Visual Coercion

Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA Chuck Ragan at Knitting Factory Tribeca 12/1/07 The War on Drugs 3/18/11 The Crocodile, Seattle, WA John Darnielle of Mountain Goats Destroyer 3/18/11 The Crocodile, Seattle, WA lockett-deerhunter-10_27_10

I really need to get new batteries for my camera.

I saw Nina Persson and A Camp last night at Le Poisson Rouge.  I’ll be writing a real review of the show, but before I do, I’d like to say this: The strength of Nina’s voice has only increased with the passage of years, and she is a genius at mixing a cocktail of wistful [...]

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Intense Pop for your Burrito (for that ass)

Occasionally a thing comes along that is so blisteringly, powerfully overdriven and flawlessly done that I sit bolt upright and feel like I’m going to shit bolts of lightning when I see it.  Yes, this is pop, but it’s also so much more than the human sensory apparatus should be able to take that I’m [...]

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Shitty Cell Phone Photos of Versus and +/-, Light Comment on Said Event

It was Friday the 13th, and I was ready for my long run of bad luck to be up.  We trekked, a group of three, down the street to the place where the rock show was to be held, the while passing under scaffolds and crossed by cats.  The crowd was intimate, the beer selection [...]

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