Album Reviews

1—–>3—–>5
Terrible—->Fantastic

5
Booker T and MGs – Green Onions
Kills, The – Midnight Boom
Evans, Bill – Solo Sessions, The, 1963

4
Dzihan and Kamien – Fakes
Ec8or – One and Only High and Low, The
Ec8or – Spex is a Fat Bitch
Ec8or – Until Everything Explodes
Ec8or and DJ Moonraker – Ec8or and DJ Moonraker
Evans, Bill – Quiet Now
Evans, Bill – Quintessence
Evans, Bill – Since We Met
Gang of Four – Entertainment!
Gnarls Barkley – Odd Ccouple, The
Jaga Jazzist – A Livingroom Hush
Jaga Jazzist – Day
Jaga Jassist – Jvla Jazzist Grete Stitz
OOIOO – Kila Kila Kila
Magnetic Fields, The – I

3
Cassettes, The – ‘Neath The Pale Moon
DeVotchKa – Curse Your Little Heart
Evans, Bill – Alone Again
Evans, Bill – At Half Moon Bay [Live]
Evans, Bill – New Jazz Conceptions
Evans, Bill – On Green Dolphin Street
Ghostland Observatory – Robotique Majestique
Little Brother – Get Back
Mylo – Destroy Rock ‘n’ Roll
OOIOO – Green And Gold
Magnetic Field, The – 69 Love Songs

2
Antipop Consortium & DJ Vadim – Isolationist, The
Kings of Leon – Because of the Times
Luaderdale, Jim – Bluegrass
Lauderdale, Jim – Bluegrass Diaries, The
Magnetic Fields, The – Distortion

1

Fast-Quick Internet Meets Slow-Conservative Buying

I am catching up on last week’s Economist and came across a small article on Blue Nile, an online middle-man for jewelry sales (mostly engagement rings). I remember when Blue Nile launched in the late 1990s for a couple reasons, including the fact that it was crazy you could buy high-end jewelry online. Yes, I will be sure to point my grandchildren to this blog post.

Anyway, here was an interesting and amusing snippet from the article:

Some 85% of purchases from Blue Nile are made by men. On average they pay $6,200 per engagement ring and take three weeks to make up their minds. Yet the majority of visitors to the Blue Nile site are women, who browse and e-mail pictures of the stone and ring they want to friends for comment, and ultimately to the target fiance-to-be.

Craziest Tour I’ve Ever Seen

This is the craziest route of a tour I’ve ever seen and, ZOMG, it comes through DC.

Be Your Own Pet (courtesy of Pitchfork):

03-27 Bristol, England – Thekla
03-29 Stoke-on-Trent, England – The Sugarmill
03-30 Oxford, England – Zodiac
03-31 Brighton, England – Audio
04-01 London, England – Scala
04-03 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
04-05 Gothenburg, Sweden – Sticky Fingers
04-06 Malmö, Sweden – KB
04-07 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
04-08 Münster, Germany – Gleis 22
04-10 Brussels, Belgium – Recyclart
04-11 Rotterdam, Netherlands – Motel Mozaïque
04-12 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 9
04-13 Munich, Germany – Ampere
04-15 Milan, Italy – Rainbow Club
04-17 Bourges, France – Le 22
04-18 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz Popbar
04-19 Madrid, Spain – Moby Dick
05-08 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues *
05-09 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues *
05-10 San Diego, CA – House of Blues *
05-12 Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre *
05-13 Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club *
05-15 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q *
05-16 Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
05-17 Houston, TX – Meridian *
05-18 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
05-20 Saint Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing *
05-21 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution *
05-22 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues *
05-23 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
05-24 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel *
05-25 North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues *
05-27 Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live *
05-28 New York, NY – The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza *
05-30 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
05-31 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at Theatre of Living Arts *
06-01 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
06-02 Montreal, Quebec – Club Soda *
06-04 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre *
06-05 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall *
06-06 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues *
06-07 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *
06-09 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s *
06-10 Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue *
06-11 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *
06-12 Chicago, IL – House of Blues *
06-13 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom *
06-14 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe *
06-17 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom *
06-18 Seattle, WA – The Showbox *
06-19 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
06-20 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
06-21 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre *