We’ll Always Have Pedro…
Sean MurphyYes, that hurt. I mean, I shelled out the necessary cabbage to get the MLB ticket so I could catch as many Red Sox games as I desired. How could I…
Preparing for the High Holidays with Pitom
This is pretty cool. Pitom, a band I've raved about at length here and here, has released a new single (and video) in honor of Yom Kippur. The song…
Hicks Keeps it Real
ON THIS DAY On Sept. 27, 1964, the Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Ranking R.E.M.
Out of respect for the post-Bill Berry content, we won't need to damn the last five efforts with faint praise. Instead, I'll settle on the Top 10, which happen to…
R.E.M.: The Greatest American Band. Ever.
Almost exactly three years ago I tried to settle a question many people had asked me (and that I had asked myself): what is the all-time great American band? The…
Trey Spruance, Super Genius
I used to believe it was one of the minor musical tragedies of the last quarter-century that the great Mr. Bungle could not keep it together. Three spectacular albums (each…
September 18, 1970: God is (still) Not Dead
We lost three big J's, all in just about a year (Janis, Jimi and Jim Morrison). Debates could --and should-- rage about how much Janis and Jim could --and would--…
The Catholic Church is (still) Decadent and Depraved
Follow the money. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. These are the two oft-invoked quotes I kept thinking to myself as I read Sabrina Rubin Erdley's piece, "The…
When the Cows Come Marching In…
This is heartwarming and makes me feel very conflicted about the hamburger I had for lunch. Happy Friday! Story here.
September 15, 1963 (Revisited)
On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the…