Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Xiu Xiu, This Song Is a Mess But So Am I @ Poor Alex Theatre

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I hadn't even considered the Gay Pride Weekend factor until about two days before this gig. I'm referring to both the composition of...
Monday, June 20, 2005

MMVA's 2005

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I'm stoked because this year's lineup of guests is the best in the history of the MMVA's. Ciara! Yum! For those who aren't f...
Sunday, June 19, 2005

DJ Spooky spins, but nobody dances

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Spooky spun at the Drake on Saturday night. True to form, he wasn't afraid to spin anything from Blondie to "Jump Around" to T...
Saturday, June 18, 2005

METAL - Doom, drone, cabaret, and all that

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Yes, metal has played a small but key role in the 2005 version of Being Me. The fires of BLACK HORRIBLE DEATH were stoked last year, as I fi...
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

US #1's

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What a strange year it's been. I've missed the days of songs remaining in the top spot for only two weeks at a time, the days when f...
Friday, June 10, 2005

International Harvester

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Thanks to Jeff W and the 18 April entry of his brave/insane blogging odyssey, I've been introduced to a strange wonders of Internationa...
Monday, May 30, 2005

Coldplay -- X & Y

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A lot of talk has centred on this album supposedly being a sonic departure from earlier Coldplay albums. It isn't. Were you dying to h...
Saturday, May 28, 2005

Serge Gainsbourg -- Love On the Beat

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It's not clear to me whether or not Serge Gainsbourg was putting forth much effort on this, his early 80's synthfunk album. He'd...

Billy Corgan -- The Future Embrace

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A brief shoutout to Billy Corgan -- the nerdy older brother who used to be cool for talking about Queen when all his peers were talking abou...
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

American Idol Finale

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What an immense disappointment that was. I don't know how Fox managed to screw this up, but they did it. I mean, you've got these t...