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Test Entry

2010-09-02T13:08:51+00:00

This is a test entry used to troubleshoot some SQL errors.

Chaparral

2010-05-15T09:58:00+00:00

Grasses at the glider port in La Jolla, CA

Coronado Island

2010-05-15T09:55:52+00:00

Looking southwest-ish from the strand.

The Hold Steady

2010-05-15T09:05:25+00:00

The Hold Steady played a great show last week at the Belly Up in Solana Beach.

They’re a pretty divisive band: lots of people love them, others can’t stand them. I’m in the first camp, but they’re an acquired taste. I think seeing them live turns most people around. The energy they put out is amazing, and it really is like some sort of revival.

Pacific

2010-05-14T11:39:07+00:00

The Pacific Ocean, looking west from the glider port in La Jolla.

The Cat

2010-05-04T23:10:24+00:00

Playing in our raggedy-ass lawn.

Warm Concrete

2010-04-25T10:55:20+00:00

Squirming on warm concrete

Hunting

2010-04-17T16:45:44+00:00

Kitten likes to kill.

Minkey, Blissful

2010-04-10T14:47:05+00:00

Minkey gets a head rub.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

2010-03-02T00:54:32+00:00

I just can’t get over how great the Eddy Current Suppression Ring is. They have a new record coming out soon I think, but their most recent, Primary Colors, is mind blowing.

While sounding completely fresh and authentic, this band recalls the Velvet Underground, JSBX, and Rhys Chatham. Musical, punk-bloozey, and minimal. Seriously minimal. The last half-minute or so of Primary Colors’ opener, Memory Lane, is just nice, dirty guitar.

Anyway, these Australian dudes are good, and make a good argument for a non-ironic and unaffected return to stripped down garage.

Here's a wikipedia link.