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Inspired by a DVD sent by David Serlin, who penned this loving tribute to the Scopitone in an early issue of Cabinet. Believe he sold me on...

Well, onto The Future Will Come . "Happy House" came before it. Where were you when you did “Happy House”? It has this domestic as...

Here is the first part of the full transcript of my interview with John MacLean a/k/a/ The Juan MacLean. In this first part, we chat a bit a...

I saw Kieran Hebden at that Björk/ Dirty Projectors mash-up the other night, who reminded me of something I recently wrote for Wax Poetics #...

Treehouse is back in effect! Once again, it's going down on a Wednesday --tomorrow to be exact-- at Frank's Lounge (upstairs) in Ft....

"Hey dude, I'm getting ready to box up a shit-ton of records and I saw on your splendid mp3 site that you have a picture of your m...

Torn between which of these re-imagined Wu-Tang-as-Blue-Note-cats album covers are the dopest ( check 'em all out here ). But here are t...

Before I forget to mention it, I wrote an essay in the recent domestic reissue of Serge Gainsbourg's classic of 'la decadanse,' ...

Wait for the drum break on this.

One afternoon, my phone rang and a voice on the other side announced: "Hello, this is Patti Smith." She was calling me for a brief...

The late Marilyn Chambers, demurely covering the dog dick in her armpit anus. In remembrance of the passing of Ms. Chambers on Sunday, I dug...

In the new issue of Tokion , I conducted an interview with Texas/ New York artist Andy Coolquitt. For those with elephant memories, he was p...

Kieran Hebden (a/k/a Four Tet) playing in the Treehouse. First Treehouse party was a total smash. Much thanks and praise to the peeps who ca...

Announcing Treehouse, a monthly-ish party being thrown down with pals Eric and Piotr , which kicks off this Wednesday, April First (no fool...

I can't say that at this point I'll ever get around to reading David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest . Time spent with Ulysses , ...

Not to get all Nic Cage Knowing , but... It started innocently enough. Because of a theatrical screening of Cheap Trick: Live at Budokan , m...

This only applies if you are walking about New York City (foolishly believing that spring is just around the corner), but a story I wrote ab...

Rounding out a trilogy (of sorts) on the disco edit scene, this week in the Voice is a feature on the RVNG Intl. imprint . And since these t...

Within hours of listening to the delirium-inducing Fever Ray album, I came down with chills, aches, and a 102° temperature. Coincidence? (W...