10 pleasant surprises hidden in this year’s Grammy nominations
In a category usually dominated by schmaltzy duets, it’s a pleasure to see a stompin’, southern gothic, traditionalist shit-kicker like "Barton Hollow” nominated. Continue reading →
View ArticleAlbum Art Comics: Red Hot Chili Peppers’“I’m With You”
Hey, folks, I’m a webcomic artist now. Enjoy. Maybe I’ll do more of these.
View ArticleAlbum Art Comics: The Civil Wars’“Barton Hollow”
Putting words in the mouths of album-cover subjects. OK, I’m clearly going to be doing a lot of these. Here’s one for Rankstravaganza-featured folk-pop duo The Civil Wars and their pointless use of a...
View ArticleThe Annotated Decemberists No. 8: “Here I Dreamt I was an Architect”
Perhaps no band’s lyrics better lend themselves to pseudo-academic analysis than those of The Decemberists. The Annotated Decemberists is an attempt to puzzle through the Portland, Oregon, group’s...
View ArticleThe Annotated Decemberists No. 9: “July, July!”
Perhaps no band’s lyrics better lend themselves to pseudo-academic analysis than those of The Decemberists. The Annotated Decemberists is an attempt to puzzle through the Portland, Oregon, group’s...
View ArticleHere’s a cartoon I drew
Let’s see if you can identify the song it references. To answer your next question–”What, is this blog a webcomic now?”: Yes, apparently it is. I’m going to have work on my drawing skills if that’s the...
View ArticleSONG DUEL!: “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye vs. “Somebody That I Used...
Two songs enter. One song leaves. Well, OK, both leave. It’s not like we erase all traces of the losing song from the Internet, but we determine once and for all which tune has the right to their...
View ArticleThe Annotated Decemberists No. 10: “A Cautionary Song”
Perhaps no band’s lyrics better lend themselves to pseudo-academic analysis than those of The Decemberists. The Annotated Decemberists is an attempt to puzzle through the Portland, Oregon, group’s...
View ArticleThe Annotated Decemberists No. 11: Odalisque
Now, my knowledge of firearms is limited at best, but I do know this: You load shotgun cartridges with rock salt, not rifles. (At least I'm pretty sure, based on 30 minutes of research and a few...
View ArticleThe Annotated Decemberists No. 12: “Cocoon”
The lyrics are impressionistic, aside from a clear, early reference to the victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius—a tragedy that may or may not keep coming up throughout the song and may or may not...
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