Welcome, friends, to another T-Sides movie review! I meant to follow my last one up with a review of Factotum, but life happens and one gets distracted. (If you like Bukowski, you’ll probably like it, if you don’t, you probably won’t. How’s that?) Now there are newer films in our theaters, and so shall I...
I know, I know. It’s been ages, my friends. I was on a good roll there, too. But there is this whole interning thing, and looking for a job thing, and looking for an apartment thing. Then I got ambushed by a sinus infection. I know everyone hates an excuse-giver, but I couldn’t help but...
It’s fitting that, on their third full-length EP, the Long Winters have a song titled “(It’s A) Departure,” because on the first listen, it sounds like exactly that. Compared to memories of their first two releases, Putting The Days To Bed sounds faster, harder, more… well, rock. What happened to the band that became known...
Beach House: “Apple Orchard” (download) Beach House: “Master Of None” (download) I have a love-hate relationship with pop music. At least half of the time, I find pop music too sickly sweet, too annoying, too generic and/or too boring. but on other occasions, my heart has been known to pitter-patter for the right catchy hook,...
A few things around the internet that are of interest to me, and hopefully you: 1. One of my closest friends, Mita, has started an mp3 blog. She focuses on rare, eclectic, strange shit, and those of you who dabble in such things will surely thank me for telling you about her blog. 2. If...
The Impossible Shapes: “Bombs” (download) The Impossible Shapes: “Putrefaction” (download) The Impossible Shapes: “Demon Love” (download) I don’t like making lists of my top albums for each year. I’m always interested to read others’ lists, but I don’t like making my own. I’ll probably make one for this year, anyhow, since I’ve got this here...
Men At Work: “Down Under” (download) Elton John: “Crocodile Rock” (download) Massive Attack & Tracey Thorn: “When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” (download) So here I am, listening to random mp3s from some French record label, and a friend messages me and says that the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been stabbed by...
Johnnie Taylor: “Cheaper To Keep Her” (download) There’s this record store near Union Square that I love, called Second-Hand Rose. It’s mostly vinyl, and the place is filled with some incredible stuff. I was in there the other day, and the owner was playing a Stax compilation that I really loved and may try to...
Thanks to everyone who e-mailed, commented, text messaged or called me yesterday. You all made turning 22 feel incredibly exciting. Also, I’d like to point out that right now (11:11 am EST) “What A Fool Believes” is #40 on Hype Machine. I find that incredibly amusing. I bet the Doobies would be proud that...
Things in History that happened on August 28th (from Wikipedia): 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital of Ravenna and appoints his own son Romulus Augustus in his place. 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest surviving settlement in the European United States....
I apologize for the lack of updates this week. Between interning, looking for jobs and getting ready to move out of the apt. where I was staying in Queens, it’s been a busy week. I have plenty to write about, but I’m still digesting a lot of it. However, one thing I did get to...
Menomena, Nov. 2004, at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ. Taken by Taylor Long. Menomena: “Cough Coughing” (download) Menomena: “The Late, Great Libido” (download) Seattle record label Barsuk recently announced that they’ve signed Portland’s Menomena (note: best band website EVER). This is great news for a multitude of reasons, the primary of which are: 1: Barsuk is...
Soapbox