Spoonie Gee's "Love Rap" is coming up in Tom's latest Twitter poll, and I've been meaning to link these for a while anyway and I've run out of excuses not to.

Basically, I became a rock critic so that I could write about Spoonie Gee and Teena Marie, though that barely begins to explain it - right off, I'm not just writing about Spoonie Gee, I'm ( Read more... )

Scott at rockcritics.com links some of the commentary that's followed Lou's death ( Read more... )

Posted this on Tumblr last night, while livejournal was lying on its back, flailing its legs:

Hi Tumblr. I normally use you as a feed from my livejournal, but livejournal is stuck today at the loading dock, suffering from a backache. As my policy is to post something every three days whether I have anything to say or not, you get the post ( Read more... )

"I trust there will be no undue nonsense. Either the lady wants me and will have me, or she will not. Will I change her mind if I play a guitar beneath her window, or hold her hand when I may, or put my hand over my heart and sigh?"