A Cup From A Sip Of Mercury
OnA CUP FROM A SIP OF MERCURY from revme on 8tracks Radio. Every so often, much like other groups will do, like, say, the AV Club, they’ll post a hypothetical mix CD, and then do notes on each track, so you can…
Category: Essays
Longer form pieces.
What It is Vol. 3: Where did volume 2 go? My bad?
OnAlright so I?m terrible and didn?t manage to write this little column last week ? my second week into it?that?s a bad sign I will admit. But I?m back and ready to try my hand again. In all honesty I tried to…
The Exquisite Corpse as Applied To Comics
OnImage by PhineasX via Flickr I’ve long been intrigued/interested by Dada and Surrealism. When the TODCRA comic strip, Film Funnies, was being created, we’d often do a comic based on the idea of The Exquisite Corpse. The Corpse is a dada/surrealist parlor…
What It Is Vol. 1: The Introduction
OnHello & welcome to What It Is! This is a column that I’ve been telling myself I should start for awhile (ever since Matt asked me to contribute to the site!) but just haven’t really known what to talk about — then…
The Isaac Hayes Experience
OnIsaac Hayes has probably been the greatest discovery I’ve made since my record collecting took a turn for the serious. Not being familiar with anything by the Black Moses I was blown away by the two songs included in the film “Dead…
Your Friend, Bigfoot
OnA Report by D.J. Sylvis, Age 36 Originally published in my now-defunct zine, ‘Monkeyman’.
Why I Collect?
OnWhy do I collect records? I ask myself this from time to time (usually when I?m feeling as though I?m wasting a whole lot of money) and it?s at times like tonight that I realize exactly why I do. I?ve recently been…
For the Enjoyment
OnMusic… We all love it or else you probably wouldn’t be here. For me I think that it was those weekend afternoons I spent washing the car with my mom listening to Casey Kasem & then Rick Dees count down the top…
A New Word: jjjjjj
OnImage via Wikipedia Many articles have been written about the differences between face-to-face communication and the variety of text-based communication found on the Internet. While many people treat IRC or Instant Message-type programs as being wholly equal to face-to-face, there are occasional…