When Is The Last Time You Got Your Fixx?
Sean MurphyAlternate title to this post: Reach The Beach, Biotch! When’s the last time you got...
I Love Eleanor Friedberger More Than She Loves Playing Guitar
I am very much on the record of endorsing the Fiery Furnaces; indeed, I rank...
King Crimson: A Prog-Rock Case Study
Although it was already suggested that Pink Floyd is the archetypal prog-rock band (HERE), an...
Search for the New Land
There are times when I need to simply post a song, without comment. This is...
Improving Upon Perfection, Part Six
(Parts 1-5 of this series here, here, here, here and here) “On The Sunny Side of...
A Week of Americana. Part Five: Chinatown
Chinatown does not usually make the short list of best American films. In fairness, it...
A Week of Americana. Part Four: James Brown
On this most American of holidays, it seems appropriate –if not obligatory– to celebrate the...
A Week of Americana. Part Three: The Doors
If the discussion is going to turn to American rock bands, it would be impossible...
A Week of Americana. Part Two: Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet (R.I.P.), with his idiosyncracies, individuality and iconoclasm, represents virtually everything that is...
A Week of Americana. Part One: Moby Dick
As our nation prepares to celebrate another birthday this week, it seems like an appropriate...