"Bring out the Tams!If instruments were people, tambourine would be the life of the party. He's the guy who's relentlessly happy and brings everyone else along for the ride. He sends text messages with multiple explanation points. When he plays DJ at the stereo in the corner, the whole mood..."

"I've been thinking about posting some Butthole Surfers stuff for a while but the announcement that the (kind-of *) classic line-up is reforming for some US and European dates seems like the perfect opportunity.(* By the way, the "kind-of" is because Paul Leary's involvement seems pretty much minimal. Wonder if..."

"I was a a sophomore or junior in high school when I had the lunchtime conversation that has stuck with me ever since. I called a friend a pussy for crying at the end of Field Of Dreams, and now I am cursed to become a tad bit teary at..."

"I was having some trouble finding something I felt like posting tonight: I’ve picked up a couple of new albums recently, but they’re things that have been out for a while and have been repeatedly blogged (i.e. Foxboro Hot Tubs). There are basically two solutions when I run up against..."

"A few of the many really good records that came out in 2007: Akron/Family, Love is Simple A truly ridiculous record that basically blends together everything that is right about shambling hippies chanting around a campfire in the woods, stomping up and down to the most primitive driving rhythms around,..."