This Week’s Model — Billy Bragg, “Rich Men Earning North of a Million”
I suspect Billy Bragg was inspired to pick up his guitar by the laughable corollary drawn between the current #1 song in U.S. and the work of Woody Guthrie, a comparison made solely by right-wing ghouls operating with their usual … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Billy Bragg, “Rich Men Earning North of a Million”
My Misspent Youth — The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas by Jim Salicrup, David Kraft, Kerry Gammill, and Alan Kupperberg
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. In the early nineteen-eighties, daily newspaper the Dallas Times Herald had … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas by Jim Salicrup, David Kraft, Kerry Gammill, and Alan Kupperberg
Bait Taken — Vanity Fair’s 25 Perfect TV Episodes From the Last 25 Years
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 — Vanity Fair’s 25 Perfect TV Episodes From the Last 25 Years
Medium Rotation — Girl with a Fish; Time Ain’t Accidental; Joy’All
FEEBLE LITTLE HORSE Girl with Fish (Saddle Creek) — For Feeble Little Horse’s first studio album recorded under their pact with Saddle Creek (their previous LP was reissued by the stalwart indie label), the Pittsburgh band unleashes a torrent of … Continue reading Medium Rotation — Girl with a Fish; Time Ain’t Accidental; Joy’All
College Countdown Correction: #346
A couple weeks ago, I discovered I made a mistake on the current iteration of the College Countdown, which is tracking through the top one thousand albums on the college radio charts between 1979 and 1989. For all sorts of … Continue reading College Countdown Correction: #346
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #18
18. XTC, Skylarking (1986) XTC were handed an ultimatum from their record label. The trio had all the material needed to record a new studio album, which would be their eighth long-player under the XTC name (they’d also just released … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #18
Outside Reading — The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning edition
The Swedes know the secret to happiness: You are not your stuff by Michael J. Coren Using the bestselling book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and its spinoff reality show as a prompt, Michael J. Coren writes about … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning edition
This Week’s Model — Career Woman, “Passing”
Career Woman is a Los Angeles band led by singer-songwriter Melody Caudill. Although Caudill still hasn’t crossed the threshold into her twenties, she’s been impressive prolific to this point, boasting a bandcamp page packed with gleaming pop-rock goodness. The band’s … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Career Woman, “Passing”
Laughing Matters — Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cold Open: “Holt’s Mysterious Injury”
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. I maintain that Cheers … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cold Open: “Holt’s Mysterious Injury”
Radio Days — Federal Communications Commission Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit
This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. The FCC Seal stamped onto the little yellow card means it is valid for the lifetime of … Continue reading Radio Days — Federal Communications Commission Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit
Coffee for Two 