Indie Music Chatter

I accompanied my wife today as she went around the city as part of her responsibilities as an editor in chief of a famous magazine. Her last appointment was a meeting with a possible story subject and since it would be awkward bringing along a husband with her to a meeting she just told me to wait for her in a restaurant. I was not prepared for this eventuality so I didn’t bring anything as a form of entertainment. I didn’t have my iPod, a book or my trusty Nintendo DS. Fortunately, my wife brought her iPod so I just borrowed it.

Now, my wife and I are polar opposites when it comes to our musical tastes. Her musical preferences are more or less limited to the popular pop artists, more accessible forms of jazz and classical music. I was afraid that her iPod won’t have any kind of music that I would like. Fortunately, as my wife’s appointed personal handler of her iPod, I forgot that I placed a few albums from my stash of MP3s. So there I was listening to Jill Cunniff, Jose Gonzalez and even Rilo Kiley. I was a happy camper! Those artists though also made me think. Does my wife appreciate these artists and their work? I would like to think so. One thing going for her is that she is open to new things. I love to think that when she’s at work, she casually flips through the albums I’ve put in her iPod, excited at what she might discover.

Jill Cunniff, Jose Gonzalez, Rilo Kiley