Organizing Grievances

Was going to post this on it's own, but will say "sorry for my absence." Good Lord, this guy longs for the day when life is no...

Elevated liver enzymes. Julie Klausner on TBSOWFMU My 2nd-or3rd red Stax cup from the Soul Museum, filled with sub-room temperature coffee a...

Greatest song ever?

(But especially Wobs.)

For Lex and Wobs and all you crazy cats.

Ahem...Paul F. Tompkins on the Employee Free Choice Act. It goes without saying that I am obsessive about the interface of politics and cul...

Clinton Pessimistic on Iran Outreach - washingtonpost.com I was once a young man with squarely chopped locks. I was once an older man who su...

Ben Smith's Blog: Anuzis joins campaign against EFCA - POLITICO.com SEIU head fights to merge labor unions - Ben Smith - Politico.com In...

Hot on the heels of that hot Nat Hentoff signing , it'd seem the Cato Institute is looking to supplement their "jazzbo libertarian...

Wondering where my head is? Right here. Where's yrs? ' TBSOWFMU has turned me on again. I need a copy of RAM asap.

xoxoxoxo, solid lex

I wasn't there, but there were some significant musical moments during the inauguration. Before the big day there was this gem at the Li...

Man, sure are a lot of cobwebs in here.... We saw two very excellent shows in SF for the new year. Phil and Bobby put on a nice set of shows...

Back when I thought "rock star" was a plausible career option, I'm fairly certain that White Denim is the band I would've ...

[i'm working through an obstacle with exactly these cans on my ears. dual volume controls! i am enjoying very much the new Deerhunter a...

I've always been a fan of the cut-and-paste sample technique employed by musicians since the mid-80s (my two favorite examples being the...

You can try to convince me otherwise, but I am seriously convinced that the Beastie Boys were on drugs when they made Check Your Head .

In an otherwise banal editorial decrying sexism and fantasy in rap lyrics, Daily Emerald author Natasha Martin concludes with this mind-bl...