Suspended Animation
Would you trust Mike Patton with your children? The workaholic mad genius has put together a delirious mix of thrash, noise, avant-jazz, and his own…
2004 Presidential Debates Mix Tape
I know what you're thinking: why must there be only three? The 2004 presidential debates are over, and after what has been largely perceived as…
I, Lucifer
Offered as a soundtrack to Glen Duncan's simultaneously-released novel of the same name, I, Lucifer is, in essence, a song cycle trotting the relationship between God…
The Dirty South
A red-state band with blue-state tendencies, the Drive-By Truckers devote most of their latest album to tales of the disadvantaged. The band come stomping out…
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Stephin Merritt was wise in waiting five years to follow up his last Magnetic Fields record, 69 Love Songs and . Releasing a mere single…
The Veep South
Drive-By Truckers straddle Two Americas.With John Kerry’s recent choice of North Carolina senator John Edwards as his running mate, Edwards’ future as a rising star…
The Outsider Is In
William Hung will never be American Idol. And Ralph Nader will never be President. Yet there they were, Hung on Fox’s unfathomably popular amateur hour,…
A Record Store Clerk's Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Hooray for Imaginary Shaun! He's our political correspondent for "Election 2004" and we're extremely pleased that he'll be checking in every week or so to…
Blizzard of Bonzo
The wrong-headed legacies of Ronnie and OzzyTwo scenes from a 1980s elementary school, Wilmington, Delaware: 1986: My best friend Ronnie approaches me in the hallway.…
Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed?
Given that there have been calls for his resignation from both sides of the aisle for years now, it shouldn't have come as such as…