The Lucksmiths played their final gig yesterday in Melbourne. I know that in this summer of the obit the last thing anyone needs is another bittersweet bag of memories. So rather than wax on about 15 some-odd years of great music and memories I’ll just leave you with a top ten list. (This was hard. [...]
As most of the world knows by now, John Hughes had a heart attack last Thursday and passed away at the age of 59. There are many tributes and obituaries all over the net so I will refrain from such an attempt. My EW came today with a very nice piece that is as [...]
I was struck by a song off Camera Obscura’s latest album My Maudlin Career . (I’ll take any excuse to talk about this record. It is my favorite so far of 2009 and worth picking up.) The song is simply entitled James. I didn’t realize at first why my ears pricked up, but then I [...]