Do you read any Blogs regularly?

[kidsmoke]

I'm just curious. Which ones, and why do you follow them?

[anthony]

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/

http://www.owlandbear.com/

[remphish1]

www.brooklynvegan.com

 

Not much of a blog I guess but I check this page many times a day!

 

I do find Brooklynvegan has the most music listings that pollstar and ticketmaster don't necessarily follow. Also discussions on there help with ticket buying strategy and other show info which is valuable to this NYC concert goer.

[EstimtedProphet]

reality-tour.com

 

thats the phish blog I use. thats about it.

[Magnetized]

I wind up checking out lots of random blogs when a Twitter or FB post I'm interested in has a link to them, but the only ones I have bookmarked and check on a regular basis are www.brooklynvegan.com and www.spencertweedy.com.

[Heart full of holes]

I read Danny Miller's Jew Eat Yet once in a while. Besides the Wilco connection, I like his take on the entertainment industry and his encyclopedic knowledge of movies. Good stuff.

 

 

http://dannymiller.typepad.com/

[Synthesizer Patel]

this: http://smalltownpleasures.blogspot.com/

 

but, i don't read it - just get the music. the author must spend an absolute fortune on buying japanese pressings of all those albums

[gogo]

http://thegirlwho.net/journal/

 

Monica Bielanko is married to Serge Bielanko from Marah, which is why I know about her, but not why I read her blog. She's a great writer, funny and terrifyingly honest. Nothing is off limits, although lately she's a lot more family-oriented than she's been in past entries.

 

Serge has also started blogging lately, they have two children and he's got some great posts about being a dad. There are links through thegirlwho.

 

And their house recently burnt down, both of their posts about that are heartbreaking.

[Queen Amaranthine]

As a parent, I find Teresa Strasser incredibly funny! And painfully accurate in her perceptions.

 

http://www.teresastrasser.com/

[Kim Bodnia]

I used to read more blogs, in the past, not as many these days.

 

I don't follow a particular blog, but I'm finding much of the information I need on them, via google searches.

 

I may be wrong, but it would seem as though twitter seized a great deal of the audience that used to read blogs, I mean in the early 2000s.

 

Writing a tweet takes less effort than writing a blog post, so I think more and more blogs will become the tool of specialised, skilled people like journalists, while twitter will serve the general population.

 

And I don't know what could have happened to technorati, back in 2004-5 I had the impression that there was a lot of hype behind it,

[Queen Amaranthine]

Writing a tweet takes less effort than writing a blog post, so I think more and more blogs will become the tool of specialised, skilled people like journalists, while twitter will serve the general population.

 

That makes sense.

 

It also brings to mind something my favorite blogger mentioned above said about social media: "Having a weird experience. Interfacing on social media is actually alleviating feelings of failure & loneliness...quitting while I'm ahead."

[alison the wilca]

http://www.thestylerookie.com/ - Tavi is my teen hero

http://www.sherylyvette.com/ - Sheryl is my workout hero

http://www.thejulieblog.com/- julie is my bike hero

http://www.retroist.com/ - there is often great stuff here, especially around halloween

[alison the wilca]

Also, the WGN weather blog is awesome: http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/

[choo-choo-charlie]

This is how I first got into live Wilco recordings -- and a ton of other stuff: http://captainsdead.com/.

[a-me-with-a-you]

This is how I first got into live Wilco recordings -- and a ton of other stuff: http://captainsdead.com/.

 

Found some great covers on that recently, I browse a great deal of blogs here and there but this one's my oldest followee;

http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/ (aka until recently I Am Fuel, You Are Friends)

[ih8music]

I wouldn't go as far as to say I read it regularly, but when I have time and think of it Aquarium Drunkard is a great place to spend time. I think that was where I first heard about Bon Iver & Delta Spirit, and probably a few others...

 

The only other blog I read on a frequent basis is Andrew Sullivan's blog... but that's only when I'm in the mood for political perspective from a very gay & very Catholic conservative writer, who generally supports Obama. His view on things is often unique, to say the least.

[-seven]

I read Sullivan daily. I think he's smart and thoughtful and I like that he will post various points of view on most topics.