The Origin of Love
This is the second time “The Origin of Love” has been a Long Pauses Song of the Moment. Again, I was inspired by seeing a live performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch — this time here in our own...
View ArticleAimee Mann at the Bijou
I’d brought along Joanna’s bite-sized Sony Cyber-shot camera in hopes of getting some decent stills, but the light was too low (even from the third row) and, as a result, all of the photos were...
View ArticleWaist Deep in the Big Muddy
“Well, I guess you ain’t never seen anything as big as this country.” “Yes. A couple of oceans.” William Wyler’s The Big Country (1958) is one of those westerns about men proving themselves in the...
View ArticleYouTube (Instead of) Memory
I hope to have a real post up in the next day or two, but until then here’s an odd clip I just stumbled upon. I witnessed that exact event after stepping out of a film at TIFF this year. It was in the...
View ArticleBy the Time It Gets Dark
First great show of 2007: Lambchop and Yo La Tengo. Unfortunately, YLT’s last visit to Knoxville was memorable for reasons having little to do with the amazing music that was played that night. But...
View ArticleCan I Go Home Now?
Watching this video it occurs to me that, instead of the presidency, this guy would have been much happier if he’d inherited a West Texas Chrysler dealership. I have to admit that I more or less...
View ArticleVermicide
A recent conversation while driving home from Lowe’s: “How is it possible for a human voice to make that sound?” “I think it’s Mars Volta. . . . Rush for the new millennium.” “It’s like there has to be...
View ArticleSeven Songs
The Seven Songs “Boots of Spanish Leather” by Bob Dylan “Inside a Boy” by My Brightest Diamond “Spirits (Having Flown)” by Bee Gees “A Letter to Both Sides” by The Fixx “Elegie in C Minor, Op. 24″ by...
View ArticleRiff Raff
When I was in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, Michael introduced Girish and me to a whole pack of Bay Area bloggers and film folk, several of whom, I was happy to discover, were eager to discuss my...
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