
Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
It must be Biopic season, because I’ve just sat down of my own free will and watched two fictionalizations of … Continue reading Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
It must be Biopic season, because I’ve just sat down of my own free will and watched two fictionalizations of … Continue reading Pam and Tommy and Steve and Johnnie
Every right-thinking person should deplore Rolling Stone magazine for being a glossy nostalgia rag and corporate liberalism enabler. But every … Continue reading Hipgnosis, and the Great Age of Album Covers
Charlie Watts died, and the articles about him were pro forma: great drummer, great bloke, much miss, wow. I briefly … Continue reading The Branding Stones Roll On
At some point in the last 15 years, I stopped paying attention to popular music trends. Call it the consequence … Continue reading On the Pleasures of Doom Jazz
Twitter impresario Mencius Moldbugman stomps on the Last Film in Theaters with both feet. Apparently Nolan has been utterly corrupted … Continue reading “Tenet” is Bad, “Sound & Fury” is Good
Abandoning the old Rate My CD’s project earlier this year gave me freedom to listen to my music whenever the … Continue reading In Praise of Sleater-Kinney’s “The Woods”
The ease of digital recording has made it fun to collaborate with yourself. All of these were made on Garageband, … Continue reading More Noise on Bandcamp – A New Duke Bike Rider EP
As coronavirus and protests continue to disrupt the country and its economy, many have asked the best ways to support … Continue reading Bandcamp Is Waiving Its Share of Sales Today
I like Nada Surf. They’re a band. And I like them. I own precisely one of their records, an EP. … Continue reading Nada Surf and the Importance of Band Names
Sometime I create music as well. I consider them sonic doodles. Learning to play an instrument or absorb music theory … Continue reading Butterfly Figure Skater: Duke Bike Rider on Soundcloud