Paste Magazine – May/June 05
The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together Over The Rhine – Born My obsession with new music sometimes leads me to weird places. Last Saturday night, I was at a party thrown by some people I barely know and I was listening to a party-goer describe the industrial goth he listens to as a [...]
Cock Up Your Beaver!
Sometime during my senior of high school (which was 10 freaking years ago!), I discovered the poetry of Robert Burns. It may have been for AP English or for a Humanites class but it involved getting up and read a poem in class and then discussing it. So why Robbie Burns? Frankly its way more [...]
Ice Cube and Dr. Dre
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton N.W.A. – Express Yourself For some reason, I actually read the Rolling Stones that arrive at my house. (Hey, a $2.50/year subscription is tough for me to turn down.) Ok, the reason is that they have a lot of articles about famous artists written by other artists and I’m a [...]
The Fabulous Nikki
Brunettes – Record Store Shins – So Says I Last Friday the Brunettes and the Shins totally “baroque pop”ed the Bank of America Arena away. (Special thanks to Rhapsody for providing more and more bizarre genre labels to my playlists.) It was one of those nights that makes me realize how small my bubble really [...]
Yahoo Music Engine
Yahoo has released a new media player entitled, in the New Yahoo fashion, the Yahoo Music Engine. The New Yahoo has been brought about by Google, God bless Google. For years, Yahoo had seemed perfectly content to float along as the first “Portal” occassionally branching out into dead space – the magazine, branded internet access, [...]
Ben Folds – Songs For Silverman
I know I pumped it up a few weeks ago so I feel obligated to report now that it’s out. In short, don’t bother. The album energy lacks the connective power that his EPs have generated for me. Just get the 3 EPs and hope for another batch between albums. Oh, and go see him [...]
All Things Twee
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