Winter Albums: Sounds for the Season
This was first published in 2011, but winter’s come again so why not?
As much as I enjoy all of the seasons, I’m glad to see the last flickers of
autumnal
music
In Plain View
West Texas is long on churches and short on curb appeal. It is mythmaking
territory, a land where legends sprout more readily than trees. The names of its
towns speak the truth about
At Least I Author My Own Disaster
“The past is a grotesque animal,” begins the eponymously titled Of Montreal song
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2p9fDJsHNo]; “and in its eyes you see / how
completely wrong you can be.” What
Machine Girl and Her Remedies
When I first heard a song by Lana del Rey, I was tipsy-drunk and wondering
whether or not we were going to run out of alcohol in the midst of an escalating
party.
The Death of Live Music
One of the definitive moments of my life was my first live concert. I’ll protect
the shred of dignity I have left by not disclosing the artist, but rest assured
that at