Author Archives: Julianne

shake it baby, come on scream

THE MOST PROMINENT ANTHROPOMORPHIC QUALITY OF NICK SYLVESTER’s BLOGMACHINE: HILARITY two-time DJ partner/longtime homie/purveyor of “double barrelled soul” dance partays Chazz Madrigal has started an audioblogDOME with his extensive collection of SOUL FORTY FIVES, AND MORE. (hey i never knew!) … Continue reading

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fighting words

Junichi puts it down on the maniacal right winger John G Roberts. I would like to add that focusing on the hot-button issue of Roe v. Wade is imperative, but also implies that he might be a suitable choice were … Continue reading

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IT IS TIME TO CRASH THE PARTY.

not surprising, but… ugh. sigh. From the Alliance for Justice: John G. Roberts, nominated by President Bush to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, has a record of hostility to the rights of … Continue reading

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CANCELLED

my life has been cancelled because of work, still may end up in DC, Baltimore, Chapel Hill; either way you should go see jessica and al read because they are terrific and funny and passionate. Or just read about Jessica’s … Continue reading

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at the end there is a prize you don’t recognize

Barring sleet/fire/snow/last-minute meetings i must take–warning: there is a 97% chance of one these things occurring–I will in fact be reading and performing a new feminist time-based piece on the two tiniest-town dates of the Al Burian/ Jessica Hopper summer … Continue reading

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the bearded masses: flickr site of the yr award

Jona is posting flickr photos of his European tour with Luckey Dragons, Devendra Banhart, Electrelane (a band which features HIT IT OR QUIT IT #18 contributor MIA CLARKE), C*** Ros**, Sonic Youth, Joanna Newsom, Wolf Eyes and other of America’s … Continue reading

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you like a little banda with yr boom bap?!

As I told K the other night, so much for pocos pero locos! This is a great piece. You know that whole “Mexican hip-hop takes over” thing? Um, yeah. Anglo crossover? Cultural mingling? The key, as always: songs about ass. … Continue reading

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parlez de scholars..

reading this great old interview with my favorite Marxist theologian/ Punk Planet dun Joel Schalit (now headmaster at tikkun) and if you ignore the overblown intro/annoying conspiratorial questions from the interviewer, you get to the point where Joel, off the … Continue reading

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holler at this scholar

Mssr. J. Kun has posted mp3s from a record called “Electric Latin Love Machine,” woo woo, and if you listen to “Samba de Victoria” you might be convinced Richard Hayman is acid house’s lost great-uncle, on a record dating back … Continue reading

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lady sov pt. 2

p.s. I like Sad Ass Stripah. Partly my autobiographical fascination with fistfights, partly my empirical curiosity for tracks about them (READ ABOUT IT IN HIT IT OR QUIT IT #18!), which are almost always fueled by “get off my man, … Continue reading

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