Great quote from Michael Gira in the new L.A. Record. The interviewer asks, “You’ve often said you want music to atomize the listener — why?” And he responds with, “More like if…
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Sunday Nic Tape
Sitting in a parked car with Nicci, listening to songs that she likes for a change, I had an idea. Why doesn’t she curate her own Sunday Mix Tape? Opportunities to see…
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The Top Ten Reader Comments Regarding The Swan Fungus Redesign
Hey, it’s been a week since the design overhaul and most of you are still here. We’ve put up solid numbers this week, averaging almost 800 unique views per day, so clearly…
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The Conet Project: Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations
I was having a conversation with Hornet Montana last week via e-mail (he just turned 50 years old!) and we traded Wikipedia links regarding numbers stations and shortwave radio broadcast ephemera. If…
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A Weekend In Vegas
Well, that was exhausting. In the best possible way, of course. In the drunkest of drunken ways. I’ve returned from my latest trip to Las Vegas a new man. Older, dumber, drunker…
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The German Shepherds – Untitled
Since the first bit of German Shepherds ephemera I shared received such a positive response, I figured I would leave you to ingest this over the weekend. I’m leaving for the next…
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Ten Real Reasons I’ve Dumped Girls
The Frisky Editor Amelia McDick Party has a pube caught in her teeth. It’s a real shame I’ve spent the last week sharing concert recordings with you, because a lot of amazing,…
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moe. – Hammerstein Ballroom; New York, NY (1999-04-10)
Any time my camp friends and I would get together in the city we were destined to have a memorable night. It’s a shame no recording exists (that I can find) of…
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Weezer – Theater Of Living Arts; Philadelphia, PA (2000-08-29)
Look at that fucking nerd. Not Rivers Cuomo…I mean me. (DC, 2000) In the summer of 2000, as a fresh-faced seventeen-year-old, I took a job in New York City at a medical…
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Nada Surf – Middle East; Boston, MA (2001-04-13)
I must have seen Nada Surf a dozen times between my junior and senior years of high school. They used to play these tiny clubs around New York, like Brownies, Luna Lounge…places…