Category: music

  • Reality Christmas

    When the house is a mess. When you’ve lost a loved one. When you’re acknowledging the anniversary of losing someone. When you and your partner are not feeling (or acting) peaceful towards one another. When work is annoying, or you have to work more than you’d like during the holidays. When there’s not enough work…

  • Weekend Pairing Valentine’s Edition: A Song & A Sweet

    I hope y’all had a spectacular Valentine’s Day & weekend, if that’s your thing. We really didn’t have any plans, which worked out well because some of Chad’s older brother’s friends from Carrboro, NC, got stranded in Philadelphia due to the snow this week, so we got to show them around. The West Philly Valentine’s…

  • An evening with CocoRosie

    We’ve gone to a number of shows at Union Transfer here in Philly since it opened a little over a year ago, including Polica with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, St. Vincent, Kishi Bashi with of Montreal, and, last night, CocoRosie. It was a little bit of a freak show, but in the absolute sweetest…

  • Bon Iver at Tower Theatre

    Part of our anniversary month festivities happened last night. We bought tickets the day the went on sale, before the new album even came out. We decided it would be (one of) our anniversary present(s) to ourselves. We stopped on the way down the road at Burlap and Bean for coffee and quiche. I don’t see…

  • Bon Iver Bon Iver

    This can make even cleaning the bathroom seem dreamy. Tomorrow I can have a physical copy! And on August 3, as a sort-of anniversary gift to ourselves, we will hear it live!