Post Up: Batman’s Musical Mutations
From Nelson Riddle and Prince to Danny Elfman and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Articles by Morphizm
Comix: Andy Singer’s Microclimate Foreplay
An introduction. Comic artist Andy Singer is a pal of Morphizm’s, and hits us with comics all the time. We’ve talked before about the state of the world and visual […]
Pixies Lead Live Album Wish List
The trend is virally replicating.
Chatting With Piano Girl Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton, Piano Girl Singer-songwriter and piano prodigy Vanessa Carlton has been touring like mad in support of her latest effort “Heroes and Villains,” but the grind doesn’t show in […]
Nine Inch Nails Doesn’t Slip
Trent Reznor is a technological visionary, whose bold moves are shifting a bloated music industry behemoth to the internet. But can he still rock? I reviewed his disc for Metromix […]
Black Kids Are Alright
I’ve been swimming with Black Kids lately for Metromix. I feel like I have been drowning in summer sex pop for days now. But my interview with Black Kid leader […]
The Jam’s Paul Weller Dreams of Sleep
A shiteload of my Metromix reviews hit all at once, including this one for Paul Weller, architect of The Jam, Style Council and other bands. Over the last three decades, […]
Amy Ray Rocks Harder On Kinder
In fact, it may be better than anything the Indigo Girls have ever done.
What Isn’t Shoegaze?
But in the end, it was used to describe bands like My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Swervedriver and pretty much anyone else, like drone minimalists Spacemen 3, who didn’t fall into the comfortable confines of easily classifiable music.
Are Fannie and Freddie Screwed? Bush Hopes So.
Greetings, Morphizm pals. Welcome to the new blog. It’s in the early stages, but should be sitting pretty by the end of the month. Speaking of the end, Fannie Mae […]
Post Up: An Interview With Neil Halstead
A chat with the man behind the aural soundscapes of Slowdive.
Quit Your Job. Housing is Cheap.
Remember, 2% is just another rate for nothing left to lose.
Lightning Strikes Spark Climate Crisis Wildfires
Dry lightning strikes in June might be “climatologically rare” now. But thanks to human-induced global warming, they will soon be utterly logical.
Africa Is A Victim In Our Quest For Oil
The ecological impact has been felt in the Niger Delta, which is the oil-producing region. According to the World Wildlife Fund, it is one of the most polluted places on the face of the Earth.
Don’t Be Evil To The Environment, Google
To mangle the cliche, the evil is in the details.
The Day The Beatles Fled Imelda Marcos
Just like that, The Beatles’ police protection disappeared, and the band was hounded out of the country, and roughed up along the way.
Lost Joins Shyamalan’s Pixies Lovefest
Lost hopped aboard the indie rock legend’s bandwagon during its season four finale, perhaps in hopes of righting its own sinking ship.
Twin Piqued: David Lynch’s TV Legend Makes Musical Comeback
“Everyone was watching that show. Angelo Badalamenti had a huge influence on the shoegaze sound.”
Amazon Takes Aim at iTunes With Variably Priced MP3s
it’s going to be harder for iTunes to keep its stranglehold on the downloading business. Especially now that Amazon is making music-surfers offers they can’t refuse.
The Inevitability of Famine
Food has stopped being our other energy problem and become a chief terror of the future.
R.I.P. Camu Tao, 1977-2008
“He was an almost uncategorizable force of nature,” said El-P. “Wild, hilarious, proud, loving, tough, outspoken, spontaneous and brilliant.”
Climate Destruction Will Produce Millions of Envirogees
Immigration is about to enter a new phase, which resembles an old one with a 21st century twist.
Does M. Night Shyamalan Have a Thing for Pixies?
And where Hitchcock leaned on the striking scores of Bernard Hermann to propel his movies, Night seems to be borrowing ideas from … the Pixies?
Reunited, And It Feels So Loud: An Interview With Swervedriver
As one of the finest bands from the so-called shoegaze scene, Swervedriver released four stellar, underrated efforts from 1991-1998 during a chaotic career marred by label drama and changing pop […]
Who Is Illegal? The Politics of Immigration
We are, all of us, a nation of immigrants, occupying lands that once belonged to someone else