Really try to catch Lewis Black’s Red, White, and Screwed. Comedy is the only way I can swallow current politics, and Black’s a pretty good chaser. But for once our prez & especially Cheney have been of significant use to me at the job recently, in that I can use them, in discussions with baby […]

Dear Mark Richardson, writer for Prickfork: Today, in your review of the Replacements’ new best of comp, Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was, you wrote the following, and it made you sound like a retard: ..in some quarters fans are trying to shore up the Replacements’ position by talking about influence. Nirvana are […]

Eventful weekend: got drunk with too-rarely seen friends from the college daze. Ipod on the fritz. Weather we’re going to enjoy, now, but die from later. On Sun my kid got sideswipped by a speedy, un-leashed dog in Prospect Park. She was okay, and still better, she made her father proud by bidding the Bad […]

New release coverage, and — surprise! Not much hate. Most are Crotchfork’s latest loves, which surprises me even more. Herbert’s Scale is simply Wendy-and-Lisa-era Prince. Which isn’t a bad thing. At all. It might even be my favorite Prince period. Always loved the “Waterfalls” single. The new Camera Obscura album, Let’s Get Out of this […]

Saw Steve Martin’s Shopgirl last night; it may be as well-done as an older-man vs. younger-woman romance can be done, but the door on this genre shall now please shut forever. Any woman resembling Claire Danes would not be lonely, and I don’t care if it’s LA. I was sliding into hate for the movie […]

I usually give a daily glance to the most trafficked blogs; Gorilla Vs. Bear is slightly worked up about Tapes N Tapes backlash from the un-free NY Sun site. Tapes N Tapes is as middlebrow as they come — I can think of 46 outfits at the same talent level, 4 with the same played-out […]

The appropriately named blog Chromewaves has a great post about Ride today; They made three fine albums (don’t – I said don’t – buy anything after Going Blank Again) in the early nineties and warrant a listen before/during the inevitable shoegazing revival. Didn’t know that they’d briefly reunited three years ago. Not sure I’d care, […]

A religious holiday approaches: National Day of Slayer. Remember to follow the rules closely. You do not want to displease the man who bathes in a lake of fire. (thanks to the Rich Girls are Weeping for leading J Frank to this). Celebrate more completely with WFMU’s Metal Genre Education Kit. Lost Oughts: Colder is […]

Tuesday night’s Boris/SunnO)) show was underwhelming-ish; Boris was eager and infectious, but not what I expected — I was won over by their drone-rock vs. Melvins excursions, when I’d figured their boogie-MC5-Motorhead impressions would be the scratch for my itch. Either the sound was lousy, or the drummer was marching to a different bassist. Whoever […]

According to Snatchfork, Will Oldham’s new album is entitled Then the Letting Go. It’s probably safe to say he’s quoting Emily Dickinson:as freezing persons recollect the snow–first chill–then stupor —then the letting go — In other news, about me, I’m going to see SunnO))) and Boris tonight. Big show in all the Circles. Had to […]