October 31st, 2005 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
Spinning: Elbow, Leaders of the Free World
I’ve decided I’m going to make my millions by inventing a computer display that emits low-level tanning-bed rays. Just imagine, you could be bronzing while you fill out those TPS reports! So help me, if I get any more pasty, Ralph Wiggum will eat me.
October 30th, 2005 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
Spinning: Van Morrison, Magic Time
That Van the Man link up there? Click it. Unless you’re some kind of asshole, you’ll dig this album. His best in a decade or more.
If I ever write a country song, which I won’t, it will be called “I Set Myself Up To Let Myself Down.” I just like how [...]
October 29th, 2005 by Jeff Kocan | 4 Comments
Spinning: The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema
Since moving to New York, I’ve lived in two different apartments, both of which have essentially been studios. (NYC realtors will call absolutely anything a “one-bedroom” if they can, but don’t you believe them.) The strange thing is, both have had fireplaces … neither of which actually worked.
My old place, [...]
October 28th, 2005 by Jeff Kocan | No Comments
Spinning: Oliver Nelson, The Blues and the Abstract Truth
I’m digging the new layout - minimalism is good. It’s a theme called LetterHead, shamlessly lifted from Robin Hastings.
More later.
October 27th, 2005 by Jeff Kocan | 23 Comments
I scored this domain name, if I’m not mistaken, way back in 2001. My original plan was to slowly build a site that would become a vibrant community for young, talented writers and progressive thinkers, a modern-day, online version of the Algonquin Round Table or Gertrude Stein’s salon. Ideas would bounce freely back and forth, [...]