Just about a year ago I posted an article on my complete collection of the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. I continue to add to the collection and replace near fine copies with finer examples. It remains one of my proudest collective achievements. The above was an unexpected Continue reading
New Year’s Eve is a holiday that disappoints me year after year. Not unlike Halloween, I get all amped up thinking I’m going to have an awesome time and then something inevitably goes awry. I spent the majority of NYE 2004 Continue reading
I have always liked Christmas as a holiday. Gifts, booze, family–in the opposite order of course. Though, I absolutely loathe pop Christmas music or pop artists covering classics. For instance, I would happily Continue reading
Since Crystal Castles’ proper formation in 2004 they have attracted a lot of attention. The tongue-twisted Toronto duo of Ethan Kath and Alice Glass burst onto the scene in 2008 with their first self-titled LP which sounded like a panicked Tetris tournament at a rave.
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1979 was a truly unbelievable year in music. The Clash put out London Calling at the end of the flash in the pan that was “punk” music. In the rock realm, Pink Floyd released Continue reading
Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown by David Menconi (2012)
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At first glance, the cover of Losering implies that it’s a Whiskeytown memoir written by none other than Ryan Adams. Upon closer inspection though, David Menconi’s name is detectable in the form of a beer label. This might disappoint some expecting Adams’ histrionic musings in print, but Continue reading
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Emeralds is a trio from Cleveland comprised of John Elliott and Steve Hauschildt on synth and guitarist Mark McGuire. Their sound is a modern electronic spin of the 1970s kosmische artists–something in between Continue reading
Will Oldham on Bonnie “Prince” Billy Edited by Alan Licht (2012)
Originally published on Pop ‘stache
Alan Licht, interviewer/editor of Will Oldham on Bonnie “Prince” Billy, does the once-thought impossible and Continue reading
Multi-instrumentalist Joel Burrows, most famous for his work done with The Minders and The Thermals passed away yesterday. Continue reading
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Some fans were introduced to Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 1998 upon hearing “East Hastings” off of their debut album F#A#∞, featured on the soundtrack to the instant cult-horror classic 28 Days Later. Others were Continue reading
the self-hating hipster 