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About Me

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also, opinionated and slightly communist music review site superstarcastic.com is my contribution to the intarwebz. if you're hip, you already know about it.

My Interests

the living god, lyrics, not repeating history, making lists, zemmiphobia, ebay addictions, wanderlust, search engine algorithms, moon phases, ceská republika, string sections in rock bands, vintage dresses, philology, senegal, reversing entropy, boys who wear eyeliner, lucid dreaming, l'abri, rene magritte, palindromes, sea salt, swing dancing, teleporting, e-prime, the velvet revolution, narnia, existential angst, candlelight, français, checkmating you, life, the universe, everything

I'd like to meet:

other synesthetes

Music:

"music was my refuge. i could crawl into the space between notes and curl my back to loneliness." - maya angelou (ad infinitum)

Movies:

"it's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on a screen." - alex delarge in "a clockwork orange" (1971)

Television:

"i've seen this done on tv." - famous last words

Books:

"there is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. it is like falling in love." - christopher morley

Heroes:

"my belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. so which one's the real hero?" - mitch hedberg

My Blog

i feel so broke up, i want to go home

k, before i get into this review, let me first say that even if i am a huge, adoring, rabid, squealing fan of a band, that's no guarantee that i will automatically like any and every new release they ...
Posted by the hidden track on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:18:00 PST

the psychedelic furs hate my website

i mean seriously...i never thought a lawsuit threat could make my day. the lead singer of the psychedelic furs is pissed off at superstarcastic and i find the whole situation so damn amusing. i can'...
Posted by the hidden track on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:26:00 PST

and a good time was had by all

you want to hear about how the first ever superstarcastival went, i know you do...click here, dork...
Posted by the hidden track on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:23:00 PST

i fell in love with a boxer

ha ha - i knew that would make people look.  i mean the album, of course, silly.  it's pretty awesome.  read my review... http://www.superstarcastic.com/music-reviews/the-national-bo xer...
Posted by the hidden track on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:32:00 PST

trembling blue stars are oh so depressing

but damn good too, the clever brits. see for yourself...
Posted by the hidden track on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:43:00 PST

what kind of name is panda bear anyway?

worst album of 2007 so far.  let's just say it was more enjoyable ripping it up than listening to it.  beware of me, pretentious indie hipsters. http://www.superstarcastic.com/music-reviews/...
Posted by the hidden track on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:46:00 PST

the danish (danes?) are taking over the world

well, not really.  but they are producing some lovely music that is finally getting some attention stateside. singer jonas bjerre of danish quartet mew has one of those voices that will eith...
Posted by the hidden track on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:13:00 PST

guess who is getting back together?

one of the best bands in the world, that's who.  please lift skyward some triumphant fists and join me in a gigantic HUZZAH!...
Posted by the hidden track on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:45:00 PST

want to hear a brand new arcade fire song?

click on the link.  i think it's pretty damn good.  feel free to comment if you agree with me...or even if you don't. http://www.superstarcastic.com/music-previews/arcade-fire-bl ack-wavebad-...
Posted by the hidden track on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:23:00 PST

insert clever "down under" joke here

i'm all about australian music these days.  you should be too. http://www.superstarcastic.com/music-reviews/in-which-bands- from-australia-are-eloquently-touted/...
Posted by the hidden track on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:34:00 PST