Style of Jamboree

Jeans-U Weekend

2012-01-26T16:49:00.000-08:00

More after jump.

Year End Update

2011-12-20T09:30:00.000-08:00

Year end update:

- Ty Segall, Goodbye Bread (Pitchfork)

- The Rapture, "How Deep is Your Love" (Pitchfork)

- John Maus, "Believer" (Pitchfork)

- Thee Oh Sees, "The Dream" (Pitchfork)

- Woods Interview (WaPo)

- Mastodon @ 930 Club (WaPo)

- Misfits, The Devil's Rain (Pitchfork)

- Wives, The Roy Tapes (Pitchfork)

- Oneohtrix Point Never Interview (WaPo)

As above, so below

2011-10-10T20:27:00.000-07:00

Painted on the wall in the bathroom at a Pittsburgh coffee shop.

SPRCSS @ FORT RENO

2011-10-04T18:09:00.000-07:00

2 Minutes 58 seconds FTW.

Mark McGuire - "Get Lost"

2011-10-02T12:54:00.000-07:00

Record review, Pitchfork

Wilco @ MPP

2011-10-02T12:52:00.000-07:00

Concert review, Washington Post

Catching Up, Again

2011-09-21T22:20:00.000-07:00

-- Mikal Cronin, S/T

--Deleted Scenes, Young People's Church of the Air

-- Com Truise @ Black Cat

--Sad Bones, "Backyard Dreamkiller"

--Magic Trick, The Glad Birth of Love

--Tom Green on doing stand-up.

-- Hella, Tripper

-- Fruit Bats, Tripper

-- Sun Araw/Eternal Tapestry, Night Gallery

Black Eyed Peas @ Merriweather Post Pavlion

2011-08-02T18:29:00.000-07:00

Concert review, the Washington Post

SPRCSS @ Fort Reno

2011-07-24T22:02:00.001-07:00

2011-07-14T10:45:00.001-07:00

Soundgarden @ Patriot Center

2011-07-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

Concert review, the Washington Post

Dope Body

2011-07-14T10:12:00.000-07:00

Record review, Pitchfork

Don't shun the world, shed it

2011-07-04T19:12:00.000-07:00

Record review, Pitchfork

PS-1 Warm Up 2011

2011-07-04T18:57:00.000-07:00

2011-06-27T14:39:00.001-07:00

Catchin' Up

2011-06-27T14:36:00.000-07:00

-Track Review (Pitchfork): Ty Segall, "Goodbye Bread"

-Album Review (Pitchfork): Wet Hair, "In Vogue Spirit"

- Album Review (Pitchfork): Thee Oh Sees, "Castlemania"

- Album Review (Pitchfork): Pulse Programming, "Charade is Gold"

- Concert Review (WaPo): Katy Perry @ MPP

- Concert Review (WaPo): Phish @ MPP

Yoav B Remix

2011-05-24T17:19:00.001-07:00

SPRCSS 5/2010

2011-05-16T23:15:00.001-07:00

<a href="http://sprcss.bandcamp.com/album/05-2010">05/2010 by SPRCSS</a>

SPRCSS 3/2009

2011-05-16T23:14:00.000-07:00

<a href="http://sprcss.bandcamp.com/album/03-2009">03/2009 by SPRCSS</a>

GGD

2011-05-07T20:36:00.000-07:00

record review, pitchfork

2011-04-29T10:07:00.001-07:00

2011-04-26T20:02:00.001-07:00

We Prefer Zeal Over Talent

2011-04-19T21:52:00.000-07:00

Non-robotic landscapes

2011-04-14T09:25:00.000-07:00

"I thought my forte was to make the synthesizer as human, as flexible, and organic as possible. That was my goal with 'Echoes' and even more so with 'Words of a Mountain.' I also thought genuine funk had nothing to do with robotic quantizing. This is precisely what we tried to demonstrate with Compass Point and Level 42. As dynamic and creative as dance and electronic music might have been, I never felt I belonged to the genre. It really obliterates the rest of us electronic musicians who are painters of non-robotic landscapes. It's a real drag."

-- Wally Badarou, to Wax Poetics (Jan/Feb 2011)

SF Outtakes

2011-04-13T21:13:00.000-07:00

Kelley Stoltz

Ty Segall

Tim Cohen

Noel Von Harmonson and Matt Hartman

Royal Baths

The Grateful Dead House

Protect-U/Bluebrain/Painted Face

2011-04-13T08:41:00.000-07:00

388s & Heartbreak

2011-04-10T22:09:00.000-07:00

Feature, Pitchfork

2011-04-10T20:22:00.000-07:00

2011-04-10T19:50:00.001-07:00

Moody, Standard and Poor

2011-04-10T19:49:00.000-07:00

Album review, Pitchfork

Mr. Funny Pants

2011-04-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

Book review, the Washington Post

On Duty

2011-03-31T20:49:00.000-07:00

Protect-U Eargasm Mix

2011-03-31T07:57:00.001-07:00

Eargasm Lodge mix 5.0 : Protect-U - A Kind of Freedom by eargasmlodge

2011-03-30T17:31:00.001-07:00

Protect-U @ Altered States II

2011-03-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

Protect-U, Mi Ami, Hume @ Subterranean A

2011-03-22T20:38:00.000-07:00

Moritz Von Oswald Trio

2011-03-22T20:35:00.000-07:00

Record review, Pitchfork

Tyondai Braxton @ Library of Congress

2011-03-17T10:15:00.001-07:00

Concert reviews, the Washington Post

A list of Pixar films that I did/did not cry in

2011-03-07T15:59:00.000-08:00

-Toy Story (1995)

Did I cry?: No. When this movie came out I was young and emotionally invulnerable.

-A Bug's Life (1998)

Did I cry?: No. Don't remember much about this one. Anthropomorphic bugs, who cares?

-Toy Story 2 (1999)

Did I cry?: Yes, but not in the theater. The first time around, I didn't really feel the gravity. However, on the eve of my college graduation I downed the better part of a six pack and watched Toy Story 2 with some close friends and sobbed my brains out. It was a six pack of Zima, not beer.

When the tears started flowing: At the end, when Woody and the toys come to peace with their mortality, but decide that it's okay, because at least they have each other. That was heavy stuff to hear from a cartoon cowboy, man.
-Monster's Inc. (2001)

Did I cry?: Yes. This was my first computer-animated three-hanky-weeper.

When the tears started flowing: Probably at the end, when Sulley takes Boo back to her room and shreds the magic door.

-Finding Nemo (2003)

Did I cry?: No. I thought this movie was bunk.

-The Incredibles (2004)

Did I cry?: No, although I enjoyed it very much. During my last flight to Europe American Airlines played The Incredibles on a loop for eight hours. I will say, it stands up pretty well to repeat viewings.

-Cars (2006)
Did I cry?: Yes. I was not turned on by the cars-as-people concept, so I skipped this in the theater. Also, isn't the entire plot borrowed from a Michael J. Fox film? A year or two later, I broke down and watched the DVD while house-sitting for my former editor, Andrew Beaujon. There were some tears.

When the tears started flowing: It was the montage depicting pre-bust Radiator Springs. I can't say why I found it so touching.

-Ratatouille (2007)

Did I cry?: Yes.

When the tears started flowing: I can't remember. Probably had something to do with Remy's artistic ambitions falling flat with his family.

-WALL-E (2008)

Did I cry?: Totally.

When the tears started flowing: There were so many weepy parts in this movie, it's hard to pin it down. A little bit in the beginning, when he watches Hello Dolly alone with the cockroach, and then full-on blubbering when he gets crushed toward the end. Totally pathetic.

-Up (2009)

Did I cry?: Yes.

When the tears started flowing: Honestly, did anybody survive the first 20-minutes of this movie with a dry eye? I started bawling when they built the nursery and it was all downhill from there.

-Toy Story 3 (2010)

Did I cry?: Yes.

When the tears started flowing: At the end, when the toys hold hands and bravely face imminent doom.

Wisdom

2011-02-21T17:39:00.000-08:00

Mi Ami/Protect-U/Hume @ Sub A

2011-02-20T18:18:00.000-08:00

Surf City

2011-02-20T18:17:00.000-08:00

Record review, Pitchfork

U-Uno

2011-02-10T20:56:00.000-08:00

2011-02-10T20:47:00.000-08:00

Matthew Dear

2011-01-31T18:56:00.000-08:00

Concert review, the Washington Post

Hello Paradise

2011-01-31T18:54:00.000-08:00

Record review, Pitchfork

2/15/11

2011-01-24T19:59:00.000-08:00

Houses are Burning

2011-01-19T10:20:00.001-08:00

2011-01-13T20:36:00.001-08:00

Memory Machine

2011-01-13T20:24:00.000-08:00

Arts Feature, Washington City Paper

Moombahton Massive

2011-01-13T20:21:00.000-08:00

Concert review, the Washington Post

World Music

2011-01-11T20:04:00.001-08:00

It's art

2011-01-11T20:03:00.001-08:00

2010-12-16T17:29:00.001-08:00

Blood Red Shoes

2010-12-13T15:03:00.001-08:00

Record review, Pitchfork

SPRCSS Mixdown @ Inner Ear

2010-12-07T22:53:00.000-08:00

Future Times Euro Trip (Amserdam, Eupen, Brussels)

2010-12-07T22:47:00.000-08:00

Rock and Roll Hotel

Snow Drift

Long wait

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Awesome Show, Great Job!

2010-12-07T22:41:00.000-08:00

Profile, the Washington Post

King of jocks/super jocks

2010-11-20T21:43:00.001-08:00

Tyvek - "Nothing Fits"

2010-11-15T19:31:00.000-08:00

Record review, Pitchfork

2010-11-15T19:30:00.001-08:00

La Roux @ 930

2010-11-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

Concert review, the Washington Post

RRIICCEE (Vincent Gallo)

2010-11-09T12:13:00.000-08:00

Concert review, the Washington Post

2010-11-09T12:10:00.000-08:00

2010-11-05T11:38:00.001-07:00

San Francisco/Oakland

2010-11-01T19:45:00.000-07:00

Hippies crunkin'
Buchla Jammin
The Mi Ami van

2010-10-26T08:17:00.000-07:00

2010-10-23T13:44:00.001-07:00

2010-10-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

2010-10-19T20:11:00.000-07:00

Straight Rhythm

2010-10-19T19:20:00.000-07:00

Going Underground

2010-10-19T19:13:00.000-07:00

Younger than Yesterday

2010-10-14T19:28:00.001-07:00

BMW 2010

2010-10-14T08:54:00.000-07:00

Hey, I have an article in here. I'm very proud. Also, excited to be in there alongside some of my favorite writers--Maura Johnston, Jessica Hopper, Alex Ross, etc. The book should be available in stores 11/9.