by Charles Norman | Jun 18, 2018 | Song of the Day
So I’m in my office listening to “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Rowan Kerrick. And my wife comes in from the kitchen and asks, somewhat incredulously, “Is this a Nobody?” Now, first of all, I don’t write about Nobodies. I write...
by Charles Norman | Jun 15, 2018 | Song of the Day
HOTEL – You’ll Never Know Me Sometimes I ask my wife for help in writing these things. Sometimes I ask my cat for help, but tonight Fluffy had a previous engagement to stare out the front window at the bugs on the other side of the screen. So when I ask my...
by Charles Norman | Jun 12, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Despite Your Doubts,” by Tired Eyes, is the soundtrack to the movie that plays in the heads of (infinity) former couples, the movie filmed after the breakup, when the screenwriter lets everyone say the things they wish they had said when it actually...
by Charles Norman | Jun 10, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Low Grey Light,” by Wild Light Sound, is a beautiful, understated song about chasing the sun, or chasing the warmth in a relationship. You felt it; it was here. It must have gone somewhere. Let’s go there, wherever there is. The simplicity of the...
by Charles Norman | Jun 9, 2018 | Song of the Day
“Blueberry Dream,” by The Pink Stones, meanders a vaguely-marked path scratched into the Georgia dust between the farms of Country, Soul, and Dream Pop. If I had to play the Genre Game (which I don’t have to but will anyway), I would dub this...