Category: music

• Istanbul 01: Call to Prayer

  May 28

  Five times a day the call issues forth from the amplified speakers mounted atop the minarets. These days, the muezzin need not bother climbing the steps up the tower. Because… more ›

• I can’t believe it’s not Tuesday…

  Mar 11

  My calendar tells me it’s spring break this week, despite the fact that spring doesn’t begin for a another week and that over my “break” I have to write a… more ›

• Y.O. y Yo

  Feb 23

  Yesterday I went to hear Yoko Ono speak and be interviewed at the CAA Conference downtown. I’ve been a fan of hers for such a long time that I got… more ›

• A bad case of the hollows.

  Jan 28

  Yeah, this band is rad. I love new music that gets under my skin. Angry words about how fucked-up stuff is. Makes me wanna burn it all down. Singing at… more ›

• Nothing to say about love…

  Jan 3

  This interview suffers from the “Dance, Monkey, Dance!” Syndrome: flaccid American asks the world’s greatest living philosopher (at the time) to perform for the camera on a topic he clearly… more ›

• 15 Songs for a Solstice

  Dec 22

  …to help keep the cold in on the first day of winter. (As if most of us needed help with that.) Here’s to a new season of personal (and universal)… more ›

• R.I.P.

  Dec 8

  Stockhausen 1928-2007 more ›

• I am the walrus.

  Dec 6

  There’s nothing quite as funny as the number of drugs I’ve taken over the past few months (years) to help me sleep. But the week of Thanksgiving, I stepped down… more ›

• Tu boda en mi boca Thursday

  Nov 29

  “A mixed tape for un-mixed people.” AKA La música para coger…. I mean, let’s just cut to the chase. I’m not getting any younger! Well, kids: you witnessed the proposal… more ›

• Thanksgiving Thursday

  Nov 22

  A random selection of music to be thankful for: “Beaten Thursdays” by Prefuse 73 “The Columbia” by Lackthereof “Elvis Cadillac” by Rickie Lee Jones “Four Three All India Radio” by… more ›