Blogs
Clearing the Desk
The towers of CDs on my desk are endangering my life. Some I’ve realized I’m never going to get to, and on second listen, some haven’t proven interesting enough to […]
A Sneak Preview of Tonight
“The Jones Experience” featuring Nas, Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica and DJ Green Lantern’s at the House of Blues tonight. Here’s a report on Nas’ most recent dust-up with Fox News’ […]
A Good Idea
Today’s New York Times has a feature on Brooklyn Bowl, a bowling alley/music venue with food. “To sit at a show, cock your head back, watch a band and then […]
Walk it Like you Talk It?
In my post on the Gabe Dixon Band, I wished that there was a little more at stake in his music, and that the moderateness of it made the album […]
A First Step
Yesterday, a friend and I were bemoaning the generally blah state of roots rock as a genre that had pretty thoroughly picked over the bones of Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, […]
Just Say N.O.
In this year’s Jazz Fest issue, we were pleased to indulge Rob Walker’s obsession with “St. James Infirmary” and publish his liner notes for a ficticious compilation CD featuring versions […]
This Slip’s for You
At Salon.com, James Hannaham writes about Nine Inch Nails’ The Slip, which takes Radiohead’s In Rainbows one better by not only making the album available as a free download (among […]
The Future is Long
Julian Temple’s The Future is Unwritten is his 2-plus hours-long valentine to Joe Strummer. The love for an artist that motivates filmmakers to shoot a documentary on the subject seems […]
Patience Required
It’s easy to see why Daft Punk’s 70-minute film Electroma could drive fans crazy. It’s wordless, as two robots – men in black wearing Daft Punk helmets – travel through […]
Tales of the Cocktail in Daiquiri City
This week, Tales of the Cocktail returned to New Orleans, and it’s always an event I’ve been a little suspicious of. Its celebration of cocktail culture has always seemed like […]
