The Modern Age

In one of those perfect storm moments, Barnes & Nobel’s “Upstairs at the Square” series of free discussions with leading artists has totally hit the nail on the head with the pairing of British singer/songwriter/all around inspiring dude, Badly Drawn Boy with Dana Spiotta, the author of Eat the Document (the book, not the Bob […]

Yessssss. I’ve been thinking a lot about Ryan Adams recently… maybe it has something to do with the Ryan Adams concert t-shirt I wear when I’m putzing around the house…or the Ryan Adams tote bag I use to shlep around papers… or the Ryan Adams Live in Jamaica DVD that Matt Music Slut bought me […]

I posted this on my other blog, So More Scene, so you can go there for my full 3-point analysis, but I just had to share with you kids as well. This. Is. Hysterical:

The one thing I will comment on here is this:
The area in which this is being broadcast is Devils Lake/Grand Forks, which […]

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Sorority Evictions Raise Issue of Looks and Bias - New York Times
When a psychology professor at DePauw University here surveyed students, they described one sorority as a group of “daddy’s little princesses” and another as “offbeat hippies.” The sisters of Delta Zeta were seen as “socially awkward.”

So I did watch all of the Oscars, and although I could have live-blogged, I didn’t b/c I wanted to soak in all the Oscary goodness uninterrupted. I’m setting a time limit of 10 minutes for me to just go over everything I can think of about the show off the top of my head, […]

Red Carpet Confidential
All access, little insight: the Carpetbagger’s humbling season on the edge of celebrity.
Jeff Wall - The Luminist - Arthur Lubow - New York Times
How Jeff Wall’s large, glowing, elaborately staged pictures are helping to make photography the painting of our times.
Galliano, Westwood help launch fashion “MySpace” - Yahoo! News
IQONS, the name of the […]

Every time I hear this song I think “Santa Clause Is Coming to Town” during the first 10 measures. Anyway, I gotta give props to this new video by Bright Eyes for “Four Winds” in which they get booed of the stage and pelted with all sorts of trash. It’s a nice and clever change […]

In the Studio with The Stooges
The band talks about the challenges of making the first Stooges record in 33 years.
Rap Meets Rock Again, Looking for the Emo Generation - New York Times
You could witness the latest collision at Webster Hall on Thursday night, during a sold-out show by Gym Class Heroes, a band from Geneva, […]

Everyone’s favorite America’s Next Top Model alumni, super model blogger Elyse Sewell, recently met up with her boyfriend Marty Crandall of The Shins on their tour stops in Seattle and Vancouver. In a blog entry this week, Elyse answers a reader’s question regarding this photo:

“But what happens if a Shin has to poop in the […]