Burn Before Watching
Saturday night I went to the movies to see the new Coen brothers flick, Burn After Reading. Though I’d love to tell you all about this movie, and how it’s basically like the 2008 version of Pulp Fiction, which in
9.15.08 My Top Ten Right Now
1. ALBUM Philip Glass “The Book of Longing” I absolutely love Philip Glass. I also find his work can be redundant (rolling chords can only change so much over forty years). This recent collaboration with Leonard Cohen, however, captures some
The Fucktionary
I would like to share something very special with you. A few years ago my girlfriend found a book at the library where she works and thought it looked like something I would enjoy. The book was one of those
David Foster Wallace is Dead
Apparent suicide. What an incredible bummer. His writing makes me feel like every single human being has the capacity for bottomless empathy and understanding. It also makes me laugh. I honestly feel like I lost a friend. To DFW: You
Palin.
Jon Stewart with a brilliant look at hypocrisy in the conservative party…. – – I have a lot to say about Palin. So much that I had to split this post into two parts. And that’s just to talk
In these pants, I make gold records.
Technology is awesome. It allows us to take our outdated Christopher Walken fetishes and make procedural music out of them with little to no absolutely no effort. Yes… the future (or at least a paper-thin slice of the present) is
9.8.08 My Top Ten Right Now
1. MUSEUM “Polaroids: Mapplethorpe” at the Whitney, NYC Nestled in the mezzanine of the Whitney, there is a single room filled with the most beautiful polaroids by Robert Mapplethorpe. Dating from the 70s, this work demonstrates the very early signs
Minipop
In late February SXSW announced hundreds of free-to-download songs from the upcoming festival. I downloaded somewhere in the neighborhood of two hundred. Six months later, there’s only one song I still listen to. I listen to it incessantly. I can’t
Video Games Are No Escape
After months of being away or busy, I finally carved out a few hours to beat GTA 4. I won’t go into the many ways this game disappointed me (it’s been downhill since Vice City, IMHO) and the few ways
9.2.08 My Top Ten Right Now
1. Bon Iver “For Emma, Forever Ago” Every now and then there’s a new sound in music, a sound that makes you sit up and ask what the hell is that, and then you ask do I like even like it.