Fuck Michael Douglas. Fuck Michael Douglas in his stupid Russian-Jewish, Scottish, Irish ass. That arrogant celebrity motherfucker screwed me out of flying from LAX to Newark First Class. I was first on…
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Michael Hurley – Blueberry Wine: The First Songs
“A singer/songwriter in the subversive Greenwich Village folk scene of the late ’60s and ’70s, with several songs lent to the Holy Modal Rounders, Michael Hurley maintained an infrequent solo career into…
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Grouper @ The Smell; Los Angeles, CA
Hmm…What’s my least favorite venue in Los Angeles? That’s a tough one. When I first stepped foot inside The Smell last night, I remembered why the last show I saw there was…
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The First Seventh Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational
This past Saturday, chefs from around the globe gathered here in Los Angeles — a city with little to no culinary expertise — to pay their respects to the Gods of cheese.…
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Talk Talk – London 1986
Weird. Who knew Talk Talk had a live album? Not I, at least until yesterday. I was even more surprised to learn that it’s long out-of-print! “To many, Talk Talk are not…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 142
Hey friends, this is my first official post as a 26-year-old. Let me tell you, it feels not bad. In fact, I wouldn’t hesitate to say it feels “pretty alright”. Thank you…
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The Top Ten Thoughts To Get You Through Your Birthday
I’ve made it as a blogger for four years without ever devoting a post to my birthday. In fact, I’m pretty sure I only started referencing the day (April 25th) two years…
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Dave Bixby – Ode To Quetzalcoatl
This one is an absolute monster of a record. Copies of this private press record have sold for as much as $2,300 at auction, and are exceedingly rare. I’ve heard rumors of…
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A Day At The Stone Brewery; Escondido, CA
There really isn’t much in this world that can beat spending a day learning about beer, getting buzzed on free samples and dining on excellent food at one of your favorite craft…
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When Did You Jump The Shark?
We are living in strange times, friends. And, like Mark Burgess sang on the Chameleons album Strange Times, “Well, we were younger then, / And the days were long and slow /…