October 2009
124 posts
The Search for Stanley Myron Handelman →
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"like a knife" cuts →
Gweneth-ann Jeffers & Stephen De Pledge - Olivier Messiaen’s “Poemes Pour Mi” (listen) Messiaen cuts right through me, less like a ghost, more like a new interstate and I am…
Frankie Avalon Gets Stabbed In a Place →
[outsideleft] Our Band Could Be Your Business... →
The story Merge Records makes for more than just a smart, hipster coffee table book, it is a reminder to keep at it. (more…)
My Tainted Motives →
All-Star Entertainment Wrap-Up →
look out the window →
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (listen) You should listen to this every time it is mentioned, in the same way that you should always look…
that familiar clack and thump →
Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - Monsters of Grace (listen) Seeing the Dickie Landry interview in print has put me in a Glass mood. This is one of the more recent and less celebrated…
yes yes yes →
Son Volt - American Central Dust (listen) or don’t. I feel like I’ve heard everything Son Volt might ever have to say, and am compelled to say that I feel I’ve heard…
[Country Roads] Dickie Landry, hand-painted signs,... →
In the November 2009 issue of Country Roads, I have pieces about the Emerson Bell sculpture “Destiny for Children” that stands largely ignored under the I-10 bridge, the living gallery of
Do As the Flap Asks →
Projects of Jason →
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Nice Drawing of an Accordion →
it's not easy →
Happy Birthday, Joshua.
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Review of Rock On: An Office Power Ballad by Dan... →
Rock On: An Office Power Ballad by Dan Kennedy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Every literary-minded person who has done time in corporate America thinks “One day, I am going to write a…
Just For Fun! →
Baton Rouge Vietnamese pork adventure →
In order: the butcher corner at Hong Kong Market; fried spring rolls at Little Saigon; bánh mì (roasted pork po-boy with pickled vegetables) also from Little Saigon;…
Be Still →
Posits the Flap →
Twice the Jerry →
Also Some Bob →
Your Behemoth Update →
The 13th Flap →
Art Brut, Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge →
Art Brut, Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
Welcome to the Inaugural Canteen Dance of the Teenage Philosopher’s Union, Chapter 01! Enjoy! Art Brut,…
Adam Carroll and Owen Temple, Red Dragon, Baton... →
Adam Carroll and Owen Temple, Red Dragon, Baton Rouge, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
Performing the collected works of Gary Floater, songwriter, American.
Spur 60 at the Red Dragon, Baton Rouge →
Spur 60 at the Red Dragon, Baton Rouge, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
The first evidence that I am not the only Ramsay Midwood fan in existence.
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Frasier, Briefly →
convertible ride to awesome beach →
Neil Young - Life (listen) Somebody recently was trying to sell me on the inherent greatness of Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms and well, I have to put this…
mosta kinda kinks →
The Kinks - Kinda Kinks - I was in the mood for the Kinks, maybe because I don’t have any on hand so here is mosta Kinda Kinks culled from YouTube. I considered filling in the gaps…
Yes →
Last of the Pie Throwers →
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Ramen Review: Vifon Bún Riêu Cua, Đà Nẵng Style... →
Ramen Review: Vifon Bún riêu cua, Dà nång style Rice Vermicelli with Crab Broth, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
Fear not the apocalypse rations foil packet awaiting you with…
any other blue band →
Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (listen) This announcement of once contender-to-be-the-next-U2 Simple Minds and electro-architects turned reluctant pop…
1981 →
That’s me, second row from the bottom, second from the left.
Eighties - Killing Joke
Review of Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami →
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the first Murakami book I’ve finished. I’ve started the more complicated ones in fits over the years but they…
Sweet Tooth #7 is available →
PDF version / Online version This issue’s theme is “Know Thy Enemy” (and here is what we mean by the word enemy) and we engage the giant crosses looming over the edge of town,…
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[The Record Crate] The Downlow →
I spent the weekend hobnobbing and schmoozing with publishing industry folks from all over during the Louisiana Book Festival this weekend and I wish to inform you that they are all duly impressed…
which is what Owen Temple does →
Owen Temple - Dollars and Dimes (listen) Hey, look! a great country record! Waddayaknow? Every raspy ode sounds like the song that comes after the big barnbuster hit, sequenced to set…
Shut Up, Kindle →
Free Matches! →
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those marimbas totally mean it →
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis (listen) So slight. This record is barely there. This is the guy from Talk Talk, another band from the days of yore that mixed it up…
bananas in a way →
Thomas Dolby - Aliens Ate My Buick (listen) I really thought Thomas Dolby was onto something here - mapping in J.G. Thirwell electro-manic-jazz, the whole Swing thing, Prince-ly new…
Famous Omelet →