Mar 01 2009
A while back I resolved to do no more link blogging, thinking that–even if it meant only one “real” post a week–it’d be better to not pepper my blog with commentary on random things on the ‘net that likely many, many other folks have noted long before I. However, in this case, I’ll break that …
Mar 01 2009
Well, for the second of my “Rock of (Bygone) Ages” posts, I decided to switch gears as much as possible–so, here goes: The Spice Girls at Blockbuster Pavilion ’98. I don’t know that I really liked The Spice Girls; I think I was, though, fascinated by The Spice Girls. For one thing, they were in …
Feb 27 2009
He died yesterday, it was reported, after having a heart attack. He was, I believe, 53. I’m not sure how well known the band Pylon was outside of the Southeast in the 80s, but I remember having to order a cassette (!) of their record, Gyrate, from the local “Record Bar” after seeing the documentary …
Feb 24 2009
I was rooting around today in the storage cabinets in my studio, looking for a good place to stash (or stuff) the bundled mess of receipts and invoices that pass for my 2008 tax records, and I discovered a long-forgotten envelope of old concert tickets. I’d forgotten I still had these, and they’re an odd …
Feb 23 2009
Mixed in with my usual mail from last week (bills, incessant missives from local political crackpot Virginia Foxx, etc.) was the new children’s cartooning how-to book, Adventures in Cartooning. The book’s published by First Second and, as the cover’s “The Center for Cartoon Studies Presents” notes, was put together by three CCS folks: James Sturm, …
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