Carl Sagan on The Special Theory of Relativity

The Latest Reason to Hate Oprah: “The Secret”

I can’t watch Oprah, but I do keep tabs on her scams. The Spirit Network in the 90’s was what first caught my attention (”Listen to your spirit .. blah”), but now Oprah is championing the gross conglomeration of new age / self-help cliches known as the best-selling book, “The Secret”.
The main idea [...]

The Swoon Situation, or, When I Write About Music

If you’ve been coming here for a while you probably know that I was writing every so often over at Swoon, too. Don’t bother clicking that link, the domain name has expired. It snuck up on me, and honestly, I think it was a sign, because the fact that I didn’t even notice an [...]

Battles “Atlas” Video

I wasn’t thinking too hard about the new Battles album, Mirrored, until this week when I got to see the video for “Atlas”. Not only is the video fucking badass (look at his crash!), the song is incredible. I’m really excited for this one. Also, the video is helping to restore my faith [...]

MySpace Cool New People: I’m Doubtful

I rarely use MySpace, but keep my account there for ease in dealing with local bands as I try to book Rock N Romp events. It’s actually pretty easy once you have a decent contact list together, because you can see their schedules right away, know if they’re available, etc. I’m hoping that when [...]