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Have You Voted? Good. Now Go See Sara Marcus.
Do you miss Bikini Kill? Dream of writing "SLUT" on your belly once more? When you hear the words Huggy Bear, do you think of...Read More Published 11/08/2011 at 1:09 PM 0 comments -
Carrie Brownstein/Janet Weiss Alert
Just FYI, the first album by Wild Flag is now streaming over at NPR. That's the supergroup grrl band featuring Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss...Read More Published 09/09/2011 at 2:45 PM 0 comments -
I Love That Song: "Shouting in a Bucket Blues"
Kevin Ayers"Shouting in a Bucket Blues"(from Bananamour, 1973)It took about 20 seconds for me to know that I liked this song. First, there's the great...Read More Published 06/01/2011 at 9:51 AM 0 comments -
Willie Nelson ... in a Turtleneck???
Willie Nelson! In a Turtleneck! h/t Texas Monthly's Twitter feed...Read More Published 05/26/2011 at 6:16 PM 0 comments -
I Love That Song: "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking"
Cal Smith"The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" (1973)Almost every single piece I've read about Holly Golightly's new album No Help Coming makes reference to Bill Anderson's...Read More Published 05/25/2011 at 2:48 PM 0 comments -
I Love That Song: 'Mission Bells'
(First in a prospective series of occasional posts about songs that we really like.) "Mission Bells"The Aislers Set(2003, from How I Learned to Write Backwards)Amy Linton's...Read More Published 05/16/2011 at 10:18 PM 0 comments -
Listening to 'Zen Arcade' at Midnight
Zen Arcade is the only album I've ever gotten a phone call about at 2 in the morning. A year or two after college, my...Read More Published 04/02/2011 at 9:51 AM 0 comments -
Tommy James and the Mob
Even if you don't love the simmering '60s hits of Tommy James (and if you don't, we're not sure we can really be friends with...Read More Published 02/14/2011 at 3:58 PM 0 comments -
New Radiohead, in Newspaper Format
The website for the new Radiohead album, The King of Limbs, is offering presales in two different versions. One is a pretty straightforward digital download,...Read More Published 02/14/2011 at 10:28 AM 0 comments -
The Resurrection of Raven Records
For any aging Knoxville scenester, the mere mention of "Raven Records" recalls cherished memories of the Age of Vinyl, when you could hang out at...Read More Published 02/03/2011 at 5:32 PM 0 comments
10-Minute Obsession: Archives
We traverse the pop-culture universe to catalog points of interest, from fleeting whimsies to long-term obsessions.
