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Rockin’ the Vodka on the (Lava) Rocks 13 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
Given the anti-gay laws and whole Edward Snowden contretemps, it seems as though Russian vodka isn’t as popular in drinking establishments in the West as it once was, which provides an opening for dis...
Lollapalooza 2013: Fun Times in Babylon 10 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Friday There’s something thrilling — maybe even masochistic — about entering a big music festival on the first day. So many people at the gates, squeezing in, getting hassled by security goons, all i...
Songs, Law Suits & Sundaes 2 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
While the idea that artists can make music that is not what people, fans, mainly, think or expect them to make and yet that music has as much validity as anything that they may have previously recorde...
I Was a Nine Year Old Cultist 31 Jul 2013 | 11:05 pm
I love this movie: The Source Family. It details the formation and history of your proto-typical southern Californian 70s cult. Founded by entrepreneur-judo champ-war hero-man-killer-turned-spiritual-...
Steely Dan Alive In Detroit 30 Jul 2013 | 06:28 pm
Fox Theater, July 27, 2013 “Hey Nineteen That’s ‘Retha Franklin She don’t remember The Queen of Soul It’s hard times befallen The sole survivors She thinks I’m crazy But I’m just growing old”—...
In Defense Of #fests 29 Jul 2013 | 08:39 pm
I’ve seen a lot of criticism of big music festivals lately. Some of it is valid: the radius clauses imposed by organizers can clearly hurt local venues and the local music scene. And I can’t think of ...
Why You Should Respect Performers 26 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm
If there ever was an argument for the superiority of Dyson products, it was made earlier this week in Montreal at the Bell Centre when Beyoncé had her hair tangled in a fan. Had there been a Dyson Air...
Introducing Your Judges 25 Jul 2013 | 11:02 pm
Noel Gallagher, Russell Brand and Morrissey are mocking your shoes. Look at this picture and just imagine the comments. Imagine being a poor soul with ugly shoes who happens to pass by. The insults w...
The Costello Variations 24 Jul 2013 | 08:06 pm
So I am watching Elvis Costello & The Imposters’ performance at Hyde Park on AXS TV. It was pre-Royal Baby. No lullabies were included. An hour-or-so-long set of the hits being rat-a-tat-tatted out wi...
I find great comfort in you. 23 Jul 2013 | 01:23 am
It was the end of February and my mom was a week away from dying of cancer when I stopped by Laurie’s Planet of Sound on my way from work and picked up All Hail West Texas. I had moved from my hometow...
