R.I.P. Listening Post (For Now)
Well, the economy did not leave my life unscathed, although I have worked hard to keep it that way. Wired decided to shutter its music blog Listening Post, which I […]
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Let Them Eat Hummers
UPDATE: My pals at the Huffington Post have syndicated this entry. Hop on and post a comment, if you feel so inclined. They love the love, and so do I. […]
Post Up! Best Xmas Tune Ever? Stephen Colbert and Willie Nelson’s Ode to Weed
Click the video at right, if you want to skip my pontification. But those of you who have kept track of my spiels for Wired on Stephen Colbert’s riotous A […]
JingoSport!
Here come the holidays! I’ve already been given a gift: I finished a huge chunk of my forthcoming tome JingoSport! It examines war, sports, marketing and entertainment through the looking […]
Pixies + Dali = ?
li news fit to print, but no love for the ears?
No worries. This fun mashup of the Pixies’ “Debaser” with Dali and Bunuel’s Un Chien Andalou ought to tide us over until Destino and Banderas’ Dali film hit the screens.
Jesus Forgives The Beatles
It’s nice that you finally got around to forgiving John Lennon for boasting that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, who we admit has a birthday coming up. But you might have wanted to pick a better time than the 40th anniversary of The White Album.
Beware, The Pentagon’s Robot Hunters!
How does the robot pack decide which human is cooperative and which is not? Welcome to the wonderful, dystopian world of defense pork.
Best Music of 2008? You Tell Me
from Femi Kuti to Deerhunter to Juana Molina and onward, there’s a lot of best to best.
Bears Beat Ducks!
I know Stephen Colbert and Wall Street may hate them, but I went to UC Berkeley. I love Bears. Mine beat Oregon’s Ducks today and a sloppy field ravaged by […]
Post Up! The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Works Toward Personal Freakout
I spent the last couple of days swimming in The Flaming Lips, interviewing front man Wayne Coyne and checking out his deranged holiday events, Christmas on Mars and March of 1,000 Skeletons.
Gang Gang Dance’s Defiant Saint Dymphna
Gang Gang Dance is that rare collective that eschews formal structures for free-for-all experimentation and expression.
Holy Crap! I Lost The Election For Obama!
I’m so sorry, Barack. I had to take my kid to the doctor. And just because I didn’t vote doesn’t mean you had to go and let MoveOn make an […]
Interview: Adam Franklin’s Magnetic Morning
“It’s certainly been a busy old year musically,” explains Adam Franklin. No kidding. After releasing a solo disc with his band Bolts of Melody, he reunited with hallowed guitar avengers […]
Keep Hope Alive. Literally.
The McCain-Palin ticket is dead in the water, sundered by its allegiance to the Bush administration’s disaster capitalism and foundering on a strategy basically designed to piss off rednecks and […]
The Prisoner, Freed At Last
I am hiding from the world, using Patrick McGoohan as a human shield.
When Will Los Angeles Run Out of Water? Sooner Than You Think
Water wasters might want to get to work on finding a new state. Of mind, if possible.
Post Up! Videos To Go, Featuring Weezer, The Sea and Cake and Loquat
Just in time for my daydream needs.
Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
“It was so incredibly untrue to life and yet so perfectly exposing at the same time.”
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 […]
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! 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 […]
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.