We’re not going to go have a toga party and do something outlandish. People don’t have to worry that it’s burning a hole in our pocket. - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...
Providence’s highest-paid pensioner, former Fire Chief Gilbert McLaughlin, retired with an annual salary of $63,510 and now receives an annual pension of $196,813 a year, according to the city. At the current rate of growth, McLaughlin’s pension will total nearly $800,000 a year if he lives to the age of 100. - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...
James Vincent McMorrow - Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National)
How awesome is that?!
crispyrealization:
James Vincent McMorrow covering Bloodbuzz Ohio
yes, you read that correctly. - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...
James Vincent McMorrow - We Don’t Eat (Special Edition)
Hmm. Testing embedding from Rdio but I don’t like it. If you’re a logged-in Rdio user you can play the full song, but if you’re not it’s only a preview. Might make sense for Rdio’s customer acquisition but it’s a no-go as a method for me to share music on Tumblr. - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...
A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me any suggestions as to how to get started?” Mozart responded, “A symphony is a very complex musical form, perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony.” “But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when... - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...
Tech Giant IPOs are like Royal Weddings: the people act nice but you know it’s a seething roiling pit of hate, greed, money, and desperation that goes on a bit too long so by the end you just want to put an angry chili-covered porcupine in everyone’s anus and set them all on fire. But perhaps I’m jaded. - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...
The Gaslight Anthem - Baba O’Riley
Brain Fallon doing a pretty good Roger Daltrey.
copycats:
Baba O’Riley by The Gaslight Anthem
originally by The Who - http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post...