According to Last.fm, here are the artists I listened to most frequently in 2015: 1. Ryan Adams (411 plays) 2. Tony Bennett (324) 3. George Wallington (322) 4. Melody Gardot (310) 5. Beach Slang (279) 6. José González (277) 7. John Coltrane (269) 8. Ben Webster (266) 9. Cat Power (238) 10. Alabama Shakes (233)…

2014 December from edbatista on 8tracks Radio.

Half a lifetime ago John Waite was a big deal. An actual rock star. (Of the sensitive ’80s variety, but still.) More recently, he’s been playing acoustic sets at places like a Borders in Cincinnati. And he brings it. I didn’t like John Waite when he was all over MTV in the early ’80s. But…

May 2013 from edbatista on 8tracks Radio.

And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Key West, 1991. Funny story. Sad, too? Update: Yes…sad, too. Sakura went to Georgetown and possibly Princeton as well, and was a grad student while living in Somerville (MA, presumably), and lived in Toronto, and was about to move to a new city or had just left when she was killed in a car crash…

"…Rather than saying ‘No,’ I always say ‘Yes,’ and try it." Merce Cunningham, 85, in the Feb. 27 S.F. Chronicle