- When I was England, I was a regular patron at a wonderful basement after-hours bar in the London 'burbs, which played a truly delightful combination of indie, britpop and 80's nonsense. One of my fondest memories is utterly losing my shit with the Boy in the Leather Jacket to some amazingly peppy, very English sounding guitar song and feeling as ( Read more... )

- If you have any interest in the Beatles whatsoever, I really can not over-recommend Pseu Braun and Gaylord Fields' recent special on WFMU, which highlights some of the more unfortunate solo Beatles' filler tracks. They also provide some of the most astute and interesting analysis of the Beatles as people and exactly what went wrong with their ( Read more... )

I like Christmas and everything, but the end of the year always puts me in a terrible mood. Not only is there the stupid internal pressure to sum up one's year (something I am loathe to do, this year in particular), but suddenly every publication and website I frequent is beset with BEST OF 2007!!! lists, which means I have to hear more shit about ( Read more... )

- Oh, man, over on Heroes, I firmly believe that Matt and Mohinder have totally gayed up together. I will believe this until I see evidence to the contrary, and then I will disregard said evidence. Are the slashers onto this one? Let us hope so.

- I can't stop listening to the new World/Inferno Friendship Society album. Is it because it's about ( Read more... )

So, I have a painful confession: I kind of like that new My Chemical Romance album. I do not generally enjoy emo, I loathed their last album, and God knows I hate teenagers. I can not deny, though, my fondness for more then one song on The Black Parade. The song Dead! in particular has earwormed it's way into my brain. It's catchy (it's like the ( Read more... )