Liz Phair talks to Lancaster Online about her music career.
"My first success was completely compromised by real feelings of alienation and being rejected from a scene and being hated," Phair said during a telephone interview from her California home. "I think the hard part about my career has been that it’s not just about the music; it’s personal."
At antiMUSIC , Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre de Reeder discusses "I’ll Be Around," a song from his solo debut, The Way That It Was .
PopMatters interviews Larry Love of Alabama 3 .
The San Francisco Chronicle reviews the inaugural Outside Lands Festival.
Whether it was gawky Regina Spektor holding the Sutro Stage audience’s rapt attention on Saturday afternoon rattling a E string on her guitar and warbling some free-form verse, or Matt Nathanson’s polished performance on The Avenues, the Polo Fields’ smaller second stage, it was the offbeat acts on the side stages...
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The San Francisco-based science fiction publishing house Tachyon Publications sponsors monthly readings by SF authors , and last week’s event focused on steampunk, the hot "new" subgenre , with appearances by Joe Lansdale and Rudy Rucker , the latter of whom helped create the field eighteen years ago with the novel The Hollow Earth . (Lansdale read from his 2006 novel, Flaming London , in which Mark Twain and Jules Verne team up with a genetically enhanced seal f... more
Here’s the latest action:
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft create a human rights code of conduct — The three giants have been under pressure from several groups for their dealings in China among other places. Now they will adopt a formal code of conduct. Time will tell if that actually means anything or not. The San Francisco Chronicle got a copy of the document .
What’s in the early Windows 7 build? — Microsoft will show it off on Tuesday at its PDC show in Los A... more
One mixed martial arts promotion called it quits last week while another is enjoying record ratings on network television.
And it isn’t the UFC.
The San Jose-based mixed martial arts promotion Strikeforce posted its highest ratings ever last Saturday night when 1.1 Million viewers tuned in to watch “Strikeforce on NBC.”
The October 18 episode featured the light heavyweight rematch between Trevor Prangley and Anthony “A-Train” Ruiz from last month’s ... more
Bleeding Obvious II From: forums.contractoruk.com Post Date: 2008-10-26 11:37:28
Not to be wound up in the other thread has to be this gem from the Times....
Economy shrinks as Britain enters recession
FFS, is Atw working for them?
What is happening to the broadsheets these days? The Telegraph has gone all leftie and the Times has gone sensationalist. ... more
The Telegraph has a collection of reader-submitted photos of autumnal beauty in Britain. Sheffield Park , Sussex. —Mellow Monk Go to the Mellow Monk tea page Subscribe to the blog feed (RSS) ... more
mikec | Sunny | 2 rep. | The Telegraph is reporting that Western Europe has over 3.5 Trillion dollars in loans to "emerging economies." This dwarfs the US subprime problem. Since Iceland has gone under, people apparently are starting to wonder about all these loans, j [...]... more
As downloads from the 2008 Lollapalooza music festival become available, I will be posting them on this page.
Bookmark this page and check back often, and if you see a show online that is not listed, please e-mail me the link or leave a comment.
Bloc Party : 2008-08-01, Lollapalooza [mp3]
Explosions in the Sky : 2008-08-02, Lollapalooza [mp3]
Raconteurs : 2008-08-01, Lollapalooza [mp3]
Radiohead : 2008-08-01, Lollapalooza [flac]*^
Radiohead : 2008-08-01, Lol... more
Shorties From: largeheartedboy.com Post Date: 2008-08-03 06:36:42
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram profiles the Hold Steady .
What grabs listeners is Finn’s ability to compose trenchant lyrics worthy of short stories or character-driven films, in essence applying an engaging, tightly focused literary sensibility to the blue-collar, beer-numbed aesthetic of rock ’n’ roll.
The Guardian shares new short fiction by Alice Sebold, Julian Barnes, William Boyd, and Tessa Hadley, and a new comic by Chris Ware.
The Telegraph profiles Joseph ... more
Today’s free and legal mp3 downloads:
Cracker : 2008-07-25, Superior [mp3,ogg,flac]
"100 Flower Power Girl" [mp3]
other Cracker posts at Largehearted Boy
fIREHOSE : 1987-11-08, Cambridge [mp3,ogg,flac]
"For the Lead Singer of REM" [mp3]
other fIREHOSE posts at Largehearted Boy
Gomez : 2008-07-05, Rothbury [mp3,ogg,flac]
"How We Operate" [mp3]
other Gomez posts at Largehearted Boy
Grace Potter : 2008-07-25, St. Louis [mp3,ogg,flac]
"Pain ... more
As I stated in Gabe Soria’s Largehearted Boy Book Notes essay for Life Sucks , I found this graphic novel refreshingly different. From the new vampires working minimum wage jobs to the older vampires’ greed, this seemingly simple love story’s attention to detail brings the storyline to life (not surprising since the story was co-written by one of my favorite cartoonists, Jessica Abel).
For one month, enter the coupon code "LHB001" at Atomic Books and rec... more
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