Review: Role Models
OnCover of Role Models I’ve known people who don’t really like John Waters. To those people, I can only play the “I accept your lifestyle choice, even if I believe it is wrong” card. I just think he’s great — his films…
Review: Big Beat
OnCover of Big Beat Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by reviewing…
Forgotten Records: The Wipeouters – P’Twaaang!
OnWith the recent release of DEVO’s new album, Something for Everybody, it’s important not to lose sight of that two decade gap when new DEVO material was rarer than diamond encrusted, gold plated diamonds. In 2001, however, there was a slight glint…
Review: Time’s Arrow
OnCover of Time’s Arrow Martin Amis‘ Time’s Arrow is a pretty cool little novella. Or maybe it’s a novel, I don’t know. It’s either a long novella, or a really short novel. You can take your pick. It’s about 170 pages, at…
A Failed Entertainment
OnThis year, Columbia University‘s LeRoy Neiman Gallery had an installation of A Failed Entertainment, a collection of videos (and two paintings) based on the work of James O. Incandenza from Infinite Jest. I got to see it on my trip to New…
A Completely Hypothetical Genesis of the Residents’ WB:RMX album
OnCover of Wb: Rmx Picture this scenario: The Residents made up the existence of The Warner Brothers Album as just another piece of their mythology. They did the artwork for the reel box and maybe even threw in a blank reel, or maybe…
Review: The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book
OnCover via Amazon I used to always say that I’m probably the only person who’s a much bigger fan of R. Crumb‘s music than his comics. For what it’s worth, that’s probably still true — I love the Cheap Suit Serenaders —…
Review: Indiscreet
OnImage via Wikipedia Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by reviewing ALL…
New Dead Milkmen Songs!
OnI’ve always loved the Dead Milkmen — and they’re back together! Stoney’s Extra Stout (Pig) was their last album (and I thought it was actually pretty good, regardless of the reviews), but it sounds like there’s a new one coming! The Milkmen…
It’s Raining Again
OnImage via Wikipedia Here’s yet another hypothetical Mix CD! Feel free to track these cuts down and burn your own copy! The theme here is “It’s Raining Again”/Fall-Winter/a “Less Light” mix. Some of the tracks I chose were pretty obvious, and others were…