October 25, 2009
About Me
Name: Heather Browne
Location: Colorado, originally by way of California
"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
—Nick Hornby, Songbook
"Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel."
—Hunter S. Thompson
“These chords are old but we shake hands / 'cause I believe that they're the good guys.”
—Josh Ritter, "Good Man"
"I am fuel, you are friends / we got the means to make amends."
—Pearl Jam, "Leash"
Hey! That Was Cool
- "Getting Heard By Music Blogs" (my contribution to ASCAP magazine)
- 10 Women Music Writers To Read Now (NPR)
- Fuel/Friends in the 2008 Gummy Awards: A "Best Music Blog That Isn't Stereogum"
- Guardian UK article: The things that help us feel alive
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2007
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2008
- Me on NPR's World Cafe w/ David Dye, 2009
- NY Times mention from Nick Hornby: "Living With Music"
- Wired Magazine, Italy
About The Songs
Mp3s are for sampling purposes, kinda like when they give you the cheese cube at Costco, knowing that you'll often go home with having bought the whole 7 lb. spiced Brie log. They are left up for a limited time. If you LIKE the music, go and support these artists, buy their schwag, go to their concerts, purchase their CDs/records and tell all your friends. If you represent an artist or a label and would prefer that I remove a link to an mp3, please email me at browneheather@gmail.com
Submissions
Got something I should hear? Email me at browneheather@gmail.com. Digital's usually best, but music submissions can also be sent to: Fuel/Friends, PO Box 64011, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-4011.
Let's be Friends
Interviews
- The musical mind behind Friday Night Lights
- Interview: The minds behind the new Jeff Buckley/Shakespeare musical
- Talking to Josh Ritter in Telluride
- “A new sonic playground” :: Works Progress Administration interview (Glen Phillips)
- Nobody but you :: The Langhorne Slim interview
- Standing at the center of the occupation with the Handsome Furs
- We promised too much and gave it too soon (Joe Pug interview)
- Warding off demons with Thao Nguyen (Interview)
- Interview: the refreshing Zee Avi
- Interview: The expansive sounds of Blitzen Trapper
Shows I've Seen
- Adam Haworth Stephens is phenomenal live
- Lollapalooza 2010 shines
- Telluride Bluegrass 2010 (or: two of my favorite shows in two days)
- I grow a diamond in my chest :: The Tallest Man on Earth in concert
- The warm musical embrace of SXSW 2010
- What would you do if I sang out of tune?
- I’ve been dancing on this killing floor for years
- The Swell Season stunned me
- Tonight, you take a part of my life :: The Big Pink slay Denver
- spin you into my curls today :: Lisa Hannigan in-store performance on a Sunday afternoon
Books I Like
Colorado Pals
- A Walking Disaster
- Backbeat Online (Westword)
- Bocumast Records
- Cause=Time
- Coverville
- Danger Radio
- Denver Reverb
- Denver Six Shooter
- Empty Reviews
- Gigbot concert community
- KRCC Colorado College Radio
- KRCX Regis Univ. Music Blog
- Merry Swankster
- My Best Friend's Arm
- One Track Mind
- Oomph Music Blog
- Radio 1190 CU Boulder
- Something Like Sound
- Spork (Twist & Shout Record Store blog)
- The Donnybrook Writing Academy
- The Flat Response (Denver concert recordings)
Blogs That Rock
- Aquarium Drunkard
- Aurgasm
- bag of songs
- Can You See The Sunset From The Southside?
- Chromewaves
- Dance Hall Hips
- Daytrotter
- Dooce
- Elvis Enthusiasts Unite
- Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
- HearYa Live Sessions
- I Guess I’m Floating
- La Blogotheque
- Marathonpacks
- Music vs. Misery
- My Old Kentucky Blog
- Passion Of The Weiss
- Postsecret
- Said The Gramophone
- Scatter o’ Light
- So Much Silence
- Some Velvet Blog
- Stereogum
- The Rising Storm
- The Vinyl District
- To The Maxx
- You Ain’t No Picasso
This is on my Christmas List.
spookycat — October 28, 2009 @ 12:07 am
San Diego
Natalie — October 29, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but this looks _awfully_ similar to the cover of The Twilight Singers’ album Powder Burns:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000T061O0/ref=dm_sp_alb/186-5070638-9667911
HJ — October 31, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
You know sometimes, when a blog or site gets recommended by another blog or site, and you spend ages marvelling at the beauty and simplicity of it, wondering why you’ve never found it before, how you’ve managed to just swerve it by accident for so long?
This is one of those times.
I’ll be saying ‘have you seen StolenLyric.com yet?’ a lot today. The answer will probably be ‘yes, in like, JULY’, but what the heck…*sigh*
them apples — November 7, 2009 @ 1:34 am