Tag: Metric

Spinning Platters Podcast — Episode 1 (The Pilot)

D.P. kept reminding us to talk into the mic.
D.P. kept reminding us to talk into the mic.

What we’ve got here is a podcast!  Dakin, D.P. and I recorded a podcast at the 10th Floor Studio on New Montgomery last night, and we’re presenting it here to you!  I’m working hard to get this going on itunes, but it’s not as simple as all that.  We have to apply and be approved.  Well, rather than wait for that approval, you can always just listen to the podcast right here and now!  Once we have an itunes subscription link, we’ll be sure to send it along.

The show notes and the podcast follow below. Continue reading “Spinning Platters Podcast — Episode 1 (The Pilot)”

Glastonbury Diary, Part Three: The Music

Seeing this on the screen was only a hint of the excitement to come.
Seeing this on the screen was only a hint of the excitement to come.

What follows is a pretty simple list of every single musical act I saw at Glastonbury 2009 for at least one song.  There were others that I walked by, and sometimes it takes a whole song to walk by them, but when I don’t know who’s playing until I’m finished walking by them and have gone back to my tent to look at a list of who was just on stage, I don’t think that counts because I wasn’t paying any attention at all.  I’m looking at you, The Script (or was it The View?)  I’ll make very brief remarks about some acts, and pretty lengthy ones about others.  I probably won’t say too much about the music for some bands, but will assume you know them already instead.  Find out which acts had me dancing, which had me skankin’, which ones had me screaming, and which one left me in tears.  Buckle up, because this is going to take me a while. Continue reading “Glastonbury Diary, Part Three: The Music”