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  • Coffee so close and yet so far

    Coffee so close and yet so far

  • Revere beach in the am

    Revere beach in the am

  • Wolfe Spirit

    Wolfe Spirit

  • Last morning in Jackson Hole for – will miss the view

    Last morning in Jackson Hole for – will miss the view

  • Leadership Brunch

    Leadership Brunch

  • Potential 10upper?

    Potential 10upper?

  • Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U

    Most of us know this song via Sinéad O’Connor’s version, but the Prince Estate just released this recording from 1984, with footage from rehearsals with the Revolution.

  • Laura Marling Covers Dylan

    (via Paste)

  • Day of the Dead

    4AD released this week the Grateful Dead tribute compilation Day of the Dead – it’s the 20th album in the Red Hot series to help raise money and awareness about HIV/Aids. Stream it below. https://open.spotify.com/album/19aZxgHJEtveuVPhDFTMMG

  • AV Club Undercover Video Series

    Not sure how I missed this, but a series the AV Club at the Onion has been doing since 2010, in which bands come in and do cover songs in the AV Club offices in Chicago. Here’s the YouTube playlists: A.V. Club Undercover 2010 A.V. Club Undercover 2011 A.V. Club Undercover 2012 A.V. Club Undercover…

  • Strung Out in Heaven

    New collaboration between Amanda Palmer and Jherek Bischoff, a tribute to David Bowie via String Quartet, including: Blackstar (featuring Anna Calvi) Space Oddity (featuring Neil Gaiman) Ashes to Ashes Heroes (Featuring John Cameron Mitchell) Helden (Single Version)(Featuring John Cameron Mitchel Jherek Bischoff – Life on Mars? (Instrumental) Releases tomorrow, pre-order for $1 USD or more.…

  • KCRW VR App

    The fine folks at KCRW have introduced a VR app, which you can use with viewers like Cardboard and your Android or iOS phone, to view performances from the KCRW studios. Lots of wonderful performances come through KCRW studios, so I’m really happy to see this. Not sure if I’m yet brave enough to travel…

  • Gropius House

    (Photo from Historic New England) Last week we toured the Gropius House in Lincoln, MA – where Walter Gropius, his wife Ise, and daughter Ati lived from 1938 until Ise’s death in 1983. It’s not your typical Historic New England (formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities) type house-museum, as most of their…

  • Steve Martin & Edie Brickell “Won’t Go Back”

    Loved their last collaboration – looking forward to the release of So Familiar. Official Store Amazon

  • Daft Labeouf

  • Joseph Arthur at the Me & Thee

    It was great to see Joseph Arthur at our little local coffeehouse, the Me & Thee.

  • Zhu Vegan Cuisine in Arlington

    Just 9-10 blocks from the Cambridge-Arlington line on Mass Ave, Zhu Vegan Cuisine recently opened in Arlington, and we got a chance to stop in for lunch a few weekends ago. You can check out the menu on their site though it leaves out the cocktails, beer and wine. I found the King Oyster mushroom…

  • Untitled

    I’m on Contrast Podcast! My first contribution, to 246 Untitled, just got published. I went with Sinead O’Connor’s version of Shane McGowan’s “Song with No Name.” So excited to be part of the podcast, and looking forward to the Best of 2015 (so far) coming up next.