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Music
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Music, Video
A Boy Named Sue
Such respect for this Shel Silverstein-penned song and particularly this 1969 recording, but funny that my mind’s eye forgot that all the prisoners at San Quentin would be white. “A Boy Named Sue”
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Music, Video
In search of Summer Jams
Joy Division, not everyone’s go-to choice for sunshine, but we all need a moody dance number now and then.
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Music, Scribbles
Of Fiery Heads
Years ago, I lost any musical talent I may have gained from a few years of trumpet lessons (I remember playing pieces with lots of sixteenth notes, but don’t remember how well). But as most who know me can attest, I also have a tremendous - overriding - interest in inside baseball sorts of tidbits: [...]
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Link, Music, Scribbles, University
Moving on up
Rolling Stone/Chicago Tribune columnist Greg Kot has noticed our boy Ezra; the very favorable piece ran in yesterday’s Trib, and Ezra (along with the rest of us) was pretty excited to see it.
Coupled that with an appearance on a Best of 2007 list at Time Out New York, and it would seem like the boy [...] -
Music, Scribbles, Video
Bulletin: New indie rock girlfriend
Of course, it has been Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis since I was 16 and fell madly in love with Science vs. Romance, her short red locks and pouty bass playing. Kori Gardner and others have been affections or fleeting passions, but I haven’t had true blue new Indie Rock Girlfriend for years.
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Curio, Music, Video
Do you wanna come inside my house?
Jenny Lewis sings about sex in the 1996 flick Foxfire, long renowned amongst Rilo Kiley fans and…well, probably just Rilo Kiley fans. It’s remarkable how her voice has remained, though she has grown up a whole lot. Maybe notable for also starring Angelina Jolie? And Peter Faccinelli?
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Music, Video
They’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
Without a TV I miss some important cultural milestones; one which I stumbled upon with some amazement tonight is a nifty habit of Showtime’s Weeds.
Their theme song is a pithy bit of suburban satire from the 1960s by San Franciscan folk singer Malvina Reynolds called “Little Boxes,” and after the first season they started inviting [...] -
Music, Video
St. Vincent live in Minneapolis
‘Marry Me’ from the folks at Schedule Two, who happen to have a lot of other great shows up.
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Commentary, Music
Eight albums that mattered to me in 2006
Stars - Heart‘What the Snowman Learned About Love’ was my NYU roommate’s favorite track, a fact he surprised me with after I’d had this record on repeat for a couple weeks in the financial district. ‘Life Effect’ was my goddamn anthem through one of the more epic phases of a troubled relationship, and then I [...]
