“Weâre having some fun Weâve got music and laughter And wonderful times Thatâs so important in todayâs world Oh yeah.â Truthful words, no? A few weeks ago while bumbling around my local bookstore I fell upon a 2007 memoir of someone who I havenât thought about in quite a while. As I turned it over… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] The (second) best medicine
Author: Abby
[Abby’s Road] Shopgirl Evolution
Once upon a time I worked in a record shop. It was way back in the day when cassettes (and cassinglesâŚheeehee!) were purchased with as much fervor as the compact disc. To compensate the gigantic wage that a retail shopgirl could pocket in the early-nineties, I worked at an indie bookstore as well. Working at… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Shopgirl Evolution
[Abby’s Road] Flight
Iâm back. In my pocket I have a good 25 stories I could share about my time cavorting about lower (and upper) Bavaria. I decided last week that upon returning to the States I would spare you the gory details of beer drinking, volksfests and barbecues and keep it musical. I was prepared. Then something… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Flight
Youngster: RickoLus
“This album is a homage to my youth. I had a wonderful time but I am going somewhere new. Good bye and good riddance…” – RickoLus via liner notes on Youngster. I know youâve been waiting for it (humor me): the third and final installment in Abbyâs Youth Series, 2010. Today, if you donât already… Continue reading Youngster: RickoLus
Abbyâs Road postponed until next week
Dear Friends, Man. I had every intention of having some substance for Abby’s Road today. I’ve been bouncing around the apartments of friends in Munich for the last 5 days and living out of a suitcase. I slept in a flat with an Ian Brown light fixture and Paul Weller portrait on the wall. I… Continue reading Abbyâs Road postponed until next week
[Abby’s Road] A sonic childhood revisited
(Note: This is Part II of what will eventually be a three-part, Summer 2010 Youth Series. Part I arrived at Knox Road yesterday.) Those of you who pay attention to my ramblings every fourteen days or so may have noticed that I am a soul steeped in nostalgia. Iâm not overtly living in the past,… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] A sonic childhood revisited
New Radical Face EP: Touch the Sky
Storyteller extraordinaire Ben Cooper has done it again. The musician, songwriter, visual artist and fifty-percent of Electric President released a new digital EP this week under his solo moniker, Radical Face. To be used as a bridge between his 2007 release Ghost and future projects, Touch the Sky reintroduces one to their past. Through thunder… Continue reading New Radical Face EP: Touch the Sky
[Abby’s Road] Waves of Mutilation – a Decibel Discussion
Easter Sunday, April 11, 1993. Something was stolen from my awkward, teenaged body leaving me a changed woman today. I blame 808 State and Meat Beat Manifesto. That day, in a steel town discotheque (RIP), an unknown percentage of the hearing in my left ear disappeared⌠neâer to return. I was reminded of this incident when… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Waves of Mutilation – a Decibel Discussion
[Abby’s Road] Virtues are not dead – kindness makes a comeback
Two weeks ago while sitting in the passenger seat on a ride through Waycross, Georgia, I grabbed the steering wheel in an attempt to âhelpâ my boyfriend avoid what I thought was an armadillo sauntering down the center of the road. I almost killed every being involved. Only after what can loosely be described as… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Virtues are not dead – kindness makes a comeback
New Adidas ad provides long awaited bridge from cool Britannia to West Coast hip hop
[youtube width=”540″ height=”360″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zd_khk6zXo[/youtube] Happy weekend.