Ten Musicians Who Would Probably Write Good Books

Posted by Jason Diamond 1. Milo Aukerman  of The Descendents Sure, he’s a biochemist, but who ever said biochemists couldn’t tell good stories?  Maybe he could write a really good, short YA novel? 2. Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, Solo) Buddies with David Berman (Silver Jews, poet), writes lyrics that a lot of people cream themselves over.  Might be good? 3. Mark E. Smith of The Fall Influenced the above mentioned Malkmus.  Might give us a 500 page post modern novel about […]

Continue Reading

You Deserve This Bonnie “Prince” Billy/Cheyenne Marie Mize Album for Free

If you’re one of the people that reads this blog on a daily basis, you might notice that I blog a lot about Will Oldham.  If this bothers you, I hope you won’t stop reading after I offer up this free album he did with Cheyenne Marie Mize, Among the Gold. It’s a collection of 19th Century American parlor music handpicked by the duo, and it sure is pretty. Download: Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Cheyenne Marie Mize, Among the Gold

Continue Reading

Bites: Fake ass Wes Anderson film, writers battle to the death over favorite Sonic Youth songs,

Wes Anderson Trailer from Alex Cornell on Vimeo. In talking about the above film, should we be pleased or alarmed by the quotes on The Tripwire today including, “almost out Andersons Mr. (Wes) Anderson” and ” would we call it “Andersonian” or “Weslyan”? I will let you be the judge of this yourself. New York PBS launched a video site today, giving me yet another reason not to buy a high def. television. Bonnie Prince Billy, Mt. Errie, Espers, The […]

Continue Reading