In this ever-evolving construction of human beings in America in 2018, the woman herself is the art form, now lain naked (I’ve seen Sue Bird’s bare a** on standard cable programming this summer and no WNBA telecasts) and open to the world, although some music like the Allman Brothers’ “Little Martha” might be celestial enough […]
The terms “political rock” and “Ted Leo” are mutual with each other. Actually, they both failed. They coexist within the same universe now, in mutual pity, commiseration and consternation. The last Ted Leo album wasn’t even good enough to be classified as legitimate “slop” and in our political system, after all those innocent Iraqis were […]
* “I was lying there dying and nobody was even interested. I wasn’t even interested.” – Charles Bukowski Recently via Facebook feed I got this dude on status update givin’ us the ol’ “Kid A is the best album of the year 2000… Prove me wrong.” It’s like whoa, way to pick the underdog […]
I still remember this Chicago Reader (I’m from South Bend, Indiana and they circulate the Reader at the main library there) article about “Indiana comedy” and how up-and-coming it was, an article whose author went to the Dew Drop Inn and performed, only to showcase… exclusively Illinois comics. The idea was that people were apparently […]
I am a man of strong opinions. In this way, it’s a good thing I’m a blogger. I’m a man of strong opinions… about LIVE. In this way, it’s a good thing I grew up in the ’90s with friends that aptly pegged them as “that decade’s Journey,” beholden to numerous and abundant songs that […]
Jessica Hopper’s Furnishing artistic realms Using Charmin Plus In butt-hugging pants Sleater-Kinney photo shoot Face expression void Life is simplified Her pu**y and a**hole are The final frontier
What’s my opinion on this 25th anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins’ album Siamese Dream goin’ down today? Uh, I’m in favor of it, and to be honest I’ve liked pretty much everything the band has done, well, ever, right up through their last album Monuments to an Elegy from 2014 (a title which certainly sounds […]
I forget what I was reading, but it was some account of Chris Cornell attending this night party on Puget Sound in his late teens or early 20s. According to the narration, he jumped into the Sound on this one particular 20-degree night and not only proceeded to swim out, but did so for 15 […]
Stone Temple Pilots’ album Purple, their second effort, was released on June 7, 1994, two months after Kurt Cobain purportedly committed suicide and one year before the Internet began. It was a somber time frame for the entire alt-rock world, but it was also the beginning of summer, which should be the most hopeful time […]