Friday, January 16 2009
Best Music Writing 2008
In a way this entire collection—not just Wilson’s standout piece—serves as its own elaborate response to Sasha Frere-Jones’ controversial charge.
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Print the Legend: Sherlock Holmes, Dirk Gently and the Case of the Eccentric Detective
Short Ends and Leader: Calling Out to Carroll...Baker: 'Bridge to the Sun'
Mixed Media: Early Summer 2012 New Music Playlist
Sound Affects: Counterbalance No. 83: The Stooges' 'Fun House'
Notes from the Road: Cannes 2012: Day 8 - 'On the Road' + 'Post Tenebras Lux'
Moving Pixels: 'The Witcher 2' Does the Exposition Dump Right
Calling Out to Carroll...Baker: 'Bridge to the Sun' (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 4:00 pm]
Cannes 2012: 'Post Tenebras Lux' and 'Beyond the Hills' (Reviews) [Fri, 4:00 pm]
An Honorable Food: Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid's 'Seductions of Rice' (Curious Omnivore) [Fri, 3:00 pm]
Early Summer 2012 New Music Playlist (Mixed Media) [Fri, 12:00 pm]
Paranormal (Radio)Activity: 'Chernobyl Diaries' (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 11:00 am]
'Men in Black 3' Looks Back, Again (Reviews) [Fri, 9:20 am]
'Hell and Back Again' on PBS for Memorial Day (Mixed Media) [Fri, 9:11 am]
Counterbalance No. 83: The Stooges' 'Fun House' (Sound Affects) [Fri, 9:00 am]
'Moonrise Kingdom': Storms and Conformity (Reviews) [Fri, 8:45 am]
Cannes 2012: Day 8 - 'On the Road' + 'Post Tenebras Lux' (Notes from the Road) [Fri, 8:00 am]
Cannes 2012: 'Rust and Bone' + 'After the Battle' (Reviews) [Fri, 7:59 am]
'Chernobyl Diaries': What if Something's There? (Reviews) [Fri, 7:44 am]
Poliça: 11 May 2012 - Rochester, NY (Reviews) [Fri, 6:25 am]
'The Witcher 2' Does the Exposition Dump Right (Moving Pixels) [Fri, 6:00 am]
Sherlock Holmes, Dirk Gently and the Case of the Eccentric Detective (Columns) [Fri, 2:00 am]
Flash Points: Chicks, Sluts and Facebook (Features) [Fri, 2:00 am]
Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup (Features) [Fri, 2:00 am]
Jonathan Franzen and the Problem of Sympathy in 'Farther Away' (Reviews) [Fri, 2:00 am]
The 'BBC High Definition Natural History Collection': A Cornucopia of Wonders (Reviews) [Fri, 2:00 am]
Saint Etienne: Words and Music (Reviews) [Fri, 2:00 am]
- The Top 10 Overplayed Songs You Hate by Artists You Love (Sound Affects)
- Beach House: Bloom (Reviews)
- Tea with 'Sherlock': Investigating the Investigators (Features)
- Sunk? This 'Battleship' Stunk! (Short Ends and Leader)
- Top Ten Lost Midwest Punk Singles (Sound Affects)
- Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix (Reviews)
- 20 Questions: Kate Bornstein (Features)
- 10 Pieces of Cinematic Art That Require Revisiting (Short Ends and Leader)
- Punk Rock's Pet Sounds: An Interview with Bomb the Music Industry! (Features)
- Counterbalance No. 82: U2's 'Achtung Baby' (Sound Affects)
- Like 'Doom', In Heels (Moving Pixels)
- She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer (Features)
- 'Albatross': A Not-So-Weighty Coming-of-Age Meets Mid-Life-Crisis Film (Reviews)
- This Is All There Is: The Boredom of Lessened Expectations (Short Ends and Leader)
- Go Goth!: Ranking the Burton/Depp Collaborations (Short Ends and Leader)
- The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer (Features)
- Best Coast: The Only Place (Reviews)
- We Will Avenge Them Or… Be Avenged?: The Individual in the US Experience (Features)
- The Best Canadian Records of the Year? The Fun Agony of Voting for the Polaris Prize Long List (Sound Affects)
- Something’s Wrong with the Black Widow! (Graphic Novelties)
- Flash Points: Mommy's Breast, Marriage Equality and Why Chipotle Is King (Features)
- Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (Columns)
- Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music (Reviews)
- Willie Nelson: Heroes (Reviews)
- Like a Jack London Story on Steroids: 'The Grey' (Reviews)
- Various Artists: Occupy This Album (Reviews)
- The Cult: Choice of Weapon (Reviews)
- 'People's Pornography': The Mundanities of Pornography and Surveillance Culture (Reviews)
- Feeling '80s Spirit: Post-Hardcore Punk for the Plastic Generation (Columns)
- Garbage: Not Your Kind of People (Reviews)
- The Most Overlooked/Underrated Albums of the 90s
- The Top 10 Most Notable Career Suicide Albums
- The Top 10 Overplayed Songs You Hate by Artists You Love
- Beach House: Bloom
- Extra Life: Dream Seeds
- Tea with Sherlock: Investigating the Investigators
- Counterbalance No. 82: U2’s Achtung Baby
- Garbage: Not Your Kind of People
- Top Ten Lost Midwest Punk Singles
- Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix
- Confronting the enemy: Rascal Flatts
- In Defense Of ... Train not being nearly as bad as you might think
- In Support of Supports
- Slanted, Enchanted: Pop Art, or Rock Music Goes to the Gallery
- Comic Books and American Cultural History: An Anthology
- Third Times the Smarm: Men in Black 3
- Multiplayer Memories in Demons Souls
- Bat Out of Hell, Hell in a Handbasket: An Interview with Meat Loaf
- Moonrise Kingdom: Storms and Conformity
- Sherlock Holmes, Dirk Gently and the Case of the Eccentric Detective
- Counterbalance No. 83: The Stooges’ Fun House
- Killer Mike & El-P: R.A.P. Album
- Poppy & The Jezebels: Dig The New Breed!
- In Defense Of ... Rock radio remaining a force within popular culture
- Clueless (Blu-ray)
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