10 May 2012 - 10:30
Neither of my parents are musicians, but they are admirers of music. When I think back to my childhood there is always music playing; Manhattan Transfer while we cleaned the glass surfaces in the living room, the Amadeus soundtrack while I was doing homework, “Breakfast with The Beatles” every Sunday morning on the kitchen radio. We never had a single car ride without the radio on.
Only in the last few years have I been able to reflect upon how this has impacted my life, and who I became. I’m old enough now, and far enough along in my quest for a career, that I find myself searching for why I do what I do. And it all comes down to one object: The Beatles’ “White Album,” transfered to a cassette tape by my dad in the late 80s.
There’s something so special about this tape that I can barely put it into words, but I’m going to try.
12 March 2012 - 12:50
As if there wasn’t enough happening in Austin for SXSW … stop by Hill Country Weavers on Wednesday, March 14th from 3–6pm for a knit-along with live music and snacks!
The wonderful Kelley Deal—member of The Breeders and R. Ring, and author of Bags That Rock
—got in touch with the shop to arrange a yarny hang-out! So we’re planning on getting things rolling around 2pm or so. There will be yarn to choose from, quite possibly some cool giveaways, some refreshments, and live music from:
Kelley Deal
And local artists Schmillion
And Southpaw Jones
We’ll be knitting mic stand cozies and other fun knit graffiti to yarn bomb Kelley’s gig!
So come on down on Wednesday for our:
KXKP Party!
(knit by knit purl)
MARCH 14th
3 pm – 6 pm
Hill Country Weavers
Kelley Deal
Schmillion
Southpaw Jones
Pass it on!
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1 March 2012 - 14:40
This song is an interesting case in the perception of popular music. I knew this song because of The Monkees’ version in 1966, mostly because I lived and breathed 60s rock when I was a kid. And then I was at a punk show in high school where a kid just would not believe that The Monkees made the song popular. “Dude it’s a Minor Threat song, what are you talking about…”
29 February 2012 - 15:28
I remember the day that The Monkees Greatest Hits came out on compact disc (and cassette tape, but I was rocking a discman pretty early on). It was October of 1995. I was in fifth grade, and the only person I knew who lost their cool over 60s bands. I made my dad rush me over to Best Buy to get the CD and listened to it nonstop for months. I was quite sure I was born in the wrong decade when I was growing up; I still feel that way sometimes. I think my attitude is very modern, but my soul belongs to the 60s.
27 October 2011 - 11:35
