dee dee ramone dead at 50.[…]
r. kelly indicted on child pornography charges: once in a while, i guess a grand jury can see something wrong with a little bump & grind.[…]
10 things of recent vintage that i’ve been listening to: conway – “lisa’s got hives” (from here) rap-rock that won’t appeal to rap-rock fans — too much estrogen, too much, well, fun. it seems to me that the b[…]
sunday corny sunday: another week, another voice piece, this time written by ilx contributor and all-around fine figure of a fellow, michaelangelo matos. play on!…or play-ed out? you’ll just have to find out for yourself what matos thinks[…]
october symphonies – an excellent piece by the village voice’s dennis lim on two overlooked, autumnal british pop records, the pet shop boys’ release and pulp’s we love life — one released quietly in the u.s., the other,[…]
“what’s going on?” is a great song: it was great for our parents; it’s great listening still for us; and it’s especially great if you’ve got a cause. any cause, really. it could be aids, it could be helping victims[…]
With their 1995 album See You on the Other Side, Mercury Rev created a world for the listener to inhabit. It was a world where adagios and allegros lived together in peace, where the boundaries of the staff were not strictly enforced, where tones wer[…]
aaliyah, r.i.p.: when one watches the news, they’re welcoming anonymous tragedy into their lives: livery cab driver shot dead in brooklyn; raging fire claims the lives of three people; fifteen dead in bombing in the middle east. if anything has[…]
MR. GREENGENES, WAX, AND THE UNDERGROUND LIVE MUSIC FROM OCEAN CITY, MD – AUG. 6, 8, & 11 i have to start a band. upon leaving monday’s performance by mr. greengenes, with the history of mediocre bar band shows ringing in my ears, i […]
KELIS, “YOUNG, FRESH AND NEW” MARY J. BLIGE, “FAMILY AFFAIR” “i’ve gotta be young, fresh and new,” kelis sings in her upcoming single, knowing full well that, along with producers du jour the neptunes, she is[…]