The ridiculously expensive Texas Instruments graphing calculator is slowly but surely getting phased out. The times they are a-changin’ for the better, but I’m feeling nostalgic. I have some wonderful memories associated with my TIs. You probably have an expensive Texas Instruments graphing calculator packed away somewhere. I do. In fact, I still have two. […]
Photo Surfaces of Biggie + Kurt Cobain
Yesterday morning on twitter one user shared a photo of what appeared to be Biggie and Kurt Cobain together, staring down an unknown photographer with expressions apropos for their respective genres. The tweet asked Krist Novoselic to confirm whether or not the photo was legit. @KristNovoselic sir, can you please confirm, is this a […]
Gorillaz Foretold the Pop Narrative Future
It’s always been hard to take Gorillaz totally seriously. After all, the side project of Blur’s Damon Albarn and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett is comprised of cartoon characters: Albarn’s daffy-voiced singer 2D, drummer Russel Hobbs, bassist Murdoc Niccals, and adolescent guitarist Noodle—each with their own arc over the course of the band’s nearly 20 […]
#FBF – Bowie + Frampton: In Search Of
As the world completes it’s first year without David Bowie in it since 1946, YGIM YouTube spiraled her way across this vintage MTV News gem. It feels like a fitting tribute to the starman’s oft-overlooked sillier side. Let me set the scene — Madrid, 1987. David Bowie and Peter Frampton embark upon their very own […]
Record Retail Therapy
it’s already been a rough year, and one week ago I learned that my uber-rare cancer is back for the 3rd time, which is sure to mean a totally swell rest of the year. My intuition says the nightmare horror factory that is 2016 isn’t anywhere close to done with production, though – it’s probably […]
Is Your Taste All in Your Mouth?
If you remember PBR tasting god-awful in college, it may be because you were shotgunning it to a god-awful soundtrack. Or, OK, PBR is just god-awful. Bad example. If you remember PBR tasting delicious in college, it may be because you have the most exceptional record collection known to man. You see, according to science, […]
Reality Crumbling in the Wake of David Bowie’s Death
Six months after the death of David Bowie, normal reality is collapsing at an ever-increasing rate. Scientists have concluded that Bowie was in some way integral to the function of what we call normality in ways which they have not yet properly begun to understand, but postulate a hitherto unknown particle called the ‘Bowon’ which […]
Good Riddance American Idol
American Idol was still on the air? And it’s over now? Oh, OK. This is exactly why I don’t care:
Happy Pun-Day
Proper use of Billboard medium, YGIM approved Save Save
Now You See Her…
we know, we know: like a timid ghost or a 1997 page, it’s been a while since you’ve seen your girl in music. radio silence and static fuzz and then the signal went completely dark, too. After all this time, you sorta assumed she just wasn’t that into you. listen: we wanted to answer when […]
The Bitch is Back
Buckle your seat belts, gang: music + moxie is returning soon™ ps: … don’t call it a comeback, we never left
Zee + Me = 3
So at the very, very end of 2015, something odd that I never thought would happen, did. Voldemort got back in touch and his new girlfriend, Zee, and I became besties. She’s amazing. We make art.* Voldemort is jealous. Anyways, we are kinda hilarious, and she tweets the best bits of our conversations for public […]
Anything Else
Anything Else is really Annie Hall just recycled for the modern era. I’ll admit that Annie Hall isn’t nearly as compelling in the early aughts as it was in the 70s. Zeitgeists: how do they work? Jerry Falk: …I was actually listening to this last night, and I thought of you. Amanda: You were listening […]
Teen Wolf Love Theme
This week, Teen Wolfs executive producer and writer Jeff Davis sings the praises of what is usually a criminally-unsung position in entertainment: the productions own composer. (Really though, any soundtrack oriented position in entertainment tends to be under-appreciated, under-rated and under the house. No wait, that last under is an old PIL song; but you […]
Formality /Just a Little Bit
Did you notice how generous the show was in music this week? I think its because they want us to forgive them when they kill one of the gang and make another character non-human but don’t tell us till next season who died and who is nonhuman.. just a theory, purely speculative but it seems […]
Australia-Land
Have I ever mentioned how wonderful Australia is? Australia is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people doing beautiful things…beautifully. If you were to ask me “Ses, what’s the one country in the world with which you could find no fault?” I would quickly answer, without a moment’s hesitation, “Australia.” The music, the people, the […]
Co-Captain/Who Are You Really?
Co-Captain did a bang-up job of building on last weeks Wolfs Bane, in my never-to-be-humble opinion, as the series visual calling-card, a pronounced neo-noir cinematic motif, was once again seamlessly executed for maximum suspense and shrillest squeaks from yours truly. Oh yes, really. The always impressive soundtrack** is yet another example of why, if I were […]
This ‘Teen Wolf’ Sheriff Wouldn’t Last a Minute as a Woman
This week, Stiles gets his pops plastered and talky in order to get at the truth regarding the Alpha’s victims. In related news, his dad, who gets drunk within seconds and can’t tell the difference between a shot and a double, possibly quadruple, would never make it as a woman.
Wolfs Bane & the Wall of Death
Why yes, I did see the final Harry Potter film this weekend; why do you ask? OK, so the title is a teensy bit (100%) JK Rowling’s Harry Potter-esque, but I couldn’t help myself, and let’s face it, you wouldn’t want me to, trust. Moving on then, today is a Monday which can only […]
indie
indie is dead. because indie won. A brief excerpt from The End of Indie” or “We Are All Indie Now” by Richard Nash. “You see, to the extent that indie meant anything, it was as its root word, independent. It was about seizing the means of production. Independently produced. Aesthetics can be imitated, ethics faked, […]
Ask Ye Shall Receive: Lunatic / Bad Karma
Around 11 am I learned that my pops had not been lying to me when I was 4 years old and he told me that persistence always pays off. Today my month-long quest for content to bring you on the amazeballs music featured in ‘Teen Wolf’ concluded as I read these words “Jeff Davis would […]
Teen Wolf: Who’s Gonna Die Next Week?
OK, phew! Thanks to three-hour fireworks courtesy of the city of Los Angeles last night, I have only just now finished watching the latest episode of Teen Wolf and plan to diligently and defiantly hold my breath until we find out who dies next week. Remember, I was afflicted with this obsession when I interviewed […]
Cinematic Fanatic
A sampling of favored snippets gifted from my inner Cinematic Fanatic to yours. After all, who among us didn’t learn some of life’s lessons or opt to navigate our growing pains via the silver screen – i for one never got a sex talk, i got a private screening of ‘Pretty Woman’ each spring from […]
MTV’s Teen Wolf Trailer
One bite unleashes his wild side – can he control his urges? Teen Wolf premieres tonight, Sunday, June 5 @11 after the 2011 MTV Movie Awards.