Fire Ian Cohen

I don’t really read many blogs, or use Tumblr, or Facebook, or ever even look at a computer because I once heard on Fox News that Obama has implanted a virus into all electronic devices in America that gives you …

Mark Cuban Takes a Gigantic Crap All Over Skip Bayless (Figuratively)

It is widely acknowledged by all who are aware of his existence that ESPN “analyst” Skip Bayless is a completely moronic, talentless hack who should have never been allowed on television. Skip certainly isn’t the only person who fits this …

Re: Letter to Emily White at NPR All Songs Considered

Amazingly, Mozart sold a grand total of zero albums in his lifetime.

This is a response to a post on illegal downloading by David Lowery (of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker) on The Trichordist, which is itself a response to …

Concert Review: Destroyer At Brooklyn Masonic Temple 6/18/2012

I have a man crush on Dan Bejar. Admittedly, part of this has to do with his scruffy beard, shocks of unkempt curly hair, and the distant, soft glint in his eye. (These are all nothing more than due …

My Old Man, He’s Really Alright: Trad Jazz in “My Generation” and the Early Music of the Who

Hello, readers! This is an academic paper I’ve spent the last few weeks researching and writing. Check it out! You might learn a few things about the Who you never knew before! All musical transcriptions are my work, so don’t …

Jagger on SNL – My Predictions

Mick Jagger will serve as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live on May 19th. Given the fact that he has no recent solo material to promote, I see only three possibilities as to the musical content of his …

Read my article on Lucero’s new album at Rollingstone.com!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lucero-refine-their-sound-with-women-and-work-20120216

Do it now, suckahs!…

Jonathan Coulton Nails It on Online Piracy

I’ve never heard any of Jonathan Coulton’s music, nor have I ever even seen a picture of him until I did a Google image search to find that picture up there (in which he kind of looks like a douche …

Religion Pt. 2

I watched Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life with my girlfriend recently. It wasn’t quite brilliant, and it definitely could’ve benefited from more of a discernable narrative that would’ve helped me understand why Sean Penn was wandering around aimlessly in …

These Are My People: The Common Man and the Political Evolution of Country Music

Country songs are the dreams of the working man. –Merle Haggard

We’ll put a boot in your ass/It’s the American way. –Toby Keith

I spent most of my summers in high school playing in a summer baseball league for my …