Birdsong
There’s these birds taken up residence outside my bedroom window and literally all they do, all day long and all night long, is MATE. Like, I get it. It’s spring. It’s a free country and it’s their prerogative and everything. But do they have to do it outside my damn bedroom window? Not like Isaac …
Just one of dem days (don’t take it personal)
Top 25 Canyon Albums
In the ’60s and ’70s, young artists started coming to “the Canyon”–Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, specifically. They recorded albums together, finding inspiration in each others’ introspection. It was a left turn from the psychedelia of the ’60s and even farther down the road from the bop of the ’50s. The artists of the …
Elevator Music, part 4
Whaaaaat…?
Let me AXE you a question…
Manners, in full effect
Is “No Diggity” the most polite rap song ever written? Sure, they’re singing about a prostitute. But respectfully. Adoringly. Very un-Dre like. “She’s got class and style, Street knowledge by the pound. Baby never act wild, very low key on the profile.” They respect her as a business woman as well. After all, “getting paid …
Elevator Music, part 3
I think there is a DJ coming in after 5pm.
Captain EO: a feminist critique, 31 years later
The other day I was watching The Santa Clause 2 Captain EO and could not help feeling reaffirmed in my original assertion that this movie/music video/shameless display of self-aggrandizement is crazy sexist! There are many things that bother me about Captain EO. Right off the bat, it’s 20 f-ing minutes long. In its original context …
Top 5 “Sorry for Being Churlish” Songs
Sometimes I am really moody and kind of mean to my husband. Truth be told, I am sort of a saucy chef and he probably deserves my added saltiness about 1% of the time…like when he pretended to put Third Eye Blind into his Top 250 list. Or when he cut my hair 3 inches above the …