A few mornings after I returned from my overnight Seattle trip, I caught wind of the Capitol Hill Block Party line-up. It appears to be made of awesome and win--and only improves with each update. Sonic Youth! Deerhunter! The Jesus Lizard! Earth! Japandroids! All for the seeing over one weekend in Seattle. Plus, while I was down there, I could go ( Read more... )

If Facebook was around when I was growing up, chances are that between the two of us, mom and I would have documented everything. We'd have digital albums full of things like wee me watching Star Trek with my dad, pre-teen me watching Quantum Leap with my dad, adult me taking a break from my studies and watching Enterprise with my dad, as well as ( Read more... )

To quote Axl Rose, I've got a burning feeling there's something wrong today. And it's not that I'm quoting a Guns 'N' Roses song, either. For one thing, that fabled Chinese Democracy album actually got released. For another thing, people actually care that there's a new Guns 'N' Roses album. And not just because of that free Dr Pepper deal, either ( Read more... )

About seventeen or so years ago, kid world was charged with the kind of excitement that you usually only see in ads. Was it free Froster day at the corner Mac's? Nope. Free preview weekend of all the tv channels that we couldn't afford to get? Not that I can recall. It was only one of the greatest things to come along since humans evolved opposable ( Read more... )

I spent Wednesday night on fire. The apartment was hot no matter how many fans I employed, and no amount of water could extinguish my three alarm epidermal inferno. I wriggled about in uncontrollable pain, ready to wail at any time. I popped Tylenol, watched the early-morning news, and prayed for sleep ( Read more... )

As I watched The Advantage run through endless covers of music from the 8-bit era, I realized that something was...off. Not the band--their skills and slavish devotion rendered every theme song they touched equal parts faithful, epic, and rockin'. Not the Railway, either--even though it was packed and probably not the best place for this show. Hell ( Read more... )