Original posts from my first blog, Perfect Lines.
Saw the above t-shirt at Warped on Tuesday. It may just be a shirt, but nowadays fashion is oft as important – if not the important – as the music that a band chooses to define itself. In My So Called Punk, Matt Diehl notes the clashes between “emo” kids and traditional “punk” kids at Warped … [Read more…]
 Got back from Warped Tour a handful of hours ago. For those eager to hear what went down at the Boston date, check out Bostonist in a day or two for a review with a smattering of pics such as the one I took of Frank Carter at the start of this post. Sure, … [Read more…]
Well, I haven’t gotten out to Warped just yet, but even so, it seems that I got the jump on the New York Times with my piece on the whole scrunk thing for The Phoenix. Ok, perhaps that’s a huuuuuge overstatement, but Jon Caramanica did notice the combination of electronics and screamo as sure as I … [Read more…]
The behind-the-scenes (or rather, behind-my-thoughts) on the Boston Phoenix piece I did on scrunk and Warped Tour is still to come, but consider this a little preview. A lots been said online since the piece went on the net about scrunk/crunkcore and its impact on Warped Tour, which isn’t to say that my article caused these … [Read more…]
 So, the research I’ve pointed out in a few earlier blog entries has come to fruition in an article for The Boston Phoenix. On scrunk. That’s right, the (un)holy matrimony between screamo and crunk as seen in brokeNCYDE, Millionaires, and various others. You can check out The Phoenix site for the article, or pick up the issue … [Read more…]
 Check out Bostonist today for a review of the Japandroids Great Scott gig from Sunday night. Twas an entertaining, endearing, and solid set that kept me going from 11:30 until one am on little sleep and having arrived much much earlier that day by plane. But, enough of that… read on if you’re interested, … [Read more…]
Caught a glimpse of this yesterday on the web: The Cinemash idea – mashing up two distinct films into a “quriky” 3-5 minute byproduct – is particularly ingenious, and I’m sure it can’t hurt that MSN is behind the thing and able to hire the actors from one of the movies to play the parts. … [Read more…]
Judging by the ever-changing combinations of letters on his website, Travis Morrison has apparently retired from music. Honestly, the whole thing seems a bit odd… perhaps the part where he says he’s relaxing in Brooklyn is a bit of a tip off… Same with the link merely to his Facebook page, a nice gesture, but … [Read more…]
Ouch. Seriously, look at this thing: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4XOAxAbUAw] And I’m not just referring to the guys breaking glass on different parts of their bodies. It’s kinda painful to just watch the entire thing… Oh well, on with the work…
Sorry for the lack of consistent updates… I’m laying a little low on the blog as I’m working on a little project and getting ready for a little vacation. In the meantime, check out this brief interview with a fellow I spoke to on the phone today (don’t mind the mall emo of the band … [Read more…]