Spring Cleaning Podcast
When do you start working on the setlist they play at your funeral? While this is something that I have not started thinking about, I did feel the need to work on a setlist of songs that seem to be budding up this springtime.
Springtime in Chicago is exciting with several good shows coming up (Thom Yorke, Spoon/Deerhunter and Air) several shows that I enjoyed (Woods and Netherfriends) and some shows I wish I went to (Deakin).
There are many shows to look forward to this summer, (Pitchfork, Monday Free Shows at Pritzker) and that does not count the plethora of new music to look forward to this year.
Every once in a while there is always a need to put my mouth behind the microphone and speak to my imaginary friends as to what I have been listening to. Anyone that is willing to put up with this trainwreck, feel free to indulge yourself in the fractured fairytaile mind of a 37 year old deviant who is just trying to find sense to the maddening world we live in.
And any time that we can find ways of escaping the monotony is a good thing. For my imaginary friends out there wondering what is good and listenable I would encourage you to check this out. The podcast is a mixture of young and old. Some artists reflect the nature of Generation X, boombox over your head music like Peter Gabriel. Some reflects the younger generation musicians/audiophiles listening to their angels and demons make music and interpret that how they may like, (see Woods and Netherlands). Still others are dug up relics finding their light of day (The Method Actors) and finally there is always plenty to celebrate the bands whose movements are still being examined 40+ years after they started making music (Velvet Underground).
So here you go. An imaginary podcast for an imaginary world