The Silver Jews’ Frontman Hates Corporate Lobbying… and Dad?
By Jake Blumgart - Jan 30th, 2009 at 4:34 pmThis is too good.
It turns out that David Berman, front man of the Silver Jews, is the son of the Richard Berman, one of…
Posts Tagged ‘music’
Obsessed: Jay-Z, Battlestar Galactica, and Inaugural High Fives
By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 6:14 pmInaugural high-fives. Extra points to Sen. Feingold for letting FunnyOrDie film in his Senate office.
- Dylan Matthews
Michelle Obama’s ball gown. Forget what the…
What’s Wrong With a Little Pre-recording?
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pmThere’s been a minor kerfuffle over a little “cheating” at the inauguration:
The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama’s oath of office at the inauguration…
The High Points of the Pre-Inaugural Concert
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 19th, 2009 at 2:15 pmSunday afternoon, the inauguration celebration began with a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, will.i.am, loads of other famous musicians…
Obsessed: The Secret Service, The Daily Show, And The First Double Obsession
By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pmLaughing at the GOP’s inept attempts at social networking sites. Go GOP.com! Er, well, good luck with that anyway.
- Kay Steiger
The Daily Show!…
English-speakers Better At Making English Music; More at 11
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pmI disagree frequently with Steven Walt on issues of international relations. But I’ll be damned if I don’t disagree more about music:
I can’t think…
Which of Our Bands Will Last?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 7th, 2009 at 3:55 pmI’m not nearly hip enough to know anything about JamsBio Magazine, but this article ranking every original song by The Beatles from worst to first…
A Step in the Right Direction for iTunes
By Jesse Singal - Jan 6th, 2009 at 11:48 amLifeHacker reports:
The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And…
The Pushback Holiday Mixtape
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 25th, 2008 at 12:39 pmWe’ve already told you about the holiday music that you’d best avoid –let’s be honest, some of it is really, really bad. But rest assured…
The Pushback Holiday Nixtape
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pmChristmas music. It’s pretty well inescapable by now: radio stations have been playing it 24/7 since the week before Thanksgiving, your mother puts it on…
Obsessed: Almond Butter, The Dream, and Strange Maps
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pmNever Mind the Buzzcocks. It’s this great BBC quiz show about pop music whose 15 years of episodes I am just beginning to discover. -…
Music NOT to Look Forward To in 2009
By Saxon Baird - Dec 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pmHoobastank
Making list of releases to come out the following year is stupid. Think about it: the biggest new band of 2009 is someone you…
Obsessed: Student Government, Bag Raiders, and Our Dumb World
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pmRest. Enough said.
- Daniel Strauss
This Mad TV sketch right here. It’s a few months old but I just found it and it cracks…
Welcome To Another Episode of “Willfully Ignorant Old Guys Rail Against Cultural Phenemona They Don’t Understand”
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 8th, 2008 at 9:30 amJazz critic Stanley Crouch pens another curmudgeonly missive against hip-hop, this time making the breathtakingly idiotic argument that Barack Obama’s election will somehow “greatly diminish the…
