Evan O’Television

Okay, so I’m not much of a punk purist and was never much of a juvenile delinquent, but I did spend serious amount of time in detention for my variations in class-clownery. So it is with this spirit that I am inaugurating the return of MixTape Fridays.  Complete with a back-to-school special edition–  guitars cranked, [...]

When I was in Kindergarten, our Canal Street class went on a field trip to West Brattleboro, to the Chelsea House– a converted barn which served as a folk music venue back in the day.  Unlike many of the other 5 and 6 year-olds in the crowd, I had been to the Chelsea House before, [...]

This week’s podcast is full of lovely, regretful gems, epic declarations of passion, and artful ballads of bitter ambivalence. The flavor is not far from the first O’Pinionated podcast in May-”Lost Verses.”  And it contains such treats as a brand new track by a dear old friend (Lands = Ramiro Fernandez recording with Troy Kidwell), [...]

No better place to be, than at my mother’s side, when I hear the great man, Cronkite has passed. She had read that Walter recently befriended, as a sailing partner, Mickey Hart– percussionist for our beloved Grateful Dead. So, at the outset of this worthy media reverie, I am treated to my mom’s best routine [...]

Today’s mix is like an after-hours midsummer night’s cooldown from the dance party marathon that was the Summer Pop series of podcasts.  It is also a sequel (of sorts) to the most popular podcast so far — namely the second 2Bougie2Strong (Jazz & Soul) mix.   This one doesn’t have any jazz instrumentals but it is [...]

“Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines,  (When it Rains and shines.) It’s just a state of mind?  (When it rains and shines.)  Can you hear me, can you hear me?” So, five weeks ago, when I kicked off this Summer Pop Podcast series, I had no idea that my particular choice [...]

These last two Summer Pop mixes have been marinating since the winter and are both essentially new to the world.  And this one is really pretty, lovely fun and great– if I do say so myself.  It’s got a little bit of everything in there jingle, jangle, riffs, hooks and choruses galore. Truly, if this [...]

(ROUGHLY CHRONOLOGICAL) 1. World War Z I kept stopping myself in the midst of reading Max Brooks‘ Studs Terkel-inspired novel, thinking, “This was supposed to be a silly fun, summer, beach-read about Zombies but damn, this shit is seriously deep.” 2.Wall-E Perfection? I don’t know if it is or not, because each time I watch [...]

Okay…. So, I originally finished this mix a few years back and it definitely has a sadder more rainy summer feel to it …  Perhaps that makes it more appropiate for the vibe of this summer so far? I think I recognized it had a more melancholy flavor when I completed it, and that accounts [...]

1.  Mulatu Astatke is back with a new LP collaboration. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information 3 2.  Rewatched Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday.  Gal is funnier by the minute. 3.  This Matt Taibbi article I missed from January- still blisteringly funny! FLAT N ALL THAT – Matt Taibbi (New York Press) When [...]