January 2009
12 posts
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An expert, and a pal →
Used to want to work in advertising. Still do at times, though the recent longing spurred on by Mad Men is quickly tempered by the relative anonymity that comes with the job, as well as the ongoing realization that I’m not nearly as in touch with the kids as I like to think. Nevertheless, occupational pangs (occupangs?) come fairly often, such as when I was sent this link to a series of...
Went with a friend to see local singer / songwriter Jonathan Walsh at Rockwood Music Hall last night. IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING. Not because of the music—though, he’s a talented fellow—but because his guest drummer, Rob Marnell, was whaling on an instrument I’ve admired ever since seeing Katherine McPhee flanked by practioners. The boomboxes are called cajóns—and, in addition to looking...