Archive for March, 2009
Doughnut. Miracle?
25Mar09
There’s a Starbucks near my office, right through the student union, and as I walked over for my morning latte, I thought (for the first time in years), Man, I could really go for a Krispy Kreme doughnut right now.
So, I got my latte, sat in the campus bookstore (to which Starbucks is adjoined), and [...]
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Hold That Thought: my tumbleblog- The Tailors - Come Dig Me Up / Album December 7, 2009Come Dig Me Up, the second album from The Tailors, plays like an English take on American alt-country spun round through a bit of power-pop with an unshakably sunny disposition. The record’s nine songs breeze by in an all too fast, delightfully lazy and hazy 32 minutes but, in that time, The Tailors make a well-weighted case for simplicity as the key to stay […]
- The Tailors - Come Dig Me Up | album reviews | musicOMH November 30, 2009The Tailors - Come Dig Me Up | album reviews | musicOMH: From my review: Come Dig Me Up, the second album from The Tailors, plays like an English take on American alt-country spun round through a bit of power-pop with an unshakably sunny disposition. The record’s nine songs breeze by in an all too fast, delightfully lazy and hazy 32 minutes but, in that time […]
- Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Platinum Edition) | album reviews | musicOMH November 30, 2009Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Platinum Edition) | album reviews | musicOMH: From my review: In the year since Beyoncé released her somewhat schizophrenic double disc magnum opus, I Am… Sasha Fierce, any number of would-be pop divas have sprung up to seemingly instant super-stardom, twittering and smiling their way into our hearts and headphones (Lady Gaga […]
- "See, the luck I’ve had can make a good man turn bad." November 20, 2009““See, the luck I’ve had can make a good man turn bad.”” - The Smiths, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” Hatful Of Hollow, 1984 Please, Please, Please Let Me …
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- The Tailors - Come Dig Me Up / Album December 7, 2009
