You won't find Nick Burbridge's music charting on any Top 20 lists and, to the best of my knowledge, he's never toured extensively, by himself or with his band McDermott's 2 Hours. But his music, once you hear it, is hard to stop listening to. Burbridge sings of the disenfranchised, the marginalized, and those working underground to subvert the status quo. These are protest songs and songs for the working class from the depths of a poet's heart, and its on constant rotation in my home.
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Sep 2, 2018
Weekend Tunes: Nick Burbridge – Song of Sisyphus
Weekend tunes: close to an hour with Shooglenifty and Dhun Dhora
Scotland’s Shooglenifty was one of the first acts that I had the opportunity to interview for the music magazine I still occasionally write for, over two decades ago. That it was one of my first paying assignments, well before I’d finished J-school, and that I’d been a fan of the band for years has made […]
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Weekend Tunes: Lustmord - Subspace
The inside of my head is an absolute crap place for productivity. I tend to fixate on old horrors, recent regrets and small shames that swirl around the inside of my brain like greasy water bound down a drain. It makes for a lot of noise while I’m trying to write or focus on my […]
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Weekend Tunes: DeVotchKa – Straight Shot
DeVotchKa’s latest album, This Night Falls Forever, has been on near constant rotation in our home since I picked it up a few weeks ago. As usual, the band’s music is heartrendingly beautiful. Straight Shot is the first track on the album and the one that, for me at least, has been the band’s biggest […]
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Upgrade your sock drawer with these all-season bamboo yarn socks
Everybody wears socks, even presidents, but not everybody wears sophisticated, ultra-comfortable socks made with bamboo yarn that offers softness, ventilation, and durability. So with all these DeadSoxy socks on sale for Presidents’ Day, why not use this opportunity to make those hard-working feet of yours happier than they’ve ever been? With styles for work and […]
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Make good on that New Year's resolution to read more with these apps and speed reading techniques
If you’re looking to read more in 2020, you probably wish you had more time to get that done. Well, we can’t create more hours in the day (we’re mad about it too), but we can help you maximize those hours. Catch up on that book list and get ahead of the game when you […]
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Need a new MacBook? Check out this Presidents Day sale that can save you hundreds
Grover Cleveland served as America’s 22nd President before being narrowly defeated for re-election by Benjamin Harrison in 1888. But the undeterred Cleveland roared back four years later, winning the 1892 election for his second term in the White House. If the American people can give a president a second chance, don’t you think a gently-used […]
