Archive for September, 2008

Noah and the Whale

Friday, September 26th, 2008

This is a cute, happy little ditty. The band is obsessed with Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, and their name is actually a reference to the latter and his film The Squid and the Whale.

The Drive-By Truckers’ “Late For Church”

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Autumn’s breathing down my neck here in Austin, even if the heat hasn’t quite broken yet. The semester’s in full swing, and I’m binging on acoustic-driven music and dreaming of crackle-cool evenings. I bought the Drive-By Truckers’ Gangstabilly over the weekend. Initially released in 1998, the album is, in many ways, the work of a […]

Republicans do not understand rock ‘n’ roll

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

The Republican Party has been using “Barracuda,” by Heart to help pimp out Sarah Palin. Unfortunately, the letter making the rounds is a joke from the Stranger.
That said, Heart and Van Halen have both sent cease-and-desist letters to the McCain campaign, stating explicitly that they would not have granted permission for their songs to […]