Autumn Souvenir

"I was going to send you some stuff from Whole Foods, but I can't remember if you like that yippie stuff or not. Let me know."

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Pretty straightforward incredible new series. I will be posting clips from some of my all-timers.

If I had many dollars, I would probably be spending quite a bit here . Bruce Springsteen Keith Richards Mark Bolan Johnny Cash

I obviously don't know the deal they had in place with Nonesuch, but this does come as somewhat of a surprise. Pitchfork is reporting that their contract with Nonesuch has indeed expired and it appears as if they won't be renewing. If you look at the landscape right now, I'm not sure there's a band in a better position to go it alone. They've been releasing records for 16 years and have gradually built a pretty massive following, a hefty percentage of whom (errr, me) are fanatical. For a good portion of their fans (just visit viachicago.org), Wilco could release their next record via a secret hiding place somewhere in Chicago in the month of November, and 100,000 people or so would be booking flights to O'Hare within the hour. Wilco's manager, Tony Margarita, and Jeff Tweedy have run this band to near perfection. Never labeled a "sell out," they've built a fairly massive business, having little trouble selling out 8,000 seat venues the world o

Farrar and Gibbard's One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur was my top record of 2009. Looking back at the past few years, it may be the best record I've bought since Josh Ritter's The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter . When they did a short tour earlier this year, despite buying a ticket, I ended up missing their Portland stop. Nevertheless, for a good six months, I was hooked on this record and everything tied to it: Kerouac, Big Sur, the spirit, and the overall romanticism of the songs. I'm still amazed that I didn't pick up smoking again. When I went to the Henry Miller Library for the second time, it felt as though I was experiencing the record firsthand. There's such an odd literary and cinematic feel to the record. It's as if all art is somewhat represented in the songs. When I moved to California on New Years Eve 2004/2005, I spent the following day at Big Sur and thus grew my belief that Northern California is quite possibly the mo

I have always wanted to do something more with my photos than just a Flickr stream. I've mulled a book, which I'm still working on. A few years ago, a friend urged me to make my photos available for sale. At the time, I was working full-time and didn't give it all that much thought. Times have clearly changed and photography's become a pretty integral part of my life. I've recently started acquiring quite a few photo books, and become somewhat obsessed with the work of Wiliam Eggleston. As I, along with millions of other Americans, wade through this recession, I concluded that there's no better time than to take the step. I wanted to post the photos at Autumn Souvenir, but the increasingly popular Etsy does indeed offer a pretty seamless and straightforward home. Last week I began uploading a few of my favorites. And yesterday I sent an e-mail to about 25 folks letting them know about the store. This is likely all I'll do at this point, aside from maybe join