Up the Tree

Month: October 2005

  • Dear iTunes, We Forgive You… for Now

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    So, it looks like the quality control over at iTunes has finally learned from their most egregious of errors and has included Tracks Up the Tree into their music store. (Thanks Seth for the heads up) Of course it did take submitting the site through 3 different names to get in, ultimately through my LibSyn…

  • Laura Veirs – Year of Meteors

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    Year of Meteors :4 Stars: Nonesuch 2005 There are just some artist that can break into your head through your ears and churn up deeply hidden memories with a well placed lyric. Jeff Tweedy, Sufjan Stevens, Nina Nastasia have this ability for me. Each of them delivers an unaffected honesty to their music which breaks…

  • Work, Episode 1

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    Somewhere in the back of my mind I still remember the things that I used to do. Improv, play music, paint. These things have been replaced by… well I’m not really sure. My time just disappears. I go to work at 9, stay until 6 and find that the rest of the evening flashes by…

  • TUTT: 1 Year Anniversary Show!

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    IT’S… The One Year Anniversary Show! So, drop your coat off at the door, pick up some orderves, grab a cocktail, and get out your party favors. I would stay away from the cheap champagne though! It might be our most unorganized show yet, with loads of banter, great songs, and an occasional flashback to…

  • Operation Eden

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    Operation Eden is an amazing photography weblog documenting the human spirit of citizens living through the aftermath of Katrina. It puts a face on the devastation that many have tried to downplay. !(photo)http://images15.fotki.com/v235/photos/1/106083/2666299/philip_alva-vi.jpg(Operation Eden)!:http://operationeden.blogspot.com/