Holidays Are Coming

I’ve decided to build a new computer. I was thinking about shelling out $3000 for a Mac Pro, but I figured that would be silly. It looks amazing. It’s super fast, but I think I’m really more in love with OS X than the Mac hardware. The hardware, to me, isn’t really anything special, except for the MacBook Pro keyboard. That’s heaven. … Continue reading…Holidays Are Coming

Weirdness + Oddness = Today

When someone gives you a weird look, you can pretty much chalk that up to being some random thought that possessed that person to suddenly change his/her facial expression. But when multiple people do it near you, you can pretty much chalk that up to either 1. your fly is down, 2. you smell, 3. they don’t really like you. Being the paranoid freak that I am, I’m going to assume all three of these choices rings true for me today. It made me very self-conscious for the first four hours of work today. … Continue reading…Weirdness + Oddness = Today

Isobel Campbell – Milk White Sheets (2006)

On her third album, former Belle & Sebastian member Isobel Campbell wanted to be more instinctive and intimate than what she’d done before. Add her indie credibility to the fact that she is hot off of her critically acclaimed duet album, Ballad Of The Broken Seas, with Mark Lanegan, Isobel can seemingly do no wrong, although on this latest effort, she sometimes seemingly abandons herself through a cappella solos and single instrumental acoustic accompaniment. … Continue reading…Isobel Campbell – Milk White Sheets (2006)