Art about art is often a bit too self-referential, like the Escher drawing of a hand drawing a hand that is drawing the hand that is…you get the picture.
Deep Cuts: Art Songs
On Diffuser: Cover Stories – Weezer’s ‘Raditude’
Weezer’s Raditude may feature the only photo you’ll ever need of a dog leaping in a middle class living room.
On Diffuser: 21 Years Ago: Weezer Make Their Debut With the ‘Blue Album’
Hey, look who’s all growed up! Weezer as a recording band just turned 21. Can you believe it’s been that long since “Buddy Holly” and “Undone”? Pour yourself an “I feel old” […]
April’s Picks: October 2014
One of these days I’m going to be too damned tired, bored, busy, or infirm to continue Why It Matters. I’m going to run out of gas, hit the bricks, go out […]
Aftershock 2014: Weezer
Weezer closed out day one, and their set was every bit as great as one would expect. For more on Aftershock, check out my review of day 1 on Loudwire.
Deep Cuts: Songs For Destruction
I may have reduced a short story to smouldering rubble, but we’re prone to dive bomb all aspects of our lives: careers, relationships, health. Lately our government has been particularly adept at […]
Deep Cuts: Songs About Names
What’s in a name? I don’t know. Everything, nothing. All I know for certain is that the move from Jim to James was a liberating one for me. So what’s in a […]
Deep Cuts: The Music Year
George Winston’s December is one of my all-time favorite albums, a perfect little snow globe containing the entirety of that sad month. But what about the rest of the calendar? Can I […]
Deep Cuts: Songs for the Seafood Lover in You
I know what you’re thinking: Can he put together a playlist of seafood-themed songs and not include The B-52’s or Barnes and Barnes? Flounder, please:
45. As Deep As Any Ocean, As Sweet As Any Harmony
I don’t know why my mother thought that I would enjoy Summer Science Camp, but it meant two weeks living in the Clemson University dorms so I was game. She dropped me […]
Why It Matters 