Author Archive for Vin Diec

Not nearly as ridiculous as the video for Sex on Fire. You can’t go wrong with concert footage.

Oh Ray, look how far you’ve come. The last time I saw you, it was you, a solitary guitar and you’d bring out one of your friends with a bass if you needed some accompaniment. Now, you’re playing with a four piece band and tickets for your concerts run for $250 each on [...]

I love lists. Especially, you know, top 10 lists. What I don’t like is this new fad for putting everything into a March Madness bracket. (The only things that belong in a March Madness-style bracket is a) an actual March Madness bracket and b) the women that Barney Stinson has slept with.) [...]

Outside Lands gave everyone who bought a ticket 2 free subscriptions to Spin Magazine. Now, I haven’t read Spin magazine in… well, ever… but free is free so I’m gonna get my free one year subscription. But I have one left so if any of you want a year, send an email [...]

Hello folks. Here’s my inaugural “sad bastard” mixtape. I’m sure my fellow writers will be creating their own mixtapes soon. But for now, you’re stuck with me and my mellow taste in music.

The “A Side” includes a few of the best bands out there right now. The Black Keys “All [...]

We’ve had a lot of suggestions for favorite10 lists but no one has ever requested “my favorite 10 gay albums of all time.” Well, no need for that list as Out Magazine has compiled the top 100 gayest albums of all time. What makes an album gay? Besides the presence of an [...]

Longtime fans of Ben Folds know that he delivers one of the best concert-going experiences for your dollar. You won’t go away thinking you just saw something spectacular but Ben Folds consistently delivers a good time along with good music. When I heard that he would be playing with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Kings of Leon released their new single “Sex on Fire”. It’s a great song, full of… uh… sex and fire. Here’s the band doing their stuff in the official video for the track:

Apparently, this video is for the female Kings of Leon fans. Very disappointing that a [...]

I am really looking forward to Ray LaMontagne’s third album Gossip in the Grain which will be released on September 30th. Ray was Bon Iver before Bon Iver. He’s got this great soulful folk sound that packs his concerts even though he does absolutely nothing on stage to engage the audience — [...]

Good news Wilco fans: Jeff Tweedy is dissatisfied with all six previous studio albums and is planning to release a new one in the spring of 2009. He told radio station WAMC that he:
“kinda hate[s]” all of Wilco’s six prior albums, because “none of them are a statement that I would be comfortable making [...]