It’s that magical time of year when you may show up at one of any of your (or our) must-see shows and find a bass player wearing a Santa costume or hear the band play […]
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UPDATED: a very grassy Christmas (2013)
For the three years now, we’ve been perfecting “a very grassy Christmas,” a Spotify playlist of tolerable Christmas music. This year, I’ve made just a couple of updates. Bright Eyes released A Christmas Album (Amazon […]
Revised for 2012 – A Very Grassy Christmas
As we move into our second week of Christmas parties, I thought it would be good to share this fine playlist of more than tolerable Christmas music. This is basically the same playlist that I […]
This Weekend’s Must-See Shows in NYC
September really is a great month, ain’t it? We get to celebrate whiskey (bourbon, to be precise), welcome the fall, and blow out 100 candles on Woody Guthrie’s birthday cake. Speaking of which — don’t […]
Playlist: A Very Grassy Christmas
As previously mentioned, there’s a lot of bad Christmas music out there. So to keep your Christmas merry, classy and grassy, I went ahead and pulled together three hours of bearable Christmas tunes (maybe not […]
She & Him Release A Tolerable Christmas Album
I love Christmas. I love Christmas music. However, I don’t like many Christmas albums that have been released since I was born. (Mariah, that means you. Sufjan, that does not mean you.) But any hipster […]
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