The third issue of Mildred Pierce, a zine that my friend John Bylander helped put together, is now officially out. I went to the issue’s awesome release party back in May, when initial copies were hot of the press (really, I think John was folding and stapling them as he gave them out). Now, though, [...]
Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan has a nice diary of their Hanukkah shows. I wish I could have made it to one of the gigs, but I was enjoying the holidays in Virginia. The boys in Sparky’s Flaw, who I went on tour with for a C-VILLE Weekly story, have changed their name to Parachute, [...]
Slate has it’s great end-of-year music feature up, in which Slate music critic Jody Rosen and renowned rock critics pop/rock critics Robert Christgau and Ann Powers write each other letters about what sounds have gone down in 2008. I’m about to read it and you should too!