"Today, for the first time in Swan Fungus history, we have a guest writer. His name is Ian. You've heard his name mentioned here frequently if you read this blog regularly. Please treat him and his prestigious law degree as professionally as you would treat me. That is to say,..."

"Did anyone else find the Comcast commercial in which the mother lip-syncs the Andrea True Connection's "More More More" (1976 #4) to her son, while sitting at a cozy restaurant table, a little, I don't know, strange and creepy? If not, consider the day job of the woman who originally..."

"he played Mercury Lounge last night....Six Organs of Admittance, IOTA, Vermont - Jan 24, 2008 (intangibleArts) * Eric Bachmann is at Southpaw * Alberta Cross plays Union Hall * Vampire Weekend are playing Bowery Ballroom * Jeffrey Lewis is playing Mercury Lounge (late) * The Teenagers are playing Mercury Lounge..."

"Kurt Braunohler wins "Best Director" @ ECNY Awards @ Comix, NYC (Keith Huang) * Alberta Cross @ Living Room * Obama comedy @ Knitting Factory * Vampire Weekend @ Bowery Ballroom * Marilyn Manson & Ours @ Hammerstein Ballroom * Six Organs of Admittance & Mick Turner @ Mercury LoungeJim..."

"Plants and Animals, “Guru/Sinnerman” (buy digitally here)This has jam-band trappings, I suppose, but it just sounds like great jazz to me. The repeating vamp/pulse of the bassline holds things steady while guitars & bongos orbit in crazy looping flares. And then, holy bonus, it morphs into “Sinnerman”! No one can..."