From the Archive — Smells Like a Mix Tape
I had this project, you see. After several years of operating motor vehicles equipped with outdated technology in the dashboard stereo, I finally graduated to a car that had a CD player and an input jack for an iPod. To … Continue reading From the Archive — Smells Like a Mix Tape
One for Friday — Lyle Lovett, “L.A. County”
Since I invoked Lyle Lovett in yesterday’s album review, it seems an appropriate time to return to him in this weekly act of music-sharing. Lovett first entered into my little cohort of favored artists with the release of his second … Continue reading One for Friday — Lyle Lovett, “L.A. County”
The New Releases Shelf — Golden Hour
I can’t claim to understand the vagaries of what drives country music radio, but the apparent middling affection for Kacey Musgraves is perplexing to the point of aggravation. Despite the Texas native’s place in the Universal Music Group Nashville stable … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Golden Hour
Laughing Matters — John Mulaney, “The Salt and Pepper Dinner”
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. Just because. Previous entries in this series can be found by clicking on the “Laughing Matters” tag. Continue reading Laughing Matters — John Mulaney, “The Salt and Pepper Dinner”
Beers I Have Known — Half Acre Beer Company Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
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. In my neck of the nation, we’re accustomed to winter holding on with … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Half Acre Beer Company Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
Now Playing — Avengers: Infinity War
When I was still a kid and started my long, tumultuous relationship with superhero comic books, one particular issue loomed large for me. X-Men #137 was a double-sized offering with a story entitled “The Fate of the Phoenix!” It was … Continue reading Now Playing — Avengers: Infinity War
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #936 to #933
936. Skinny Puppy, Cleanse, Fold & Manipulate (1987) It bizarre for me to think of industrial titans Skinny Puppy as edging towards cuddly mainstream acceptance, but that’s arguably what was happening around 1987, the year the Canadian released their third … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #936 to #933
From the Archive — Thank You for Smoking
Jason Reitman has a new movie out this week, reportedly an effort that finds him back on track following a couple widely derided cinematic disasters. When I was first applying my resharpened film critic pencil, I wrote about Reitman’s feature … Continue reading From the Archive — Thank You for Smoking
One for Friday — Kate Nash and Billy Bragg, “Foundations/A New England”
In my music collection, I have many versions of “A New England.” I think it’s a natural, perhaps inevitable result of being a Billy Bragg fan in good standing. The song he wrote when he was twenty-one years old — … Continue reading One for Friday — Kate Nash and Billy Bragg, “Foundations/A New England”
The Art of the Sell — Mojo Nixon for MTV
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. In the most recent College Countdown entry, I became reacquainted with the Dead Kennedys, including some of … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Mojo Nixon for MTV
Coffee for Two 