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The Filter: Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People
The Filter is back from vacation at the Jersey Shore and, despite 4 days of rain, we managed to have a good time. We went to Ocean Grove, NJ, which is just south of Asbury Park and its famous rock club, the Stone Pony. With 4 children and all, I didn’t see any rock shows, but I did catch a band performing during a Sunday mass. I am not a pious man, but it’s hard to miss a mass taking place right on the boardwalk. Let Wikipedia tell you a little about Ocean...
Beach House - Teen Dream
I am on vacation this week at the Jersey Shore. Rather than disappoint my loyal readers (hi cousin Al), I am bringing the brevity. From my rented beach house, I blast the latest from Baltimore's dream pop duo, Beach House, entitled "Teen Dream". This is one of those indie bands that you are supposed to like. I am kind of indifferent. The play slow, spaced out songs and the female lead singer sounds like Niko. If, last September you tried refer for the very first time and now you're...
The Monday Filter - Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void (2010)
You can learn a lot about someone simply by going with them to a gentleman’s cabaret. There may be less lascivious filters for measuring someone’s character, but few more effective. In fact, it may be the single best way to figure out the true nature of your coworkers. I worked for a company in the 1990s where it became very trendy for large coed groups to hit strip clubs, especially when everyone was together on the road. It was more than interesting to analyze each attendee...
The Monday Filter: Arcade Fire - Suburbs
I attended my 20 year high school reunion this past Saturday night. Although my class is pushing 40, we are young enough to have the internet fully integrated into our lives so much of the reunion awareness campaign ran through Facebook – which is really a reunion game changer. When we had our 10 year reunion, the excitement surrounded seeing what everyone looked like and had been up to. Now, thanks to FB, we can follow all these things in real time – changes in weight, new...
The Monday Filter - My Desert Island Disc
This week, bossman Tim Baker asked each of us contributors to select which album we would take with us to a desert island. This is an ages-old question, and usually translates as, “If you could only listen to one record for the rest of your life, what would it be?” I’ll get around to answering that question, but let’s first consider some other potential approaches.
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