Monthly Archives: July 2005

manic town pop. me

The unsteady ramp from “’80s nuclear paranoia” to “Clintonian ‘new covenant’” is totally my shit right now. It is my shit in song form. It is my shit in real time. It is so my shit, in fact, that I … Continue reading

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give becky smith a job alert

OMFG, if you are in the ST LOUIS MO area, please give Becky Smith, superstar of the next issue of Hit it Or Quit It, a job. She is funny and skeptical, but not necessarily cynical, and can write like … Continue reading

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debt

Or–may we defer to Joan on this one?: “Quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean ‘love’ in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in love with the city, the way you love … Continue reading

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finally, someone understands

Ezra (no, the other Ezra… not EZRA ACE CARAEFF, he the man of first New York, then Portland… but EZRA SELOVE, he the man of first New York, then Portland, then New York, or New Jersey, I cannot figure) Ezra … Continue reading

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shake it baby, come on scream

THE MOST PROMINENT ANTHROPOMORPHIC QUALITY OF NICK SYLVESTER’s BLOGMACHINE: HILARITY two-time DJ partner/longtime homie/purveyor of “double barrelled soul” dance partays Chazz Madrigal has started an audioblogDOME with his extensive collection of SOUL FORTY FIVES, AND MORE. (hey i never knew!) … Continue reading

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fighting words

Junichi puts it down on the maniacal right winger John G Roberts. I would like to add that focusing on the hot-button issue of Roe v. Wade is imperative, but also implies that he might be a suitable choice were … Continue reading

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IT IS TIME TO CRASH THE PARTY.

not surprising, but… ugh. sigh. From the Alliance for Justice: John G. Roberts, nominated by President Bush to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, has a record of hostility to the rights of … Continue reading

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CANCELLED

my life has been cancelled because of work, still may end up in DC, Baltimore, Chapel Hill; either way you should go see jessica and al read because they are terrific and funny and passionate. Or just read about Jessica’s … Continue reading

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at the end there is a prize you don’t recognize

Barring sleet/fire/snow/last-minute meetings i must take–warning: there is a 97% chance of one these things occurring–I will in fact be reading and performing a new feminist time-based piece on the two tiniest-town dates of the Al Burian/ Jessica Hopper summer … Continue reading

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the bearded masses: flickr site of the yr award

Jona is posting flickr photos of his European tour with Luckey Dragons, Devendra Banhart, Electrelane (a band which features HIT IT OR QUIT IT #18 contributor MIA CLARKE), C*** Ros**, Sonic Youth, Joanna Newsom, Wolf Eyes and other of America’s … Continue reading

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