'Music' Category
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Jun042007
Lorne Greene Preservation Society – This Fish is a Stapler
The LGPS was born at around 3:00 AM after a long night of drinking, when Andrew and I decided to write an ode (on Deck II, which dates it at around, like 1996-7ish?) to our favorite late night diner, the New Purity (back when it was on 7th & union – I think that space […]
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Jun042007
Secretariat – Acremaker
This is an album Trevor made of songs from the last (or should I say, most-current) incarnation of Secretariat. I did a lot of the backup vocals, as well as contributed to the arrangements (as did Stephen, Stacin, and Ryan). Funny story about the lyrics of Wonderin’ – Ryan had kept mishearing one lyric as […]
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May292007
gotta sell it while you can…
…so I downloaded the new Elliott Smith album last night, and I’m conflicted. I mean, I totally respect the notion of paying respects to the artist. I sit through the credits of movies I like, I (usually) pay the “recommended donation” at museums, heck, I even tip the girl who makes my burrito when I […]
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May252007
Secretariat – Christmas In Brooklyn
Here’s an album that’s a collection of Christmas songs by Stephen, Trevor and me over the years. There are some other people involved as well (most notably, a self-referential yelp by Christian). I tried to find the songs that had the most communal vibe out of all of ’em. I even paid Jose Feliciano $23 […]