We do love the simple things in life -- good tunes, a nice cuppa joe, a warm afternoon.  Well, two out of three ain't bad. Yesterday...

Today is Clara Rockmore's 105th birthday.  Clearly the virtuosos of the theremin would be a Pisces! In an homage to Rockmore, today...

After nearly eleven long years, one of my favorite bands -- ever -- of all time --  bar none -- released a new album.  I love Freakwater. ...

After waiting forEVER...St. Paul and the Broken Bones finally dropped their first full CD, Half the City .  It dropped just after midnigh...

A while back, I became a bit disinterested in fiction.  It just seemed to me that real life was far more interesting.  Case in point -- A ...

 Cormac McCarthy had been publishing books for years before he had a best seller.   He would write a book and the publisher would print 5...

During all the Election coverage last night we were saddened to learn that one of our FAVE bands broke up!  We will not be retuning to Ba...

I don't listen to a lot of Kathy Mattea, but she is from West Virginia.  Her new album is rooted in West Virginia, so we have been ...

...without even trying. Have you ever wanted to be a movie producer but life got in your way? Maybe you don't live in New York Ci...

We are feeling rather " tunie " these days and we do love sharing our music with you. My new favorite band is Alabama Shakes . ...

I have been listening repeatedly to Lost In The Trees disk, A Church That Fits Our Needs . It is rather hard to stuff into a box. Lost In ...

Hardcore rapper and bad boy extraordinaire, Kanye (it always looks like one should pronounce it Can Yee to Mee) West and his buddy Jay-Z pre...

In 1890, Thomas Edison sent his assistants to the home of the Poet Laureate , Alfred, Lord Tennyson to record his voice on wax cylinders. ...

Lurch & Holler at the Transmodern Festival 2009 ...so today when I went to get my mail, I found I had a package. Now said package did ...

There is rehab for being a horn dog? Who'd a thunk it. Anthony Weiner doesn't need rehab, he needs and old-fashioned ass whuppin...

With Valentine's Day looming, we would like to suggest the perfect gift for those y'alternative tune lovers that you love. Baby, How...

The folks at Paste Magazine not only offer a "build your own subscription" but this week they are offering the Paste Holiday Sa...

If you like that hip hop tune on the Target commercial it is a song called Toy Jackpot by Blackalicious . Target is offering a free downl...

It's OFFICIAL. The Beatles are on iTunes . Techies can breath a sigh of relief. to commemorate this monumental occasion, Cookbook ...

One of my favorite movies is Dusan Makavejev's Montenegro . Montenegro is a slightly soft-core pastiche of Ingmar Bergman films....