Getting to Know the World, One Song at a Time
Rock music as counterculture in India, a review of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ concert in Serbia, the Reggae Compassionate Act in Jamaica, underrated rap in Kazakhstan, and much more can be found in today’s music section. You can follow what fellow bloggers...
Gilberto Gil Live in Berkeley
We just got back from seeing Brazil’s 65-year-old Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil put on an amazing concert at UC Berkeley. I’m sure that Daniella Thompson will be writing about the show soon. Here are two tracks I recorded on my cell phone (and they...Sparky and Oso Podcast
In prompt response to Sparsh’s request for quote-unquote more music and less blabbering, I present you with the latest installment of the Sparky and Oso Podcast. If you don’t laugh at some point, you’re clinically depressed.Sparsh's Friday 10: There Is No Mission
Once we get our act together, this will hopefully be ready for download every friday night. We’ll post the track list on Sunday night. Episode One (right click, save as) Or, you can subscribe to our podcast feed. If you use iTunes, simply copy and paste this url...But This Day Is Slipping Away
Leap second? Give me a leap year. Jesus god, I’ve been slowly checking off the to-do list one by one since 8 a.m. and I’m nowhere close to half way done. Stick-it notes, text files, my ical to-do list, the 70 messages in my inbox with all those little red...
Oso's Catalog of Pop, Volume IV
This year’s catalog of pop is not available for download. The reason is that I would like to send real envelopes to real addresses with real handwriting, etc. etc. You know … how they did it in the 20th century. Nick Hornby wrote so eloquently about the...
feist
i decided to write this post because i got sick of asking everyone “have you heard the new Feist album yet?” seriously tho, have you? well if you have you’ll agree how good it is. real good. if you haven’t then you need to, immediately. its...
Definitely Bonanza Jellybean.
Never one to let a good meme die. Myke asks 1. Estimate the total number of books you’ve owned in your life. This is gonna have to be one hell of a rough guess. Probably at least half the books I’ve read have been traded with other travelers while on the...
This Cum That
I write from Blanco Y Cafe in San Pedro. Coffee shop cum art gallery cum artists studio cum internet cafe. It’s a shame the United States won the revolution or we’d still use the word cum. And what a beautiful word it is. I wonder who’s jack-assed...Latest Photos
