Category Archives: Music

Throwback

Posted on January 29, 2009 by LaDale Winling

Though I’ve had this blog for nigh unto 5 years, there’s probably a story or two about myself I’ve somehow neglected to tell. For three years in undergrad I worked at the 7-Eleven across the street from campus. I worked … Continue reading →

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Another Music Tip

Posted on January 15, 2009 by LaDale Winling

…From Two Years Ago. Brandon recommended Frontier Ruckus. I concur.

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Hey Ya!

Posted on December 17, 2008 by LaDale Winling

I was back in Kalamazoo in an MA program at Western when Hey Ya was a big hit. I didn’t have much exposure to pop music at that point so this song in particular stands out in my memory of … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve Been Meaning to Blog

Posted on May 17, 2008 by urbanoasis

Getting a job. Preservation issues. Learning Italian. Being back in Ann Arbor. Defending my dissertation proposal. Drinking coffee. GLMS shows. Declining interest in the blogosphere. But I’ve been busy and don’t have internet where I’m living, so this will have … Continue reading →

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Cat the Anchor, Jeb Minor’s Coming Home!

Posted on October 2, 2007 by urbanoasis

Great Lakes Myth Society Originally uploaded by Ryan Mahoney Great Lakes Myth Society. Chicago. Schuba’s. October 14th. I’ve missed nearly the last 1000 GLMS shows and I am not going to make the same mistake with this one. Family, friends: … Continue reading →

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Music Tip of the Month

Posted on September 13, 2007 by urbanoasis

Formerly Brandon’s Music Tip of Two Years Ago: Canada. Not one but two cellos — not sure how that situation arose in a pop band but I’m glad it did. I was entranced. Canada on MySpace.

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Another New Project

Posted on August 17, 2007 by urbanoasis

I Want to Go Back to Michigan Originally uploaded by urbanoasis In architecture, there is a movement called critical regionalism that seeks to balance the formal, material, and technological possibilities of modern architecture with the traditions and forms of a … Continue reading →

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Somebody Gets It

Posted on July 30, 2007 by urbanoasis

Fortunately, that somebody, talking about the Great Lakes Myth Society, writes for the Village Voice: The sunny vantage of “Midwestern Main Street”—which recalls classic alt-pop like the La’s or even R.E.M. with its maddeningly catchy lilt—might as well be titled … Continue reading →

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GLMS in CHI

Posted on July 26, 2007 by urbanoasis

glms 01 – DSC_0011 Originally uploaded by funkytreetown Lamentably for my Mediterranean-loafing self, these boys are blowing out the asses of Chicagoans tomorrow night, playing Martyr’s at 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. Cost : $7 They’re also opening for Patti Smith … Continue reading →

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Playing Right Now

Posted on July 17, 2007 by urbanoasis

In an internet point in Nafplion, Greece: Hotel California by The Eagles. I’m flashing back to the scene in The Big Lebowski where The Dude is riding in the cab and rails “I hate the fucking Eagles!” The Italians and … Continue reading →

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