College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #119 to #117
119. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Get Happy!! (1980) The back cover of Get Happy!!, the fourth studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, features a fine-print note from producer Nick Lowe: “Hi! You’ll have noticed that there are … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #119 to #117
Outside Reading — Tweet, Tweet Against the Dying of the Light edition
Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter by Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, Ryan Mac, and Tiffany Hsu I begin with a low opinion of the emerald mine scion who fancies himself some sort of revolutionary thinker — … Continue reading Outside Reading — Tweet, Tweet Against the Dying of the Light edition
This Week’s Model — Channel Tres, “6am”
The new Channel Tres single, “6am,” is built on a anxious, post-house groove, which is perfectly suited to the song’s pledge of enduring through a long, hearty night of revelry. The repeated refrain couldn’t be more clear: “We ain’t leavin’/ … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Channel Tres, “6am”
My Misspent Youth — Namor, the Sub-Mariner by 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. According to writer-artist John Byrne, one of the first projects pitched … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Namor, the Sub-Mariner by John Byrne
Now Playing — Tár
For his third feature as a writer-director — and first in more than fifteen years — Todd Field takes a mighty swing. Tár recounts the fall of Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), an esteemed conductor on the verge of a monumental … Continue reading Now Playing — Tár
Now Playing — The Banshees of Inisherin
It is the spring of 1923 in the humble community on the island of Inisherin, off the coast of Ireland, and Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell) is confused by what he’s just been told by his longtime friend Colm Doherty (Brendan … Continue reading Now Playing — The Banshees of Inisherin
My Misspent Youth — “Tygers” by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill
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 Alan Moore’s writing for comic books in lauded, it is … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — “Tygers” by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill
College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #122 to #120
122. Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) “There’s no way I was going to allow just free jazz,” Sting said of his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. “There’s a discipline to pop music that … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #122 to #120
Outside Reading — A Festival About Desire and Desperation edition
the smallest and most important pair of shorts by Helena Fitzgerald Look, I am inclined by my own cinematic indoctrination to be helplessly susceptible to a personal essay that sets its foundation with conflicted affection for Lawrence Kasdan’s 1983 comic … Continue reading Outside Reading — A Festival About Desire and Desperation edition
This Week’s Model — Yo La Tengo, “Fallout”
In this week’s news, a great band remains great. This Stupid World, the next album from Yo La Tengo, is scheduled for release in February. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Yo La Tengo, “Fallout”
Coffee for Two 