Outside Reading — Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray edition
Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. by Lindsay Zoladz The Number Ones: Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Tom Breihan This was quite a week for new writing about Billy Joel’s last … Continue reading Outside Reading — Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray edition
This Week’s Model — Amber Mark, “Foreign Things”
If the likes of Haim can create elegant throwbacks to nineteen-seventies pop that somehow sound modern and fresh, then surely there’s a vast tract of fertile ground in reviving and reinventing the R&B groove of the same area. That’s what … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Amber Mark, “Foreign Things”
My Misspent Youth — Ghost Rider #20 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When last we left out heroes, all hell was breaking loose. … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Ghost Rider #20 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne
My Misspent Youth — Daredevil #138 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. I remember the first time I ventured into a comic book … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Daredevil #138 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne
Laughing Matters — Flight of the Conchords, “Robots”
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. Once again, without emotion…. … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Flight of the Conchords, “Robots”
Then Playing — A Woman Rebels; Caged; Rope
A Woman Rebels (Mark Sandrich, 1936). This period drama, set predominantly in Victorian-era London, isn’t considered a vital entry in Katharine Hepburn’s filmography, likely because it was part of the string of bombs that almost sunk her Hollywood career right … Continue reading Then Playing — A Woman Rebels; Caged; Rope
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #311 to #309
311. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) The Red Hot Chili Peppers had a lucrative record contract in hand. What they were lacking was a full lineup. The group came into being in fairly impromptu … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #311 to #309
Outside Reading — A Regular Tuesday Here edition
Eyewitness Who Snapped First Picture Of Would-Be Bomber Gives Her Account by Kate Riga This week, another delusional reactionary drove to the nation’s capital excited about harming others because he hasn’t gotten his way. This will keep happening because one … Continue reading Outside Reading — A Regular Tuesday Here edition
This Week’s Model — Church Girls, “Separated”
As previously shared, I had the pleasure and honor of being on the air at my alma mater college radio station last week. In part because I limited myself to music released between fall 1988 and spring 1993, and in … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Church Girls, “Separated”
Then Playing — Au Revoir, Les Enfants; Shithouse; Araya
Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Louis Malle, 1987). After more than a decade making English-language films, director Louis Malle returned to his homeland for this affecting drama set in a French boarding school during World War II. The autobiographical film, which … Continue reading Then Playing — Au Revoir, Les Enfants; Shithouse; Araya
Coffee for Two 