I’ll be honest: I downloaded this mix a few months ago, after searching for it for years (decades, even), but planned to do nothing with it…until I read the comment…
Dave Steed
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We’re quickly closing in on the letter I, but we’ve still got some H to enjoy before we get there, so let’s continue with a look at the lower 60…
J.A. Bartlett
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February 18, 1977, is a Friday. NASA’s new craft, the space shuttle, makes a test flight bolted to a 747. The flight lasts a little over two hours and reaches…
Zack Dennis
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The soundtrack to Danny Boyle’s film Trainspotting (1996) is widely considered to be one of the best soundtracks ever.Á‚ The songs Boyle selected for the soundtrack fulfill two primary goals…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
That high-pitched squeal you hear belongs to the millions of young girls screaming at the release of Disney’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year Extended Edition today on DVD. This…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Oh, some things just write themselves, don’t they? I kid, I kid. “So Bad” is an overlooked little gem from the Paul catalog, released in the States as the follow-up…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Do you remember you middle school years?Á‚ For old codgers like me, middle school was called “junior high” and yes, it was also den of…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
John West – The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents With Their Suicides (2009, Counterpoint) purchase this book (Amazon) As a culture, Americans may not have the most difficulty absorbing death…
Darren Robbins
2 Min Read
My first impression of Kurt Cobain, even before I knew anything about him, was that he was the kid in school who was painfully quiet, but whose mind was silently…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
So Keith Richards finally dies and goes to Heaven. Saint Peter is showing him around, and Keith is peppering him with questions. “Is that Jimi Hendrix?” Yes, St. Peter tells…
Taylor Long
1 Min Read
I “fell in love” so many times in high school that it’s hard to know who to classify as the first, but Damon was the first time I fell hard….
Rob Smith
1 Min Read
Hip-hop music is not typically Uncle Donnie’s thing, nor is hip-hop slang, nor hip-hop fashion. Basically, Uncle Donnie doesn’t understand hip-hop, though he does try. Apparently, he doesn’t read much…
Ed Murray
1 Min Read
Pixies – Doolittle (1989, 4AD) purchase this album (Amazon) To a certain extent, Doolittle — the Pixies’ most accessible (and best-selling) album — is all about tension. The tension of…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
A young man named Roary enters a high rise building and takes the elevator to the top floor. Walking through the halls with the confidence of someone who belongs there,…
Matchup Monkey
1 Min Read
Not all of us have become intimately involved with one of the various subcultures that’s associated with the world of music.Á‚ But it’s a rare breed who hasn’t found himself…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Palo Alto, CA (2009, Image Entertainment) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Imagine, if you will, that you’re a teenage girl. It’s late, and you’re home from college for Thanksgiving break, so…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Body of Lies (2008, Warner Bros.) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Ridley Scott directing Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in a big-budget action epic — it’s gotta be a surefire box-office…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Happy Valentine’s Day! I kind of don’t really mean that since I think this is a stupid commercial holiday. Am I a bitter, single girl? No, not at all. I…
Robert Cass
1 Min Read
I feel like Heather Browne from I Am Fuel, You Are Friends today. Sure, I feel pretty and witty and bright (thank you for noticing!), but I’m talking about her…
Jack Feerick
4 Min Read
My primary brief, with How Bad Can It Be?, is to look at media product that for whatever reason — an unpromising premise, a poisoned reputation, a creator’s track record…
Jack Feerick
1 Min Read
The Knife – Heartbeats (OneMusic Session) — unreleased; original version appears on Deep Cuts (2005) Farrenheit – Fool in Love from Farrenheit (1987, out of print) Ladytron – Predict the…
Jason Hare
2 Min Read
Howdy, everybody!Á‚ Happy Friday and welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week’s mix is relatively eclectic, yet — as was often the case in the early ’80s…
Arend Anton
1 Min Read
I recently had the pleasure of watching Darren Aronofsky‘s film The Wrestler. This was after I wrote my Oscar tirade, though the experience I had in that film has only…
Scott Malchus
2 Min Read
Miracle at St. Anna opens with a crime: A black postal worker pulls out a German Lugar pistol and kills an Italian man waiting in line to buy stamps. Why…
Lance Berry
1 Min Read
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Anyone even remotely familiar with science fiction knows that the Star Trek films suffered from a…
Lance Berry
2 Min Read
I have to admit, I’ve always been more a fan of B-movie living legend Bruce Campbell‘s personality than I have any of his films. Like most celebrities, there are conflicting…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Robb Walsh – Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover’s World Tour (2009, Counterpoint) purchase this book (Amazon) To say that I’m not a foodie would be an act of…
Scott Malchus
2 Min Read
My father was admitted into the hospital this week complaining of chest pains; because he’d had bypass surgery in 1992, the doctors were very concerned about the condition of his…
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
I did a double take when I read my own headline, and for good reason. I have no interest in Jessica Simpson, whether as sexpot, celebrity, singer, or actress. As…