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an empire is an immense egotism

so said ralph waldo emerson. but he couldn’t have been talking about the cat empire, because these guys are about as selfless as they come. their music is, stylistically speaking, wide-ranging and all-encompassing. and they invite the crowd to share in the fun from the opening sonic salvo.

2006 was a great year for [...]

boston baked tunes

not that anybody was missing me, but sorry for the month of silence. i’d like to say that i was so pleased by national political events that i didn’t feel the need to rant, but the reality is that there just isn’t enough time to do everything. so here’s a post i started back [...]

the real mr. tough…

... is not one of these never-served-a-day-in-their-life neocon schmucks. no, the real mr. tough is a song off of the new yo la tengo album, i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass.

i had the pleasure of catching the middle night of a three-night run at the fillmore last [...]

what’s good for the goose

after reading this, it’s a “no-brainer for me” to consider giving this draft-dodging assclown a little waterboarding adventure of his own. i actually find it incredible that there’s even a debate about whether torture is acceptable—it’s not, and it’s so clearly completely contrary to everything for which this country stands. that said, a piece [...]

i (heart) jesse sykes

i’ve had the great fortune this year of witnessing some really fantastic live shows in san francisco. last monday, i headed back down to the independent (which is rapidly becoming my favorite place to see bands) to catch the knitters.

the knitters are a side project of john doe and exene from X that [...]