March 2010
110 posts
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February 2010
104 posts
What's Funny →
Hot Correction →
Bask in them →
In order of appearance from the last 24 hours: The mighty Andre Williams (subject of my OA Music Issue piece) at Chelsea’s last night, a…
Hot News From Chicago →
Paul Lynde Is Dracula →
Parties and Fun →
Remember: Jerry Lee Lewis Is Not Jerry Lewis →
"Let's do 'Spanish Fandango.'" →
The Zinnias - Sand Dollar (via Mystic Signifier via P4K) The pre-69 Love Songs Magnetic Fields don’t really do it for me, but this muddy cassette from Stephin Merritt’s…
More "!" →
The Movie Reviewer Who Loves Eton, and Other Tales... →
Christian Zeal and Activity and Lego's →
Efterklang - Magic Chairs (lala) Michael Nyman - Man And Boy: Dada (lala) John Adams - “Christian Zeal and Activity” I adore this Efterklang record, maybe more than I…
pretty girls are on the prowl →
Massimo Vitali, Sacred Pool Russians. Hierapolis, Turkey, 2008 Over lunch, Massimo Vitali’s photo series “Bathers” in the Winter 2009 Paris Review totally knocked me out. Right before…
All-Star Entertainment Wrap-Up →
Frenzy Squelched →
A Nice Note →
Hot News From Chicago →
"Location 1880" →
Charlemagne Palestine & Pansonic - Mort Aux Vauches (ROOT BLOG) England in 1819 - Three Cheers for Bertie (MySpace) Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City (Amazon) I listen to…
My New Best Friends →
the pink hand of an angry God →
Dillard Hartford Dillard - Glitter-Grass from the Nashwood Hollyville Strings (lala) Various Artists - Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume Two: Social Music Big Love,…
The Bard of Highland Coffees →
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? (lala) Jim Engster introduced me as “the Bard of Highland Coffees” on his show this morning to talk about Andre Williams‘…
Sean StarWars →
Sean StarWars - “Frankenberry vs The Klan,” giclee print Jonathan Lethem - Chronic City (Amazon) YouTube covers of Owl City - “Fireflies” Tindersticks - Falling Down a…
Thanks, Charles Burchfield →
Various Artists - Dark Was the Night (lala) At lunch, I snapped the above photo from the current Art in America so I could remember the painting, “The Insect Chorus” by Charles…
the ghosts of the Sons of the Pioneers →
Frank Tenaille - Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music (Amazon) Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, and Lydia Lunch - No Wave: Post-Punk….
airtight plastic can →
Scrabble on the iPhone Casino Royale (IMDB) Jonathan Lethem - Chronic City (Amazon) Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here (lala) Stereolab - Instant O in the…
Chocolate-Covered Pendarvi →
The Ellenbogen Objection →
Full steam ahead! →
The Jancee Pornick Casino - The Truth About the Jancee Pornick Casino (website) Various paintings by Clyde Broadway; Above: “The Dawn Keepers”, 8” x 10” Medium: acrylic on…
dad-gummit →
Bill Frisell - Unspeakable (lala) Spoon - Transference (lala) Bill Withers - Still Bill (lala) Flying Lotus - “Computer Face/Pure Being” (via Pitchfork) Broken…
Another Fake Detective Novel →
Welcome to Team Alex Cook! →
Charles Mingus - Me Myself An Eye (lala) Yet another Alex Cook has emerged, this one the composer of Transformers: The Musical, embedded above. She, I believe it’s a she…
Nigh →
long moist looks of love everlasting →
Monk Hughes & the Outer Realm - A Tribute to Brother Weldon (lala) Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Boss Tenors in Orbit (lala) The Necks - Mosquito The Heads - various tracks (
feathers →
The Magnetic Fields - Realism (lala) Big Love, Season 3 (HBO) Jonathon Lethem - Chronic City Kindle Edition (Amazon) Adam Green - Minor Love (lala) Chris O’Riley’s
If I ran Sandals: Garbage Island →
John & Ernest - “Superfly Meets Shaft, Part Two” (Jukeboxmafia via Bruce Eaton’s BIG STAR RADIO CITY blog) The Eternals - Black Museum (lala) Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show…
kid feeding his daiquiri to a chicken →
I took a lot of pictures during my stagger through Mardi Gras in Mamou and Eunice yesterday, but this kid feeding his daiquiri to a chicken he’d just bought outside the library in Eunice…
Congratulations to Jason Zinoman →
Another County Heard From →
Tabulatin'! →
Look! →
Take For Example Mr. Agadganian →
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February 15
Just sent my new street food book text to editor. Let the bourbon drinking begin.
Meanwhile, new photos from the project, taken by my colleague Angie Mosier, are posted here.
Rough weekend for guitar players →
Lil’ Dave Thompson at Teddy’s Juke Joint in Zachary, LA, 2008 Dale Hawkins at the Ground Zero, Clarksdale, MS, 2009 RIP
Give Iron Maiden the time of day →
Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, James DePreist cond. - George Tsontakis’ Four Symphonic Quartets London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen cond. - Stravinksy’s Pulcinella
Make Up Your Own Mind! →
McNeil Runs Deep →
No More Elusiveness, Thanks to Formerly Scorned... →
A Total of Eight Things →
That's the spirit! →
Van Morrison - “Brown Eyed Girl” Owl City - “Fireflies” In order: The cute one of the organization with some huge beads that she caught off a float…
massively attacked →
Palace Brothers - “Long Before” The Scientists - Pissed on Another Planet (lala) Ted Leo + Pharamacists - The Brutalist Bricks Massive Attack - Heligoland (lala) I’ve…