Her Jazz

i dont have an original bone in my body. i was going to write about how austin, tx’s *finally punk* was new radio riot grrrl but then j-shep beat me, unknowingly, to the punch on the p-fork.
finally punk’s self-titled 7″ ep [12 songs for six bucks -- whatta deal! apparently im the first person [...]

» seriously, WTF people — how did you actually enjoy friday’s boredoms show? they used to be a force of nature, now they’re a hippy drum circle with rave keyboards. toby saw the light too, one of the few people in the audience who didn’t have the proverbial wool pulled over their eyes. i hate [...]

» happy sonic youth week! or something like that. im seriously feelin’ like a kid on christmas eve. check out the crap point-counterpoint the PW’s got going on here. this kind of writing makes _hannity & colmes_ look like shakespearean theater. oh please, its not haterade when you want/expect your weeklies to have good music [...]

» yes, its true — paul kantner circa jefferson airplane’s heyday is totally cute. hello, check out the dude with the violin — totes ur-nerd rock. im telling my stylist to give me a grace slick ‘do, while im at it.
» in the realm of other utterly mindbending things: mary timony at the khyber saturday [...]

from sean agnew. not sure if you have to RSVP or not RSVP information in the picture:
at Starlight Ballroom
with Free Beer As Well
9pm / 21+
it’s free because HONDA is promoting some new line of hipster cars. Not an R5 event because of the corporate sponsorship, just acting as a middle man to the venue [...]

Tonight, I needed to be talked down from the ledge. The ledge of quasi-academia, that is. I’m reading Ellyn Kestnbaum’s Culture on Ice as part of my research for EMP right now and earlier this afternoon I had tea (how “cultured” of me, BAARF) with Margaret Atwood and a gaggle of feminists/English students. Naturally, these [...]

Silver Jews / Baird Sisters at Starlight Ballroom, 3/21/06
inside the golden days of missing you / animal shapes / smith & jones forever / pet politics /i’m getting back into getting back into you / random rules / new orleans / horseleg swastikas / dallas / trains across the sea / the poor, the fair [...]

» considering that indie rock is pretty much synonymous with “selling out” and “farm team to major labels”, its moments like this that make me proud. amazing to think that hummer would ask to lease a song from a band where its leader works for the world wildlife federation. who said indie rock killed irony [...]

From my friend Steve. This is scary but it looks like everyone held their own, so kudos to them.

Man, Jersey Cops.
So last night Yah Mos Def played a show in Williamstown NJ. The show was put on by this dude Alan who has been putting on great all-ages shows in the area for a long [...]

» my newest column for XLR8R magazine is out, or should be out soon. this is notable for a variety of reasons, primarily that it’s my final column for them. yes, yes, i am the victim of restructuring and now that leaves me writing for no one. im actually happy about this. another reason you [...]