Hello from Olympia, WA – 6: Why I Cried when Whitney Died
Who is the singer doing the singing and what is the singer doing the singing actually feeling?
Hello from Olympia, WA – 5: Go Team Tour Diary Entry from March 1989: NYC – Madonna vs. Jad Fair and The Shaggs
the new Madonna record just came out yesterday and we wanted to dance
Hello from Olympia, WA – 4: Madonna Live at the Super Bowl
Does the marketplace necessarily kill radicalism or is it ever possible to be subversive in the mainstream?
Hello from Olympia, WA – 2: Morgan And The Organ Donors, Hooded Hags + The Maxines, live at the Midnight Sun
I like a band that takes the time to dress up, it makes them seem cohesive and prepared.
Hello from Olympia, WA – 1: Spider And The Webs band practice, Peter Stampfel live
How was your weekend? Mine was excellent.
The Great Australian Songbook II
It’s considered traditional at the University of Queensland to drop your daks when it’s played on the local campus bars
My Favorite Find of 2011: The Fabulous Jan Terri
I suppose you would call Jan Terri an outsider artist. Her approach to music is an engaging mix of pop convention, genre mixing, and unique personality.
Kate Nash’s Rock ‘n’ Roll For Girls After School Club
I mean, the whole industry is a total boys club. I think this is really what pushed me heavily into proudly labelling myself a feminist.
The Museum of Impossible Music
A choir of mutes singing in the Circular Song Annex, with Nero on fiddle.
Smashing Pumpkins | There are lines in the sand … and then there are lines in the sand
I despise pomposity above almost everything, even when it’s hilarious. The Smashing Pumpkins aren’t hilarious.
41 Short Reviews about the new Smiths box set
Granted, many people hate Morrissey, but The Smiths are generally given an easy ride.
Everything Is Plastic – The Corrupting Ideal of Authenticity In Music
ALL music is fake. That’s why they call it a performance; that’s why they call it an act.
Riot Grrrl – the collected interviews
Riot Grrrl is a myriad of contradictions. And that’s to the good.
PRETZEL LOGIC No. 17 – Amanda Lear, I Don’t Like Disco (Little Boom)
I hate spreading rumours, but what else are you to do with them?
Secret Punk and Basement Pop mixtape from Street Eaters + interview
A rad free mixtape of MP3s from basement pop bands that don’t usually trade in the currency
Hey, Ho! Let’s Go! The New Girl Rock’N'Roll Underground
A real girl is sweaty and stinky and that’s cool.
The Age of Clank: Why Genres are Important
Clank. It’s retro-futuristic. The way music is supposed to sound in the 21st Century.
8 Things You Should Avoid Saying in Response to a Music Review You Dislike
Have you read Lester Bangs? Guess what? He was a failed musician.
Dear Bands, Don’t Be Dicks
There are albums that I can’t even THINK of listening to now, after meeting the people who made them.
PRETZEL LOGIC No. 16 – Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett, Neither (Hat Hut)
A circle and its centre in search of a centre and a circle, respectively
Tyler, The Creator – The Devil in a White Tee
This is exactly the reason why the world needs Tyler and Odd Future. Shit can’t keep rolling like this.
