Strange and intriguing.... My one-time favorite band Counting Crows are on tour with Michael Franti from Spearhead, who I also totally love. I was at a festival a few years back and Franti joined in on this game of hacky sack with a bunch of hippie kids who were playing in front of our tent. I just liked the vibe about him -- even though he was at the show to headline, he wasn't chilling out backstage in a trailer, he was on the festival grounds just hanging out.
Regardless, Counting Crows have been way too whiny for the past few albums and I really haven't listened to anything they've put out in the last 7 or 8 years. Still, I think it's pretty safe to say that August and Everything After is one of the best modern folk rock albums ever released. Too bad it was a progressive downhill from there...
But some of the clips of Counting Crows performing with Michael Franti look and sound pretty cool:
Coffee drinking, sun-worshipping, metal smashing jewelry diva with one foot in NYC and the other in New Orleans.
Who We're Digging This Week
Sandra Cisneros is most famous for writing "The House on Mango Street." But I am even more partial to her lush, heartbreaking poetry. And her funny (and completely random) website is definitely worth a peek.
What We're Digging This Week:
Andrew Bush's photo series "Driving While Standing Still" is a rich, beautiful, strange treat
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