Monday, August 23 2010
Chilled to Spill: How The Oil Spill Ruined Chillwave’s Summer Vacation
Empty nostalgia or a realignment of values, chillwave's alchemical waste-sounds may be on the cusp of a deadbeat summer.
Friday, September 4 2009
Ride This Time Machine Down a Road Less Traveled
Jump into that ’59 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz with the maxed-out tailfins, contemplate what an original Barbie doll could fetch on eBay, and enjoy this roll call of Reasons Why Everything Changed in 1959.
Tuesday, February 3 2009
Concert Overload
Free-for-all shows are like a "cool" parent trying to be your friend, instead of your authority figure. While it seems like a good situation at first -- no curfew, no rules -- you realize, eventually, that what it really needs is some structure.
Tuesday, December 9 2008
CMAs and the End of Genre or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Kid Rock
This year's CMA winners point to a future where the only thing necessary to be classified as country is a desire to join in and sing.
Monday, November 10 2008
Forty-Nine Hours at T-Dot Town’s Annual Small World Music Festival
Today's global music is an extension of the culture that has been emerging over the last century, when airplanes and vinyl recordings made social exchanges possible to an extent previously undreamed.
Tuesday, September 2 2008
Event Etiquette
Enthusiasm at sporting events and concerts is great. But when your spirited dancing turns into a one-man mosh pit, it's a damned annoying distraction.
Monday, July 28 2008
Gone Festin’
Yes, communing with thousands of music fans at summer festivals is fun...for a while. But then it becomes a group of people whom you really didn't plan on spending your weekend with, unless you typically hang out with stoned 16-year olds.