Welcome Friends and Friends of Friends and Strangers
March 6, 2008 – 10:10 pmIt’s hard to believe it’s been two months since we released f10 to a small group of people. Well, we got a bunch of feedback, kept improving the site, and now we think it’s time to open it up to the rest of the world. The latest functionality we just released — friends — means it’s time for us to add more of our friends and ask our friends to add theirs. We’ve also opened up the site to the googlebot (all hail google) so we might get people in here with no ties whatsoever to anyone here. Hey, maybe that means someone actually won’t have Radiohead in their lists… It’s like a cult of Thom Yorke in here.
To all the new people: we hope you dig the site and please send us any feedback you have. We’re gonna keep fixing things up but we’d love to know what you like and don’t like.
I promise the blog entries will come more frequently — especially since I love talking about music. I currently have the new Kathleen Edwards album Asking for Flowers on constant rotation. It’s her best album to date as she keeps getting better with each one. Whether you classify her as alt-country, roots rock, folk rock, or Canadian girl who got lost somewhere between North Carolina and Tomorrow the Green Grass rock, her new album is beautiful and I highly encourage you to check it out for a change of pace. Here’s an excellent review of the album. (Another take.)
For those of you not into that type of music, the new Okkervil River album The Stage Names might be more up your alley. It’s good to know that there are still great bands making great rock music without any discernible singles ready for radio play.