Daily Archives: 18/03/2005

shrubbery in july

July 20. New York City. Shubert Theatre. Spamalot. I can’t wait.

pizza snobbery

Ten years of living in Connecticut did it to me: I’m a pizza snob. Give me a pie from Frank Pepe’s on Wooster Street in New Haven. A nice Italian Bomb from Modern Apizza will do just fine, thanks. Good pizza is mostly lost on this city. There are a few places for a local

weekend listening

A few suggestions for weekend listening: Vuelta by Richard Shindell is top-notch listening. It is one of the top discs of last year, and is a must-listen for people who admire top-notch songcraft. Alison Krauss’s latest, Lonely Runs Both Ways, is a powerful album of country, bluegrass and folk styles with Krauss’ haunting vocals and

the rock & roll genome

Ever wonder how The Beatles are related to Burnt By The Sun? Wonder no more! Band To Band is here to help! It’s a very cool site, to say the least – good for lunchtime research or simple curiosity.

dc traffic

Today had to be one of the heaviest traffic days in DC in quite some time. Riding GUTS back from GU, the line of cars heading up Rock Creek Parkway was most impressive: a constant stream, with the entrance ramp from P Street completely backed up, bumper-to-bumper. Glad I wasn’t going that way, but still