* There’s a 1966 play by Tom Stoppard referencing two characters from Hamlet, titled “Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead.” The titular information is provided, ipso facto, as a plain fact attached to no emotional undulation, such as, hearing, say, in true postmodern fashion, “Jimmy Kimmel is slated to host Sunday’s academy awards.” .. Around the … Read more“Band of Horses and Interpol Are Dead”
Starting around Christmas and leading up until a couple of days ago, I was unemployed, languishing around my apartment, many a day, with nothing but my thoughts. As a result, I started to gather certain sort of lofty, idealistic ideas of what to do with my life, one of which was being one of the … Read more“A Couple of My Ideas for SNL Skits”
In the downtown area of South Bend, Indiana, my hometown, the State Theater sits conspicuously empty, and now, even boarded up. It’s a minor disappointment — probably not as grave as the giant, still-vacant College Football Hall of Fame, which, to my knowledge, hasn’t had any foot traffic in about 13 years or so. Still, … Read more“Pitting Seinfeld and The Simpsons Together as Cultural Foils, as Particularly Pertains to the Classic Rock Element of ‘Psychedelia’”
Score: 8.5/10 Franz Ferdinand’s new album The Human Fear came with this tiny little press release, amazingly stripped-down and non-bombastic by this band’s standards. And, really, that’s what this album is like — it’s a pop-rock run-through, though not a terrible one, a reminder that this stuff is pretty much a museum exhibit at this … Read more“DD Review: Franz Ferdinand – The Human Fear.”
It’s January 12, 2025, and Michiana braces for a deep freeze. We’d been due for a cold winter, and we’re surely getting it, with highs in the next few days in the teens, and some forecasted single-digits within a week or so. A stately, tranquil, white blanket of snow cloaks the landscape. We all, as … Read more“Less Gods and More Goddard “