The February Playlist
Now that we’re used to writing “2013” on our dates, it’s time for the February playlist for 2013. Nailed it. I found some pretty nice tracks this month, and it’s hard to classify them all into a single genre or a mood like I usually try to do. I’m just going to wing it this month...
Happy 95th Birthday to Elmore James
On this day in 1918, a blues legend was born in Mississippi by the name of Elmore James. The illegitimate son of a 15 year old field hand, he grew up in impoverished Holmes County, Mississippi. He picked up the diddley bow (a one-stringed instrument often played in rural areas) at the age of 12,...
BFM: The Inverted World
I just finished reading “The Inverted World” over the course of a weekend, and I’m still trying to recover from it. “The Inverted World” is apparently a full-length novel adapted from a short story, and while I haven’t read the short story I’m under the impression the novel just expanded onto it. The gist of...
Keaton Henson’s Universal Solitude
I come across new music (to me, at least) on a fairly regular basis, and most of the time I listen to a few tracks and move on with my life. Every now and then, I find someone like Keaton Henson, whose work won’t let me walk away. British singer Keaton Henson has some of...
BFM: Cat’s Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1963 novel “Cat’s Cradle” is one of the more unique books I’ve read in a while. The work follows the journey of a writer named John whose goal is to document the life of a scientist who worked on the creation of the atomic bomb. In particular, he’s interested in what Dr. Hoenikker...
The January Playlist
Happy New Year! The month of January marks new beginnings and a fresh start with the start of a new year. It also marks a new batch of playlists with some of our favorite music. Let’s start the year off right with some really great tracks in the January playlist. 1. Tame Impala: Feels Like...
The December Playlist
December marks the official beginning of the winter season, which means we’re going to have to ride this out until spring comes again. The December playlist features some of my favorite tracks for the season, and hopefully will give you a nice change of pace from the omnipresent Christmas songs which start up the day...
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is a Western Classic
This weekend I revisited one of my favorite older films, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” and was reminded how awesome that movie is. Paul Newman and Robert Redford depict a couple of aspiring wild West outlaw train and bank robbers. Eventually they rob the wrong train, and a majority of the movie consists of...
An Interview with Eastern Phoebes
The New York band Eastern Phoebes is a fun-loving melodic band whose music is just as fun as the musicians behind it. I talked with band factotum Ry Smith, and asked him some questions regarding the band’s background, interests, and for some insight into the peculiar lyrics of some of their tracks. — Electrogent: Who are...
Reggie Watts is the Master of Disorientation
In this delightfully-frustrating presentation (for lack of a better description), Brooklyn-based Reggie Watts gives a stream of consciousness speech that sounds like a bad college-level philosophy class. What’s so great about it, is his ability to seamlessly transition between different languages, subjects, and speech patterns without batting an eye. Then, he switches from waxing poetic...
The November Playlist
November is by far the best month. Not only was it the month of my birth, but the weather is fantastic and the plants outside are still sporting the awesome fall leaves for the last little bit before they fall off. November is a month of reflection of the prior months of the year, as...
Tuesday Tunesday: Beach House
Beach House “Myth” Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House has a very dreamy feel in this debut track from their new album, “Bloom.” Admittedly, I’m not as familiar with this band as I am with the blues musicians that I usually feature on the Tuesdays Tunesday segments. However, this band has a great sound to them,...
