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Despite an iPod and a CD wallet stuffed with CDs, fifteen-plus hours of driving down those Texas highways have been soundtracked solely by ...

Between a few computer meltdowns, looming projects, and some family stuff, turning my attentions away for a moment. Thanks.

A few weeks back, I posted here how I attended a Q&A with Pedro Almodovar as part of the New York Film Festival . During the interview,...

While I didn't vote for Paste Magazine's  50 Best Movies of the Decade  ( Almost Famous ? Really? I know I should be pulling for ...

I know I know, every picture from Finland so far has been of Moomins, but isn't a peroxide blond bad boy also a beloved character from ...

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...