It’s been a few weeks since I solicited the advice of my audience on the topic of disturbing movies I could recommend to my sister. She’s since been enrolled in the Netflix…
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Judee Sill – Heart Food
I just picked up an original copy of this record before — which I have lusted after for years — and have already listened to it twice since my workday ended. I…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 301
Hi kids. Happy Sunday. How was your weekend? Mine was good, thanks for asking. Last night I ventured out into The OC to hit up Pizza Port San Clemente with an old…
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Atrium Carceri – Cellblock
Between May of 2005 and April of 2007. Those were the dark days. The lost years. Post-collegiate, pre-Los Angeles nothingness. I lived at home. For the first year-plus, I only worked two…
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The Distinguished Gourmand: Elite Restaurant
There’s nothing better than dim sum. Why? Because it’s the perfect cuisine for people who enjoy puns. People like me. Beyond the ease with which one can make dim sum jokes, the…
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On Jason Molina
The Internet has been engaged in a lot of tributes to Jason Molina today. If you haven’t heard, the talented singer/songwriter passed away Saturday night at the age of 39. The cause…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 300
I feel like I should be wearing a little party hat and drinking champagne. This is almost as momentous an occasion as blog post number 3,000. Unfortunately I don’t know where to…
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My Very First MRI
How many of you are familiar with Magnetic Resonance Imaging? Oh, all of you? I’m the only one who has never had an MRI before? Well, then you can stop reading right…
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Sam Lipsyte @ Vroman’s Bookstore; Pasadena, CA
The thing about John Peel is, the more you click around the Internet, the more you find references to eclectic bands he “championed” during his long, illustrious career as a DJ for…
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Caul – Light From Many Lamps
Brett Smith has been releasing dark ambient recordings under the moniker Caul for the past nineteen years. Finally, in 2014, he’ll be eligible for induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of…