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A review of Alessandro Cortini's "Risveglio"
After almost half a dozen albums that could kinda sorta be described (by a less discerning listener) as all sounding the same... Well, I think the magic is beginning to wear off.Almost exactly a year...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - July 2015
They Might Be GiantsDial-A-Song Round Up! pt. 7First and foremost, congratulations to "The Velvet Ape" for snatching the award for Strangest Dial-A-Song from "Sold My Mind To The Kremlin". Flansburgh...
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A review of 'Primitive Race'
What began as an idea and a Twitter account in early 2013 has now become a fully realized, truly collaborative effort bringing together almost a dozen industrial performers and producers from over the...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - August 2015
They Might Be GiantsDial-A-Song Round Up! pt. 8"I Haven't Seen You In Forever"Wow. A round. That is so goddamn old school... Love the "oompha" drums as well."Omnicorn"Flans has stated that this has...
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A review of "Cooties"
Much in the same way* This Is The End was spawned from the sentence "I want to see Jonah Hill raped by a demon", Cooties was* spawned from the sentence "children are fucking monsters".You ever watch...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Btchfest - September 2015
They Might Be GiantsDial-A-Song Round Up! pt. 9Incredibly strong (and adorably sweet) start to the last moments of the third quarter of TMBG's year of Dial-A-Song with "Definition of Good". Damn it,...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - October 2015
They Might be GiantsFantastic opening to the final quarter. Fans have been waiting for this punk version of "Black Ops" since before 2013's Nanobots dropped. Yes, I like this one better. That crazy...
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A review of They Might Be Giants'"Why?"
Did you know that clouds are made of bone? What about the fact that the word for “word” is “word”? Or that you should never picnic with wolves? Oh, man, your education is just beginning...In the early...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - November 2015
They Might Be GiantsDial-A-Song Round Up! pt. 11"Elephants"First, a cautionary tale about the dangers of elephants from Why?. Thank you, Danny Weinkauf, I will try not to let my children get trampled...
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They Might Be GiantsDial-A-Song Round Up! pt. 12"I'll Be Haunting You"Damn, this close to the end and we've got another contender for the Top 10 DAS tracks of the year."Long White Beard"While it is,...
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A review of David Bowie's ★
I have two issues with ★. First, between the stage play, Lazarus, and the two re-recorded-yet-previous-released tracks ("Sue" and "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore"), it feels less like a new David Bowie...
View ArticleRemembering Bowie
I went about David Bowie all wrong.I was introduced to him, by accident, as a child, when I rented a VHS copy of Labyrinth from Couch Potato video. The cover was awesome, I knew and loved the Muppets,...
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The Year In Bitch - 2015
A note: 2015 was completely owned by They Might Be Giants. Go forth knowing this.There was other stuff though.Biggest SurprisesOh Christ it's in my HEEEAAAD!Meghan Trainor. Meghan goddamn Trainor. Yes,...
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The Year of Dial-A-Song Wraps Up
More than 52 brand new songs in one year. The scope of this is still messing with me. Some bands don't release that many songs in a career, but these lunatics did it in ONE YEAR.Jesus.And what's more...
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A review of Saul Williams'"MartyrLoserKing"
Saul Williams is a rapper like David Bowie was a singer.MartyrLoserKing is the follow up to William's accessibly dark and dancey Volcanic Sunlight, and it's his heaviest and most intricate release...
View ArticleTuesday Was Awful
Yesterday, for the first time in a very long time, I was afraid. I was legitimately terrified. I was terrified of losing my one, functioning eye, thus rendering me completely blind.Since my 9th grade...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - February 2016
Between the Year In Bitch and Bowie's transformation into pure energy, I decided to take a month off...not that much is going on...silence from Eels and Nine Inch Nails.....definitely feeling the lack...
View ArticleHomework!
I've been cast in my very first feature film, entitled You & Me, which starts shooting in Los Angeles in April. I'll be playing the romantic lead (which is terribly exciting for me as it's not my...
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End of the Month Music Bitchfest - March 2016
They Might Be GiantsThe physical release of Phone Power, TMBG's 19th studio album, is out and, yeah, my name is in the liner notes*. That is the best kind of weird. My "for people" review is here, but,...
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A review of The Dandy Warhol's "Distortland"
Jesus. The Dandy Warhols have been a thing for over two decades. That's absolutely spectacular. And, either by accident or because their entire career thus far has been a carefully orchestrated series...
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