Do you know the song "Sand In My Shoes"? It starts with an ethereal figure, like something off the great "Moon Safari" by Air, then slowly penetrates the atmosphere, comes down to Earth with an acoustic guitar and Dido starts to sing: Two weeks away it feels like the world should’ve changed But I’m home […]

I woke up needing to hear a record. Actually, this need evidenced itself the multiple times I woke up last night. Prior to going to bed, I listened to Jack Mannequin’s new album, "The Glass Passenger", on my iPod as I read the newspapers.  Distracted, the music as background, the album started to reveal itself. […]

I was so much older than the rest of the crowd that it was like I didn’t even exist.  Andrew McMahon’s parents were in the audience, he pointed them out deep into the show.  I was stunned to see they were contemporaries.  And there was this old man walking around who might have been his […]

Do you know the song "River Boulevard"? Walking down the road this morningThe sun was in my eyesThe smell of the sweet sweet blossomsSteppin’ through my mindAnd I sayIsn’t it just a beautiful dayIsn’t it just a beautiful day It’s the fourth song on the Pointer Sisters’ debut.  But it wasn’t an original, it was […]