Root Down in the Shadow

Cool Web Gem: Foster the People @ NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Set List: :"Houdini",current single "Helena Beat" & mega hit "Pumped Up Kicks". I dig this set as it is really a stripped down version of the band. You see it raw and personal. I can appreciate the album more, as I now hear his voice more than I ever did in the heavily produced super fun Torches . Oh, and for those of you wondering "What??" when you hear 'Pumped Up Kicks' Such a great song, but is he for guns and violence? Here's your answers   Fast Fact: Pearl Jam Ten Club memberships have changed .. It used to be that membership was $20 a year, and if the band got around to it, you would get the newsletter and holiday vinyl.  The band has come to terms that some fans are just not into vinyl, but also that we do so much in a digital world. Now you have the choice of Digital or Analog.  Digiital is the same old membership, but no longer getting t

Through the last few years, I have gone deeper into archivist mode, looking for more and more music to enjoy.  I look for new music in many places, and during my week day drives around Philadelphia, I listen, and rate, listen, and rate, and listen some more.  When I start to compile a solid best of playlist, it is very exciting.  I start the year with nothing, and by the end of the year there are so many gems, so many artists I had never heard before, and now love.  In many cases, I wouldn't have the funds or means to go beyond the single free track or download, but I have been trying to make a point to rewarding those artists that put their intellectual capital out on the line and look for more songs that I love of those artists.  As mentioned in the Sean Hayes post, I recently hit a bonus of iTunes cards for the holidays, and I've used that to dig deeper into my new found loves.   Especially now that I have found a voice for my music obsession, I've been trying to take i