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'Twas a good year for music 2018, and after the jump are 28 songs from the year that I found myself spinning over and over. There's a good bit of electronic-tinged music in the mix like Carpenter Brut, Kingswood and Chromatics as well as stuff from the heavier end in Turnstile, The End of the... Continue Reading →
Summer is over, school is in session and that means back-to-campus guides, album anniversaries and a whole lot of prepping for the fall. Read more of what September had in store after the jump. Technically, one of these came out at the end of August, but it's better to group them together. Over at The... Continue Reading →
The summer slow down is just about over. I've been hard at work on my first book, so it's been a perfect time for it to be happening. Only a few pieces of note for August, a pair of galleries and a rumored reunion of a legendary rock and roll band. Check it out after... Continue Reading →
Whew...it's HOT. That's why we gotta keep this thing going. No slowing down. Move forward to the coolness, beat the heat. The so called dog days of summer keep everyone on alert to find something new, even when there isn't much. Just as guilty on this end. What went down is after this jump... Foreigner,... Continue Reading →
It was 1994 and the majority of my musical diet consisted of mostly everything my grandparents wouldn't be into. If it didn't involve a pit, encouragement to jump on and launch myself off a stage in a concert setting, I was likely spinning it less regularly. The songs that would emanate from my upstairs bedroom... Continue Reading →
Turn them into makeshift frames for artwork!
Yesterday marked the last time St. Patrick's Day will be on a Saturday until 2029, leaving all the amateurs in a tough spot when it comes from figuring out how to balance their vomit-inducing pub crawls with a much-needed day of rest afterward. To wit, this will create some sadness, but here's a Sunday Groove... Continue Reading →
We're already short today due to Daylight Saving Time, so let's get into this week's Sunday Groove. It comes from Massive Attack and their groundbreaking 1991 trip hop masterpiece Blue Lines. The song is "Daydreaming," the first single for the record which came out in October of 1990. Original video and audio from the 2012... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Sunday Groove. I'll be looking to deliver a song recommendation around this time on a regular basis to end the weekend on a [somewhat] chill note. Nothing too raucous here, just something for the background whilst you make an omelette for your lover, read the New York Times to... Continue Reading →
As of today, my new Twitter handle is @mickchrysalis. This puts the final nail in the Black Branch Moonlight/BlackBranchMC social media casket I've been using for years. I stopped feeling it long ago and kept with it out of habit, waiting to redo it with something that fit...better I suppose. So where did this one... Continue Reading →
The Chronicles of Michael Christopher 