JV alerted me to some recent activities of Fred Thomas, our favorite musician from our Ann Arbor days, and one of my favorites anywhere. When we were in college he was primarily playing in Lovesick, Flashpapr, and Saturday Looks Good To Me--three bands as different as you could imagine in sound, but all incredible in their own way. His shows were a musical education. Nowadays he's living in New York and more of a solo act with frequent collaborations. He has a blog/band called City Center where he often posts new songs. And of course a MySpace page which also has songs and blog entries, including a discography, which is awesome because one of my favorite albums of his is on a CDR and I had no idea what some of the songs were called.

Fred's an inspiring person all-around, and his talents at recording (I don't know how much he does at home vs. in studios, but I give him the credit either way) are as amazing as his melodies. Sadly I couldn't make it to his recent show with Calvin Johnson and Karl Blau, but I'm hoping a rumored show in April with Deerhoof will pan out.