evangelism, turning on, and compression

onefinemess | February 19, 2010

Go go oxford comma!
Ahem.  Anyway.  So!  I’ve always been somewhat of an evangelist — but not in the religious sense (although I did go through a phase that could be said to approximate that O.o).  I’ve always been maybe a little too motivated (at least internally) about sharing the music & books that I enjoy [...]

Gaslight Anthem on Letterman the other night

onefinemess | February 2, 2009

I don’t have the energy for a “real” post at the moment, but I just found this and hope you’ll enjoy as much as I do:

The River(s)

onefinemess | December 26, 2008

I mentioned The River & various modern updates recently  in my review of the last Gaslight Anthem album, and I thought I’d return to that briefly, just to post the 3 songs in question and see if anyone out there knows of any other direct modern takes/updates/covers/etc.
Click on images to play from my Vox blog.
The [...]

Album Review: Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound

onefinemess | December 10, 2008

Have I blogged about these guys before?  I’m sure I must have, because I really like them.
Anyway, on to the album.
We have an interesting situation here in the sense that I’m actually going to recommend buying something where every song isn’t awesome.
Now, none of them are bad mind you, but some do tend to [...]

music lately, mine – and you?

onefinemess | October 21, 2008

The new TV on the Radio is good.  Different.  I like it.  Suggest you check it out.  Worth buying.
Bah, I didn’t know there was a deluxe version with bonus tracks!  I hate that bullshit. GRRrr.
New Bloc Party…not so much.  Glad I checked it out before buying it.  One song I hate, a few are decent, [...]