College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #53 to #51
53. New Order, Low-Life (1985) When Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris officially formed New Order together, they knew that the music they made under that moniker was going to be compared to their previous band, Joy Division. If … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #53 to #51
Outside Reading — The Masters Are Here edition
The Low-Stakes Magic of Trivia by Richard Morgan It’s always a pleasure — laced with a hint of the unreal — to see the trivia contest to which I’ve devoted ludicrous amounts of time and mental energy get an adoring … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Masters Are Here edition
This Week’s Model — Dexys, “I’m Going to Get Free”
In detailing the lore of the annual trivia contest staged by student-run radio station WWSP-90FM, I have previously shared that my beloved and notorious team that participates in said contest has an official theme song that just so happens to … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Dexys, “I’m Going to Get Free”
Trivia Answer of the Day — Mary
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. In the fairest methodology I can conceive of, 90FM’s … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Mary
Trivia Answer of the Day — Fiona X
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. Although the whole structure of television release schedules as … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Fiona X
Trivia Answer of the Day — Cat Power
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. In the early two-thousands, my partner-in-all-things and I saw … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Cat Power
Trivia Answer of the Day — Marmalade
This coming weekend, I’ll participate in the fifty-third staging of The World’s Largest Trivia ContestTM. As per tradition, this week is filled with idle reminiscing about memorable answers in past years. For those of us who are most devoted to … Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Marmalade
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #56 to #54
56. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Globe of Frogs (1988) “My songs are drawn from the same material dreams are,” Robyn Hitchcock told a reporter not long after the release of Globe of Frogs, his first album with A&M Records. … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #56 to #54
Outside Reading — That Is Not the Law edition
The Lawless Ruling Against the Abortion Pill Has Already Prompted a Constitutional Crisis by Mark Joseph Stern The right-wing’s demolition of all structures of law and governance in the name of foisting their regressive agenda on the rest of the … Continue reading Outside Reading — That Is Not the Law edition
This Week’s Model — Mediocre, “Together Together”
There’s no getting around it, “Together Together,” the new song from the L.A. duo Mediocre, calls to mind Wet Leg. It has the wry, understated sense of humor, the easygoing but buoyant cadence, and the sense that they’re tapping in … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Mediocre, “Together Together”
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