Four years ago, the nation met Barack Obama in the 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. Near his conclusion, Obama made this statement: “Hope—Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. …
Posts by Caitlin Cremer:
Please Push Play
Rising musician, Benji Hughes is not your typical pop star – the hair, the music, the lyrics, etc. Sure he may sing songs about love gone awry and girls in tight t-shirts, but what makes …
Slacker Uprising Shows Moore as Moore
About four years ago, Michael Moore crafted another addition to his filmmaking collection to little response. The film was called Captain Mike Across America, which premiered in the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007. The …
Elsinore, Oh My God, Post Historic: Cowboy Monkey, Oct. 24, 2008
Last night Cowboy Monkey hosted a show featuring Post Historic, Oh My God and Elsinore. The opening band, Post Historic, was okay. They had some very strong points, but it only came every other song. …
Push Play is Learning about Learning Music
A great recent album I’ve discovered is titled The Greatest Hits So Far by Learning Music – a band whom I had never heard of. What I learned is that Learning Music is a group …
Push Play Gets Political
Three years ago I fell in love with Emiliana Torrini’s Fisherman’s Woman. Her lyrics were soft, mournful and pretty. The album, however, never got much press and its most famous song, “Sunny Road,” was the …
Push, Play, Repeat
Surprisingly, Fujiya and Miyagi’s latest album, Lightbulbs, was released rather quietly early last month. I say surprisingly because I find this album to be their best yet, and it took me two weeks after the …
Push Play Gets Freaky
Perhaps in name alone, New Weird America and Freak Folk may be my new favorite genres. When I came across the terms, I searched my iTunes and Rhapsody libraries to see if I had any …
Girls Next Door, Sunset Stallion: Canopy Club, Sept. 19 2008
I have been to a few Sunset Stallion shows in the past few months since they formed, and although the first and second may have had a few little kinks in the set, they quickly …
Leonard Cohen and Guilty Pleasures
As I was going about the hustle and bustle of my day (surfing through music blogs) I came across an oldie: Leonard Cohen. I gave an affectionate sigh of, “aww” and pushed play. I can’t …