Another Song of the Day essay. Go here to listen.
A ‘Winter’ Song for Summer Drives by Michael Katzif
“Winter on Victoria Street” by The Clientele (God Save The Clientele)

NPR.org, May 31, 2007 · The Clientele’s quaint pop sound recalls an era before psychedelic rock and the Vietnam War complicated music. The band’s approach, spearheaded [...]

It has been awhile since a new HBO show has come out that showed some promise, but the upcoming Flight of the Conchords looks to fill that gap. Based on the live comedy\music performances of the New Zealand comedians, comparisons to Tenacious D are inevitable. But these guys bring a lightness to their [...]

Came across this cool blog this weekend where they post preset brushes and vectors for Photoshop and Illustrator for free. One such set is a series of brushes that mimic the look and layered feel of water colour brushes and various splatters. I tried messing about for roughly 5minutes and came up with [...]

I don’t normally re-blog something that I find on other music blogs that no doubt spend more time than we do scouring for new songs and videos and such. But crap if this video for “Icky Thump” by The White Stripes isn’t awesome…nothing is. Best video I’ve seen all year. Can’t wait [...]

Another Song of the Day essay. Click here to listen to the song.
Vintage Keyboards and a Reverb-Driven Mantra by Michael Katzif
“Sun Lips” by Black Moth Super Rainbow (Dandelion Gum)
NPR.org, May 22, 2007 · The tripped-out music of Black Moth Super Rainbow is as mysterious as its members’ bizarre personas. Recording under [...]

It’s not that we’re bored or anything. Really, we are having a blast with the string of monthly mini-eps. But it is month five, and we all need a change of routine every once in a while. On this note, we introduce to you the May EP Challenge: Reduce, Reuse, and/or Recycle a Bass Track [...]

Mike: So Aryn I’m going to start this off with a hearty good morning. I’ll preface this by saying I love when people converse in letter form for a column. We used to do this often for our now defunct season one of hello.column , but no reason why not to [...]

This article in the New York Times makes me long for the days of drinking German beers at every little hole in the wall brewery we could find… I especially loved the Kölsch beer from Köln (Cologne for you plebians) which is known for being served in those thin cylindrical glasses. Tasty stuff. You [...]

This about sums it up.. Thanks Bruce!
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The exciting conclusion: Day 5 of 5 …
Mike’s Songs
1) ‘Dry Clothes’ by Annuals (Be He Me)
While reviewing the opening track “Brother” awhile back, this track would pop up. I don’t think this song is nearly as perfectly constructed for the whole length, mostly because of the diversion into a fusiony guitar solo [...]