STOOGES – “REAL COOL TIME” adapted for the stage, a play in one act. dramatis personae: me – me. her – her. setting: suburban bedroom(s), 1969. [a telephone rings. a telephone is answered.] her: “hello?” me: […]
MANDY MOORE – “IN YOUR POCKET” mandy moore, light of my life, fire of my loins. my sin, my soul. man-dy-moore: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. man. dy. moore. in the[…]
We live in the future, baby, you and me. How does this make you feel? The centuries have been erected with this very goal in mind, thousands of years of popular culture have been building up to this. Time had been enjoying a prolonged childhood for t[…]
THE STROKES! – “MODERN AGE!” warning: if you tolerate this, then your children will be next. it’s been ten years now since kurt and co., with their carefully crafted look, changed the face of youth fashion, having kids nation[…]
BELLE & SEBASTIAN – “JONATHAN DAVID” i have a love/hate relationship with belle & sebastian, that is to say that i hate myself for loving them and i don’t know how much longer this particular arrangement can last. fo[…]
Several weeks ago, driving home after a long day at work, i was switching through the stations on the radio, stopping at 106.7 lite-fm when i heard one of those songs that makes you wonder if a) you’ve heard it before or b) you’re just cr[…]
do you remember rock n’ roll radio?: report from salon on clear channel communications which quietly acquired over 1,200 radio stations in america, including 247 in the top 250 markets. your favorite local station may now be programmed from hun[…]
REM – “IMITATION OF LIFE” i have a problem, and all of yer recovery type programs say that the first step is to admit to it. so i will do just that. i like the new rem single. it’s good, i don’t know what else to say. ex[…]
well, tom, as dan indicates over on his blog, i’d bet that it has something to do with the de rigeur condescending attitude towards pop expressed in the slighting of black box, but it also rankles further: it praises st. etienne, the pop group […]
TRAVIS – “SING” Don’t.[…]