my horn is wheezing

I have finally joined my personal canon of Jessica Hopper, Britt Barton-Lindsay, Keith Harris, Laura Sinagra, Jon Dolan, Melissa Maerz, Dylan Hicks, M. Matos, Jeff Johnson and whatever other brainy Midwestern firecrackers I am loving-loving who ever wrote for the Minneapolis City Pages. And my Ellen Allien cover exclusive for XLR8R is out now; it is an exercise in barriers (of language, of email interviews). The layout is fucking awesome. I would also like to say part of my writing process involved forcing kris ex to listen to her new album about 40 times while staring at my trippy flashing La Virgen de Guadalupe lightbox, an experience he unfavorably likened to scarfing mushrooms and hitting the rave tent. Note to all: kris does not like German techno.
The XLR8R piece is also timed conveniently since about a week ago, Ellen decided to push back the release of Thrills like, five weeks so she could go on holiday with her boyfriend–a freespirited move by an incessantly hard-working woman–a decision I totally respect and admire.