Film
Krush groove
Reclaiming the DJ from the cult of the MC.
Music
That Was the Year That Was
It’s no wonder I’m gay—my mother named me for a character in a musical. Honest. There’s a scene…
Music
Take Another Picture
Mama Cass, Glen Campbell, and Carmen McRae recorded her songs. Spanky and Our Gang scored a Top-40 hit…
Music
Postcards from the middle
Do you want to know what’s wrong with America? South Dakota. It’s flat and featureless and entirely too…
Music
Long-Distance Winner
When you’re running 26.2 miles for the first time, any and all encouragement from the sidelines is welcome—…
Music
Shoes for the whole Famile
There’s no accounting for where inspiration will strike. Like Jesus, another vocal Christian who left a unique stamp…
Music
Cruise Control
“Julee Cruise . . . isn’t she that chick from Twin Peaks?” That’s what one friend said when…
Music
Viva Hate
At first, Bobby Bare Jr. couldn't stand the raw, stripped-down sound of his new album. Now, he can't…
Music
A tale of two cities
Portishead, Tricky, and Massive Attack all hail from the southern English city of Bristol. So the “Bristol sound”…
Music
A pirate’s life for me
Remember when you took those aptitude tests in high school, and some B-list guidance counselor divined that, based…
Music
N.Y.C. Fops
INTERPOL HEATHER DUBY, LONG WINTERS Graceland, 381-3094, $8 9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 13 LIKE MANY NEW JERSEY teenagers…
Music
Deutsche Fever
According to a popular philosophy, that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But that which makes you…
Music
The Pearlfishers Before Swine
Today was one of those mornings when I overslept and the dreams got weird. In one, a gaping…
Music
Cleaning with Digweed
I’ve never been a big advocate of feng shui, the ancient Oriental art of achieving harmony through strategic…
Music
The state I’m in
Blame it on the nomadic nature of modern society or the Internet’s role in breaking down the notion…
Music
Outside
A couple weeks ago, I started a new job writing about pop music for an entertainment Web site.…
Music
Can You Dig It?
I grew up in an extremely white household; not Casper-the-Friendly-Ghost white, like the Cleaver clan on TV, but…
Music
Reach out and touch someone
Despite the indiscretion with which I recount my activities in the sack and sling, my sex life is…
Music
Carol of the bulls
While at the Pacific Place Pottery Barn on November 1, I overheard a fellow shopper berating the clerk.…
