Matt Marks Music

“Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything.” -Terrence Malick on filming Badlands, which is set in the oft over-romanticized 1950s.

K, sorry to gloat when I’m right, but GUH-DUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

This is hypnotic…

Are you’re a unabashed fan of Christmas/Holiday music, but you are sick and tired of hearing the same versions of the same songs over and over and over – especially when they’re suddenly interrupted 2 bars before the end with one of those annoying “K-Earth 101!! Holiday Favorites on the Radio!!!!!” shockers? Yeah. Me too. [...]

Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times has listed the JACK Quartet’s Xenakis show at Le Poisson Rouge as one of “the most memorable classical music presentations of 2008″: The Jack Quartet, an ensemble of young string players devoted to contemporary music, played the club in October. I would never have expected to see a [...]

Here’s a nice story (with video) about a doctor who is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to increase awareness and funding for my medical condition, HHT. There’s more on HHT.org: Scott is a part of a family of five generations of HHT patients, including his three children. Scott’s hope is that his climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro will [...]

It’s a snowy day in New York City, so I’m staying in for most of today. In honor of my voluntary convalescence, here’s the original trailer for one of my new favorite films of all time. The Sergio Leone masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West: I cannot recommend this film highly enough, especially [...]

Finally. I have an RSS feed of their latest additions and having to watch films that literally noone knows (seriously, not even the directors) be added daily to the list was starting to, ya know, grind my gears or something. But this snowy morning’s list made me smile a bit. All the Back to the [...]

Now, y’all may know that I’m pretty deep in the Obama camp. I voted for him, I’ve written a lot about him, and I think he’ll generally be a great president. But one of the major differences I have with him is the issue of gay marriage. He’s against it. Let’s not do the whole [...]

Ouch. This is gonna hurt: If the authority does not receive new sources of revenue, it seems likely that the base subway fare could rise to at least $2.50, from $2, starting in June. A monthly unlimited-ride MetroCard could rise to more than $100, from $81. There is also talk of reducing service, making express [...]