When I was nineteen, I worked in a record store. Not like a High Fidelity thing – it was just the Sam Goody in the mall in the Rio Grande Valley. I had a manager there named Eddie. Nice dude, kind of a cokehead, in his early thirties. Long-haired rocker guy, could kick your ass [...]

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Crap, did that thing again where I forget to update this blog for a while, then let it take on some weird significance because I waited so long, and I don’t want to update until I have something meaningful to say. I won’t promise to be more consistent here, but, um – hi! How are [...]

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(Not that it matters too much now, but this post contains some spoilers for the final performances of No One Else Will Ever Love You.)
Here are seven things I’ve learned since stepping into the director’s role at the beginning of this project:
1. As a journalist, especially an arts writer, it’s easy to forget the difference [...]

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I arrived at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) at 7:25 this morning to begin an 8:20 journey to Austin-Bergstrom (AUS). The departing flight, which was due to arrive at Memphis at 8:45 (thanks to a timezone jump) was meant to bring me to a connecting flight that took off at 9:25. Which isn’t really enough time [...]

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Took another two weeks off from the blog without even noticing it.
It’s funny how busy life gets without you even really noticing it. Kat and I moved into a new place last week, which derailed things a bit, and I’m up in Indianapolis since last Thursday, which derailed things further. I’ve been doing my [...]

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Just a few notes and links to my friends’ blogs today.
My pal James Eric has just begun his own Top 100 Albums project. I’m fascinated by these right now – if you’ve done one, let me know in the comments and I’ll link to it, it’ll be great. If you’re thinking about doing it, [...]

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I’ve posted a bit about this elsewhere, but I’m still kinda stuck about what to do.
So, earlier this week, in order to attach clips to a pitch to an editor, I Googled the title of this article that I wrote for Decider back in February. The piece apparently did pretty well on the site, seeing [...]

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20. Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse (2004)

I kinda hated Modest Mouse before this album, mostly because I was in my “Oh, I hate hipsters!” phase of early-twenties hipsterdom, and they all liked this band a lot. But I was growing up a [...]

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