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Sebadoh at the Paradise

Bradley’s Almanac has Sebadoh Live at the Paradise: Overall, great set, nice and long, and not super-tight… but if it was, it wouldn’t have been Sebadoh. Nice to…

Aquarium Drunkard

Another fantastic mp3 blog and podcast which has have been lamely late in recommending (this post has sat in draft mode for over six months now) is Aquarium…

Looking for a new WordPress Plug-in

Anyone know of a decent WordPress plugin for blogging about new music purchases? What I’m looking for is basically something to pull in the CD image and perhaps…

Vegan Cotswolds

My wife and I recently spend a week and a half in the UK and Ireland. This post is the first in a series about the vegan goodness…

Wagamama in Boston!

I guess I’m a bit behind in reporting this, since they opened back in April 2007, but Wagamama has a Boston location at Fanueil Hall! (There’s a map…

Dinosaur Jr in store – Harvard Square Urban Outfitters, June 11

Update (6/15/07): The always reliable Bradley’s Almanac has mp3s and a description of the show. He also points to (bottom of the article) other places for photos and…

Andrew Bird Live at the Paradiso

Fabchannel.com is running a video of Andrew Bird live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, from May 24th 2007.

Long Island Railroad Sign

Long Island Railroad Sign What do you suppose the icon in the bottom right of the “fire” section is supposed to be? I can understand the “tracks are…

Harvard Philosophy: Facing Animals

Full video from a panel at Harvard on April 24th, 2007.

Ben Gibbard live in Somerville

Bradley’s Almanac has mp3s of Ben Gibbard at the Somerville Theater, from last Monday. Setlist includes Nirvana’s All Apologies (on Piano, nonetheless) as well as 10 Death Cab…

Is Kevin Cole reading my mind?

How else does he know all the music I like, sometimes even before I do? Check out the track list for Music That Matters Volume 43: Cloud Cult…

The Internet Archives

This posting on the Mental Floss blog reminded me of a resource I often forget: the live music archive: The Live Music Archive currently contains nearly 40,000 recordings…

Oh Nine, Eff Nine

‘Nuf said?

Je ne te connais pas

So I grabbed the FreeIndie.com web mix of Prototypes back in January, thinking it sounded like fun: Like baguettes and brie, Prototypes give us a reason to like…

Milling Gowns Flophouse Sessions

Favorite new, unexpected gem of the week: Flophouse Sessions 51: The Milling Gowns. The Flophouse Sessions is a wonderfully cool show produced by Andy Guthrie and Jen Kelley,…

More food options in NY

Not all vegan (or even all vegetarian!) but with some veg-friendly options. I’ve been staying alot over the last month or so in the midtown-west / clinton /…

More time to call your representatives

(via ars technica) Good news: Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US…

Save Internet Radio!

As you’ve likely seen reported, the Copyright Royalty Board decided to dramatically increase royalty rates for internet streaming, and changing the way that such royalties are calculated. This…

Free Albums, no Guilt

Another great source of music online is FreeIndie.com – they make available full albums (usually more like an EP length – 5 or 6 songs) from independent artists…

Wilco Rarities

Via Retro Music Snob, I discovered these wonderful posts on Pop Headwound: Wilco – Rare Tracks, Vol 1. Wilco – Rare Tracks, Vol 2. Not only are the…