Jul 26 2010

Marshall McLuhan – The Medium And The Light: Reflections On Religion

Category: Books In My Brain — dryvetyme @ 07:00

Chalk this one up to almost biting off more than I could chew during the lead up to my recent wedding, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to review a book by/about the venerable Marshall McLuhan. The good people over at Englewood Review Of Books permitted me the chance to talk about The Medium And The Light: Reflections On Religion, a series of essays, letters, lectures, and conversations from McLuhan’s archives (collected by Eric McLuhan and Jacek Szklarek). I would be honored if you took a few moments to read it.

Editor’s Note: Regular music writing should (read: might possibly) re-appear sometime in the next 4-5 weeks.

Jul 12 2010

Tambersauro – From The Last Day I Saw You

Category: H-Town Rock,Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 07:00

Tambersauro
From The Last Day I Saw You
Esotype; 2010

From the get go, it’s rather difficult to review From The Last Day I Saw You, because Tambersauro has been rather upfront with the fact that might be the last thing this engaging, adventurous trio might ever record. And that’s a damn shame, because I’ve been an unabashed fan of the group’s music ever since I saw its earliest shows together playing community centers in the Spring/Woodlands area of North Houston. So when I received a copy of this album, I wanted to give it the time in my ears that it deserved, because I wasn’t sure exactly when I’d get another chance to sing the three guys’ praises in print.
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Jun 28 2010

Wild Moccasins West Coast Tour Kick-Off Show

Category: H-Town Rock,Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 07:00

It seems that, even in the midst of my summer “do some very important grown-up things” hiatus, I can’t help but talk about Wild Moccasins. The indie-pop group is riding high on the bright, taut, and jaunty tunes that populate Skin Collision Past, so they decided to make their way to the West Coast for a string of shows.

But before they leave our fair city, they’ve decided to play once again at their favorite haunt – Walter’s On Washington. This time, The Eastern Sea (out of Austin, TX) and The Wiggins will be serving as the more-than-able table-setters. This all-ages show is set for Friday, July 2nd, 2010 (as in, THIS Friday), the doors will open at 8:00pm, and the music should start at 9:00pm. The best part — all of this can be yours for a mere $5.00.

Let’s send Wild Moccasins off with a bang!

May 17 2010

Wild Moccasins Album Release Show

Category: H-Town Rock,Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 07:00

Yes, I’ve touted the tunes of this Houston, TX bred-and-born act for awhile now, but it’s for good reason. Wild Moccasins has made a name for itself around town with its special blend of indie-pop – sweet, sassy, sarcastic, and laden with catchy hooks – but the group is making fans outside of Texas by establishing a regular touring regimen (something that what few Houston bands attempt to do, unless they move to Austin).

Thus, on the heels of a successful (and supposedly profitable!) April 2010 East Coast Tour, the band is set to release its debut full-length, entitled Skin Collision Past, this Friday night (May 21st, 2010) at Walter’s On Washington. Accompanied by the retro-glam of Roky Moon & BOLT and the curiously kinetic noise of Giant Princess, Wild Moccasins will be releasing its record in style, as anyone who pays the cover fee of $10 will get a free copy of Skin Collision Past. The doors should open at 8pm, the bands should be playing by 9pm, and this will be an all-ages show.

Hooray for great music in Space City! Be sure to come out to this show and catch the band before it heads off to the West Coast for a Summer 2010 Tour.

May 11 2010

Indian Jewelry – Totaled

Category: H-Town Rock,Music In My Ears — dryvetyme @ 12:00

Indian Jewelry
Totaled
We Are Free; 2010

I have spent the past few weeks reading through the entirety of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series for the first time, and the whole process has been exciting and illuminating. Though I swore off comic books in the mid-‘90s as mere child’s play upon entering high school, I delved back into the medium via the graphic novels of Alan Moore a few years ago. Though I take nothing away from Moore’s majestically psychotic ruminations on various distopian scenarios (one of my favorite literary constructs), I am awestruck with Gaiman’s ability to display human nature and all of its foibles as this grand combination of mythology, theology, poetry, and (often rank) absurdity. Dream and his siblings are no mere archetypes (because we’ve seen such creations before) – they are mirrors and reflections of humanity at its most playful and its most serious.
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