August 24th, 2008 - 5 Comments

The Songs of Summer (For Adam)

As the air is getting crisper and the sky is getting rainier (at least around these parts), it’s getting about time to (grudgingly) bid summer adieu. In honour of this bittersweet farewell to warm weather and mild sunburns, I decided to make a playlist of all the songs I played the hell out of this […]

July 21st, 2008 - 9 Comments

P-P-P-Pitchfork

As you may know, I’m no fan of Pitchfork, but when I found out that Animal Collective would be playing this years Pitchfork Music Festival, I made the decision to put aside my old grudges and haul my ass out to Chicago to “visit my parents.” Two hot, rainy, sweaty, sunny, crowded, noisy days later, […]