Aug 26th, 2008 · On his debut solo release, Neighbor Singing, Brad Laner mixes lush harmonies with gentle melodies and a subtle but densely layered pastiche of electronics. Based in Granada Hills, Calif., Laner's music could be called electro-psychedelic-folk. But he likes to keep listeners guessing as each track morphs seamlessly into new forms, taking unexpected sonic directions that don't fit neatly into any standard category. Laner's is a blissful world rooted as much in '60s psychedelia as in 21st century pop.
Keywords: world · Calif · music · electronics · sings · folk · Harmonies · melodies · sonic · Psychedelic · Bliss · Psychedelia
Jun 5th, 2008 · Former Seinfeld writer Peter Mehlman is a pessimist by nature. But lately, he's been thinking about happiness. Not that thinking about it makes him any happier. He shares his thoughts on bliss.
Keywords: naturalized · Writer · happiness · Bliss · happier · Pessimists · Seinfeld · Peter Mehlman
May 30th, 2008 · Minus the Bear's mystifyingly titled "I'm Totally Not Down with Rob's Alien," from the newly remastered and reissued 2004 EP They Make Beer Commercials Like This, houses a gorgeous, warmly rendered reflection on alienation and the bliss of youthful solitude.
Keywords: humanity · youth · remastering · gorgeous · Bliss · solitude · Totally Not Down · 2004 EP emThey
Feb 29th, 2008 · Here's the perfect job: spending someone else's money. And if you're an art lover, and get to spend their money on works of art, well, that just might be bliss. Tag along on a shopping trip with an art adviser and her swimsuit-model client.
Keywords: los · angeles · money · adviser · lovers · Bliss · swimsuits · browsing · trip
Jan 16th, 2008 · A woman living in Madagascar forgoes the typical expat car -- the Land Cruiser -- in favor of an unreliable, little Orange Kely. The rickety vehicle offers street cred, she finds, but as the honeymoon bliss wears off, she starts to see that her "hard-core" move may simply be a pointless act of condescension.
Keywords: vehicle · Madagascar · Bliss · Orange · Honeymoon · Expat · unreliable · cred · Kely · Land Cruiser · Orange Kely · condescension
Jan 5th, 2008 · After 10 years of reporting on the troubles of foreign countries, NPR correspondent Eric Weiner decided to go in search of some of the happiest places on Earth. He chronicles his quest in The Geography of Bliss.
Keywords: countries · foreign · Eric Weiner · chronicles · globetrotting · Bliss · The Geography of Bliss
Nov 30th, 2007 · A group of soldiers, a general, a senator, a former vice president and priest took over the ritzy Peninsula Hotel in Manila. They called for the overthrow of the government. Then a bride appeared. Unfazed by the guns, Maria-Stella Magtayo led her groom and guests across the street to marry.
Keywords: Senate · president · Priest · Soldiers · vice · Bride · overthrow · Bliss · Manila · ritzy · Peninsula Hotel · Maria Stella Magtayo
Oct 25th, 2007 · The Lodger's "Kicking Sand" works with well-worn ingredients (memorable guitar hooks, a thumping bass line) without adhering to a single sound or era: Siddall's sweet voice even calls to mind Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits. The result begs to be played to excess.
Keywords: era · ingredients · guitar · Bliss · bass · excess · Herman · adherence · hermit · Lodger · Kicking Sand · Siddall
