Cha-Cha-Changes

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As you may have noticed, we had undergone something of a makeover this past weekend. Unless this is your first visit to Another Rainy Saturday, then welcome! There is a new look and feel to the site that I’m very excited about. As you can see from the layout, the site once again looks more [...]

Come see me for “Office” hours at St. John’s on January 31

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A new year and a new opportunity to use the “Shameless Self-Promotion” category. I’ll take it! The very nice people at St. John’s Bar and Restaurant are starting a new DJ night on Thursday nights, starting tonight, called “Step Into My Office.” They were kind enough to invite me to inflict my taste in music [...]

We now have a show calendar!

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You may have noticed yesterday (or had it pointed out if you follow me on Twitter or we’re Facebook friends), but we added a new feature on Another Rainy Saturday: a show calendar. It’s something I’ve wanted to add to the site for some time, but was (infrequently) looking for the appropriate WordPress plugin, which [...]

Another Rainy Saturday is now exactly 19 years away from purchasing alcohol (in a Washington supermarket)

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   This is the 841st post on this blog, which went live exactly two years ago today. There is nothing I’ve ever done in my entire life that I am more proud of than launching this website. I started ARS with just the idea of writing about the music I liked. It was a wonderful [...]

2012: The year of maximum listening

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  I took it as a challenge when the music critic Christopher Weingarten said something on Twitter about how critics should need to have heard 500 records in a year to have a vote in the Village Voice’s annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics. I’ve been voting in the poll since 2008, though [...]