort, virginia creeper . he's always had a knack for sprawling, cinematic, song-based storytelling, but in my mind it doesn't get any better than this. grant is about half american indian and this is essentially the story of his great-grandmother, who he never knew, as passed on to him through his mother. musically simple, with a lone piano, hushed fiddle, and the harmonizing vocals of cindy [...]
anyone remotely familiar with sand is overrated probably knows that i love m. ward . he is a man of many abilities, from his gravelly-voiced hushed tones to his god-like finger-picking, from his impeccable songwriting to his peerless production sensibilities. his many talents have made him highly sought-after in the music world and he seems to be friends with everyone. over the years he has been involved with a number of collaborative projects, including a monsters of folk super-tour with conor oberst of bright eyes and jim james of [...]
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