April 2010
121 posts
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March 2010
110 posts
keep an eye on the t-shirt rack →
Big Star - Keep an Eye on the Sky (lala) The coolest news is that my daughter found an official Daniel Johnston t-shirt in her size at a thrift store in town. She knows Daniel…
the beginning corrupts →
Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Sherbert (lala) Pere Ubu with Sarah Jane Morris - “Long Live Père Ubu!” (lala) I remember Like Flies on Sherbert being kind of a mess of a record…
Eef! →
The Incredible Power →
My only hope is Kiefer Sutherland →
24 Jónsi - Go (streaming at NPR) Big Star - Keep an Eye on the Sky (lala) Sun Ra and His Arkestra - Sun Ra and His Arkestra Playing “Horizon” (via ROOT BLOG) Media…
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the point of inquiry →
Erykah Badu - “Window Seat” (video, NSFW, click on the ankh) Breaking Bad (website) David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest (Amazon) The Fall - Your Future, Our…
I want to be Dee D. Jackson's backup singer. →
Dee D. Jackson - “Automatic Lover” 20 SciFi Disco Videos That Were Made By Insane People (link) I want to be Dee D. Jackson’s backup singer and watch her fly around like a…
sausage, dinosaurs, and the scientific method →
(1) My official birthday portrait from Maya. (2) I broke out the infinite boogie machine from its case (3) to pry open my third eye…
"The Secret Is All-New Ninja Technology!" →
Exclaims the Announcer →
Late Night Blender Report →
Robert Schumann Played It Again →
The gravy on the fries is the same roast beef →
Suicide - The First Album (lala) Alex Robinson - Too Cool to be Forgotten (Amazon) Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (lala) Wilco - A.M. (lala) To all, but…
Fair Kitty →
good ideas →
Sigur Rós’ Jónsi performing “go do” with Nico Muhly (above, via Pitchfork) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (lala) The prospect of Joe Bonomo’s blog Efterklang - Magic…
Happy Birthday, Miss Nell! →
In the endless list of why I love it here, this is the second staff birthday party I’ve stumbled onto at Zeeland’s Street Market in the last month. In order:…
You should do the work →
David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest (Amazon) eighth blackbird performing Rzeweki’s Coming Together (lala, via aworks) Big Star - Keep and Eye on the Sky (lala) Ooh, I…
I Like You, Headline →
50's postcard pretty →
Mose Allison - Back Country Suite (lala) Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do (lala) Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (lala) I get that his deal is a tug-o-war between the…
llamas are the universal symbol of confident... →
The Bird & the Bee - Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates (lala) The High Llamas - Snowbug This Hall & Oates rehash record is the kind of…
Fancy Pants →
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March 22
I’m honored to announce that an Oxford American piece I wrote, exploring race relations by way of barbecue, is a finalist for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James…
pushing the blues agenda →
Various Artists - The Road to New Orleans Blues Vol. 2 (lala) In the foreground, the jerk chicken special at Zeeland Street Market; in the back, the chicken and dumplings. In…
sometimes →
Marva Wright - Glitter Queen Johnny Ace - The Complete Duke Recordings (lala) Sometimes the light and the flowers and the walk and the tiny lens…
Harry Nilsson tidbit →
Maybe y’all all knew this Harry Nilsson tidbit: both Mama Cass and Keith Moon died four years apart in the same room in his London apartment. From Wikipedia:
London flat …
trash truck basking in the sun →
Serena-Maneesh - S-M2:Abyss In B Minor (out 3/23) Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do (lala) Brother Tyrone - Mindbender I can’t decide if Serena-Maneesh are the mildly…
Kent Gave Us Something →
Oatmeal Tips →
Swirling complexities →
Various Artists - Fihavanana – A Collection Of Field Recordings And Photography From Madagasikara – Mississippi Records #061 (ROOT BLOG) Pere Ubu - “Ubu Overture” (ANABlog) …
Party at The Munsters' house (in Spanish) →
The Standells - The Live Ones The Hold Steady - “Hurricane J” (Pitchfork) The Delta 72 - The Soul of a New Machine The Who - The Who Sell Out! (lala)
The…
star-eyed children of the Rocket Age →
Breaking Bad (official site) Harry Nilsson - Knnillssonn (lala) We have National Geographic maps and inserts up all over the house. The one above hangs in a window allowing the…
5 things about Infinite Jest →
I’m on page 95, not yet remembering to put the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment on checks, so I imagine plenty will be revealed. Here are a few impressions. • So much more readable…
Difficulties of a Visiting Mesmerist →
Lest →
Pig City Resolution →
The Future →
I caught these two looking at The Future while leaving the grocery store last night. Those same two are among those in The Distance. All of us are out here behind the camera in…
This Chicken Is Pork →
Margarine Viduity →
Megan Abbott's Charming Euphemism →
that particular what →
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Blues Band - Live from Newport Folk Festival, 1968 (Wolfgang’s Vault) Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & the Cairo Gang - The Whole Show of the World (out 3/23) The…
check out the "begats" →
The Magnetic Fields - Realism (lala) Adam Green - Minor Love (lala) McSweeney’s The San Fransisco Panorama (their site) R. Crumb - The Book…
Like I Said →
All-Star Entertainment Wrap-Up →
reason the Deep Ones have →
Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life (lala) itsnotyouitsme - Fallen Monuments and Walled Gardens H. P. Lovecraft - “The Call of Cthulhu” H. P. Lovecraft and Willis Conover…
A Second Date with a Marsalis →
These are companion photos to a rare mid-month Country Roads piece I wrote about my night out last week with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center…
Dr. "M.'s" TV Korner →
We all will be received →
Paul Simon - Graceland (lala) Big Star - #1 Record (lala) And I see losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you’re blown apart Everybody feels the…
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