THE NUTMEG STATE for six years i was a lawyer. now i’ve left new york and can confirm that outside the city there are trees and outside the trees there are birds who unlike brooklynites don’t give a damn that i have fifty silk ties i can’t throw away and a danteist friend who [...]
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Editorial No. 61, Gardenhead
MY WAR is every whisper— an echo— and every echo an empty room where words move like helium and the helium is tangible, brittle and empty as the sound of an axe striking dry wood and the wood splintering out in the night after the ice storm where [...]
MS MR, Or How Music Videos Look in Brooklyn
MS MR released a legit interesting video about an hour ago. It’s Monday morning, so here are my reactions on watching it before and after getting high. BEFORE -0:30: Trying to find the skip ad button. Sigh. Ignore. Ignore. Volkswagen something. 0:00: Okay, HD. Mini-expand. 0:10: Slo-mo. Always with the effin slo-mo. I mean, I [...]
Musiciens Je Veux Frencher – Getting Weird with The Growlers
Musiciens Je Veux Frencher – The Growlers @ Sala Rossa 1/27/13 It was that time of night when I had to cock block the lead singer. Ana swayed gracelessly on her high-heeled boots. Her eyelashes rustled her bangs. “You guys were so great,” she was saying to Growlers’ vocalist Brooks Neilson. Her body weight lurched [...]
Video Portrait of Liz Gray
A few months back, fellow photographer/nerd Shelby Marie Lloyd and our mutual friend Liz Gray decided to put together a quick video portrait to show off Liz’s stupidly cool haircut and general babeness. This is the result. Hope you like it.
No. 59, Southern Gothic
conveyance what I thought were snakes moving through the granite turned out to be broken strings of silver beads. then I milled around in the miracle of ash and light. this is what happens when you build temples to the rainwater where innocent gods grew pregnant with daughters. they gave a name * to [...]
Shakey Graves
Here’s another blast from the past. Last summer we caught a set from Shakey Graves, and it was a wonderful experience. Even Austin’s mayor is a fan. (February 9th is officially Shakey Graves day.) Check out his performance (“Word of Mouth”) live at the Parish.
People Who Frenched at Igloofest
People Who Frenched (me) at Igloofest @ le Vieux Port, Montreal 2/9/2013 There was a moment I stopped dancing and looked up into the night sky. The snow fell like confetti, suspended in ribbons by the stage light beams. Tommy Four Seven was building his next deep-house drop, and I was pushed forward by a [...]
Vesper Exclusive: Interview with HUMANS
Peter Ricq and Robbie Slade are two humans. They make music together. Their crazy-fun live shows and genre-bending electro has taken them on tour with Junior Boys, How to Dress Well, Grimes, and Kid Sister, among others. And yet, they maintain they’re just two dudes, trying to make enough money to buy beer. Robbie, a [...]
Chasca drops a “Cherry Bomb” Live in Austin, TX
This is a blast from the past. We caught the last half of Chasca’s set at The Fort ATX way back last summer. It was fabulous. I reached out to the band for a brief description, and they gave me this chestnut: Chasca is as Chasca does. We’ll leave it at that. Check out more [...]
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