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Archive for the ‘Laurence Sterne’ Category

Mark Z. Danielewski–Only Revolutions (2006)

Posted in Barenaked Ladies, Big Books, Brian Wilson, Canadian Music, Funky Web Sites, Funny (strange), Jacques Derrida, James Joyce, Laurence Sterne, Mark Z. Danielewski, Meta, South Park, Sufjan Stevens, Synesthesia, Technology, Unreliable narrator on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: BARENAKED LADIES-Everything to Everyone (2003) & Barenaked for the Holidays (2004).
Everything to Everyone
I was pretty down on this album when it first came out. I remember being rather disappointed in it because BNL had, gasp, matured somewhat, and were making more “serious,” less “wacky” songs. To me, the whole CD was somewhat flat. But, [...]

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Douglas Coupland–JPod (2006)

Posted in Canadian Content, Douglas Coupland, Funny (ha ha), Go Betweens, Laurence Sterne, Meta, Richard Thompson, Squeeze on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: SQUEEZE-Singles 45s and Under (1982).
This record came out in 1982. When I was in college in the late 80s, we used to joke that every freshman was issued a copy of Steve Miller’s Greatest Hits, because it was played virtually every day by someone. It seemed that Squeeze’s Greatest Hits may have [...]

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Various–McSweeney’s #19 (2006)

Posted in Laurence Sterne, McSweeney's, Richard Thompson, T.C. Boyle on June 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: RICHARD THOMPSON-Across a Crowded Room (1985), Daring Adventures (1986) & Rumor and Sigh (198 .
One thing I have really noticed in my crash course of RT CDs is how completely timeless his work sounds. Aside from a few production values issues, notable on Across a Crowded Room, it’s really hard to know [...]

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