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Greatest Un-Hits: Jace Everett’s “Bad Things” (2009)
I haven’t seen that much of True Blood, mainly because I am an adult male. Looking past the screaming camp, broad stereotypes, fetishized gore, and staggeringly terrible acting of Anna Paquin, the best part
Read More »Friday Night Videos!: The Hits of 1991
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, and certainly not with that attitude, you young people! Oh, and Thanksgiving
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 24
You know you've hit it big time when celebrities wear your t-shirt. Shit though, it's Miley. Run to the hills!
Read More »Basement Songs: Chris Isaak, “Wicked Game”
The wind blew through my grimy hair as I lounged in the back of the pickup truck. Drunk on the youthful feeling of invincibility, and also the four beers I’d had at lunch, work
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 7/16/10
Having a mopey summer, like me? This is the mix for you. Chris Isaak – Dancin’ from Baja Sessions (1996) Cotton Jones – Gotta Cheer Up from Paranoid Cocoon (2009) Aimee Mann – Nightmare
Read More »Five Albums You Should Have Bought in 2009
Now, don’t get the wrong idea: This is not a “best of” list — that would indicate that I listened to every album released and compared them, which sounds like it would be exhausting;
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “The Chris Isaak Hour”
Usually, anytime a musical artist performs on a talk show, that marks the end of the program: Letterman, Leno or Conan stroll out to shake hands with the band, and the credits roll. Gone
Read More »Freshly Unwrapped: 2/20/09
Do not be alarmed! Do not adjust your set! Chartburn hasn’t gone away — it’s just sharing space with some more Friday features, including the new and improved Freshly Unwrapped, in which your intrepid
Read More »Random-onium: Redd Kross, Chris Isaak, and the “Miami Vice” Soundtrack
This is the first in a series that I call Random-onium!, for lack of a better term. The premise is that I go to a friend’s house and pick a few CDs out of
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): True Romance
In the final few moments of Tony Scott’s True Romance (1993) Alabama, accompanied by an injured Clarence, drives past a sign that reads “Last U.S. Exit, Mexican Border 5 miles.” It’s at this very
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