Posted in Bands, Shows, The Chapin Sisters on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Chapin Sisters played the Bordello last night. I got there, but too late to see them.
I literally stumbled into a show of these sisters a year or so ago, when my friend Maya invited me to come along to the Echo after a bunch of us had been drinking at El Cid. Walking into their [...]
Posted in Bands, Movies, Songwriters on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I saw There Will Be Blood two nights ago, and while I disagree with my girlfriend about how good the movie was (she thought it was better than No Country For Old Men, and I found it not nearly as good), I had to agree that the music was pretty fucking rad. There were little [...]
Posted in Albums, Bands, Bubblegum on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The day I met my girlfriend, I didn’t know yet quite how rad she was. So when we got in the car and I realized the Yellow Balloon was in the CD player, I tried to change it–most hip young thangs don’t think it’s too groovy to bop around in the car to sunshine jangle [...]
Posted in Comics, Movies, Television on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Marjane Satrapi was on Colbert last night. It reminded me that I really need to see the movie adaptation of Persepolis. The comics were amazing, and the clip of the movie they showed on Colbert was a scene of middle school girls breaking the law by bringing Bee Gees and ABBA singles to school to show off [...]
Posted in Albums, Bands, The Velvet Underground on January 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My buddy Iggy was the first cat to ever turn me on to an actual recording of the fifth Velvet Underground album. I knew I should wait to report on it until Iggy could do it himself. And at long last, here it is, a personalized account of this music, how he found it, and how much it [...]
Posted in Other Stuff on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for a lack of posts–I’ve been sick with a bad cold, and basically have just lain in bed or on the couch for the past four days. And at night, in my bed, I’ve felt like this song:
Posted in Politics on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whoa! Somehow in trying to add a P.S. to this article, I totally deleted it! How did that happen? I know I’m on a lot of DayQuil today, but I didn’t click SAVE or even Enter!
Anyway, fuck it. Call your senators and tell them that Feinstein’s amendments are crap:
Capitol switchboard (to connect to your senators): [...]
Posted in Books, Comics on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After seeing the trailer for the upcoming movie version of Persepolis over the holidays, I knew I had to read these graphic novels quickly, before the movie came out and could affect the voices of the characters in my mind as I read it. Using my newly renewed library card, I checked out both volumes [...]
Posted in Bands, Politics on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Per over at Computer Style loves loves loves his reggae, especially (gasp!) dancehall. I can’t blame him, though–with some of the mixes he’s made for me, he makes a pretty good case for the argument that dancehall revitalized reggae after it was getting stale towards the end of the 70’s. Or something like [...]
Posted in Bands on January 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Can there be any doubt that “Be a Caveman” by the Avengers is the most awesome fucking garage rock song of all time? Sure, “Louie Louie” was more popular, but it was about some Jamaican calypso bullshit, not teenagers asserting their pubescent masculinity. From the punky, disjangled guitars, to the smirky laid-back snarl of the vocals, to [...]
