Results for Calla

  • I've Got Blisters on My Fingers!

    by Max MobleyApril 23, 2008Comments (2)

    ...And it feels good. Technically they’re calluses, and I catch myself rubbing them with my thumb from the same hand (left), because the calluses mean I’m playing guitar again. Chet Atkins was legendary for not getting the well-honed calluses on his fingertips wet when bathing, lest they soften. (read more)

  • The Sadies

    by Jocelyn HoppaOctober 3, 2007Comments (1)

    "layers and layers of shimmering, twangy guitars" (read more)

  • Outro: The Mendoza Line End the Conversation

    by Sarah FlynnSeptember 26, 2007Comments (2)

    In the summer of 2000, I was still new to New York, and I stood one night at a club called Brownies trying to hide my Midwestern roots in an Armani Exchange purse and the pockets of my new black pants. On the stage was a band whose presence made me uncomfortable before they’d even started playing; somehow, they seemed mismatched. (read more)