8 More Quirky Songs that Make Me Immensely Happy
My original 5 Quirky Songs that Make Me Immensely Happy post is closing in on a decade old, so I… Read More »8 More Quirky Songs that Make Me Immensely Happy
My original 5 Quirky Songs that Make Me Immensely Happy post is closing in on a decade old, so I… Read More »8 More Quirky Songs that Make Me Immensely Happy
Today, Swedish pop artist Jens Lekman released a video for his song “How We Met, The Long Version” off his… Read More »4 Minutes of Jens Lekman Dancing in “How We Met, The Long Version”
Yep, I’m getting married in a few days, so I figured it was time to put together a love-themed radio show. I tried to keep it centered around positive love songs, but with indie music, but a few oddities slipped in. In true form, I also made it my latest vinyl-only night.
Read More »Fense is Getting Married! Love Song Night on KSVRI’m not going to talk about my October 19 radio show, other than this sentence and noting the playlist is below. Instead, I’m going to pump up the forthcoming October 26 show. But first, a little history behind next week’s show.
Read More »Fense’s Radio Show: October 19, 2012It’s hard to imagine that just a few short months ago we were enjoying sunny summer days. 2011 was my best year yet, having achieved a few milestones: four and a half years running FensePost, riding my bike from Seattle to Portland and logging over 1,000 total on those two wheels between January and December, enjoying life with the love of my life (Andi), and a few defining mindset changes that put the two of us on a path to minimalism and frugality.
Read More »FensePost Top 24: The Best EPs of 2011Night Falls Over Kortedala was one of my favorite releases of 2007, topped only by Fishboy’s release that year. It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since that album, and that it’s taken so long for Lekman to follow it with new material. Wait no longer; Lekman is back with a new EP dubbed An Argument With Myself and we have been given the title track to enjoy as a little taste of what’s to come. Read More »Jens Lekman: An Argument With Myself (MP3)
Let me tell you a story. In 2007 some notable things happened. I attended the annual music festival SXSW (the image above is of myself and The Lovely Sparrows’ Shawn Jones, taken by Abandoned Love Records/Virgin Of The Birds’ Jon Rooney), I grew a mustache, and I met a beautiful girl named Andi at the Capitol Hill Block Party. We hit it off and ditched the after-party to get a sprite (her) and coffee (me) at Denny’s in Ballard (sadly no longer there) at 1:30am. I still have the mustache and I’m still dating Andi. A lot of pretty notable things happened that year, and a lot of great releases came out…
Read More »A Retrospective Top 33 and 1/3: Best Albums of 2007