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[…]

Starlust: (Primal-Scream.net) world (in)famous primal scream fanfiction. Approach with caution. (via Kate on ILE).[…]

RUSH – “Overture/Temples of Syrinx”
I like Ayn Rand. Granted, I’ve only read two of her novels and nothing in five years or so but I like what I know. As someone who likes both literature and social programs, this has taken […]

9% of Americans don’t know who Paul McCartney is: given name-recognition factors of politicians, historical figures, Jesus, etc. this is actually staggeringly low. Objectivity also compels me to note that the “biggest fans” (undefin[…]

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – “My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism”
If you’re going to form a band to bring super-fresh power pop values back to indie, would it not be possible to do so without sounding quite so much like “Size Of[…]

A Thousand Songs – 0881 – 0895[…]

Cat Skratch Fever – For you music majors out there looking to concentrate on the wicky-wicky (or anyone remotely interested in hip-hop, really), here’s an excellent article by Franklin Bruno detailing the emergence of TWO notational syste[…]

THE STROKES – “Last Night”
THE FRENCH KICKS – “Young Lawyer”
Oh, The Strokes, The Strokes, The Strokes. Where do you begin with The Strokes? You could begin with “Last Night”, off their first single. It[…]

Queen of hearts anyone? I fear that today is truly the day that music died.[…]

PULP – “Disco 2000”
This can’t be good for me. I know this can’t be good for me
he said as he pressed “play” again.[…]