Post Up: A Short History of “When the Levee Breaks”
Good morning, sleepy heads. Welcome back to school. I’ve been here forever, writing like a fiend. Still failing. Anyway, a reminder for those of you who are newer to Morphizm. […]
Month: August 2008
Tussle’s Cream Cuts Taste Like…Mitchum?
I’ve had some mind trips on the San Francisco’s electro-whatever outfit Tussle lately. A spiel for Wired, a review for Metromix. I still haven’t been able to wrap my head […]
Infecting Nike, Intiating Obama: An Interview With Saul Williams
“I think it guarantees that the people in power in that corporation are listening close to what I’m saying and what their kids are dancing to.”
Topaz & Mudphonic’s Boogie Ain’t Bad
A batch of my reviews have gone live on Metromix, including this swampy funk from Texas, a state I usually hate. OK, I still hate it. It’s the worst state […]
The Pickens Plan Sucks
Having your cake on climate crisis, fossil fuel addiction, eminent domain, water privatization and corporate earnings — and eating it too.
Post Up: No Doors Without Jim Morrison
Greetings, Morphizm pals. Sorry for the delayed communication. I celebrated my birthday over the weekend, and spent this morning suffering for it. But I did manage to clock some work […]
Love As Laughter Concocts Holy Rock
I’ve been interviewing and reviewing for Filter for a few months, and have finally caught up with that content. Recently, I reviewed Love as Laughter’s Holy for the righteous mag, […]
Post Up: Happy Birthday Compact Disc. Now Go Away!
I wrote this piece of half-assed homage for Wired on Sunday, but it was a hit far and wide. Maybe people are as sick of CDs as they are of […]
Lykke Li Is A Lucky Swede, Kristoffer Ragnstam Is A Rock Mouthful
The Swedish have invaded Morphizm! Between Lykke Li and Kristoffer Ragnstam, I’m drowning in the alphabet and pining for the days of Ingmar Bergman. But the better news is both […]
Chewing The Buddha: President Bush At The Olympics
[By Greg Palast, Photo: AP] Lhasa, Tibet — China’s secret police are just terrible at keeping themselves secret. The detective, dressed in her business suit and pumps appropriate to urban […]
The End Of The Jews? An Interview With Adam Mansbach
“ The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story.”
Post Up: Autolux Rox, De La Soul Jams
It’s been a busy weekend over at Wired, where I have tackled everything from dead icons to dead technology. I’ve also had a chance to float some stellar music into […]
Kyle Baker Takes Alice Through The Glass
Classics Illustrated still makes sweet comics, especially when its narratives nab compatible visuals. Rick Geary’s dispassionate pen has blessed the new Papercutz series, a pairing that has been explored before […]
The Silent Years’ Globe-Trotting Rock
Like the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev before them, The Silent Years have a gift for bizarro pop and rock that explodes into noise as easily as it rides subtle, […]
Pierre de Reeder’s Optimistic Pop
As the bassist for popular Los Angeles heartbreakers Rilo Kiley, Pierre de Reeder has taken a back seat to two child actors at the peak of their careers. So to […]
The Era of Catastrophe
Mike Davis is the planet’s coolest doom prophet. From City of Quartz to Ecology of Fear and beyond, he’s pondered various strains of the End Times. And now the the […]
Post Up: Metallica’s Puppets, Chemical’s Google, Fishing With Ween
I’ve been feeling like crap for days now, which means now is the time to talk about Metallica. I did just that for Wired over the weekend, and heckled the […]
The McCain Plan: Homer Simpson without the Donut
[By Greg Palast] I’m guessing it was excessive exposure to either radiation or George Bush, but Senator John McCain’s comments from inside a nuclear power plant in Michigan are so […]
Be My Bloody Valentine, Darker My Love
More reviews from the Metromix front, pals of Morphizm. I’ve been hard at work listening to good and bad stuff for them, and lucky for me I finally found some […]
Saint Fink: An Interview With The Faint
I’ve been tailing The Faint for a couple of weeks now, as Metromix asked for an interview and a review. Not a problem, as I’m down with any band, even […]
Post Up: All Hail Rush’s Anthem
I posted this entry on Wired last week, but it has since proven to have sturdy legs. Perhaps it is because Rush was a monstrous power trio before it became […]
Post Up: Stereolab’s Chemical Pop, Stooges’ Gear Stolen
Happy Monday, Morphizm pals. Still reeling from the weekend Rush, which continues to attract comments like McCain attracts flies. But there is some bad news: Some asshole stole all of […]
Post Up: Rush Gets Snubbed, Sony Gets Desperate
I spent a great Saturday asking the hard questions at Wired.
Disneyraq: The Unhappiest Place on Earth
The following article you are about to read is true. I researched and wrote it for AlterNet, and it is real. It is costly, and it will cost much more […]