College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #13
13. General Public, All the Rage (1984) In some ways, it was in an inopportune time to close up shop on the band known in their homeland as the Beat and with the added explanation that they were English for … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #13
Outside Reading — Razzle Dazzle Razzle Droll edition
The New Version of the Replacements’ Tim Is Quite Literally Revelatory by Jack Hamilton Much as I love the band and consider them highly formative in my college radio career, my penny-pinching ways have largely dissuaded me from stocking my … Continue reading Outside Reading — Razzle Dazzle Razzle Droll edition
This Week’s Model — The Breeders, “Divine Mascis”
I usually cram all my three-quarters-baked observations about the tracks highlighted in this weekly feature. In the case of the different version of the Breeders’ alternative rock hit “Divine Hammer” that was released this week just ahead of its inclusions … Continue reading This Week’s Model — The Breeders, “Divine Mascis”
Bait Taken — Spin’s Every Replacements Album Ranked
There are many building blocks of the internet, but the cornerstones are think pieces, offhand lists, and other hollow provocations meant to stir arguments and, therefore, briefly redirect web traffic. Engaging such material is utterly pointless. Then again, it’s not like I … Continue reading Bait Taken — Spin’s Every Replacements Album Ranked
The Art of the Sell — Eugene Levy for Tab
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. I have nothing to add here, save an acknowledgement that I’m glad I recently discovered the existence … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — Eugene Levy for Tab
The New Releases Shelf — Guts
Olivia Rodrigo gave no indication that she was going to have difficulty following up her sensational debut album, Sour. Surely, it would have been understandable had she been taken a little aback by the surge of commercial and critical success … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Guts
Beers I Have Known — Blue Island Beer Co. Too Much Joy German Kolsch
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. There’s a line in the Too Much Joy song aptly titled “Theme Song” … Continue reading Beers I Have Known — Blue Island Beer Co. Too Much Joy German Kolsch
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #14
14. Talking Heads, Little Creatures (1985) Movies, it turns out, take a long time to make. David Byrne, the frontman of Talking Heads, learned that as he ground his way towards his feature directorial debut. As the band that provided … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #14
Outside Reading — Mills Mulls edition
The Most Heartfelt and Goofy of R.E.M., According to Mike Mills by Devon Ivie I consider myself lucky that my tenure as a student in college radio coincided with the time that R.E.M. were still making great records. My longtime … Continue reading Outside Reading — Mills Mulls edition
This Week’s Model — Big Thief, “I Was Born for Loving You”
There has clearly been no diminishment in the capacity for Big Thief to release one sterling song after another, all done with a rapid pace basically unseen the heyday of nineteen-eighties Britpop bands that were under the thumb of a … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Big Thief, “I Was Born for Loving You”
Coffee for Two 