I almost skipped this week’s Sunday Mix Tape. There are but four or five days left until my massive Top 100 Albums Of 2009 list is published, and it will contain many,…
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The Top Ten Deaths Of 2009
December is almost over. Websites and magazines have already begun rolling out their “Year-End” lists. Across all forms of media, the next week will be filled with cloying fits of nostalgia, hindsight-enriched…
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Alex Dreier – What Is A Jew?
A brief note on the 2nd Annual Swan Fungus Holiday Contestâ„¢: Today Nicci and I spent the afternoon making 20 new t-shirts. If any of you want to take part in the…
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More Photographs From The LOST Underground Art Show Opening
“Ronnie Midfew Arts?” More like “Widmore Fine Arts!” if you ask me… Me with LOST writer Greggory Nations (Photography by Lisa Jane Persky) One half of a very big triptych with major…
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LOST Underground Art Show Opening Night
Oh my God, you guys — I almost had my photograph taken with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse tonight. I was literally the very next person to tap Carlton on the shoulder…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 170
I’m exhausted. It’s been a long day and a long week, and I am looking forward to a good night of sleep tonight. This week should be a little more laid back…
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The Top Ten Negative Reader Comments Of 2009
Now that December is upon us, we turn to the Year-End list. Across all forms of media, the next few weeks will be filled with cloying fits of nostalgia, hindsight-enriched wistfulness, and…
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Lists, Coupling And Top Chef
TIME published their “epic” (more like epoch, because it’s so long and boring!) top ten list today. It runs the gamut from best movies to best public feuds and so on and…
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Spiritualized – Cane’s Bar & Grill; San Diego, CA (1998-03-31)
Next week Sony (via ATP Records and 101 Distribution) will be shipping a newly remastered edition of the Spiritualized album Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. There will be three…
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Interview: Nate
Nate and I argue over an advertising campaign, c. 1963 In my never-ending quest to interview everyone I know, I sat down with Nate tonight to talk about his recent good fortune…