New Blog |
HeyI have a new blog over at:musicstandsforcomfort.blogspot.comGo read it !Aaron
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:28:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 10: Black Sabbath |
I discovered Black Sabbath at a record store. I've mostly discovered music via the internet or friends, so this is something of an exception for me. I was never one of those people who liked to hang a...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:17:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 9: The Sex Pistols |
I used to spend a week a year listening to 'Nevermind the Bollocks', largely as a reminder. The record created a fantastic world for me, as much as Yes or anything else mystical, except it was imagery...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:21:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 8: Debbie Deb |
Erica and I were driving in L.A. the first time I heard this song. Erica knows more about the 80's than I do: she immediatly turned it up. We were doing something work related: I was uncomfortable, it...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:41:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 7: Brian Eno |
Until very recently, all my co-workers were part of the previous generation of San Francisco hipsters. They were born in the seventies, went to high school in the 80's, and lived in SF in the 90's. No...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:55:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 6: 50 Cent |
I don't know anyone besides Myles, my brother and myself who really, truly, deeply loves 50 Cent. Most people, when I mention him, have a kind of knee jerk dislike for him: maybe its a hipster thing, ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:15:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 5: David Bowie |
My last post, about the Au Pairs, neglected to mention that they covered a Bowie song on there first album: the song is called 'Repetition' and is about a woman who is beaten by her husband. It is a s...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:14:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 4: The Au Pairs |
The Au Pairs are a two women/two man band from Birmingham, England, formed in the late 1970's. They played a punky/funky/dubby music with leftist-feminist lyrics. There front woman, Lesley Woods, was ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:21:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 3: My Bloody Valentine |
My Bloody Valentine soundtracked a part of my life when I was sinking into a drug soaked abyss, and then when I came out of it. All of my friends and I fell under there spell- they are an addictive, l...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:57:00 GMT |
Music Stands for Comfort 2.5: Addendum |
I just want to clarify two things that I forgot to mention in the last post:(1) I still identify as a riot grrl. Riot grrl is the only group identity i've ever been able to get into. The main reasons ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:34:00 GMT |
