by Erik Kain on February 9, 2012
The Civil Wars talk about music and piracy in the age of the internet and social media. The Civil Wars have lots of videos up on YouTube, many of them nicely shot amateur stuff in color and black-and-white. John Paul White and Joy Williams have a captivating look about them as they stare into one another’s eyes, [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 24, 2011
I’m blogging an ongoing series on the ‘Golden Age of Music’ a series dedicated to post-Napster-era music and musicians. This time I’ll be talking about Justin Townes Earle. Justin Townes Earle has a familiar-sounding name for a reason. Son of folk singer Steve Earle, Justin is named after his father’s musical hero, Townes Van Zandt. So even [...]
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by Erik Kain on September 9, 2011
I’m not really a country music fan. I do enjoy alt-country groups like The Avett Brothers, and I enjoy a few country artists like the Zac Brown Band and, lately, a few of Josh Turner’s songs, but for the most part I’m pretty uninterested in country. However, I do listen to country music on the [...]
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by Erik Kain on August 10, 2011
New song from the National.
Good stuff.
by Erik Kain on August 3, 2011
by Erik Kain on July 22, 2011
Via Kottke:
When I read Jason Kottke’s blog, I feel like The Joker asking:
“Where does he get those wonderful toys?”
But instead of toys it’s Youtube videos and innumerable other interesting time-wasting awesome sauce.