To be perfectly honest, I really debated even going to Intonation Festival. I bought the tickets before they fully announced the lineup, and the lineup never got much better. But it was such a beautiful weekend, and some friends were going that I hadn’t seen in a while. Which brings me to the first high [...]
This was a great show, and I was really excited to be there. Particularly because from the looks of the line outside the venue, there might have been three people hoping to get in for every person who had a ticket. I’m so glad I found a single ticket at TicketsNow.com (they’re usually sold in [...]
The Intonation Music Festival is this weekend, and while I do have tickets, I still don’t see the point of the festival. Last year, Pitchfork held the festival and it was a good time with a lot of good sets. This year Pitchfork has their own festival (aptly named the Pitchfork Music Festival) and the [...]
If you’re a fan of David Sylvian, you can’t miss this album. While I thought his previous album “Blemish” was difficult listening in parts, “Snow Borne Sorrow” is completely a pleasure to listen to. This album has an effortless sound to it: perfectly blended vocals, live guitars, drums and horns backed by lush electronic backgrounds. [...]
I was actually going to try not to see this show. It’s wicked sold out, the tickets are now too expensive, and I’ve seen Radiohead three times before. However, I have a paralysing fear of missing out on something good (particularly a concert), so I’ve caved to my impulsive nature and bought a ticket. I’ve [...]
When Adobe bought Macromedia, my first thought was: what happens to Macromedia Fireworks? In terms of web production, Photoshop/ImageReady can’t touch it. Fearing the worst, I made a brief effort last Fall to get up to speed on image slicing and such with ImageReady. It was such a convoluted mess I figured I’d wait until [...]