http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker FriedEggs updates from Rich Becker / RichBecker. en-us 40 The Generationals relax their groove to make Heza, a indie pop album that is little less accessible but the band is better for it. Spinoza is the best track, but this one works too. http://bit.ly/16MFNAd Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:40:11 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/19425 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/19425 There is A Specter At The Feast and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club digs into the human experience. The album took two years to produce, with the band frequently taking breaks between recording sessions to tour South America and play their first shows in South Africa and China. http://bit.ly/YCS4l1 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:45:55 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18961 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18961 "Contrary to general belief, I was not a murderer, but I had become an unholy liar, a shameless impostor, and a highwayman with a marked taste for expensive motor-cars." — Richard Hannay, The Thirty-Nine Steps. http://www.liquidhip.com/2013/01/the-thirty-nine-steps-closes-on-100.html Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:18:33 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18470 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18470 The Company Of The Dead by David Kowalski paints a vivid alternative reality that hinges on the Titanic. The epic story is expansive at 750+ pages (830 in paperback), weaving in covert operations, conspiracy theories, and time travel. http://bit.ly/SZaY8o Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:47:15 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18355 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18355 The modern literary classic Bastard Out Of Carolina by Dorothy Allison celebrates 20 years. It's not only near flawless in its telling, but also crafts its own legacy in painting the portrait of a child, a family, and poverty-stricken communities so that others may understand what can't be understood. http://bit.ly/SYU6ws Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:36:42 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18250 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18250 Radical Face lays down Always Gold, an EP from the indie folk songwriter Ben Cooper with variations, rarities, and one new haunting and addictive track called Echoes. http://bit.ly/Xi2VVc Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:51:53 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18181 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/18181 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is an entertainingly modern and somewhat geeky delight of a novel. The debut is bibliophile-meets-tech head story to uncover a conspiracy and solve a centuries-old mystery. http://bit.ly/TvCWCi Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:46 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/15474 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/15474 Tweak Bird grows up some Undercover Crops — 15 minutes of instantly satisfying sludgy hypnotic rock. Plan to play it in a continuous loop because it's the Bird brothers tightest album yet. http://bit.ly/VMJZhD Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:27:32 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14735 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14735 Amanda Coplin spins a somber tale in what it means to be family in The Orchardist, a novel set in the late 1800s in the near wilderness of Washington state. http://bit.ly/S7X80p Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:04:41 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14673 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14673 Want to be part of a worthwhile cause: From Hunger To Hope will aim to raise awareness and matching funds for world hunger. http://www.richardrbecker.com/2012/10/going-social-from-hunger-to-hope.html Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:54:28 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14614 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14614 Thirteen songs benefiting 13 causes over 13 weeks. This is the vision of a singer-songwriter Kara McGraw who recently composed and produced her first album in more than a decade. http://www.liquidhip.com/2012/10/kara-mcgraw-makes-good-will-pick.html Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:53:12 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14613 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14613 The Luvu4lyf EP by the PINS will keeps everyone on needles from start to finish. The alternative breakout band from Manchester has a very promising start with its debut. http://bit.ly/T4OzQU Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:54:49 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14580 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14580 The SlingShot by Woxom is a great gadget for stabilizing smartphone shots. Although it doesn't replace a steady cam, it's hard to beat for $20. http://bit.ly/Su8qww Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:00:13 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14547 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14547 Patrick deWitt pens a darkly comic western. The Sisters Brothers is about two gunslingers on a job in California. Quentin Tarantino might have bought the film rights had John C. Reilly bought them first. http://bit.ly/SDC03V Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:59:46 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14520 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14520 Not the movie, but a new book by Kathryn Leigh Scott. She talks about the movie, but the real brilliance of the television series too. http://bit.ly/OgiutD Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:34:43 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14486 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14486 In a city as dense as Vancouver, finding a small boutique hotel with the right proximity might sound improbable but it isn't. Hotel Le Soleil. http://bit.ly/S7mSdB Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:26:14 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14472 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14472 The Seal Beach, Calif., clothing line Affliction puts an emphasis on denim. As a fashion pick, they make some of the best concert jeans out there. http://bit.ly/OzU3ai Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:03:08 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14459 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14459 Wo Fat hammers out The Black Code, unquestionably their finest installation of heavy, psychedelic riff-filled rock. http://bit.ly/QoSRmk Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:48:30 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14448 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14448 Peter Heller charts out The Dog Stars in a post-pandemic novel you won't want to end. It is a literary gem about hanging onto humanity. http://bit.ly/Nq4FHl Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:33:36 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14445 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14445 After several shakeups since their debut album Lesser Men in 2010, Poughkeepsie, New York-based alternative rock band Abel is releasing a heavier, darker and more pragmatic sophomore album. The 10-track indie album Make It Right is right on target, a superbly crafted collection of songs that deliver amazingly authentic vocals and wildly addictive music. Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:22:10 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14441 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14441 The harness boot is an American classic. It takes a classic company to make them right, like 150-year-old Frye company in Massachusetts. http://bit.ly/Qlz35p Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:02:28 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14406 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14406 The new single Jive Babe by Liverpool-based Mikhael Paskalev is a cross between celebrity seduction and deadly infatuation. It's bold, stirring, and genre bending. http://bit.ly/R26RXd Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:09:08 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14398 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14398 The documentary Craigslist Joe has the capacity to surprise as one man finds out if can live off nothing else except the generosity of people who post and reply to ads on Craigslist. http://bit.ly/OSNL2g Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:45:40 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14392 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14392 Jay Caspian Kang brings out the surfer detectives, militant organic cafeteria workers, and self-loathing breakup counselors in his debut novel The Dead Do Not Improve. http://bit.ly/S1CGRa Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:24:30 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14376 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14376 San Francisco-based punk band One Man Army has a triumphant return with their new EP She's An Alarm. The EP packs in more garage rock than punk, but that's not a bad thing. http://bit.ly/Q1e6wn Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:35:32 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14366 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14366 New Zealand surf rock sensations Ghost Wave slated to land in North America this Oct. Their new EP from Arch Hill Music via +1 Records is worth a listen. http://bit.ly/P3p5ah Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:20:55 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14341 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14341 Baroness turns up Yellow & Green on their new two-disc indie rock album. Although better known for metal and punk, the Georgia-born band still sounds great with a mellower sound across sub rock genres. http://bit.ly/O4FLLe Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:48:53 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14233 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14233 The indie thriller The Tall Man by Pascal Laugier twists the confines of genre inside out. Jessica Biel is an especially smart surprise in the role of a plain Jane. http://bit.ly/NaAGCl Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:12:17 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14219 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14219 Flatfoot 56 reinvigorates working class Celtic punk with its folk-infused album Toil. Listen to it with a pint and a pit. http://bit.ly/N3i1bk Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:54:21 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14187 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14187 After 35 years of being called everything from dangerous to nonsense, The Philosophy Of Andy Warhol can be defined in one sentence. http://bit.ly/OHJDnT Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:13:47 +0000 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14175 http://friedeggs.com/RichBecker/status/14175