The Pelican’s Perch

This is not a picture of our current situation, as that would be incredibly cool.  But, we are on the verge of being hit by all kinds of icy nastiness.  I don’t have to work tomorrow, so that’s a good thing and will give me time to write more of my year end list.  Hopefully [...]

I usually star the emails I get in my gmail that I want to talk about on here for sure, and those starred emails are getting super backed up because of my year end list, so I’m just going to post in between each installment of my list to keep you guys listening to music.  [...]

Ah, my year end list.  Late as usual.  Have to keep with tradition right?  2008 was an odd year musically for me.  With my life getting twice as busy as my record label started taking off, I found myself having less and less time to search for and consume new music, and instead did something [...]

Okkervil River
The Stand-Ins

Okkervil River are mood music.  Meaning I have to be in the mood to listen to a whole album of theirs.  So, it’s no surprise that this new album finds the same fate.  I’ve read that it’s part two of the story that began with their last album, but I’ve never looked beyond [...]

I’ve been working on my year end lists all week, and by a combination of being super busy and our internet being the most shotty, hardly ever working thing ever, I wasn’t able to post them all last week.  So, this week the lists begin.  Check back shortly for all the albums I loved last [...]