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 th[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Warped Tour’
May 20th, 2009 - 9:16 pm § in Perfect Lines
Bloody Buddy
I’d been bidding my time, putting off writing about the new musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Why? I’m not sure really. The musical sounds interesting enough, and The New York Times gave it a sparkling review. And for such a mainstream interpretation of emo, it’s got the idea [...]
April 28th, 2009 - 12:23 am § in Perfect Lines
Meg & Dia & The New York Times
Jon Caramanica reviewed the new Meg & Dia album, Here, Here and Here in The New York Times: “When the Utah sister duo Meg & Dia released its strong breakthrough album, ‘Something Real’ (Doghouse), in 2006, it was a heady time for mainstream emo, with a generation of tatt[...]
April 1st, 2009 - 8:33 pm § in Perfect Lines
Hey! What?! No, Really… What?
I wish I could blame this sort of thing on April Fools Day, and perhaps the timing is all-out irony, but it’s stuff like this that reminds you how everyone lives under their own rock at times. What am I talking about specifically? Scrunk. That’s screamo-crunk. The Guardian already “[...]
August 5th, 2008 - 12:28 am § in Perfect Lines
Chabon's Amerikan Dream
It’s taken 8 years, but I’ve finally picked up Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. All I can say is I cannot believe it hadn’t found its way into my hands sooner. The writing is superb, the delicacy and attention to detail is amazing, and the narrati[...]
July 30th, 2008 - 3:44 pm § in Perfect Lines
More Hips to Hop
In a slightly tangential continuation on from the previous post, I’ve stumbled upon even more riveting recent hip-hop releases. Or, in the case of The Streets, soon-to-be-released…. Mike Skinner, aka The Streets, was a huge surprise coming out of the UK. Back in high school when I picked[...]
July 23rd, 2008 - 2:57 am § in Perfect Lines
Weak Warp
Warped Tour begins in Mansfield, Massachusetts in a number of hours, and sadly, I will not be in attendance. Warped really is a one-of-a-kind entity, and while the Lollapalooza’s that came before it may have dropped their aims to bring alternative music to the masses across the vastness of Ame[...]
July 10th, 2008 - 3:42 am § in Perfect Lines
Bastards of Pop
By now most music-loving folk are aware of the pay-what-you-want, online release of Girl Talk’s latest album, Feed The Animals. But this isn’t about that… well, it’s almost not about that. As any other savy internet users are concerned, a trio of folks hailing from the greate[...]
July 5th, 2008 - 7:01 am § in Perfect Lines
Say Anything About Science Fiction
There’s something about the 4th of July that screams “joy”. It could be the way that folks file out of the woodwork to aimlessly meander around Boston in numbers that rival a sports championship parade. It could be the atmosphere of happiness that bounces off porches and front lawn[...]