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"I'm a helluva guy. I think yer a lovely lady."

I just reviewed the recent reissue of Paul McCartney's half-baked (take that in many ways) solo album, McCartney II , for Resident Advi...

This is yet another Father's Day that I did not celebrate. And when Emusic pitched its writers on songs about fathers, I bristled at th...

Today I have a story on the off-Broadway musical based on The Shaggs.  My tone might be slightly acerbic, but in no uncertain terms, I have...

From the band formerly known as "Nails on a Chalkboard" (as well as Games), I did a brief chat with Ford & Lopatin's Joel...

It came out a minute ago, but since I finally received my copies over here, I should state that I wrote a brief set of notes about the alie...

Oh right, my profile  on Brooklyn's Mountains ran this week at the Voice. 

This week, I wrote a feature for the Wall Street Journal about The Story Collider , a variant on The Moth storytelling model that involves...

                                             Two Big Boys My ATP wrap-up ran at Spin earlier this week . And it's taken almost another...

Two months ago, I went on tour with Titus Andronicus through the Garden State as they shot a video for "No Future Part Three: Escape...

In this week's edition of the Village Voice, I wrote a brief story about Dog Eat Dog , the short-lived (in dog years) no-wave group wh...

Last night, I capped a day of lamb and Cadbury creme eggs (and Peeps and SweetTart jellybean eggs and Cadbury milk chocolate eggs) with go...

Michael Chapman: Fully Qualified Survivor Having worked with the label in the past on titles like this and this , I've always love...

It was a long vacation...

Been a minute since I updated here, mostly as it took an extra week for my brain to turn back on after a week of vacation, mostly soundtrack...

In light of LCD Soundsystem's final show this weekend at MSG, I thought I would pay tribute and re-visit and old dialogue I had with t...