Monthly Archives: January 2008

Mt. Tam 1

Saturday was a lovely clear day, the first in what felt like weeks. After the farmer’s market we high-tailed it out of the city to Mt. Tam. It didn’t matter that it was mid-day and we might be two out of hundreds of people with the same idea. The goal was a hike, the incentives [...]

Best of 2007 3

Melting ice caps, violent international conflicts, Hummers outside my window, oil slicks in the bay – the picture of 2007 as I look back was of a dissonant world. The records that fought their way to the fore sounded like allegories for this dystopian vision. Noisy, messy, strange but headspinningly beautiful. Interestingly, each of these [...]