SOUNDTRACK: TORI AMOS-Abnormally Attracted to Sin (2009).
It’s been almost a decade since I was blown away by a Tori Amos album. I feel like she has really been so engaged in the concept of her albums, that she has lost track of the tunes. And while I don’t hate anything she’s done in the last [...]
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Comic Book Tattoo (2008)
Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Books about writers, Canadian Content, Demons, Fables, Fantasy, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gay/Lesbian, Gods, Graphic Novel, Hope Larson, Magic, Marriage Trouble, Military, Nature, Neil Gaiman, Oddities, Religion, Romance, Sara Ryan, Sex, Short Story, Tori Amos, Wikipedia on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
McSweeney’s #32
Posted in Adventure, Anthony Doerr, Chris Adrian, Chris Bachelder, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, Death, End of the World, Gay/Lesbian, Heidi Julavits, J. Erin Sweeney, Jim Shepard, McSweeney's, Natural Disasters, Plague, Salvador Plascencia, Sesshu Foster, Sheila Heti, Short Story, Technology, The Future, Threats, Tindersticks, Wells Tower on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: TINDERSTICKS-Tindersticks [the red one] (1993).
Tindersticks are a fascinating band. The first distinctive thing about them is Stuart Staples’ voice: a deep rich bass that he uses almost like a whisper. The second thing you notice is the music. It’s an orchestral/chamber pop collection of dark rockers with fantastic moodiness to it. And then you [...]
Periodical: Sierra: The Magazine of the Sierra Club
Posted in Adventure, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, Essays, Nature, Sierra on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is another periodical that’s not really a “real” magazine. Sierra comes free when you join the Sierra Club. I originally didn’t really look at this magazine much either. Then one day the cover caught my eye, and I discovered there’s a lot of cool stuff in it. Not the least of which is that [...]
Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe (vol. 5)
Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Cibo Matto, Contests, Death, Drinking, Fantasy, Free Kitten, Funky Web Sites, Funny (strange), Gay/Lesbian, Ikue Mori, Magic, Robots, Romance, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Sex Bob-omb, Short Books, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Threats, Video Games, YA Books on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-SYR 5: Sonic Youth Featuring Kim Gordon/DJ Olive/Ikue Mori (2000).
The fifth SYR disc is rather different from the others in that the only SY member is Kim. This is a sort of side project for Kim, Ikue Mori and DJ Olive. They’ve played shows together as well.
This disc is also different because it [...]
Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (vol. 4)
Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Death, Demons, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gay/Lesbian, Graphic Novel, Legend of Zelda, Romance, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Sex Bob-omb, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Violence on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-Silver Session for Jason Knuth (1998).
This record came about for two reasons. One was the suicide of longtime Sonic Youth fan (whom the band didn’t know) Jason Knuth. And the second was because when they tried to record vocal tracks for One Thousand Leaves, the band upstairs was so loud, it kept interfering [...]
Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness (vol. 3)
Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Demons, Fantasy, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gastr del Sol, Gay/Lesbian, Graphic Novel, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Sex Bob-omb, Short Books, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Technology, Threats, Video Games on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-SYR 3: Invito Al Ĉielo (1998).
This SYR release adds Jim O’Rourke to the mix (O’Rourke played with with them on A Thousand Leaves too). I’ve always been aware of O’Rourke but I’ve never really listened to any of the bands that he’s been associated with (and there’s a lot). So, I’m not sure [...]
Maurice Sendak–Where the Wild Things Are/Dave Eggers–”Max at Sea”
Posted in Adventure, Children's Books, Dave Eggers, Faith No More, Fantasy, Fantômas, Maurice Sendak, Mr. Bungle, New Yorker, Oddities, Short Books, Short Story, Slayer, Supernatural, The Melvins, Threats, Where the Wild Things Are on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: FANTÔMAS-Suspended Animation (2005).
If you know Fantômas, then you know what you’re in for. If you don’t, well, it’s a surprise!
Fantômas are the brain child of Mike Patton (Mr Bungle-era more than Faith No More with help from Buzz Osborne from The Melvins and Dave Lombardo from Slayer). Suspended Animation is designed as a soundtrack [...]
Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (vol. 2)
Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Fantasy, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Graphic Novel, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Short Books, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Threats, Video Games, YA Books on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-SYR 2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom (1997).
The second SYR release is like the other side of the coin from SYR1. The premise is the same, the players are the same, but the result is rather different.
The first track is nearly as long as the previous disc (17 + minutes) and it seems to run [...]