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Every weekday, Splendid's Departments bring you the best of everything else Splendid covers: we explore the world beyond your stereo in &, roam the live music scene in LIVELINE, sample the wares of independent publishers in BOOKSHELF, and more! See your favorite artists in an entirely different light in POINTLESS QUESTIONS, and witness our attempts to freshen the sagging Music Lists genre with THAT DAMN LIST THING. There's enough stuff here to keep you happy for a long time... |
 | POINTLESS QUESTIONS | We ask your favorite bands the questions no-one else asks. Random, perplexing and often oddly enlightening. |
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 | The Gunshy's Matt Arbogast answers 'em again. Pointless Questions has traded places with That Damn List Thing this week. |
Previous Pointless Questions
The Gunshy (#2)
The Reputation
Yellow Second
Eleven Minutes Away
Burnside Project (#3)
Jana Hunter
Diana Darby
Ken Will Morton
Icebird
Princess
Scouts Honor
The Dials
Label the Traitor
The Auburn System
Kid Icarus
Demon City Wreckers
Supernaut
The Celebrity Pilots
Bellafea
Edie Sedgwick
Greg Weeks
Jennifer Gentle's Marco Fasolo and Alessio Gastaldello
Spike Priggen
Lesser Birds of Paradise
The Sharp Ease
Forever Changed
The Briggs
The Fight
The Junior Varsity
Action Action
The Thermals
Ken Stringfellow
Bottom Line
Great Lakes Myth Society
Lost City Angels
Dufus
Lock and Key
The Valley Arena
The Punks
Over It
The Holy Ghost
PC Munoz (take two)
Moonbabies
Full White Drag
Log
Emok
Bart Davenport
Ali Smith (take 2)
Grimble Grumble
Facepuller
IFIHADAHIFI
Burnside Project, take 2
Patton Oswalt
Tony Maimone
Matthias Bossi
Singapore Sling
Black Swans
Applied Communications
Amps II Eleven
Dennis Driscoll
Jersey
Point Line Plane
Shearwater
Saeta
Bonk
Robert Roth
The Quick Fix Kills
Maxeen
New Radiant Storm King
Vetiver
Decomposure
The Wobblies
Kill Me Tomorrow (take 2)
The Somnambulants
Queen Bee
Multi-Panel
Sweet Justice
Astronaut Down
Adam Forkner
Retconned
Book of Knots
Poleposition
Les Sans Culottes
Boyjazz
Music For Mapmakers (2)
Deadstring Brothers
Pinebender (again)
The Reputation, take 2
Punchline
David G. Harmann
Delta Dart
The Gunshy
Porter Harp
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House
Les Sequelles (2)
Mark Mallman (again)
Biffy Perdu
Goo Goo Dolls
The Method and Result
Rah Bras (2)
Dead By July
The Music Lovers
Burnside Project
Visqueen
Fonda (again)
The National Splits
Sunshine Blind
Zykos
PC Muñoz
Lefty's Deceiver
Lake Trout
The Nods
Orwell
TV on the Radio
Gold Circles
Bourbon Princess
Lanky
Hypatia Lake
Pinebender
Dame Fate
Cigarbox Planetarium
Ugly Duckling
The Mendoza Line
Liam Lynch
Jenny Toomey (again)
Freya
Fall Out Boy
August Premier
Glasseater
The Vexers
Soul-Junk
Replicator
Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites, The Yayhoos)
The Movielife
Dropsonic
Steve Almaas
Home Grown
Sicbay
The Cassettes
Cirrus (take 2)
The Beauty Shop
Mark Bacino
Oma Yang
The DaoSon For
Dilute
The Possibilities
Lovers
The Feud
Gerty
Pansy Division
The Plus Ones
Minus the Bear
31Knots
Departure Lounge
Girl Harbor
Victory at Sea
Cursive
Desert City Soundtrack
Elizabeth Elmore
Bikeride
Ali Smith
Mecca Normal
Winfred E Eye
The Flaming Stars
Plane
The Lawrence Arms
Five Star Theory
Tigersaw
Sorry About Dresden
Slim Moon
Sick Of It All
Shy Child
Melochrome
Mark Mallman
Caesura
The Ghost
Sam Lowry
Roots of Orchis
Slowride, Take 2
AVAIL
Those Peabodys
Frodus
Allister
Misstress Barbara
Rah Bras
Rose Polenzani
Blueline Medic, Take 2
Christopher Lawrence
Semiautomatic (Akiko Carver)
The Benjamins
Recover
The Prima Donnas
Xiu Xiu
Big In Japan
Bis
The Muffs' Kim Shattuck, again
Les Sequelles
Gus Gus
Super XX Man
The National
Engine Down
The And/Ors
Gob
Papas Fritas
Erik Sanko
Music For Mapmakers
Kill Me Tomorrow
Fin Fang Foom
The Impossibles
Radioinactive
Cruiser
Jersey
The Moto-Litas
The Aeffect's Aaron Feibus
Boylion's Matt Roan
Ben Davis
Streetwalkin' Cheetahs' Frank Meyer (take 3)
Adam Voith
Adz' Bruce Duff
Anton Barbeau
Aspera Ad Astra's Matt Werth
At the Drive In's Jim Ward
Atom (of Atom and His Package)
Bald Rapunzel's Schlegel and Otto
Bangs' Maggie Vail
Barcelona
Baxendale
Bill Foreman
Biowire
Black Box Recorder's John Moore
Black Box Recorder, take 2
Black Kali Ma
Bluebird's Sam James
Blueline Medic's Dave Snow
Bluetip's Jason Farrell
Bonfire Madigan's Madigan Shive
Brandtson's Matt Traxler
Brandtson's Matt Traxler, again
Centro-matic's Mark Hedman
Charles Feelgood
Chixdiggit's KJ Jansen
Cirrus
Citizen Fish's Dick Lukas
D-Plan's Travis Morrison
D:Fuse
Danielle Howle
David Singer
Discount's Bill Nesper
Dressy Bessy's Tammy Ealom, Take 2
Dynomite D
Elliott's Chris Higdon
Elysian Fields
Experimental Aircraft's Rachel Staggs
Fabulous Disaster's Linda Mandolyn
Firewater's Tod A.
Fiver's Dave Woody
Fonda's Dave Klotz and Emily Cook
Freaky Flow
Garrison's Joseph Grillo
Gene Loves Jezebel (again)
Gene Loves Jezebel's Michael Aston
Gluecifer
Goober Patrol's Tim Snelson
Hefner's Darren Heyman
Hey Mercedes' Robert Nanna
Japanic
Jeff Dahl
Jenny Toomey
John Kelley
Jon DeRosa
Julia Rydholm
Juno's Arlie Carstens
Justin Mikulka
KaitO's Nikki Colk
Kelley Stoltz
Kim Shattuck of the Muffs
Kincaid's Dan Geller
Man Scouts of America
Marc Bianchi (Her Space Holiday)
March Records' Skippy McFadden
Mascott's Kendall Jane Meade
Michael Galinsky
Muckafurgason's John Lee
Nocturne's Lacey Conner
NOFX's El Hefe
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes
Oranger's Matt Harris
Orso's Phil Spirito
Pacer's Kim & Jeremy
Pamela Valfer (Kitty Craft)
pH Balance's Pam Howe
pH Balance, take 2
Pollen's Mike Bennett
Rebecca Gates
Rennie Sparks of the Handsome Family
Rise Against's Joe Principe
Rose Polenzani
Rotcod Zzaj
Ryan Fergus of Lucky Boys Confusion
Se–or Coconut
Seely
Semiautomatic's Rop Vaquez
Six Going on Seven's Josh English
Slowride
Solex
Stars' Torquil and Chris
Subset's Nathan & Lindsey
Sunday's Best
Superchunk's Jon Wurster
Swank's Chad Smith
The Apples in Stereo's Hilarie Sidney
The Black Halos' Jay Millette
The Ex Models' Shah Motia
The Gaza Strippers' Rick Sims
The Kiss Offs
The Ladybug Transistor
The Marshmallow Coast
The Minders' Rebecca Cole
The Olive Group's Dave Morgan
The Promise Ring's Davey von Bohlen
The Revolutionary Hydra
The Search for Saturnalia
The Sound of URCHIN
The Stereo's Jamie Woolford
The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs (again)
The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs' Meyer
The Swingin' Utters' Darius Koski
The White Octave's Lincoln Hancock
Tilt's Cinder and Jeffery
Tilt's Cinder Block, redux
Timonium's Adam Hervey
Tina and Jeff of Hub City Records
Tom Hudson (Silver Scooter/Subset)
Tram's Paul Anderson
Tristeza's Jimmy Lavalle
Uberhund's Matt Dickey
Utah!'s Eddie Pellino
Waterdown's Christian Kruse
We Talked About Murder
Winterbrief
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Previous Damn Lists
16 Things I'm Going to Do Now that Splendid is Done
Another 20 Stupid Record Store Questions (Holiday Edition)
15 Albums We Never Would Have Heard Without Splendid
15 Songs for Your Holiday Travel Nightmare
16 Songs that Should Immediately Be Retired from Film and TV Use
14 Rock 'n' Roll Superhero Powers
17 Songs About Bird Flu
15 Songs That Share a Name and Nothing Else
Big Rock Candy: 24 Songs to Rot Your Teeth
15 Songs for a Hangover
19 Signs that it's Time for Your Band to Sign to Sanctuary Records
Liner Notes for an Exquisite 19-Song Mixtape
24 Traditional and Not-So-Traditional Songs that Feature the Banjo
Damn That List Thing: 13 Lists I Started, But Never Finished
12 Songs about Food and Eating
12 Songs That Shouldn't Be On the Albums They're On
13 Songs David Hates Waking Up To
11 Songs that Know What It Means Not To Miss New Orleans
Building Your Vinyl Portfolio: 14 Ebay Investments
13 Songs for the Shady Chinese Restaurant I Just Quit
16 Fantastic Albums You Can Buy for $1.00 from Half.com
Cannons at the Courthouse: 14 Songs for John Roberts
13 Tracks You Can Use to Pretend You're Deployed in Iraq
16 Songs to Bump While Rolling in the Suburbs
12 Classic Folk Albums to Check Out if You're Digging the Folk Revival
12 Other Songs Paul Anka Should Cover
14 Albums That Aren't As Much Fun to Listen to...
20 Songs My iPod Chose for Me
13 Worthwhile Releases by Guns 'N' Roses Offshoots
12 Great Albums That Sound A Lot Like Really Bad Albums
Ask Me No Questions, Tell Me No Lies: A 13-point Musical Q&A
12 CDs to Accompany A Boat Delivery...
14 Record Fair Finds
12 Artists Who Probably Won't Be Appearing on American Idol
15 Songs That Refuse To Die
Twelve Former Rock Stars Who Might Live in My Neighborhood
12 Languages in Which No One Should Rap. Ever.
16 '90s Alt-Rock Albums I'm Not Supposed to Like Any More...
What Your CD's Packaging Says About You (29 Points)
25 Songs for 72 hours in a South American Airport
12 Musical Comic Book Superhero Movies We'd Like To See
12 Indie Rock Vocal Styles
20 Bands from Houston that You May Not Have Heard, But Should
13 Musical Heat Sources
18 Albums I Ripped to My iPod But Never Listened To
14 New Music-Related Celebrity Biopics
14 Albums I Have To Give Up Now That I'm 30
12 Songs For Failed Resolutions and Renewed Vices
Eleven Bands and the Musicals They Counterintuitively Inspire
Twelve Songs That Illustrate Why I Wish I Were Back in Oregon...
12 Musical Groundscores
16 New Custom iPods
11 Songs That, For Some Reason, Evoke Ohio
15 "Timely" Songs
12 Other Trademark Deals We'd Like To See
14 Chicago Bands You've Probably Never Heard (But Should)
15 Songs Playing at the Scandivanian Fertility Clinic
Thirteen Songs About Precipitation
13 CDs Owned But Never Listened To
14 Points in the History of an Artist's Musical Development
16 Reasons Indianapolis (and Indiana) is Alright
15 Presidential Candidates You Won't Be Seeing On CNN
12 Songs About Ronald Reagan
16 Reasons Your Band Probably Shouldn't Go to Indianapolis
19 Songs You Can Set Your Watch To
14 Songs About Work or the Lack/Hatred Thereof
14 Kinks Covers to Keep You Going...
14 Songs that Bring the Reality of Pregnancy to Your Stereo
My Son's First Three Months in Fourteen Songs
14 Albums that Won't Work for Your Workout
12 Things I Hate About CD Cases
14 Albums that Might Upset Your More Conservative Friends
16 Songs With Enough Bass to (Briefly) Cool Your Home
The Eleven Best Things to Happen to Music in 2004 (So Far)
Twenty Stars and Why They'll Kick The Bucket
13 Songs for when the Kennel Costs More than Your Hotel
14 Songs That Will Leave You Retchin' and Kvetchin'
13 Songs to Make You Feel Better About Gas Prices
The Fashion of the Christ: A Dozen Songs for Jesus
21 Reasons Doing Splendid Would Be Easier if I were President...
13 Rock and Roll Public Service Announcements
18 Songs That Might Make You Reconsider Disco
Twelve of the Best Track One, Side Ones
19 New Remix Projects for Dangermouse
Fucking Brilliant: 18 Songs the FCC'S Not Crazy About Either
12 Concert Music Pieces that Rock
15 of the Saddest Songs We Know
12 Possible Theme Songs for the Kerry Presidential Campaign
Hitched: A 17-Song Tribute to Gay Marriage
A 15 Song Mix Tape to Build a House To
13 Albums That Should be Banned from Dormitories Forever
12 Reasons Why (Some) Christian Music Doesn't Suck
17 Literary Works and Their Musical Counterparts
14 Highly Questionable Rock Vocalist Habits
11 Great B-Sides Collections...
Sixteen Songs to Soundtrack the Next Season of 'The O.C.'
14 Reconsecrated Cows
22 Musical Sacred Cows that Need to be Put Down
A 17-song Tribute to the Superbowl Halftime Show
12 Rock Stars and the Novels They Might Write
18 Other People Jack White Should Beat Up...
Cry, Cry, Cry: A 25-Song Tribute to the Wah-Wah Pedal
50 Songs for 50 States (plus DC)
24 of Our Favorite Self-Released Albums from 2003
14 Prog Records Worth Losing Your Indie Cred Over
13 Holiday Albums You Didn't Buy in 2003
Fucking Hell, It's Snowing: 16 Songs About Winter
19 Songs for Radical Environmentalists
24 Ways Record Geeks are Different from Other People
Thirteen Tunes for Tony Blair's Irregular Heart-Beat
15 Singer-Songwriters Who'll Take Your Mind Off of Elliott Smith
16 "Lost" Records That Should Be Made Available Right Now!
36 Songs For The 2003 Cubs Team...
14 People Immortalized in Song
16 Songs for a Big Fat Idiot: The Rush Limbaugh List
A 16-Song Tribute to the Do Not Call List
A 17-Song Mix CD for Charles McKinley
Thirteen Musical Melees We'd Like to See
14 Things We Hate About Press Releases
18 Songs For Walking Out on Him/Her
Queer Eye for the Straight Band: 13 Episodes We'd Like to See
12 Neglected Albums by Major Rock Stars
12 Lost Bands of the 1960s...
A 15-Song Tribute to the Blackout of 2003
18 Songs About Nasty Ways Of Doing The Nasty
A 21-Song Tribute to Harry Potter
20 Songs Ready to be Turned Into Films
"Whatever Happened To..." These 14 Artists?
Seventeen Musical Alternatives to Anti-Depressants
The 23 Body-Parts of Our Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein's Monster
13 Clues That You May Be Waaaaay More Into Avant Jazz...
Look-A-Here, Baby: 15 Rock Takes On Blues Classics
Seventeen Tunes (Currently) Saving Mainstream Rock Radio
18 Ways to Make American Idol More Entertaining
Eleven Great Songs for a Hipster Funeral
18 Albums for 18 Stretches of Road
18 Songs for a Much-Missed Local Record Store
14 Delicious Album Closers
17 Songs for Mother's Day
Splendid Patriotically Takes the French out of 15 Songs
12 Albums to Buy if You Don't Own Any Jazz
30 Material Delights
11 People We'd Like To See
12 Songs To Celebrate How Much I Hate Having An Office Day Job
A 14-Song Tribute to the Wilder Side Of Phil Spector
17 Artists to Check Out if You're Nuts About Norah
Fourteen Songs To Listen To While Bush Blows Up The World
Twelve Unforgettable Uses of Hand-Claps
Habla Espanol? An 18-Song Tribute to Rocandrol
Eleven Essential Power-Pop Albums
12 Albums to Enjoy While Curled Up In Front of Your Fireplace
15 Bands and Musicians Who'd Make Good CIA Assassins
17 Superlatively Trendy Ringtones for Your Cell
14 Songs for a High School Kegger
11 Great Moments in Canadian Music, 1992-2002
14 Ways to Use Rock Music to Get Out of Office (or other) Meetings
18 New Year's Eve Concert Bills That'd Get Our Writers Out...
12 Songs That Tell the Truth About the Holidays
Thirteen Songs To Listen To While Walking Home Drunk...
14 Indie Rockers We'd Like to See Join Guns 'n' Roses
Twelve Instruments That Should Be More Prevalent In Rock, Dammit
Hosts with the Most: 16 Musical TV Guest-Spots
12 Eighties Songs that Vice City Forgot
The Art of Stopping: 18 Albums that Should Have Been Goodbye
14 Tunes for Dictators Past and Present
Helloo Clarice: A 14-song Tribute to Hannibal Lecter
15 Additions to the Rock and Roll Lexicon
Ten Songs I Like To Listen To After Teaching Young Children
16 Songs for the NFL
The Nine Most Important Velvet Underground "What Ifs"
Security Alert: 14 Color-Coded Songs for the Fight Against Terrorism
14 Songs That Are Part Of This Complete Breakfast
A Tribute to Excess: 18 Great But Absurdly Long Songs
17 Artists I'd Book To Play In My Back Yard if I Won the Lottery
Bored When She Sings: an 15-song Indie-Rock Soundtrack to The
Keeping Love Alive: 14 Covers to Celebrate Arthur Lee's Comeback
Ten Ways to Sidestep Lyrical Responsibility
The List of (Less Than) 1000 Entries...
Eleven Extremely Guilty Pleasures
Eleven Avian Anthems: A Soundtrack That's For the Birds
An 18-Song Soundtrack for Wanton Destruction and Reckless Driving
A 14-Song Mix-Tape for Martha Stewart
Working for the Clamp Down: 13 Songs About Selling Out
Cops and Rappers: 12 Songs for a Law and Order Soundtrack
Eleven Books for Eleven Musicians
15 Things Girls Want to Say to Dorks at Rock Shows
15 Songs From a Fantasy Tribute Album...
15 Songs That Are Just As Good As Wingmen
15 Songs to Get You Psyched for Spider-Man
13 Tribute-Album-Proof Bands
14 Songs to Get You Through Catechism Class (Intact)
The Osbournes' Legacy: 13 More Music-Related Reality Shows
14 Musicians We'd Like to See Tackle the Theatre
18 Little-Known Music-Related Tax Deductions
12 Songs That'll Make Your Girlfriend Break Up With You
You're Covering Who?
16 Songs for the M!ssundaztood
The 17 Most Hated Aspects of the Concert-Going Experience
28 Songs From Theodore's First Cover Album
13 Songs To Clone Your Cat To
Ten Songs I'll Have to Give Up for the Good of the Baby
20 Places to Buy Music Online While You're At Work
Onan Up To It: The Thirteen Greatest Songs About Self-Love
Twelve Reasons to Hate Video Stores
Eleven Album Titles That Sum Up Amy's Waitressing Job
16 Stupidest Record Store Questions of the 2001 Holiday Season
The 20 Most Annoying Aspects of Working At a Video Store
13 Hip-Hop/IDM Collaborations We'd Like to See
13 That Damn List Things That Never Happened
20 Items from our Writers' Holiday Wish Lists
12 Examples of What Your Record Collection Says...
15 Unexpected Musical Recommendations
18 Great Live Covers
Your Mother Should Know...
20 Words That Bands Should No Longer Be Allowed To Use...
15 Musical Moments that are Simply Orgasmic
Twelve Songs That Say America
13 Duos We'd Like to See
10 Albums that Make the Grade While Grading Papers
10 CDs to Listen to After You've Been Hit By a Car
10 Recordings from Olivia's First 17 Days of Life
10 Semi-Recent Albums that Need More Attention than they Got
11 Bands/Artists We're Getting Tired of Hearing About
11 Holiday Music Selections from the Splendid Office
12 Albums Still in the Shrinkwrap, V2.0
12 Albums that'll Make You Think of London
12 Albums to Listen to Instead of Watching "Mars Attacks"
12 Albums to Listen to While Looking for Your Editor
12 CDs that'll Confuse Your Friends...
12 Food Bands to Fatten Up Your Holiday Festivities
12 Songs for a (Theoretical) Wedding
13 Bands that Attract Women to their Shows
13 Best All-Night Last-Minute Studying Albums
13 CDs to Grab when you Have to Leave in a Hurry
13 Great Albums that Put Jason to Sleep
13 Pop-Punk Songs That'll Help Woo a Real Worlder
13 Songs for the Day When Your Boots are Made for Walking
14 Anthems for the Unemployed
14 Artists George Would Pay to See w/o Instruments
14 Books You Might Find in Stephin Merritt's Bathroom
14 Irresponsible Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
14 Poets all Lyricists Should Read
15 Albums to Listen to While Printing Splendid T-Shirts
15 Great Third Albums
15 Must-See SXSW Bands
15 Songs for Fighting, Mayhem, Destruction and Chaos
16 Bands that are Long Overdue for a New Album
16 Collaborations We'd Like to See (but won't)
16 Entertainingly Long-Ass Titles
16 Songs of Melancholy, Despair and Heartache
16 Songs that Define Deirdre's Negative Attitude to Love
16 Songs That Would Liven Up "Eighties" Radio Stations
16 Unpardonable Offenses Against Music
16 Women Who...Don't Belong on the Cover of Maxim
17 Artists and Commercials using their music
17 CDs in George's Collection that are Still Shrinkwrapped
17 Records that Define Noah Wane's Teenage Years
17 Songs About Sunday
18 Best First-Time Listen
18 Box Sets Worth Receiving
18 Halfway Decent Songs Ruined By Hollywood
18 Magical Musical Moments
18 Songs from the Fantasy Public Enemy Tribute Album
19 Films that Make Good Use of Pop Music
19 Great Songs by Texas and Tennesse Songwriters
19 Things We Didn't Do for our Anniversary
20 Albums Recently Rediscovered
20 Songs that Prince Should Cover
20 Unexpectedly Interesting Album Covers
21 Albums to Sell to Pay Your Income Tax Bill
21 Great Albums by Bands Whose Names Start with Vowels
22 Covers: A Soundtrack For Hollywood's Summer Sequels
22 Songs You Shouldn't Ask Your Wedding DJ To Play
23 CDs To Listen To When You Can't Go To The Zoo
23 Examples of Music Critics Missing the Boat
23 Interesting Anagrams of Olivia Tremor Control
23 Songs from an Imaginary John Hughes Film Soundtrack
24 Good Music-Related Halloween Costumes
24 Great Library and Dollar-Bin Finds
25 Artists Covered by 25 Teams
25 Best Anagrams of Godspeed You Black Emperor
26 Best Anagrams of The Dismemberment Plan
26 Musical Guilty Pleasures
27 Albums We're Thankful For
27 Songs for Your Last Day of Work
27 Songs that Must Be Played at Ron's Wedding Reception
34 CDs to Listen to When You're In A Tryptophan-Induced Haze
9 Albums Jason Would Use to Seduce Katie Holmes
9 Hackneyed Topics for That Damn List Thing
9 or 11 Singles that Turned Out to be Passing Fancy
A 13-Song Soundtrack for a Danzig Obsession
A Tower of Babble: 20 Peculiar Lyric Translations
Albums to Put on at a Party to Piss Off the Other Guests
Classic Jazz Albums You Should Own
Eighteen Elvis Covers From the '70s to the Dickies to Today
Eleven Albums that Prove that Rock Isn't Dead
Eleven other Musical Splendids
Eleven Perfect Second Songs
Eleven Reason Why American Music-Lovers Should Go To Europe
Eleven Sleeper Hits
Fifteen CDs to Help Soothe a Pounding Headache
I Like Short Songs (so here are 20 of 'em)
Missy's 9 Sexiest Songs
Noah Wane's 13 Favorite "B" Bands
Pop MusicÕs Ten Most Notable Whistling Solos
Sweet Sixteen: First Love Affairs with the Drug Called Music
Ten (or Twelve) Concert Archetypes
Ten CDs Sure to Offend Your Customers
Ten Highlights of a Year with Splendid
The 14 Song Las Vegas Business Trip
The 14 Worst Makeout Albums in the World
The 18 Stupidest Record Shop Questions of the Holidays
The 9 Worst Albums to Listen to While Having Sex
The Fifteen Stubbornest Damn Songs You Ever Heard
Top 22 California-Themed Songs
Twelve Songs About Trains
Twelve Songs for a Punk Rock Memoir
Twelve Songs that Revolve Around Satellites
Twelve Songs to Listen to While Getting Fat in a La-Z-Boy
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Previous "&" Reviews
Niger: Magic & Ecstasy In The Sahel
The Human League: Live at the Dome (DVD)
Blind Boys of Alabama: Live In New York
Lil' Beethoven DVD
Dreaming in America: A Film About Lucero
Tetsuo: Iron Man (Special Edition) DVD
Pixies Sell Out -- 2004 Reunion Tour DVD
Copper Press #24
16 HP DVD
Devo: Live 1980
Mr. Non Pigeon
Burn to Shine 2: Chicago IL 09.13.2004
X: Live in Los Angeles
Chris Cunningham's 'Rubber Johnny'
Skyscraper #18
Elvis Costello and the Imposters: Live in Memphis
Kill Rock Stars Video Fanzine III
American Beer DVD
'Cake Boy' DVD
Moog DVD
'Kick Out the Jams' DVD
'Brian Wilson presents Smile' DVD
Copper Press #23
'Dig!' DVD
Copper Press #22
Peace, Love & Beats DVD
'Halber Mensch' DVD
Pepper: Live (DVD)
Tiësto in Concert II
Tangerine Dream: Live in America 1992 DVD
Fran Magazine 3.1
Wyclef Jean's All-star Jam at Carnegie Hall
'Looking for a Thrill' DVD
You Idiot #3 / Pick Your Poison #4
Puppets Who Kill: The Complete First Season
Dead Boys: Live at CBGB/OMFUG 1977 (DVD)
The Verve's 'This Is Music: The Singles 92-98'
Burn To Shine: Washington DC 01.14.2004 DVD
Jandek on Corwood DVD
Homesick DVD
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: 'Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow' DVD
Goldfrapp: Wonderful Electric DVD
Copper Press #21
'Tom Dowd & the Language of Music' DVD
Devo: Live in the Land of the Rising Sun DVD
Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo!
WAV #2
'Michigan Independent' DVD
Gabagool #6
Fran magazine
Calexico's 'World Drifts In' DVD
Ogner Stump's One Thousand Sorrows
Apoptygma Berzerk: Harmonizer DVD
WarpVision - The Videos 1989-2004
KMFDM's 'WWIII 2003 Tour' DVD
Copper Press #20
'Dirty Old Town' DVD
Skyscraper #16
'The Story of the Blues' on DVD
Video Capture Device: Treasures From the Vault 1991-2002
Goth: The Ultimate Collection
Off the Charts DVD
'What the Punk!? 2' DVD
Ben Sidran, Chuck Mangione Jazz Masters DVDs.
Disinformation DVD
'Ultrachrist' DVD
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Live DVD
Branca Ensemble: Symphony Nos. 8 & 10 DVD
Iggy and the Stooges: Live in Detroit
'Live Forever' DVD
Copper Press #19
Zen TV DVD
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham DVD
Cry of Jazz DVD
Zeke You! DVD
David Cross's 'Let America Laugh' DVD
Space is the Place DVD
Can DVD
Growin' a Beard DVD
DIY in PDX
Minor Threat: Live
'Adventures in Capitalism', 'Gravity 2' DVDs
Copper Press #18
The Work of Director Michel Gondry (DVD)
'Goodnight, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience'
U2 Go Home - Live from Slane Castle, Ireland DVD
Come Feel Me Tremble: The Documentary
Copper Press #17
Turn-On, Tune In, Lookout!
Spike & Mike's ... Unprotected!
Skyscraper #14
Atomic Kitten DVD
KMFDM: Sturm & Drang Tour 2002
Phantom Power DVD
Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' on DVD
Gabagool! #5
The Work of Director Spike Jonze (DVD)
The Office: The Complete First Series DVD
Copper Press #16
Torpedo #1
Scratch DVD
Chulas Fronteras, Jai Ete Au Bal DVDs
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: God is in the House
Kaiju Big Battel: Terebi Sento
Silver City #2
Lollipop Magazine #62
Robots and Electronic Brains #11
The Complete Jam on Film
'Jam' DVD
Friends Forever DVD
Copper Press #15
Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror?
Mr. Show - What Happened?!
Benjamin Smoke (DVD)
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
Chunklet #17
The Believer #1
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Pavement: Slow Century
Royal Flush #2
Copper Press #14
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
SuicideGirls.com interview
Gabagool! #3
Copper Press #13
Book: A Collection of Writings by Joseph K.
Interference #2.7
Skyscraper #11
Copper Press #12
Little Engines #3
Action Man #2
Superheroes I Have Known/Eustachia H. Cow
Interference Vol. 2 #6
Gabagool! #1 and 2
Robots & Electronic Brains #10
The Royal Tenenbaums: Criterion Collection DVD
Copper Press #11
Mouthing Off: A Book of Rock & Roll Quotes
Needle and Hook
Rings Around the World DVD
Interference #5
Copper Press #10
The Last Waltz
Yongsoo Park's 'Boy Genius'
R&B (Rhythm & Business): The Political Economy of Black Music
Steve Abee's 'The Bus'
Extreme Islam
Skyscraper #10
The Grit Cookbook
Copper Press #9
Zero Stars DVD
The Laughing World #3
Tweed #9, #10 and #11
Chunklet #16
Jerusalem Calling
Our Band Could Be Your Life
KMFDM's Beat By Beat By Beat DVD
TapeOp: The Book About Creative Music Recording
Copper Press #8
Badsville
Box Office Poison anthology
Original Official Joint Smoking Rules
Little Engines #2
Hell's Kitchen
Copper Press #7
OFTEN (Kenning #11)
Fashion Freak Fanzine #5
Adam Voith's Bridges with Spirit
Adios Muchachos
Air: Eating Sleeping Waiting and Playing
Almost Famous
Betty Dylan's 'American Trash'
Bob the Angry Flower, User Friendly
Cool Beans #12
Copper Press #1
Copper Press #2
Copper Press #3
Copper Press #4
Copper Press #5
Copper Press #6
Cutie
Devil in the Woods #1.1
Devil in the Woods #2.2
Devil in the Woods #3.1
Devil in the Woods 1.2
Devil in the Woods 2.3
Etiquette for Outlaws
Eventide #6
Everything: A Book About Manic Street Preachers
Fast Eddie: King of the Bees
Fight Club DVD
Film: Magnolia, The Dreamlife of Angels, Limbo
Fortunate Son
Free Tibet: The Movie
Fresh Cow Pie #4
Fresh Cow Pie #5
Fresh Cow Pie #6
Glomp #4
Heart of the Old Country
High Fidelity
Johnny Monomyth
Kenning #8 and #10
Ladytron's "Rockschool"
Little Engines
Lois Is My Queen #1
Mod Magazine #5
Moonshine Over America Doc
Movie Wars
New York is Now
New York Underground Film Fest
News Dissector
Nomad Jukebox
Readyset...Aesthetic
Readyset...Aesthetic #002
Readyset...Aesthetic #3
Revolver #1
Revolver #2
Robots & Electronic Brains #7
Rock N Roll Purgatory #4
Skatedork #4
Skyscraper #8
Skyscraper #9
Sound Collector #4
Stop Making Sense
Stop Smiling
Stop Smiling #9
Synthetic Bi Products
TapeOp #19 and #20
The Bee's Knees
The Best of Chic-A-Go-Go
The ChickClick.com lunchbox
The Doll House
The Show Vol. I
The Simpsons Forever
The Windsor Salt
Water in Darkness
We Owe You Nothing
World Music: The Rough Guide
Yeti #1
Zum #12
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with reviews of fiction, poetry, cultural writing and more, providing a
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The Devil's Midnight
Jack Marshall's 'From Baghdad to Brooklyn'
U Sam Oeur's 'Crossing Three Wildernesses'
Classic: Kurt Vonnegut's 'Galapagos'
Kristin Allio's 'Garner'
Road Scholar / Notes from the Underpants
Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians
Classic: Billy Collins's 'Nine Horses'
The Lynn Truss Treasury
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Bradbury Speaks
Hypochondria Can Kill
Marlon James's 'John Crow's Devil'
Ange Mlinko's 'Starred Wire'
Edward Whittemore's 'Jerusalem Poker'
Queen of the South
Danny Wallace's 'Yes Man'
Ted Mathys's 'Forge'
Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time
Wendell Berry's 'Given'
Paul Grobman's 'Vital Statistics'
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Patently Erotic
'Little Stevie Wonder'
'The Irish Game'
Madeleine L'Engle's 'The Ordering of Love'
'The Loves of a D-Girl', 'The Second Assistant'
On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II
'Barney's Crew'
'The Book of Bunny Suicides'/'Return of the Bunny Suicides'
Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach meets Frederick the Great...
Lauren Sanders' 'With Or Without You'
Mark Nowak's 'Shut Up Shut Down'
Classical Music in America: A History of its Rise and Fall
Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra
The Darwin Awards III
Steve Healey's 'Earthling'
Raymond McDaniel's 'Murder'
Autopsy of an Engine...
'Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times'
William Heffernan's 'A Time Gone By'
'Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard'
St. Ursula's Girls Against the Atomic Bomb
How to be a Super Hero
Benrik's 'This Book Will Change Your Love Life'
Vivaldi and the Number Three
Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora...
30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons and Dragons
T.C. Boyle's 'Drop City'
Mark Gatiss's 'The Vesuvius Club'
Life: The Odds (and How to Improve Them)
'Crossfade: A Big Chill Anthology'
'1D6 Degrees of Separation: The Collected Dork Tower, Vol. 6'
Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees, and Other Creatures...
Yongsoo Park's 'Las Cucarachas'
Diane Johnson's 'L'Affaire'
'Hairstyles of the Damned'
'Naughty Fairy Tales from A to Z'
Haunted Weather: Music, Silence, and Memory
Craig Thompson's 'Blankets'
The Ig Nobel Prizes
The Future Dictionary of America
Civil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Action
True Lies
'The Moon in Its Flight: Stories by Gilbert Sorrentino'
Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy
Selah Saterstrom's 'The Pink Institution'
Khaled Hosseini's 'The Kite Runner'
'Dancing on Main Street'
Paul D. Miller's 'Rhythm Science'
'Eats, Shoots & Leaves'
Derek McCormack's 'Grab Bag'
Lindsay Ahl's 'Desire'
'Brooklyn Noir'
'Embers'
Marjorie Welish's 'Word Group'
Bone
Todd Taylor's 'Born to Rock: Heavy Drinkers and Thinkers'
'Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim'
J Robert Lennon's 'Mailman'
William Gibson's 'Pattern Recognition'
The Fourth Sex: Adolescent Extremes
George Tabb interview
Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End
Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings
Harry Mathews's 'The Human Country'
Designed By Peter Saville
Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images
Yuko Taniguchi's 'Foreign Wife Elegy'
Birth and Present: A Studio Portrait of Yoshitomo Nara
'Gigs from Hell'
Shawn Shiflett's 'Hidden Place'
Interview with 'Join Me' author (and Leader) Danny Wallace
God Made Dirt and Dirt Don't Hurt
Anne Waldman's 'In the Room of Never Grieve'
Hedi Slimane's 'Berlin'
Wang Ping's 'The Magic Whip'
The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle
Charles Simic's 'The Voice at 3:00 A.M.'
Michael Wood's 'Shakespeare'
'Fugitives and Refugees'
I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story
It Was Today: New Poems
Norah Labiner's 'Miniatures'
Echo and Twang: Classic Guitar Music of the '50s
Paul Auster: 'Why Write?'
'Jonah Sees Ghosts'
'Southern Music/American Music'
Jordan Ellenberg's 'The Grasshopper King'
Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital
The Ice Cream Headache and Other Stories
A Phat Death (or, the Last Days of Noir Soul)
Singular Pleasures
The Women of Country Music: A Reader
Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me
Acts of Love on Indigo Road
Carolyn Forche's 'Blue Hour'
Eight Miles High: Folk Rock's Flight...
Bingo Under the Crucifix
Firewater: a Green Novel
Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music
'A Handmade Museum'
Stand Up Ernie Baxter, You're Dead
Elaine Equi's 'The Cloud of Knowable Things'
H. Baum's 'Oscar Caliber Gun'
Genetic Tales
The Lakestown Rebellion
When the Messenger is Hot
T. Cooper's 'Some of the Parts'
The Weeping Buddha
Clarence Major's 'Waiting for Sweet Betty'
Marvin Gaye, My Brother
Adam Klein's 'Tiny Ladies'
The Yardbirds: The band that launched Eric Clapton...
Tell Me: Thirty Stories
Blondie, From Punk to the Present...
How to Manage Your DICK
George Pelecanos's 'Soul Circus'
Digital Home Recording...
'Get Your War On'
Journey Through the Past...
In the Hand of Dante
Poetry Lover
Beauty is Convulsive: the Passion of Frida Kahlo
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Underpants: A Play by Carl Sternheim
Blue Melody: Tim Buckley Remembered
Carol Guess's 'Gaslight'
Ellen Cooney's 'The While Palazzo'
Irvine Welsh's 'Porno'
Rock and Roll Doctor
All Music Guide to Jazz -- 4th Edition
Douglas Rushkoff's 'Exit Strategy'
Ground Works: Avant-Garde For Thee
Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers...
Making Money Making Music: The Musician's Guide to Cover Gigs
Daniel Pool's 'Christmas in New York'
The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting
Interview with Camden Joy
No Static: A Guide To Creative Radio Programming
Matthew Stokoe's 'High Life'
Flann O'Brien: 'Dalkey Archive' / 'Further Cuttings...'
The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B
Turn! Turn! Turn!: the '60s Folk-Rock Revolution
Franci McMahon's 'Night Mare: A Mystery'
Rick Moody's 'The Black Veil'
Frederick Barthelme's 'The Law of Averages'
The Secret Artist: A Close Reading of Freud
The Civil Disobedience Handbook
Sent by Earth : A Message from the Grandmother Spirit...
Succeeding In Music: A Business Handbook...
Alan Dugan's 'Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry'
Ken Knudtsen interview
Make Music Now! Putting Your Studio Together...
T. Cole Rachel interview
God's Last Offer: Negotiating for a Sustainable Future
Kate Braverman's 'The Incantation of Frida K'
Chantal Chawaf's 'Redemption'
The Tower of Babel: Jack Spicer's Detective Novel
Children of the Blues
Julio Cortazar's 'Hopscotch'
Jacqueline Rissett's The Translation Begins
Terrorism: Theirs & Ours, etc.
Ceci n'est pas Keith, Ceci n'est pas Rosmarie
Many Glove Compartments/Out Of Bounds
Live Sound Manual: Getting Great Sound at Every Gig
Noam Chomsky's '9-11'
Fifty Years of the Gibson Les Paul: A Half-Century of a Guitar Icon
An interview with author Brian Gage
Romancer Erector: Novella and Stories
The Grand Hotels (of Joseph Cornell)
Castaways of the Image Planet...
The Gary Snyder Reader
Algerian White
Reggae and Caribbean Music...
Tennessee Music: Its People and Places
Poets on the Peaks
Why Did I Ever
Bill Evans: Everything Happens to Me -- A Musical Biography
David Markson's 'This Is Not a Novel'
Nonconformity: Writing On Writing
Lucius Shepard's 'Valentine'
Gary Snyder's 'Mountains and Rivers Without End'
Steve Aylett's 'Crime Studio'
Pat Cadigan's 'Synners'
Gary Snyder's 'A Place in Space'
The Comics Journal Special Ed., Vol. I
Joe Sacco's 'Palestine'
The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 15
Blab Vol. 12
Karen Tei Yamashita's "Circle K Cycles"
Laird Hunt's "The Impossibly"
Eleni Sikelianos' "Earliest Worlds"
Another City: Writing from Los Angeles
Carlo Lucarelli's "Almost Blue"
Jean-Michel Mension's "The Tribe"
John Wilson's "Ink on Paper"
Andersen & Jenkins' Dance of Days...
A. D. Nauman's "Scorch"
Ron English's "Popaganda"
Why Things Burn
Last Trout in Venice
Travelers' Tales: Cuba
The Fire Never Dies
The Royal Road to Romance
Kite Strings of the Southern Cross
Beerspit Night and Cursing...
On the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone
Mad Dogs of Trieste
The Butcher's Apron
Radhika Jha's Smell
A Poulin Jr's Selected Poems
Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu
Depending on the Light
Escape From Houdini Mountain
Holding Our Own: Selected Poems of Ann Stanford
I Married An Earthling
Kate Kennedy's End Over End
On Poetry & Craft: Selected Prose
Only Bread, Only Light
Rancho Notorious
Red Wine Moan
Sara Gran's Saturn's Return to NY
Smoke
Stona Fitch's Senseless
The Silk Dragon
Walking Light...
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Head of Femur, Hockey Night
John McMurtery, flute and Ashlee Mack, piano
Celebrating Milton Babbitt: Works and Process at the Guggenheim
Ensemble Anura, Greg Giannascoli
Decemberists
The Ponys, French Toast, Kahoots
Boston Symphony Orchestra 3/26/05
Pop Montreal 2004
Morrissey
The Decemberists, Lou Barlow, Norfolk & Western
Siren Music Festival 2004
Múm
MUTEK 2004
NXNE 2004
Enon
Promises Kept -- Steve Kuhn with Strings
Liars, etc.
Blonde Redhead
Kraftwerk
Mates of State, etc.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
King Diamond
CMJ Music Marathon 2003
Broken Social Scene
The User
POP Montreal 2003
Lungfish
Themselves, Black Dice and Wolf Eyes
Quasi, Hella
Furnace Fest 2003
Steven Lantner and Joe Morris
Mars Volta, Saul Williams, Rye Coalition
Comets on Fire, Plastic Crimewave, etc.
Lyres, Mr. Airplane Man, Coffin Lids, Bamboo Kids
Delgados, Aereogramme
Party of Helicopters, Apes, Eternals, Watchers
Steven Lantner Trio
Cex, The Postal Service
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Hot Hot Heat, French Kicks, Spouse
Deep Elm's "Too Young To Die" tour
Cursive, Engine Down, Minus the Bear
Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2003
Appleseed Cast, Paper Chase
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Sonic Youth
Elektra, Volume 4 (weekend two)
Aimee Mann
Elektra, Volume 4 (weekend one)
CMJ 2002
Jello Biafra
Pop Montreal
Isis, Oxes, Dalek, Pelican
Pere Ubu w/ 90 Day Men
Thrill Jockey 10th Anniversary NYC concerts
The Styrenes
Furnace Fest 2002
Roskilde Festival 2002
Michael Nace and the Voyage Out
Drunk Horse, The Cherry Valence, The Fucking Champs
Carolyn Mark, Danielle Howle, Kelly Hogan
OXBOW
Palomar
All Tomorrow's Parties 2002
Mark Eitzel
The Dishes
The Pop Music Studies Conference
Giant Sand
Clem Snide, Dear John Letters
MichiganFest 2002
Millencolin
David Kilgour
Volta do Mar, Woke Up Falling
The Prom, Desaparecidos
Idaho
Minus the Bear, etc.
Robert Earl Keen
Sleater-Kinney
Future Of Music Coalition Summit
Lovage
Stars, Light Heavyweight, Mines
Slobberbone
Jon Auer, Centro-Matic
Mercury Rev
The New Pornographers
Les Savy Fav
Superchunk
Pinback (with Boilermaker)
Diafana Krina, Closer
Circulatory System
Flaming Stars with Jesse Malin
Spiritualized
REM
Ivy
Death Cab For Cutie and Shiner
Alkaline Trio, Hot Water Music, Sean Na Na
Arling & Cameron, Family of God
ATDI, Murder City Devils, Bluetip & !!!
Bebel Gilberto
CMJ 2001
Daniel Johnston
Dead Moon
Elliott Smith
Euphone, Sunny Day Real Estate
Floggin Molly
Fugazi
Guided by Voices, Frisbie, Weakerthans
Indigo Girls
Low, Danielson Famile
Magnetic Fields
Man...or Astroman?, etc.
Mogwai
Momus, Kahimi Karie and Toog
Money Mark
New Wet Kojak with Do Make Say Think
Noise Pop Chicago 2000
Pedro the Lion, Damien Jurado
Pere Ubu
Plastics Hi-Fi, Bright Eyes, Grandaddy
Primal Scream
Radiohead!
Red House Painters
Rovo
Scanner, etc.
Sean Na Na, The Rondelles, etc.
Shannon Wright and Waxwings
Sigur Ros
Sleater Kinney, The Gossip and Slow
Sloan
Sunny Day Real Estate with No Knife
Teenbeat Records 15th Anniversary Showcase
The 2000 FIMAV Festival
The Apples in Stereo and Superchunk
The Clientele
The Donnas, Bratmobile, Mooney Suzuki
The Get Up Kids, etc.
The Get Up Kids, Weezer
The Gossip
The Melvins
The Promise Ring
The Rapture
The Soft Boys, John Wesley Harding
The Strokes
The The
Tortoise (playing as Wššd CŸlt)
Turing Machine and the Dismemberment Plan
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