From the opening riff, lifted straight from the 1982 songTrue to Life (and surely a wink and nod to the fans), this is Roxy Music’s first album in 28 years. Bryan Ferry has said that he considered making Olympia an official Roxy record, but felt the material was more suited for a solo album. Perhaps, [...]
Yesterday afternoon, as our work day was winding down, Alex and I sat in our office talking about music. We were talking about how much we liked The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel. And, as is our way towards the end of the day, we broke out with an impromptu version of the song while [...]
I finally got an S3! No, not an Audi S3 (still not available in the US), but a Canon S3. This replaces our Canon A70, which unexpectedly gave up the ghost last year. Project photos, before-and-afters, and other photo blogging will soon resume in earnest. I got the camera just in time for the 12 Hours of [...]
It was down to 44 degrees this morning, but I was not to be deterred. I kept the top down. Clear and cold, the air whipped around me tugging at the new scarf around my neck. The scarf fluttered above the car looking like a gold striped ribbon on a gift wrapped in black paper. The Killers played to me, [...]