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A Letter to My Physician

Late last year I wrote a letter to my physician(s), as a kind of minuscule gesture of thanks for the care have been afforded over the last year and half. I thought I would share with you an edited ver...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:37:00 GMT

2007

Records:1. The National  Boxer2. Angels of Light  We Are Him3. Grinderman  Self Titled4. Shellac  Excellent Italian Greyhound5. M.I.A.  Kala6. Akron/Family  Love is Simple7. ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:44:00 GMT

Hes got some words of wisdom...

Here's a review I did a while back that never got printed. Plenty more where that came from soon... (Yes, that is a prelude to a Best Of list)----------Grinderman with Digital PrimitivesMetro Chicag...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:10:00 GMT

The Media Cure

For those unfamiliar, the media cure is when you temporarily suppress your soul-crushing sadness with your choice of books, music, film, TV or any other fancied form of consumable entertainment. In Am...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:52:00 GMT

Sad: Neither tragic or hilarious

Marcel Marceau died Sunday. No joke here; I'm just a peripheral fan wishing to pay a respectful homage. He was true original that I will not even seek to understand, who, as if being a brilliant artis...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:39:00 GMT

Note to Nas: "Bring us 'Ether Part 2 (Papa Bear Edition)'"

Here we go again. My apologies for the political banter of late (particularly aimed at the right) but, once you start, you tend to work up a pretty good head of steam. This one targets, Mr. Bill O'Rei...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:43:00 GMT

Perilous Punditry

Wow. You know partisanship has gotten so brutish and stultifyingly doltish in the country when one John Gibson, radio host and FOX News analyst, has the gall to mock the emotional response of NYC resi...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:51:00 GMT

Dogfighting vs. Voluntary Manslaughter

Here's a new, fun game to play I invented a couple of minutes ago, still in its preliminary development, called When States Decide. This game allows you to guess, which crimes against penalties yield ...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:07:00 GMT

Lollapalooza Day 3

I was given a pass on Day 2 from the anonymous label for this years' Lollapalooza, however I was on the list for Day 3 of the festivities. And that was no harm to me. As much as I would be curious to ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:31:00 GMT

Lollapalooza Day 1

Yep. I managed to finagle my way onto the guestlist, for two of the three days, through an (unnamed) record label. I'm working the festival, it should be said, passing out free stuff from the label. I...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:44:00 GMT