Double Reading

I started writing this in May 2005. I had much more of it written but I forgot to save and my browser crashed or I accidently opened a new site or something so I lost everything and then got discouraged about the whole post and stopped writing it…
Last summer when it was really hot out [...]

In October 2005 I was going to write about how much I love the single for Royksopp’s song “Only This Moment.” Specifically, I wasn’t a huge fan of the song at first but then the remixes on the single made me change my perspective. I didn’t even finish sentences on this post…
Isn’t it weird how [...]

I can’t believe The Stranger is hating on the new Smashing Pumpkins song, “Tarantula”!!! This is very likely my favorite Smashing Pumpkins song since Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. (Yes, I did love some of the electro-tinged stuff from Adore, but MCIS has always been my favorite…)
The song totally reminds me, in fact, [...]

(I thought up two more ways to analyze my music-listening habbits (via iTunes [my iPod may tell a totally different story...]. Enjoy!)
Five-Star Songs Discovered in 2005

“Try Again” by Aaliyah from Romeo Must Die
“Until the End of the World” by Apoptygma Berzerk from Harmonizer
“The Woodlands National Anthem” by the Arcade Fire from the Arcade Fire EP
“Electricity” [...]

(Okay, so I didn’t get this finished before Pitchfork’s Top 50 Singles of 2005 [which inspired this list], nor did I get it finished before the end of 2005, but oh well. Also see part 1 of my list.)
The List (cont.)

“DARE” by Gorillaz from Demon DaysI don’t know what more I can say about this [...]

Last year Pitchfork did a Top 50 Singles of 2004 list that I thought was just awesome. When they released it in late December, I scrambled to make sure I was familiar with as many listed as possible (i.e. downloaded them via the internet in one way or another…). And thanks to that list, I [...]

We’ve talked about it in letters
And we’ve talked about it on the phone
But how you really feel about it
I don’t really know
What’s Yr Take on Cassavetes?

I honestly know very little about John Cassavetes. What I do know is that he was in Rosemary’s Baby. Ever since hearing Le Tigre’s song “What’s Yr Take On [...]

I consider to be myself a pretty big Missy Elliott fan. I’ve purchased …So Addictive, Under Construction, and This Is Not a Test the days they were released. For Elliott’s latest, The Cookbook, the situation was the same. I got it on Tuesday. I now feel ready to comment on it.
First, I think Elliott’s best [...]

The problem with obsessively “collecting” (i.e. “buying”) things (like CDs, DVDs, books, clothes, etc.) is that after a while, those things that you “collect” become less and less exciting. For at least two reasons, the more you buy, the less fun the buying is.
First, the items lose their novelty. Buying that thing is no longer [...]