by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 9, 2009 | Asides, On miPod
This is a book better read in your head, but if you’re an audio book kinda reader, the iTunes music store has Cormac McCarthy’s The Road on sale for the rest of the month for a mere $5. It’s stunning. While you’re there have a listen to...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 20, 2009 | On miPod
Yesterday a friend of mine posted a link to U2’s new single Get On Your Boots, from their new disc No Line On The Horizon, on his Facebook page. The song is interesting, kind of atypical U2, yet with a certain familiar flavor to it. A Vertigo-esque sound...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 24, 2008 | On miPod
I’m an admitted story junkie and next to This American Life, there’s nothing quite as enjoyable as The Moth Podcasts. A great way to fix your jones for great stories and the spoken word.
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 16, 2008 | On miPod
Great concert of singer/songwriter Sam Philips just posted on the NPR web site. Philips is one of my all time favorites. Sparse, elegant, sad, and exuberant. She just played last Saturday at the Linda in Albany, NY, which, unfortunately, I was unable to attend....
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 6, 2007 | Featured, On miPod
Neil Finn, Tim Finn, Split Enz, Crowded House, there’s not much I don’t like about the Finn Brothers. And given the state of the “Comeback Album” craze of the last few years, you could be forgiven for thinking that the latest disc by Crowded...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 11, 2007 | Asides, On miPod
Have been listening to Springsteen’s latest disc, Magic, almost non-stop since it came out about a week ago. Great mixture of some old-style Boss, along with the radio-release-ready Radio Nowhere and some good great cuts that are reminiscent of the Dust Bowl...
