07/04/2008
The Best American Indie Bands of the Moment, According to Yours Truly
Since today is the 4th of July, a day in which we celebrate our independence, I felt it would be appropriate to share with you, what I feel are, the best American bands of the moment (I am disregarding the fact that some of these bands haven't p ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/04/2008 10:10 AM EST in Editorial | Permalink
06/06/2008
VISUAL NOTES: Art In The Age Music Round-Up
This week's VISUAL NOTES features a weekly round-up of musings on fine art, design, musicians/bands, and related news. Each week I really do delight in scouring the internet for cool marriages of art and music. This week, however, a whole slew o ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 06/06/2008 5:24 PM EST in Editorial, General, Visual Notes | Permalink
05/23/2008
VISUAL NOTES: An Elegy for The Paper Record
The paper Flexi-Record enjoyed a short, albeit popular life before I was even born. Oh Flexi-Record, how I would have loved to witness the advent of your existence! I would have marveled at your grooves, pressed into hot acetate film by origina ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/23/2008 11:17 AM EST in WTF?, Editorial, Visual Notes | Permalink
05/15/2008
A Look Back: Robert Rauschenberg's/Talking Heads Collaboration
On May 12, the international art world lost one of its most innovative contributors. Robert Rauschenberg died at his home in Florida at the age of 82. Known for his diverse interests, Rauschenberg did not limit his pursuits strictly to the can ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/15/2008 12:24 PM EST in Experimental, Editorial, 80's Pop | Permalink
05/02/2008
Visual Notes: Top 5 Typographic Album Covers
Hello, friends. I have just emerged from a week-long crisis along the lines of, "What is art and why do I make it?" Lucky for you, instead of a discourse on the contemporary art world this week, I have narrowed the field to typography, the d ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/02/2008 4:00 PM EST in Editorial, Visual Notes | Permalink
04/22/2008
The Midnight Cowboy Appears In the Afternoon And Everybody's Talkin' At Me
If you have access to any type of news media at all, then you must know that today is Pennsylvania's primary election for the Democratic Presidential candidate. When I went to the park for lunch, I did my best to avoid the barrage of opinionate ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/22/2008 5:33 PM EST in Country, Editorial, Movie Music | Permalink
03/20/2008
Hey Bear Stearns, Jonathan Richman Understands!
Poor Bear Stearns. For financial buffs worldwide, the unfortunate situation of this fallen hedge fund giant has been the talk of the watercooler all week. I figure that Stearns' employees are probably shuffling around their Madison Avenue offi ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 03/20/2008 11:50 AM EST in Folk, Rock, Editorial | Permalink
03/06/2008
The Quintessential Burning Building / Deserted Island Album Quandary
Allegedly when Lester Bangs' apartment caught fire the one album he saved, out of the thousands in his collection, was Metal Box, by Public Image Limited. That got me thinking about what record I would rescue if my house caught on fire, or if I ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 03/06/2008 12:56 PM EST in Rock, Soul, Editorial, 70's Rock | Permalink
02/21/2008
The World's Greatest Music Collection Sells for $3 Million?!
Really? That's it? Well, if you consider this particular collection to be, in fact, the greatest in the world, then I would assume it would have a much higher price tag. Granted, the collection was estimated at having a value of $50 million b ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/21/2008 2:07 PM EST in WTF?, Editorial | Permalink
01/31/2008
Name Me Another Career Musician Who Has Recently Released An Awesome Album
After my last post, I got to thinking about other life long musicians who have recently released boring albums. 10 records came to mind from extraordinarily talented, albeit senescent artists. 1.Joni Mitchell, Shine, 2007 2.Paul Simon, Su ...
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