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• Me, Music

  two pieces what I wrote

  05.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Black Hollies profiled, for the Portland Mercury.
  Windsor for the Derby reviewed, for Paper Thin Walls.

• Me, Music

  kinsellaology

  05.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have a review of Joan of Arc’s “A Tell-Tale Penis” up at Paper Thin Walls, along with a brief q & a with Tim Kinsella. (Obligatory link to my JOA-inspired short story “Party Able Model” here.)
  One question-and-answer that was cut from the final version that appeared on PTW was this, which also delves slightly [...]

• Books, Me, Music

  seattle: talking politics and music

  04.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s been quiet around these parts lately because I’ve been working on my paper for this year’s EMP Pop Conference. I’ll be heading to Seattle tomorrow evening, and speaking on Saturday. The abstract of my paper is below, if you’re curious:
  Saturday, April 12th
  “Vote Music” panel (2:00-3:45 pm) / Demo Lab
  “‘I’ve Got A Name’: AK Press, [...]

• Me, Music

  exfoaliation

  03.31.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I reviewed Foals’ “Balloons” for Paper Thin Walls.
  The guitar notes heard opening “Balloons” are thin jabs of sound, scattershot lines on an EKG. And yet as much as they propel the song forward, they sound almost fragile in comparison with the wall of keyboards behind them, the saxophone that helps to open things, the insular [...]

• Fiction, Me

  new fiction

  03.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  My short story “A Record Called ‘American Woodworking’” is now up on 3:AM Magazine.
  In Birmingham, Dorman’s phone was screaming. In Queens, I’m conversing with Avery. He says, “Didn’t we visit the Jazz Age together?” I nod, his necessary affirmation.
  The title, for what it’s worth, is a reference to this band.

• Me, Music

  03.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1. Ruby Suns review and interview: now up at Paper Thin Walls.
  2. Sole feature: at the Portland Mercury.

• Me, Music

  hawks and ladies

  02.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I reviewed Ladyhawk’s “I Don’t Always Know What You’re Saying” for Paper Thin Walls. There’s also a q & a involved…
  I guess we were just stoned and thought it sounded cool. After that, none of the other songs really needed keyboards.
  …probably one of my favorites I’ve done for the site, to be honest.

• Film, Me, Music

  odds and ends, 2 am

  02.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One: I will admit, the trailer for the new Indiana Jones film made me kinda giddy. And I’m not a dude who uses “giddy” lightly.
  Two: Last summer, I saw The King of Kong and enjoyed it. Watching it at the time, the conflict at the center of the film seemed like the sort of thing [...]

• Me, Music

  sharkish!

  01.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I reviewed Scary Mansion’s “Sharkish Sea” for Paper Thin Walls, and did a q & a with head Mansion/illustrator Leah Hayes. You can read it here.

• Me, Music

  the aforementioned treasure

  01.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I reviewed Cryptacize’s “Cosmic Sing Along” for Paper Thin Walls. You can read it here.

• Me

  Christmas in Jersey.

  12.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Not bad at all.

• Me, Music

  [mixtapes]

  12.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Paper Thin Walls 2007 Mixtape is now up. 32 song reviews more or less summarizing the year in music.
  Contained therein is my own contribution, an essay on Castanets’ “Three Months Paid”.

• Me, Music

  reissues + reviews

  12.07.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Two of the three reviews on Paper Thin Walls today are by me: a few words on Shark Move and a few more than that on Bobb Trimble.

• Me, Music

  singing, in a cave

  12.07.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  A piece I did on Cave Singers for the Portland Mercury is now online.
  There’s something pleasant about interviewing a band from Seattle and realizing that the singer is, in fact, from a town away from your own hometown; that their Invitation Songs is one of the best debuts I’ve heard this year doesn’t hurt, either. [...]

• Me

  the shocking realization

  12.03.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  So all those years I was rockin’ the plaid/flannel look, I was actually ahead of the curve? Damn. Just like my mullet.

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