August 2009
142 posts
Sweet Tooth #6 →
issue number 6 is (has been) available online. Read more at the new-fangled CultureCandy website
next scene, please →
Darcy Jame Argue’s Secret Society - Infernal Machines (listen) This lovely and lush album on the fence of jazz and not-jazz was briefly mentioned in Nico Muhly’s…
July 2009
170 posts
Further Reflections From the Man Who Says... →
The Tunes of Two Cities →
The Residents - The Tunes of Two Cities (listen) This was one of the albums I couldn’t work into the Oxford American article I wrote on the band last year, though it is one I love…
The Dead by Stan Brakhage →
This was the first Stan Brakhage film I ever saw, screened in a Philosophy of Film class in college. I remember a number or people being moved by the thing and I spoke up at…
can you say "bobo motion" →
Willie Bobo - Bobo Motion (listen) Just say it with me: “bobo motion.” See? You feel better already.
Cute (Instrumental) - Willie B…
What Are Computers? →
Just As Predicted, I Seem Crazy →
his idea of hot is John Philips Sousa and hula... →
Sufjan Stevens - trailer for “The BQE” - I don’t care what the rocker keep-it-simple lobby is grumbling about over in the corner, I love crazy old Sufjan Stevens and his…
5 Artists who should do a misguided, overblown,... →
Eels with Strings - Live at Town Hall (listen) Vitamin Strings Quartet - Performs Radiohead’s In Rainbows (listen) Nina Simone - Nina Simone with Strings (
Phil's Pie Korner →
The Cat Sighs →
[The Record Crate] You Roots are Showing →
I have two new favorite local musical acts, both witnessed at the second week of the Red Dragon’s Fenceapalooza fundraiser last Saturday. The first is singer-songwriter Erin Miley, sitting alone…
[225] When the Hippies Took Over Praireville →
in the August 2009 issue of 225 magazine The front page of the Sunday Advocate on Sept 1, 1969, offered a pair of divergent accounts of the event. One spoke of the New Orleans Pop…
calling all Minóy fans →
Minóy - “Pretty Young Negro Man”/”Outback” (via Mutant Sounds) Minóy was a major player in the late 80’s/early 90’s cassette culture scene with whom I had the privilege of working and…
[225] CD Reviews for Secret Annexe, Harlan, The... →
I have a veritable mess of CD reviews in the August Issue of 225 magazine. Click on the cover below to see the review
"Actor Bits" with Dr. "M." →
Barry B. to Dr. "M.": Check Out Meatballs 4! →
A Good Excerpt About Charles Portis →
Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Deliciousness →
Tell Us What You Really Think, Ambrose Bierce →
More Celebrity News From Dreamland →
RIP Merce Cunningham →
“Channels/Inserts”
hardly contributed at all →
Lunar Testing Lab - Seashore Blvd. (from OngakuBaka) Walked up and down the levee in the sun with this purring from my phone against frogs and crickets and he…
Tragic Return of the Middle Finger →
I Invented Twitter →
What My Wife Points Out →
Crawfish nacho cheese burrito, tiny bottle Coke... →
Crawfish nacho cheese burrito, tiny bottle Coke and custard, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
I’m at a conference situation where they have to feed 450 people very quickly with a…
Sorry, New Monkey →
My Darlin' Annotations →
No Darlin' - Yes Darlin' →
27th "Internet" Beach Boys Cover →
28 →
Goat cheese, tomato, jalapeño, and cucumber... →
Goat cheese, tomato, jalapeño, and cucumber sandwich on artesan French bread, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
Yesterday’s sandwich is still worth posting about. All the…
Bookmarkin'! with Jack Pendarvis →
LiterJerry Matters →
Erin Miley at the Red Dragon, Baton Rouge, LA →
Erin Miley at the Red Dragon, Baton Rouge, LA, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
Haunting voice echoing against spectral acoustic exoskeleton guitar. She should make a CD that…
What Is A Good Commercial? →
"Actor Bits" with Dr. "M." →
Dog Star Man by Stan Brakhage →
Dog Star Man, part II I have seen this film a number of times; I used to have a VHS copy that I made an epic journey to Los Angeles to get, which like the film, was a largely…
pool at sunset →
pool at sunset, originally uploaded by real_voodooboy.
no one here wants any harm to come to Lindsey... →
Richard Buckner - Devotion + Doubt (listen) Sigh. What a great record.
A Goodbye Rye - Richard Buckne…
The Cave Singers -…
Vic Chesnutt's "Little" →
Vic Chesnutt - Little (listen) I don’t remember if I’ve listened to this one, the songs don’t seem familiar to me, though it feels like I have, like when you dream something that is…
Media Report →
the most adorable teenage rebellion band ever →
Jandek - Follow Your Footsteps - Jandek is “if all else fails” music, if I writhe away from everything else, this is where I turn. I have to say I’m less enrapt…
Preparing to Administer a Beating →
So Many Haggard Clowns →
i've moved... →
Trout po-boy at Save More Market, Baton Rouge, LA →
Catfish is a much more po-boy-conducive fish, but I had to experience firsthand the possibility a $4.59 poboy this long… The poboys here are long as my arm, or more…
I Know Larry King Is Messing With Me →