An assortment of buttons I’ve received from publicists – or found or bought – over the years.
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
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
Best Albums Of The 2000s
Posted in Lists with tags 3 Inches of Blood, David Cross, Electric Six, Isis, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Murder City Devils, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, Sweep the Leg Johnny, System of a Down, the Mars Volta, Tomahawk on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
1. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
2. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac)
• Bad Penny interview: “Isis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’ ”
• Bad Penny essay: “Isis’ Oceanic: Mystery Revealed?”
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Watson Twins’ Talking To You, Talking To Me: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Everest, Jenny Lewis, My Morning Jacket, the Watson Twins on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
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
Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison: ‘I Can’t Imagine Ever Doing A Reunion Tour’
Posted in Interviews with tags Beck, Big Black, Brainiac, Cargo Cult, David Sims, David Yow, Denison Kimball Trio, Duane Denison, Firehose, Firewater, Girls Against Boys, Hank Williams III, Iggy Pop, Laughing Hyenas, Mac McNeilly, Melvins, Ministry, Nirvana, Phantom 309, Rage Against the Machine, Scratch Acid, Steve Albini, the Butthole Surfers, the Jesus Lizard, Trans Am, Verbena on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
These are three hard-working men. One is bald, diminutive (around 5 feet tall) and brandishes a wrinkled, menacing smirk. This man has been arrested on numerous occasions for public exposure and enjoys his occupation, which involves howling, salivating, urinating and wrestling with complete strangers. 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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More Doppelgängers:
Best Albums Of 2009
Posted in Lists with tags Baroness, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dååth, Dethklok, Double Dagger, Isis, Job for a Cowboy, Kylesa, Mastodon, Pissed Jeans, Prize Country, the Family Curse, Them Crooked Vultures on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
1. Mastodon – Crack the Skye (Warner Bros.)
• “Doppelgängers: Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and Actor J.C. Quinn”
2. Dethklok – Dethalbum II (Williams Street)
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Best Albums Of 2008
Posted in Lists with tags Amon Amarth, Dr. Acula, Harvey Milk, In Flames, Into Eternity, Metallica, My Morning Jacket, Nachtmystium, The Sword, Torche on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
1. Metallica – Death Magnetic (Warner Bros.)
2. In Flames – A Sense of Purpose (Koch)
• Bad Penny interview: “In Flames Album Discography: Drummer Touches ‘Em All”
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The Bad Penny (beta) 