A Serious Mess
Sean MurphyFirst off, full disclosure. I don't exactly have a love/hate relationship with the Coen Brothers, because there is too much gray area. Some of their movies I love without reservation (Raising…
Speak Loudly and Be a Big Stick
When Reggie Jackson ruled The Big Apple he famously referred to himself as "the straw that stirs the drink." Dan Shaughnessy, the controversial columnist for The Boston Globe, has never…
Jay Leno: Company Man
Doesn't that picture put both of these imbeciles in perfect perspective? Hey, Tea Partiers count for ratings, too! Listen, I don't begrudge Leno. Make all the money you can dude.…
There Already Was Blood (Part One)
I wasn't trying to be a hero. Picking the "best" (you have to put that word in italics for a variety of obvious reasons) 50 albums of the last decade…
Beguiling shoe-gaze ebullience with dark undertones is NOT DEAD!!!
There is an approximately 100% chance that Beach House's third album Teen Dream is going to end up on my best-of-year list. It's kind of neat when an album is…
Pine Ridge Reservation: Make a call; send an e-mail
Lt. Governor Dennis Daugaard Dennis.Daugaard@state.sd.us March 2, 2010 Dear Mr. Daugaard: From what I understand, you are one of the precious few elected officials who has responded in…
But first: Are You Experienced?
Ah, if only one could come home to packages like this every evening. Wait, check that. That would be too much of a good thing. Who could handle sensory overload…
Ali Farka Touré’s Finished Business
There are usually two distinctive types of posthumous releases in music. The first and more frequent is the one that makes you cringe, often involving the rapacious pillaging of the…
2000-2009: Let’s Break it Down (Epilogue)
So, the recent discussion of the Top 50 albums of the last decade was supposed to end, as it began, with a sampling of songs. The introductory entry covered 2000-2004;…