Check out the following song and video from Kristin Hersh’s new CD - Learn to Sing Like a Star. I’ve loved Kristin since her days with Throwing Muses, but generally her music doesn’t hit that same need in me. Unlike her last cd, The Grotto, this is a full band affair and her [...]
The album will be available on April 17 and is already available on Amazon. I just got a copy of the artwork which you can see here. On the same day Sony/Legacy will be releasing a remastered version of Michael Penn’s 2005 release Mr. Hollywood Jr. 1947. I’m hearing that the remastering [...]
Update: Here’s the music to a second American Living commercial
Update: Click the following link for more info on the JC Penney American Living commercial (played during the 2008 Oscars)
Update: Click the following link for more info on the 2007 Holiday JCPenney Holiday commercials
Update: Click the following link if you’re looking for the Music Box [...]
Here’s another cool (but odd) video from maybe my favorite Interpol song “Evil”. Maybe not odd so much as a little creepy - puppets can do that.
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Interpol: Evil
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Heard this song, “Young Folk” a few weeks ago on How I Met Your Mother. It’s the whistling song - and has a cool video. It’s damn catchy, but without the whistling it’s not nearly as cool.
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Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
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I’m not sure how this will work - but in honor of the lucky people that unlike myself, had today off - here’s a random 10 for President’s Day. (Any song with holiday, vacation, and president somewhere in description)
Holiday Mood - Apples In Stereo
Holiday Song - The Pixies
Holiday - Green Day
When the President Talks [...]
So it looks like this Dixie Chick thing I wrote about has people talking. Here’s an interesting video Jan sent me about a documentary on this whole subject:
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Protesting the Dixie Chicks Trailer
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Randomly playing songs in iTunes from the 578 with “Love” in the title. A nice little idea from Suze
The Way Young Lovers Do - Jeff Buckley - From the fabulous Live at Sin-e two disc set
I Don’t Love You - My Chemical Romance
Let There Be Love - Oasis
Love Ridden - Fiona Apple
Love Came Down [...]
Ostensibly A Rubber Door is about anything that's on my mind. Mostly that seems to be about politics, music, sports, and arguing with others about all of the above. I took the name of this blog from a Michael Penn song called Me Around. Check out Michael - he's about the best singer/songwriter there is.