The inbox provided quite a delight this morning. In fact a sublime one given that this Monday morning feels like the first day of winter even though we are technically still in fall. The colour of the trees here in Portland remind me.
Jihae is new to me.
I have no idea of Jihae’s nationality although [...]
An Open Letter to Pitchfork Media from the Airborne Toxic Event:
Dear Ian,
Thanks for your review of our record. It’s clear that you are a good writer and it’s clear that you took a lot of time giving us a thorough slagging on the site. We are fans of Pitchfork. And it’s fun to slag [...]
I have struggled with alternative/indie/rock music for a few years now. As rock music no longer lives up to the moniker ‘the devil’s music‘ and only energizes bible-thumpers these days, it has ceded its long term cultural role and creativity to hip hop and electronic artists. Artists come to mind who have successfully crossed over [...]
Incoming press release everyone duck… “If a foreclosed home in Detroit can be purchased for $1 (as I recently read in the newspaper) I have to wonder how much a night at a Rogue Motel would cost…? And while I can’t answer that question without doing some serious research with the band, I can promise [...]
Towards the end of David Byrne’s sleevenotes for the recent reissue of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - the album the former Talking Heads singer made with the band’s producer and mentor, Brian Eno, in 1981 - he describes the duo encountering a novel problem. The vocals on the album had been taken [...]