Pitchfork dug deep for this review of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3. Cool for the music but also cool for the esoterica. Anyone who claimed to be Crowley’s kid and had a passion for folk music is worth investigating in my book. Alejandro Galindo seems like a really interesting director. A fair amount of his movies are available on the commercial-based streaming services. I wonder if these weren’t an influence on Roma? ...
I’ve bought into the Apple ecosystem, so obviously. In the interests of testing the scope of music available, I travelled back to the best music critic on the Internet, glenn mcdonald. His final formal music review post is an eloquent exploration of the best music of 2012, ranging from Taylor Swift to European avant garde death metal. It finishes up with a Ylvis song, years before you wondered what the fox says. Bona fides enough. ...
Noted for my own reference: 11/20: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at One World Theater 12/9: Dave Alvin at the Continental Club 2/4: Los Lobos at One World Theater (opposite OwlCon, hm) 2/29: Dropkick Murphys, Frank Turner at Emo’s East (on sale 11/18) 3/2: Solas at UT Performing Arts Center