YO LA TENGO This Stupid World (Matador) — Yo La Tengo has been kicking around for so long that it’s easy to take them for granted, especially because they’ve been so prolifically great over the years. Certainly since the back-to-back … Continue reading Medium Rotation — This Stupid World; Breaking the Balls of History
It is at once perfectly logical and utterly absurd to believe that there’s a movie to be made from Dungeons & Dragons, the role-playing game co-created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in the nineteen-seventies. Fundamentally, there is no story … Continue reading Now Playing — Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I am tuned into the nerdier parts of the culture just enough that I was aware there … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Geeks Reunion for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
59. Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart had worked together in a couple different bands in the nineteen-seventies: first the Catch and then the Tourists. The success of the bands was never more … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #59 to #57
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Trial Is Her Best Role in Years by Naomi Fry My general stance is that courtroom proceedings involving celebrities consume far too much public attention, but Naomi Fry makes a good case for the value in the amusement … Continue reading Outside Reading — Justice Is Blonde edition
With a sound like rolling thunder, the new track by Australian band Cable Ties acknowledges the stress of modern life. But “Time for You” is ultimately about the way a caring, rewarding partner can cut through all the worry and … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Cable Ties, “Time for You”
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. On a trek across the U.S. not so long ago, we made a … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Boss Dog Brewing Company Jobu
This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. When I write about my time in radio, I almost always focus on the student-run broadcast outlets … Continue reading Radio Days — March 1995 Adds for WMAD-FM
SUNNY WAR Anarchist Gospel (New West) — Sunny War was based in Los Angeles for several years, but she was born in Nashville and spent many of her formative years in that storied music city. Not so long ago, she … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Anarchist Gospel; Eye of I
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I believe any explanation I would give about why this commercial for Nestlé Quik is entirely unnecessary. … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Adam West for Nestlé Quik
Coffee for Two 