Thank You, Vin Scelsa
Here is a stereo set, bought at Korvettes, overheated and smelling gently of warm plastic. It sits on a…
April 1, 2015-
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The Birth of Hardcore Punk In New York City (Part 2)
The End of the Beginning (Or, Bitte, Kann ich haben eine Fribble?) As discussed in Part 1, the first…
March 13, 2015 -
ISIS, Kid Rock, and the Death of Compassion
Today, we talk about two wars. Both challenge essential freedoms we have long taken for granted. In troubled times,…
March 4, 2015 -
I Officially Give Up and do that whole Band/Letters in Your Name thing, creating an excuse to talk about Impaled Nazarene and Weinstein Dorm.
You have surely noticed that the Internet is absolutely lousy with these lists where someone assigns a band to…
March 2, 2015 -
Saturday Night Live Turns 40; Tim’s Visits to the Show Turn 38.
The fairly unspectacular memories that follow are dedicated to Alan Zweibel, who was inordinately kind to a 14-year old…
February 24, 2015 -
Remix: Is Music Ready For The Apocalypse?
Listen, no person, no matter how much they froth with opinions, should be above an occasional mea culpa, and…
February 23, 2015 -
Don’t Know Much About History: The 10 Albums Kanye West Must Listen to Before He Makes a Bigger Fool of Himself
Before I address the fuckery of Mr. Kanye West, I want to avow the following: America, I am a…
February 18, 2015 -
Die Toten Hosen: The World’s Biggest Punk Rock Band
I have just learned of the death of Jochen Hülder, who passed about three weeks ago. I ask for…
February 5, 2015 -
Van Halen Save the ’70s
I’ve been thinking about the 1970s…specifically, about how much they sucked. If you are too young to have truly…
February 4, 2015 -
Superlatives, The Column
I’ve read the data: my readers respond when I insult icons, dissect shabby and rotting pop phenomena, or reel…
February 2, 2015