Archive for June, 2005

the blog will change your life

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Although when writing about music I’m as prone to acts of total wankery as the next self-important person, The Shins Will Change Your Life fills me with glee. The blog excerpts bits of music criticism that are so exultant that they seem to foretell the imminent coming of Christ or some similar figure, rather than […]

when people stop being polite

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

“The Real World: Austin” hit the airwaves last night. My co-workers and I caught up after-hours thanks to the latest in VHS technology. Episode 1 and we’re looking at a street brawl, a facial fracture, and then some.
The street brawl resulted from frat-boy* soulmates Wes and Danny drunkenly spilling into 6th Street searching for the […]

gay New York

Tuesday, June 21st, 2005

The New York Times committed an act of regressive quasi-journalism this weekend, publishing “Gay or Straight? Hard to Tell,” an article discussing how “gay” and “straight” fashions for men have converged. One of the article highlights is this bit:
“As gay men grow more comfortable shrugging off gay-identified clothing and Schwarzeneggerian fitness standards, straight men are […]

“Brown Buick, Brown House”

Friday, June 17th, 2005

I got a piece of Esopus Magazine to share. Tim’m West agreed to letting me post his “Brown Buick, Brown House.”
Who doesn’t love an mp3? You can listen and learn more about Tim’m West’s work here or here.

a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song

Thursday, June 16th, 2005

The more I watch Texas Justice, the more I like Judge Larry Joe. At first, I hated the show, because it makes Texas look like a place where judges ride into court on horseback and then rule the court wearing jeans and cowboy boots. Some may, but I suspect it’s rare.
In any case, the […]