It’s ony 5 days away from the joy and wonder of Christmas. You may be excited to see friends and family, to score some presents, and maybe to eat some roast beast, whatever the fuck that is Dr. Seuss. Or you may be sick of the commercialism, your in laws, and red and green everything. Sometimes…
At this time of year I’m mostly catching up on anything I missed in the past 12 months, reviewing albums for a big list that I will be putting together shortly which no one will read. But that’s okay, I’ve been compiling “Best Of” lists back when I was posting them in my AOL Instant…
Last week Bruce Springsteen announced that he would going out on tour with the E Street band in support of them re-issuing the The River as part of an expanded collection named the The Ties That Bind: The River Collection. It’s been 35 years since the original double album was release so I guess they…
Have you ever dated someone that was part of your group of friends for years then one day for whatever reason you two ended up together? If anyone asked you about them in the past you would say “yeah, they’re cool” and maybe even acknowledge that they’re attractive but you just thought of them as friends….
That was one hell of a food coma! Actually I’m just lazy. I didn’t even eat much, just some chicken and salad. But at least I did some drinking. And some listening to music. Nothing new though and honestly, mostly The National. As I stated before, the beginning of “McCormack’s Wall” from the new Glen…
Everyone is taking about Grimes lately. I’m reading articles about how she is changing the world because sadly she’s one of the few pop stars responsible for the creative behind their music and I’m seeing shares, reviews, and general praise for her music on my social media feeds left and right. Is her music…
I would like to say that I heard of Glen Hansard from his work with The Frames but really, like a lot of men my age it’s just because some girl made us see the film Once. Truth be told, I liked the movie, but the ending still bothered me. SPOILER ALERT: the two musicians…
It’s been over ten years since Sam Beam’s collaboration with the band Calexico was released. The In the Reins Ep was always an interesting listen and it still is. It starts off with “He Lays in the Reins” featuring Spanish Operatic vocals and contains great songs like the bluesy “Red Dust” and the western-ish “A…
Not long ago I was watching live Springsteen videos again and I ended up watching a concert from his 2014 Australian Tour that lasted nearly 4 hours. Clearly not having a job has allowed me to keep busy. Regardless, I surprised see that playing guitar with the band was not only The Boss and Stevie…
Happy Halloween from Empty Bottle Evenings! I hope that you enjoy your day carving pumpkins, dressing as a slutty cat or a flesh-eating Ben Carson, and trying but failing to pass out free candy because parents today are sadly afraid that every neighbor is either a pedophile or a serial killer and won’t let…
