January 2011
1 post
August 2010
5 posts
The 100 Fake Bands of Sonny Smith. →
Village Voice piece on the “100 Records” project. Sonny Smith is truly a multi-talented individual. This exhibit looks real neat…hope to make it up to Williamsburg before it leaves.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2010 lineup has... →
And it’s excellent. Can’t wait.
Haven't updated in a while. Sorry about that.
But I have been posting at my summer photo blog, Shots of the Shore. Check it out.
June 2010
10 posts
“[I]n this sense, the Gaslight Anthem’s Springsteen / Strummer worship is...”
– - Stuart Berman’s Pitchfork review of “American Slang.” He hits the nail on the head — couldn’t have said it better myself.
“I did loads of stupid things, like the way I used to argue with EMI Records. I...”
– - Kevin Rowland quoted in NME Magazine, July 1982
“I said to the guy afterwards, ‘You stapled your dick on stage, that was...”
– My old buddy @sethasaurus, commenting on a presumably intense show he saw in San Francisco last night. I have no idea who the act was but I hope to never find myself at one their shows.
“The news about Asbury Park was so bad for so long, I ask people, ‘Is this the...”
– - Tom Gilmour, Asbury Park’s director of commerce, in this excellent NJ Monthly piece from mid-2009 detailing the city’s current state. Note that Bradley Beach, one of the beach towns to the south, is less than two miles away from Asbury.
May 2010
17 posts
“Just had a thought: what if you unfollowed someone, then the next day they...”
– - The man @kenneth_l, contemplating Twitter.
“I am quite relaxed about it […] people only made money out of records for...”
– Mick Jagger on digital piracy, quoted at Billboard. Is it any coincidence that one of the biggest badasses of rock n’ roll is also one of the most realistic about the state of music today?
MTV interviews Don Johnson. →
I’ve always been a big fan of Don’s acting…and for a while there it looked like we may never hear from the man again. Great to hear he’s got a few irons in the fire.
“This reporter, who was facing the general and about two feet away, heard a loud...”
– - New York Times reporter Thomas Fuller, proving that good journalism is still alive in his rather intense article today on political turmoil in Thailand.
The May 2010 Job Search Difficulty Index. →
Where to go if you need a job: DC, San Jose or New York. Given a choice I’d take the latter, thankyouverymuch.
Christian right leader George Rekers takes... →
As this Miami New Times piece indicates, another anti-gay crusader turns out to be deep in homosexual territory. Is anyone surprised?
“How much better would James Brown sound if we could auto-tune him?”
– - Stephen Colbert
April 2010
26 posts
“The last time a guy in Seattle had empty shells on the floor in front of him,...”
– Deadspin commenter Gamboa Constrictor, in reference to a story about a section of Safeco Field that is “Peanut free” (via kenistumbling)
WatchAretha Franklin first released her take on “Respect”, unquestionably the most successful version of the song to date, on this day in 1967 (or 1966, depending on who you ask). To celebrate its 43rd anniversary, let’s take a moment to reflect on what may well be the best version of this song evar: that done by the genius Kevin Rowland and his merry Midnight Runners.
Also, anyone...
What happened when I went undercover at a... →
Absolute must-read from Ted Cox at AlterNet, who proves that investigative journalism is far from dead. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry out in horror…so I found a middle ground, and just sorta cringed.
Putting a magazine together in two days. →
They’re calling it, aptly, 48 Hour Magazine (and are also on Twitter). Awesome idea.
“I imagine they might exist in massive ships … having used up all the...”
– - Stephen Hawking on alien life forms and why an encounter with them would almost certainly fuck Earth’s day, from this MSNBC piece.
“We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.”
– - Charles Barkley (via kenistumbling)
In the studio with Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings. →
Don’t know how I missed these last month, but they’re in true DIY style: awesome set of photos from the recording sessions that ultimately spawned the groups superb latest release I Learned The Hard Way, from Jacob Blickenstaff at NPR.
The 2010 Pulitzer prize winners & finalists. →
Respect due to the Seattle Times, who got some much-deserved credit for their epic coverage of the Maurice Clemmons manhunt last year.
