Category Archives: meta

Slide Whistle Down…

Posted on 2010/09/13 by chaircrusher
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What I write when I’m not posting here.

Posted on 2010/06/21 by chaircrusher

I didn’t post very often in the past month on this blog. As it happens, most of my writerly energies were being devoted to the Little Village Magazine blog and magazine. I wrote a couple of lengthy (for me) posts … Continue reading →

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Subway says Pepperoni Makes You Gay

Posted on 2010/05/10 by chaircrusher

The fuck? Watching this commercial makes my brain hurt: If I understand the scenario, two guys are eating sandwiches at a Subway restaurant. They enthuse about the flavor-enhancing qualities of adding pepperoni to a sandwich. They are then launched into … Continue reading →

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Time for a Buzz Kill — I’m killing Buzz

Posted on 2010/02/16 by chaircrusher

So in the last year I count Google at two strikes. First off Wave is… pretty useless, as it turns out. The one place it would be great — collaboration and ad hoc interest groups — don’t really work so … Continue reading →

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The Internets: #squarespace & amiestreet.com

Posted on 2009/06/12 by chaircrusher

OK, now I get it, though since I don’t give a toss about Squarespace or iPhones, I was just annoyed and baffled by all the #squarespace tweets. While we’re on the subject, Squarespace seems to be appealing to some people. … Continue reading →

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Surfing the Nuum

Posted on 2009/05/06 by chaircrusher

As has been pondered lately, here and elsewhere, the loftily titled Breakbeat Continuum is every bit as baffling and recombinantly bizarre and wonderful and horrible as ever. I think part of the reason very few US artists have made a … Continue reading →

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Rolling Stone Prejudice Against Anything Un-Rawkish Abides

Posted on 2009/04/26 by chaircrusher

Rolling Stone still thinks Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music is Controversial? Really? Hasn’t it always been blindingly obvious that “Metal Machine Music” is not intended as listening music for general audiences? I thought this was all settled canon law a … Continue reading →

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Is Boomkat’s “Also bought” Algorithm a bit too on the nose?

Posted on 2009/04/21 by chaircrusher

I spend more time than is probably healthy (financially or otherwise) exploring new music on Boomkat. They seem to have fairly no-bullshit reviews for music, and they seem intent on hyping things they actually like, for actual musical reasons. As … Continue reading →

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Law and Order Valentines, 6 Weeks Too Late

Posted on 2009/04/02 by chaircrusher
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A Critique Of Pure Jargon

Posted on 2009/03/24 by chaircrusher

As regards My post about Micachu, a friend wrote to me: not intended to be sarcastic at your expense. I went through your review and xxxed out all words that either conveyed nothing to me (in my ignorance; like i … Continue reading →

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