Review: Four Foot Shack
OnListeners of Crush On Radio know full well my love (as well as Andrew’s) of Primus and the work of Les Claypool. So it should have been a given that I’d be picking up the new album Four Foot Shack from Les’…
Review: Exploding The Phone
OnThis almost feels like a companion volume to The Idea Factory — the other side of the phone company. Phil Lapsley’s book, Exploding the Phone, is an absolutely fascinating book on the history of phone phreaking, or exploring the phone network (and…
Want To Write For Kittysneezes?
On“Hey, I’d like to write for Kittysneezes!” Is this you? If so, then that is AWESOME! A+ on your hastily arrived-at desire! Contact me via the Contact Page, and I’ll give you more details and get you set up with an account! …
Ted Talks: Eggs
OnHey, everybody! Your Internet TV Pal Ted is back, and this time, he’s talkin’ eggs! Apparently there are opinions to be had about eggs! Who knew?!
Review: All That Glitters Is A Maresnest
OnCardiacs were a wonderful band — pretty much any given lineup of the band is going to be awesome, but the lineup on the All That Glitters Is A Maresnest concert film is probably my favorite lineup. Or at least one of…
Video: Ted Talks – Band Names
OnHey everybody! Meet Ted! He likes to talk! He talks a lot! He talks and swears! In this video, Ted talks band names. Band names that sound like dudes. He’s agin’ it.
Video: Trootcottoun (Director’s Commentary)
OnAs I promised, from the Trootcottoun DVD, the OFFICIAL DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY on Trootcottoun! It’s 17 minutes of me talkin’ about stuff! I’m pretty good about talkin’. It’s what I do in my spare time, so I’ve gotten good at it! I’ll probably post the Un…
Crush On 2013!
OnIt’s our best-of-the-year show! Pretty much all picks, so let’s go! Picks include: Lorde, Deep Cotton, Janelle Monae, Portugal. The Man, Void Vision, Dandylion, Junip, David Bowie, Robbie Fulks, Kanye West, Camper Van Beethoven, Daft Punk, Chvrches, They Might Be Giants and…
Review: Utility Music
OnUtility Music is Gyratory System’s third album (out today!), and I feel a bit silly for having not known them until now. It’s a combination of all sorts of things I like — electronica with live instruments in the mix, krautrock influences,…
The Night of the Stumblebums
OnBack in my college days, I spent more time in bars than could be considered healthy. However, my friends and I weren’t a fan of the bars near campus, and their crowd of drunken people our age or younger. We craved a…