Almost eight years after Isis pulled back the curtain on what stands as their strongest release to date, Oceanic, debate over its lyrical content lingers like an ebbed wave on the shore. Continue reading
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Isis’ Oceanic: Mystery Revealed?
Posted in Essays, Features, What You Readin' For? with tags Aaron Turner, Isis on 01/01/2010 by Kurt OrzeckDavid Grubbs: Wingdale Community Singers Will Be ‘Busy For Years To Come’
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Anthony McCall, David Grubbs, Delinquents, Gastr del Sol, Hannah Marcus, Lester Bangs, Nina Katchadourian, Richard Meltzer, Rick Moody, Squirrel Bait, Susan Howe, VOM, Wingdale Community Singers on 01/01/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Let’s enumerate, shall we, the instances in which authors of note¹ have put down their pens and picked up instruments instead. Continue reading
Memento: I Get Buttons
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags British Sea Power, Built to Spill, Coco Rosie, Dub Trio, Foo Fighters, Jawbreaker, Kaiju Big Battel, OK Go, Pinback, Placebo, Sophe Lux, the Vines, the Who, Unearth, Wilco on 01/01/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
An assortment of buttons I’ve received from publicists – or found or bought – over the years.
Rick Moody Vs. The Bad Penny
Posted in Features, Interview Transcripts, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Rick Moody, Wingdale Community Singers on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
Living up to his name, Rick Moody had a gripe or three about the piece on his Wingdale Community Singers that I posted a couple of days ago. Continue reading
Cover Me: Cougar
Posted in Cover Me, Features, Interviews with tags Akron/Family, Cougar, DJ Shadow, Elvis Costello, Gabryel, Led Zeppelin, the Shins, Tortoise on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
An ongoing series in which musicians reveal the artists they’d most like to hear covering their songs. If you’re not familiar with Cougar, meet them right here. Continue reading
Mastodon’s Brent Hinds And Actor J.C. Quinn: Doppelgängers
Posted in Doppelgängers, Features with tags Brent Hinds, Mastodon on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
If the name “J.C. Quinn” actually rings a bell, then you’ve probably seen “Turner and Hooch” way too many times. Which is to say, even once. The poor dude – he died in a car crash in 2004 – also appeared in “The Abyss” (pictured to the right), “The Prophecy” and “Barfly.” Plus he was slated to appear in the subsequently scrapped TV pilot “How I Met the Mother of Mastodon’s Brent Hinds.”
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Brad Penny And Barney Gumble: Doppelgängers
Posted in Doppelgängers, Features on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
Nirvana’s In Utero: Un Vínculo Progresivo Entre Los Mundos Del Rock Mainstream Y Rock Independiente
Posted in Essays, Features with tags Black Sabbath, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Dinosaur Jr., Germs, Jimi Hendrix, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Smear, Pavement, Scream, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, Steve Albini, the Beatles, the Velvet Underground on 12/30/2009 by Kurt OrzeckEleven years ago, I studied for five months in Santiago, Chile. As part of my education regiment, I chose a class on the history of rock and roll. You might think that’s as much as a cop-out as taking a class in bowling or frisbee golf. But as someone who had mostly shunned classic rock till that point, I actually learned a lot. My teacher was obsessed with Deep Purple and Cream, and explained to us how Ozzy Osbourne was rock’s first psicótico.
I like to think I returned him the favor by teaching him a bit about Nirvana, of whom he wasn’t much aware, in my final paper. The self-generated topic: How Nirvana ushered indie-rock, rougher production values and anti-corporate attitudes into the mainstream with In Utero. El profesor told me I worked harder than any of his Chilean students in the class, and that I nailed the exam (70 out of 70), too.
These days, my Spanish is a bit rusty, so I couldn’t tell you what most of the paper means. But here it is for your archival viewing pleasure. PDFs are included in case the images are too taxing on yer eyes:
David Cross’ ‘I Drink For A Reason’: Loaded With Laughs – And Typos
Posted in Features, What You Readin' For? with tags David Cross on 12/29/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
I’m not going to say much about David Cross’ “I Drink for a Reason,” which came out in August, because no one is capable of escaping the derision of the funniest man alive. Continue reading
Day Job: Cougar
Posted in Day Job, Features, Interviews with tags Cougar on 12/29/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
When David Henzie-Skogen sits down to write a song, it isn’t always for his band, the instru-/experi-mental five-piece Cougar. Sometimes he’s writing songs for kids. Continue reading
The Bad Penny (beta) 