Author Archives: Julianne

Number of attendees shorter than Lady Sovereign: 0 Articles currently being written about Lady Sovereign’s expressed midgethood as purely gestural: 3 or 4 Best dancer: Nick Sylvester Amount of Lady Sov “as Feminem!” production I don’t like all that much: … Continue reading →

Thoughts on Select Tracks of Disc One of the PDX Pop Now! Comp 2005, in real time: * The Minders‘ plan, to undercut themselves before the haters can, is especially disarming on harmonic thirds. The tune is measured, the vox … Continue reading →

Connie is my full-time homegirl and co-slangspirator (she is the origin of both “B’Dang” and “Beyonce’d.”) Her interest in punk rock is super casj, aside from a semi-regular shakedown to Brody Dalle’s The Distillers. So she calls last night. “I … Continue reading →

i am ovaries-deep in work but I want to ask you a question: I went to the Park Slope Pavilion & saw this movie Dark Water (aka The Ring: Outtakes) perhaps you have heard of it, starring famous Park Slopana … Continue reading →

Couple weeks ago I asked for peoples’ tales about the last time they were in a fistfight. Perhaps cause no one fistfights (good on ya) or perhaps because no one’s dying to display their stories of defeat!, but the only … Continue reading →

Still love you, to all mi Missy-loving comrades: I thought I would change my mind. But after compare/contrasting and realizing this Missy Elliott album is still the self-same missy elliott album I heard three months ago in a godforsaken (yet … Continue reading →

* Dancing with myself is how I find my center. My favorite state of being, the cubbyhole with no reigns, living completely inside the music, sensorless but drawn on by the beat. I would make a terrific back-up dancer. A … Continue reading →

Sandra Day O’Connor has resigned from the Supreme Court. A woman’s right to choose, among other important civil liberties, is in jeopardy. Another appointment will be made by Tuesday. Here is a list of things you can do now.

It’s Spike Lee-movie hot again but our new air conditioner, handed down from the same friends who gave us the TV, actually puts me in a somewhat less comfortable state. My most pungent air conditioner memories involve exes and cheap … Continue reading →

Connie Wohn, 100% platinum, finally launched her DJ booking co. Stylus 503; she books Shayla, DJ Rev Shines (LIfesavas/Misfit Massive), DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid (bhangra superstars) and Chris Funk (yes from decemberists–bet you didnt know he could rip … Continue reading →