Monthly Archives: December 2003

As the final paragraph indicates, this is either depressing proof of the predictability/redundance of the Top 40, or affirming and uniting, in that people can respond to the same tones and patterns in the same ways. WE’RE ALL CONNECTED, MAN. … Continue reading →

things are not looking good for the fringer Dems for Prez, access-wise, after ABC pulled its three reporters embedded in the Kucinich, Carol Moseley Braun and Rev. Al Sharpton campaigns.

Not to keep harping, but I am utterly obsessed with this woman’s writing. This woman writes like words are numbers. She is writing like science, and her reviews are an equation. Ending in a grade. As if wrapped in cellophane. … Continue reading →

Here’s another. (thanks to my homeboy, Rob Kelley, for putting us up on this amazing woman.) And our old pal Rasheed has some interesting things to say about the NBA hiring younger and less experienced.

Monsieur Christgau, Bowling Green wants a word with you.

The name of this Movable Type Weblog is cribbed from a thrift store in Berlin, also called “Cowboyz ‘n’ Poodles,” where I did not shop but marveled at the possibility. Last night, however, at the fantastical Thomas Fehlmann performance, “Cowboyz … Continue reading →

CONFESSION: I used to be really worried my uprock narratives looked more like Michael Flatley. RESOLUTION: Then I saw the video for “Pass That Dutch” and realized my sucky b-girling was, in actuality, next level visionary. Missy, thank you for … Continue reading →

Despite the headline “Marijuana: The Blazers’ Toughest Foe,” which makes me think of a traveling medicine man on a soapbox, the Trib wrote effusive soft praise of Young Zachary Randolph, including details of his throwback jersey collection and a genuinely … Continue reading →

“I got a rap that’s as fat as my waist band You got a rap that belongs in the waste can” –Vast Aire, on the Jean Grae EP Must loop, listen always.

Found this in unrelated search: Libretto does indeed have a full-length coming out soon, on…. DIM MAK? I have mixed feelings about this, mostly because I think Libretto is amazing and I don’t want his album to be lost in … Continue reading →