Let's get this out of the way: Kyle's not a great singer. And his solo performances aren't infused with the same high-energy goofball delight that he radiates during a Rainer Maria show ( Read more... )

Just back from the Rainer Maria show and I am wired. Really wired. It was an amazing show, from the opening of "Long Knives Drawn" to the final crash of "Tinfoil" as Bill knocked his drums right the fuck over. I got to tell Kyle that the band is going to be in the acknowledgements for the forthcoming book, which was fun. And I have the satisfaction ( Read more... )

Spoon
Kill The Moonlight

I went to high school with Britt Daniel, the lead singer of Spoon. He was a year ahead of me in school, and we had some mutual friends. He dated a friend of mine for a while. His younger sister, Katie, was a year behind me, and I actually knew her pretty well; we were in drivers' ed together, and were lab partners in Chem ( Read more... )