By Russ Starke on Oct 24, 2007 in Music | 2 Comments
CD: Fourteen Trips Around The Sun
Although it has nothing to do with me liking the music of Half Acre Day, it’s very tough to argue with any group that, after some very light correspondence, sends you a high-quality fake mustache that can be bent and fashioned into the “handlebar” and other dashing styles. Cunning.
Anyway, I’ve [...]
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By Russ Starke on Sep 16, 2007 in Music | 0 Comments
CD: Our One Mistake
I have definitely been remiss on this one. I played a track from The Old Ceremony back on Podcast 28, and their full length hasn’t left my player since. Sadly, I’m only getting around to writing about it now. For shame!
The first time I listened to this Chapel Hil band’s latest [...]
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By Russ Starke on Mar 8, 2007 in Music | 0 Comments
CD: Ticker Symbols
For years a good buddy of mine has been telling me to check out local Philly band Overlord (they’ve now relocated to Brooklyn), and it became an (admittedly lame) joke between us how little I knew about their music. Of course there was the typical banter that has plagued the band from the [...]
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By Russ Starke on Oct 8, 2006 in Music | 0 Comments
CD: Bunnies and Bombs
If Alan Lomax had been born 70 years later, he’d probably be gallivanting around the U.S. right now with a digital MP3 recorder trying to capture the essence of American music much like he did with that big ol’ analog rig in the early years of the last century. He’d no doubt [...]
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