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One night while I was in Finland, I found myself seated at an event I would never in my right mind have attended back in the United States:...

Since the Sibelius symphonies I checked out from the New York Public Library were too scratchy to play, my main impression of what the musi...

I can unequivocally state that I've never been in a culture as intent on eating black food stuffs as the Finns. (Even in Cambodia, they...

Packing up for a week in Finland today (read: thermal britches). A few days in the countryside and then off to attend a music festival in ...

Originally, I merely wanted to swoon over this description of the San Bernadino Valley mental state as sussed by Joan Didion, wherein ...

While I still haven't figured out a way to attend the New York Film Festival proper, I was able to watch an in-person interview with Sp...

Nearly two years ago, I wrote  an appreciation on the films of John Cassavetes for the Idolator website , focusing on this curious soun...

Funny how things work. Last October, I found myself in Los Angeles interviewing the lovely Linda Perhacs (I also found myself in a four-ho...

Random things I've lost recently: the packaging for the new Tinariwen CD (scant seconds after importing) headband (for gym purposes) ...

When I worked at Pitchfork (well...define "work" where there's no pay), I was odd man out when it came to hyping The Arcade...

Fun games we played while at Kutsher's Country Club for ATP: Watch Nick Cave Engaged in Normal Activity : eat breakfast, play arcade g...

  Pic from the way sweet Sam Beam-Sufjan-Akron/Family chorale. My ATP coverage wrap-up for Spin , touching on the Flaming Lips' glowing ...

  Tomorrow, I'll be back at the Dirty Dancing meets The Shining resort that is Kutcher's Country Club for another round of the ATP...

Capping an inadvertent week of interviews, I conducted my second interview with DJ Harvey for Resident Advisor , in anticipation of the man...

Twice this year, I've had massive, highly-anticipated interviews fall-through. The first was with Christian Fennesz , slated to run in T...

A minute or so ago, I conducted an interview with obscure/ obscured British folk guitarist Wizz Jones , right as many of his contemporaries ...

Interviewing Jane Birkin tomorrow morning. As one might imagine, I'm really looking forward to it, even if I can't find a translatio...

In the August issue of SPIN, I contributed a few entries to their feature, "100 Greatest Bands You've (Probably) Never Heard....

Tonight, I'm filling in for my friend Gerald (Other Music) at Stanton Public in the LES, which should be fun. And free. And crispy cool...

Generally, I distance myself from my early internet writings (especially for Pitchfork with their "go steal the record off of Soulseek ...