Subject: John Fahey

• Tonight @ Koo's: Sir Richard Bishop (Q&A/MP3s inside)

  SIR RICHARD BISHOP: THOSE SECRETS WILL NEVER BE REVEALED Sir Richard Bishop might be a gypsy jazz guitarist because he could probably and sometimes does play like Django, but he's got gypsy restlessness in more than his fingertips; he's the Indiana Jones of the fingerstyle guitar, taking research excursions—sure they are!—to least-visited places to scout music for his brother Alan's superlative Sublime Frequencies label (home of the hits from Iraq, North Korea, the Far East, Afric

  November 9, 2006

• Lichens' Omns and White/Lichens

  Lichens Omns (Kranky) Release date: May 7, 2007 White/Lichens White/Lichens (Holy Mountain) Release date: April 16, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. Lichens is Chicago musician Rob Lowe, whom you may know from his stints in 90 Day Men and a very popular band from NYC that's often compared to Pixies an

  May 14, 2007

• [Sound Guy] Talking Summer Songs With OC's Music Community

  June 4, 2009

• Silent Night-please

  An agnostic sifts through tons of bad holiday music to find a few aural Xmas treats

  December 20, 2007

• Everlasting Sounds

  Ten of the years most timeless records

  December 28, 2006

• Planet of Sound

  Sir Richard Bishops earth tones

  November 2, 2006