“Bound To Be Heard” A literary cabaret featuring Fiona Zedde (http://fionazedde.com/) and Cheryl Coward (http://cherylcoward.com) followed by an open mic. This series of readings will last throughout the summer and feature different artists. Donations collected will help to send writers to Homo A Go Go 2006 in Olympia, WA in August, homoagogo.com. Date: Friday, May [...]

today i music surfed on rhapsody scanning for new good tunes. i decided to browse the “world music” section. so much glossy, watered-down, melodramatic crap…most of what i listened to in hokey compilations from other corners of the earth sounded just a step above muzak. no reflection on the music of other places but rather [...]

wtf? penn state admits that rene portland created a “hostile, intimidating, and offensive environment” around a player she allegedly believed was a lesbian. but she is still employed. wtf? why didn’t they fire her homophobic a**! they fined her $10,000 instead. in just about any company in corporate america, she would’ve been booted. what is [...]

when i walk out the back door of my house in the morning on the way to work and it’s overcast invariably some of these songs pop into my head. here is a pop up box with the morning’s playlist. monday evening i ran out of the house when i heard the ice cream truck. [...]

a few weeks ago or so i installed the last.fm plug-in for winamp and itunes so now last.fm is picking up my tunes at home and at work. too bad it can’t capture when i’m listening via rhapsody or the individual tunes from streaming radio especially from “morning becomes eclectic” and “nocturna” on kcrw.com. if [...]

in the esteemed words of florida evans, “damn, damn, damn.” clicking too fast on tabs in firefox and i lost my entry. i’m not a good recapper but here goes. it is a beautiful day in east atlanta village and i’m going to make myself a margarita and go sit outside in the backyard with [...]

this morning was a cassandra wilson listening party as i worked. i have her newest cd thunderbird. and it is excellent. my fave track is the first “go to mexico.” i would characterize the overall flavor of the album as “classic cassandra wilson + eurolounge + country undertones + mississippi delta” — or something like [...]

you need to listen to “tru dat” from outkast’s Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik over and over and over again. Operatin under the crooked American system too long/OutKast, pronounced out cast/Adjective meaning homeless, or unaccepted in society/But let’s look deeper than that/Are you an OutKast?/If you understand and feel the basic principles and fundamental truths contained within this muzik, [...]

i’ve been listening to tunes directly thru rhapsody so last.fm can’t access my playlist to show on the left under “my playlist”… King Back Front Back Feat. UGK What You Know I’m Talkin’ To You Live In The Sky Feat. Jamie Foxx Ride Wit Me Why You Wanna Get It Top Back I’m Straight (Feat. [...]