Seven People Who Hate You Tell You Why
There is a special place reserved in hell for Morphizm contributor Tom McNichol. Or heaven, depending on your worldview. From writing Osama bin Laden’s diary to founding a magazine for […]
Month: September 2008
AlterNet: Wall Street Meltdown = American Police State?
So the stock market tanked like Sarah Palin yesterday, wiping out a trillion in value and setting the stage for some serious disaster capitalism before Bush leaves office in January. […]
Post Up! The Return Of Led Zep
They may be the finest rock band of not just the ’70s, but of all time. And like another UK rock legend My Bloody Valentine, they have finally decided to […]
Metromixed! High Places, Kings of Leon
More music reviews from my Metromix pile went live this week. Kings of Leon is a Southern rock hybrid whose ambition might surpass its skills, but that is for you […]
Ask DJ Shadow Returns!
LONG BEFORE DJ Shadow became an electro-hop legend, he was answering questions online from scrubs like me. Where did you get the guitar riff for “High Noon?” Who the hell was Colonel Bagshot? Do you owe David Axelrod back pay? Then he got too busy to bother.
Autolux Gets Lost In Transit
I covered All Tomorrow’s Parties New York remotely from Los Angeles for Wired, because the My Bloody Valentine-powered package show was just that awesome. But for the last four years, […]
Mogwai Howls About Hawk, Bush
“I don’t know why CSI Miami likes us so much.”
Post Up! Batman and Captain America’s Ed Brubaker’s Brings the Ultraviolence
Some heavy Wired action on the way, Morphizm pals. First up, is a tight interview with Marvel and DC Comics scribe Ed Brubaker, the man tried to kill Captain America […]
Underwired! Comedy Pays Tribute to Visionary George Carlin
Welcome to Morphizm’s latest category, pals. I’ve been hired to spiel on the entertainment machine for Wired, who also retain me to spiel on music as well, which is where […]
Metromixed! Tindersticks, Amanda Palmer
I’ve decided to group my Metromix reviews together as they roll out, rather than one by one. Things are heating up here at Camp Morphizm and I am busier than […]
Post Up! Colbert’s Musical May Suck
What is with Stephen Colbert and Toby Keith? Why does the one invite the other on his show, when he seems to be the type of unmitigated tool Colbert makes […]
Post Up: Covering The Cure
It’s been a busy weekend working for Wired. But the piece that I was most interested in didn’t get much play, so I figured I’d pimp it here as well. […]
9/11’s Awkward Anniversaries: Ministry’s NWO
The video for “NWO” was equally incendiary, mashing Bush’s speech, the Rodney King riots, and probably a truckload of smoke machines into a reel that MTV would never play today.
9/11 Rewind: El-P’s Deep Space 9mm
El-P’s uncompromising poetry and stuttered beats are built only for those looking for the next level.
Post Up! Large Paranoia Collider!
Well, today is the day, my friends. The Large Hadron Collider goes online, and the greatest particle collisions on Earth will soon be studied by CERN scientists, or bring forth […]
Metromixed! New Year, Shaky Hands
The reviews keep rolling in. This time around, two bands with clever names make fractured pop that sounds like it rolled out of the garage dirty and beautiful. The New […]
The Beatles Say Goodbye To Television
Frost’s audience crowds the band at the ballad’s finale, as if they didn’t want to let The Beatles go.
Calexico’s Carried to Dust Takes Flight
This desert noir soundtracker stands out for a reason. Spinning sinister tales of border-blurring folk, rock and pop, Joey Burns and John Convertino’s brainchild has mastered the the sound America […]
Mogwai’s Ready For Its Hollywood Close-Up
“We would love to drop some jams for The Hobbit,” Braithwaite cracks. “In fact, I think that Barry should do the voice for Smaug.”
New Orleans Won’t Be Ignored
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] The early results are in: Hurricane Gustav has helped John McCain’s bid for the White House. This is nothing short of incredible. In the combination of […]
President Phelps?
[Amy Bass, Morphizm] There are apples, there are oranges, and then there is Michael Phelps. Man, has this been bugging me. I tried to let it go. I let the […]
Apollo Sunshine Gets Noisy, Birdmonster Gets Too Comfortable
More from my Metromix stash, pals of Morphizm. This time around, I take a dive into 21st century pop music, in all its deviation, derivation and divination. That’s a mouthful, […]
Theresa Andersson, New Orleans’ Swedish Sonic Hummingbird
The Labor Day holiday was nice, but the post-holiday deluge is fearsome. And not just because a slew of my Metromix have rolled in, including this one from Swedish export […]
Post Up: Is Helen Mirren The Coolest Ex-Cokehead Alive?
My apologies, but I have been in love with Helen Mirren for years now. She’s beautiful, smart, sickly talented and outspoken. In other words, my kind of fantasy. So when […]
Post Up: Is “This Ain’t No Picnic” The Best Labor Tune Ever Made?
I never miss a chance to write something about The Minutemen, the greatest punk band ever to crawl out of Los Angeles. Maybe it’s the fact that D. Boon died […]