Tonight a friend reminded me of an essay I haven’t read in some time, but that once had some impact…
Looking Back, Part 3: Music Miscellany
So much happens in music every year, it can’t all be filtered down to best albums and songs. Here are…
New Year, New Books. Celebrate!
The Millions has up a long list of stuff to anticipate this year. I fairly drooled reading through it; in…
Looking Back, Part 2: Songs
15. “Futile Devices” – Sufjan Stevens 14. “Bury Parts 1 & 3” – The Fall 13. “We Used To Wait”…
Why I Hate the Avant-Garde, part 1
[Update: Part 2 is here] Re: Greg’s most recent post on the term “avant-garde”—I’ve already discussed this somewhat here, here…
Looking Back, Part 1: Albums
I’m late to the party–as usual. But let’s talk the best of 2010. First up, the best in music. 10.…
Memories
In an essay called ‘TBM and John’, collected in Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, Simon Schama makes a bold assertion: You always…