Pocket Symphony

Sonic Youth’s first record was released when I was still in high school (but I wasn’t hip enough to “get it” right away). The next year, when I worked my first summer job at a record store (yes, it was Tower Records downtown), I “discovered” the band through Confusion Is Sex, their first full-length LP. [...]

Last Friday, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles kicked off the 2010 season of “First Fridays”. Sure, one can quibble about the fact that it was actually the second Friday of the month, but let’s not hold it against them.

This was my first “First”, and I admit that my initial interest was to see [...]

This is going to be a short entry, because as I type this, Sic Alps have just taken the stage at The Wiltern here in Los Angeles. The crowd seems to appreciate their noisy neo-psych, so I’m going to stop typing and start listening. This has been a test.

Alright… it’s January 1, so it’s as good a time as any to start blogging again. It’s been over a year since I did this with any regularity, but since I spent so much time on FaceBook and Twitter, not to mention two different message boards, I might as well spend a few extra minutes [...]