Jonesing
At Beatrice, Scott mentions a book by Stephen Graham Jones; Demon Theory is, apparently, written as the novelization of a horror film trilogy. Which sounds cool to me. Plus, this…
Category Archives: Music
Don’t dis the Zep
Pittsburgh Pirates fans, who’ve been hanging in through a pretty dismal season, got treated to post-game fireworks shows this week. And there was a live band! Problem is the band,…
That’s the way to white trash it, baby
The brilliant Jason Toney puts up "officially the whitest thing I’ve ever posted" on his blog, Negro Please, and it is so excellent I’m teary-eyed. Kelly Clarkson clambers on stage…
Ladies of song, 1920s style
As a fan of 1920s music I’m always a little frustrated by recording quality. Sure, it’s kind of charming to hear the scratchy reproduction, the hollow sound of too-big rooms,…
There’s just no getting over you
Arthur Lee has died. The founding member and lead singer of Love (a pre-google band name if I’ve ever heard one), Lee crafted psychedelic, sometimes symphonic rock that had clear…
Beck bombs in LA
If you remember Beck as a guy who used like to put on a show, you won’t want to read about his puppet-heavy appearance at the Wiltern in Los Angeles…
When a book becomes a band
Yesterday I heard about a band called Blood Meridian — I’m a little late, since their second record is coming out in the US in August. Thing is, I didn’t…
