October 2010
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Just Bought DVDs of Bob Dylan's Don't Look Back,...
Apparently I’m really into watching a small cadre of bad-asses take on a world full of zombies.
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Five Songs Not by Electric Six That an Electric... →
A blog post I wrote as a side-bar for that E6 article for the Broward Palm Beach New Times. It was interesting to learn that Dick Valentine is not a fan of the New York Dolls. For a guy associated with rock’n’roll trash (and I still hear a lot of David Johansen in his lyrics), the guy prefers his music less grimy than you’d think.
“Well, the Internet has replaced radio. For the same reason that having a radio...”
– The quotes dissing Sonic Youth for lying down with major label thieves (as opposed to, say, Homestead?) and fashion (nice rock t-shirt, bro!) in Steve Albini’s GQ interview may be getting all the attention, but this one really got mine. Conceiving of the internet as the new radio would be a...
Maybe they can make an album as The Ments
“Just some notes on the Vegas show: Malkmus basically refused to play Kennel District. He laid on his back during the whole song and played kind of random leads. Spiral was really upset about it and there was a palpable tension for the entire set. After Stop Breathin’, Spiral stormed off the stage and didn’t come back for a few minutes. Malkmus played the entire show with his mic positioned...
Electric Six: The Novelty Band That Would Not Die →
Almost four years after I fired a Hinder-shaped bullet at the New Times for firing Robert Christgau, I decided to put aside my ineffectual vendetta after being offered the chance to wax poetic about Electric Six to the good people of Florida’s Broward/Palm Beach area. Besides, I’ve read (and enjoyed) too many Voice issues with my latte and lox since moving to NY to pretend I’m...
