Back oh, fifteen years ago, I subscribed to Mother Jones. I also subscribed to an unvaried assortment of political mags: The Nation, The Progressive, and In These Times. But as I grew less politically motivated, I slacked off on the subscriptions. I just didn’t have time to read all of that.
Recently, I added Mother Jones [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Lisa Moore–”Water Eveywhere, 1982″ (The Walrus, June 2009)
Posted in Canadian Content, Canadian Music, History, Lisa Moore, Marriage (Happy), Moxy Fruvous, Short Story, Sloan, The Walrus, Weezer, Wikipedia on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: MOXY FRÜVOUS-Thornhill (1999).
The final “proper” Moxy Früvous disc is something of a return to the days of Wood (see, the cover art isn’t silly at all, and it’s a photo not a drawing). It’s not as dire and claustrophobic as Wood but it also doesn’t really have too many silly moments.
Unlike Wood,this disc feels [...]
Jospeh Boyden–”The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane” (The Walrus, July/August 2009) [Summer Fiction Issue, Genre: Western]
Posted in Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Joseph Boyden, Moxy Fruvous, R.E.M., Sex & Violence, The Walrus, Western on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: MOXY FRÜVOUS-You Will Go to The Moon (1997).
Moxy Früvous’ fourth disc is their most well-rounded. It runs a full gamut of styles from pop to silly to ragga and a capella.
“Michigan Militia” begins the disc with a banjo-fueled rap about well, the Michigan Militia. It is topical, (meaning dated, although I suppose they [...]
Rivka Galchen–”Real Estate” (The Walrus, July/August 2009) [Summer Fiction Issue, Genre: Haunting]
Posted in Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, Funny (ha ha), Gordon Lightfoot, Moxy Fruvous, Political Humor, Rivka Galchen, Short Story, Supernatural, The Walrus on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: MOXY FRÜVOUS–The “b” album (1996).
After the somberness of Wood, Moxy Früvous no doubt had to get some nonsense out of their system. And this collection of “b” sides is full of nonsense. It is funny and silly and smart and sassy and I think it winds up being many people’s favorite discs, despite [...]
David Foster Wallace–[Week 1] Infinite Jest (1996)
Posted in Big Books, Boston, MA, Canadian Content, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, David Foster Wallace, Drugs, Dystopia, Funky Web Sites, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Husker Du, Infinite Summer, Minnesota, Set at School, Smarty Pants, Suicide, Unreliable narrator on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: HÜSKER DÜ-Land Speed Record (1982).
Mentioning Hüsker Dü during the Replacements reviews made me bust out their records too. Land Speed Record was their first release, and it always amazed me that their first record was a live record.
It is an amazing blast of hardcore punk.
It is poorly recorded, stupidly fast and impossible to follow. [...]
Infinite Summer!
Posted in Adventure, Big Books, Boston Phoenix, Boston, MA, Contests, David Foster Wallace, Funky Web Sites, Infinite Summer on June 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m a fan of David Foster Wallace. I read Infinite Jest when it came out (1996) and loved it. I still vividly recall scenes from the book even 13 years later. However, I’m a very different person and a very different reader now. And I wondered if I would get more out of the book [...]
Periodical: Rolling Stone
Posted in Books about music, Canadian Music, Comedians, Concept Albums, Consumerism, Essays, Film & TV, Music, Political Humor, Religion, Rolling Stone, Technology, WMDs, War on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I began my Rolling Stone subscription a few years ago when I bought something at Best Buy. The subscription was a bonus gift of some sort. The choices were pretty lousy and I didn’t even want Rolling Stone, but I figured what the heck.
I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed the [...]
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