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Joyce Carol Oates–”Suicide by Fitness Center” (Harper’s, June 2008)

Posted in Canadian Music, Funny (strange), Harper's, Joyce Carol Oates, Short Story, Stars, Supernatural, The Dears on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: STARS-Do You Trust Your Friends (2007).
Stars released Set Yourself on Fire in 2005. It was a surprisingly good and catchy pop album from a band I hadn’t heard of before. It was lyrically downbeat, and yet the choruses were sweeping and grand. A great paradox of a record that I liked [...]

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Various–McSweeney’s #25 (2008)

Posted in Dystopia, Fantasy, Funny (strange), Joyce Carol Oates, Marriage Trouble, McSweeney's, Sigur Rós on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: SIGUR RÓS-Hvarf-Heim (2007).
Sigur Rós put on one of the greatest live shows I’ve seen. There was nothing “special” about it , in that there were no real pyrontechniques, there was just a very simply film playing on a screen behind them, but somehow they took over the small theater I saw them in…I can’t [...]

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Various–McSweeney’s #21(2006)

Posted in Joyce Carol Oates, McSweeney's, Roddy Doyle, The Ataris, The Starting Line on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: THE ATARIS-So Long, Astoria (2003) & THE STARTING LINE-Say It Like You Mean It (2002).
THE ATARIS-So Long, Astoria. I am only reviewing this CD because of the circumstances in which I acquired it. Driving out of my driveway this morning, I was surprised by a shiny thing in my lawn. It turned out [...]

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Various–McSweeney’s #18 (2006)

Posted in Deb Olin Unferth, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Joyce Carol Oates, McSweeney's, Nada Surf, Roddy Doyle, Short Story, tagged on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: NADA SURF-High/Low (1996) &The Proximity Effect (199 .
High/Low. This CD features the “novelty” hit “Popular” from some years back, you remember, the spoken word bit about trying to impress your high school sweetheart by washing your hair “every two weeks, once, every two weeks.” The song is pretty great, even after the novelty [...]

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