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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Post Up: Batman’s Musical Mutations
From Nelson Riddle and Prince to Danny Elfman and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Post Up: Full-Album Concert Wish List
The trend is virally replicating.
Post Up: An Interview With Neil Halstead
A chat with the man behind the aural soundscapes of Slowdive.
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.”
From Spacemen 3 to Spiritualized: Jason Pierce Transcends Time
The influential artist’s experiments have ranged from drone, psychedelia and trance rock to jazz, gospel and ragged blues, sometimes all at once.
Body Language: An Interview With David Cronenberg
“body horror was not my term. It was a term someone used to describe what I was doing, so it is not a category in my head that I use to make films.”
David Lynch’s Weird, Wired World
It’s all an experiment. I want to find things that fire me up, and see if it works for the people.
David Lynch, Uncut, Part Three
Scientists are so beautiful. They come up with these things, and then the other side of the coin is that artists grab hold of them, and who knows what can happen? The world is always changing, that’s rule number one.
David Lynch, Uncut, Part Two
It’s a dream world now. But like I always say, everybody has access to a piece of paper and a pencil. But how many great stories are written?
David Lynch, Uncut, Part One
I always like random access, and I like the idea that one thing relates to another. And this is part of the internet: It’s so huge, that it is really an unbounded world.