Review: ‘Root For Ruin’ by Les Savy Fav

September 21, 2010

One time, my friends and I drove up to Austin to catch what we were expecting to be an amazing show: Les Savy Fav, touring for ‘Let’s Stay Friends,’ with openers Fatal Flying Guilloteens. It was going to be a brutally amazing night, especially since I hadn’t seen Les Savy Fav before despite being a [...]

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Review: ‘Pop Negro’ by El Guincho

September 14, 2010

World music, or at least the sounds of world music, has been on the conscience of critics and listeners the last couple of years. M.I.A.’s ‘Maya’ most recently came under fire for being devoid of Arulpragasam’s typical worldly shtick. Critics wanted to hear the internationally derived explosion (albeit mostly subject matter-related, since it’d probably be [...]

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Introductory WINO.

June 11, 2010

So WINO is still in the works, but I figure I’d start crossposting these things instead of sitting on them. You’re obligated to acting surprised and reading this again when it does go live on the WINO site. Edits and crits very much welcome. The first post is an introduction essay. This is the part [...]

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Reboot.

May 27, 2010

Chances are that anyone who reads this today has already heard me sloppily recount the second part to my Christmas excursion, maybe more than once. If you haven’t, the short version features five hours worth of transportation by land, five hours in a flight reaccommodation line and going to the wrong airport. Easter eggs include [...]

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Che.

May 27, 2010

I’m no fan of Che, but this has to be one of the worst things I’ve ever come across on the Internet. And that includes 4Chan. Honestly, I was expecting the ONN logo at the end. The conservative’s Che meme was a meme before meme was a word.  Guevarra’s commodification and any subsequent criticisms of [...]

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Part One of a Two Part Holiday Story

February 5, 2010

Prelude: It’s been an interesting couple of months since I last wrote something here. Maybe not so much interesting; distracting is probably more appropriate a word. But one of the more compelling stories of late took place in December, over the holiday season, and is the driving force behind this post. Apologies to the people [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: The Wonder Years

September 8, 2009

In keeping with last week’s ego trip (what is this, a blog?) I’ve decided to catalog the music that’s defined me, for better or worse. I’ll start at the ages of four through about 10 – that’s before I discovered radio stations other than ‘Oldies 107.5’ or music outside of my parents’ CD stash. Bobby [...]

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Breakfast.

September 5, 2009

First thing I did this morning was make a tasty omelette with mushrooms, green onions and asparagus. Second thing I did this morning was watch “Ghostbusters 2.” It’s a beautiful day.

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Do It: Support the Folk Architecture Tour

September 5, 2009

I think I’m more driven to blog when I come up with ridiculous themes or categories that I feel beholden to update. I submit to you the first ‘Do It’ post, one of many instructive posts that will guide you on how to be a better person. In my eyes, at least. One of the [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: Karaoke

September 1, 2009

I’ve been bitten by the karaoke bug, and the cure is a couple rounds of 90-proof bourbon and sequences of generic videos with color-coded lyrics. If you’re so inclined to provide a round or three, please feel free to join in on any of my favorite selections: Pulp – “Common People” [Audio clip: view full [...]

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