Book Notes - Kevin Sampsell ("Creamy Bullets")- July 1, 2008 In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Books are recommended to me in many ways these days. Friends who know my reading tastes used to make the best recommendations, but now that I am corresponding with authors for this Book Notes series, that has changed. I usually ask participating authors to recommend their fellow writers, and have discovered many great books through writers whose work I...http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/07/book_notes_kevi_4.html Try It Before You Buy It (July 1st Music Releases)- July 1, 2008 Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal music downloads and full album streams from the week's music releases. MP3 downloads and full album streams from CDs released this week: Alkaline Trio: Agony & Irony full album stream Earlimart: Hymn and Her "Song For" mp3 Golden Animals: Free Your Mind And Win A Pony full album stream "Try on Me" mp3 Jay Brannan: goddamned full album stream "At First Sight" mp3 "Housewife" mp3 "Half-Boyfriend" mp3 Mugison: Mugiboogie full album...http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/07/try_it_before_y_39.html Shorties- July 1, 2008 Five Chapters is serializing new short fiction by Ron Rash this week. Paste interviews Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. Paste: Whats your take on modern alternative rock, especially because youve said before on numerous occasions that youre not too hot on a lot of it Is there anything youve heard or seen recently that youre impressed by, or do you just tend to ignore newer music Martsch: I mostly just tend to ignore it. Not at all because theres not good things going on, I dont know why, Im.http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/07/shorties_1518.html Daily Downloads (Paper Route, Gazelle, and more)- July 1, 2008 Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Doleful Lions: "White Lotus Day" mp3 from 7 other Doleful Lions music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Gazelle: "The First Rays" mp3 from Sunblown other Gazelle music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Grace Potter: 2008-06-28, Hampton Beach mp3,ogg,flac "Sugar" mp3 Grace Potter: 2008-06-27, Skowhegan mp3,ogg,flac "Tonight's the Night" mp3 other Grace Potter music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Kristin Hersh: 2000-11-11, New Haven mp3,ogg,flac "Caffeine"...http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/07/daily_downloads_1603.html |