Urban Honking

I forgot about how much I love Peter Murphy’s cavernous singing ’til I saw this video of TVOTR, Peter Murphy, and Trent Reznor doing “Dreams” to eight of the luckiest chumps in DC, sent via Joey with the appropriate jizzthusiasm. (Jazzthusiasm?) His voice flings knives, and p.s. here’s another context for the one working band […]

yes: * TV on the Radio, the only band I care about the way I care about, and this TV on the Radio-commissioned short: “Mr. President, what do you think about the social injustices of the last 450 years?” “BOOOO-RRRing” * Ana Castillo * Elliot Spitzer for Governor * the mexican election would be the […]

A giant and glorious EAT DOGSHIT to the torturers and war-mongers in Washington who would seek to truncate the rights of humans, subvert the law both domestic and international, and further sacrifice the dignity and good faith of this country Read the details of the case here Quoth the Times:: Justice Stevens declared flatly that […]

Charlie Daniels was the first man I ever met who wore a full beard. It was Frontier Days, I was four and he was drunk and stagger-eyed — the year was 1980 and this is how I remember him. He stumbled out of the Cheyenne Club, a gills-soaked watering hole known for its frequent fisticuffs […]

Since I am the most charismatic female in a short list of New Yorkers we know who do not hate country music, Pithymanica aka Recent Vintage escorted me to Madison Square Garden for some unencumbered PDA and fluffy stache action. (Not to mention: deconstruction of the Skinny Jean.) I will admit to attending partly for […]

from Steve Manning, beloved Sub Pop employee: “Dear esteemed friends and supporters of Sleater-Kinney: I bring this information to you with a bit of heavy heart as all of us here at Sub Pop are exceptionally proud to have worked with Sleater-Kinney over the last couple of years. We were/are fans first and conspirators/supporters second, […]