The Selected Ballads

I've purchased a lot of music lately, both online and on my trip to Chicago (Reckless Records!).  I haven't even listened to all of ...

The Selected Ballads has been away for a while, partly due to a trip to Chicago.  Some notes from the Great Metropolis on the Prairie: For...

I never really got into Pavement, so I've been pretty immune to the excitement generated by their reunion, but it does give me an excuse...

So, I saw Belle & Sebastian the other night for the first time since (get ready for it) 1998.  Their transformation as a live act in tha...

After being shut out of some recent shows around town, I made sure to show up early at Jazz Gallery to check out Tarbaby .  It's a relat...

I'm not sure, but I think this Wall Street Journal article on jeans care is some kind of classic in the field of newspaper "lifest...

I recently finished reading Maria Rosa Menocal's The Ornament of the World , about the rise and fall of Al-Andalus .  Though it leaves r...