I received an email request for my Arcade Fire article from 2007, so being in an obliging mood, I’ve added it to the archives. It’s always hard to judge the reaction to your own work, but I think this may be one of the most-remembered pieces of writing I’ve ever done, principally because of the […]
posted 5 March 2009 in Archives, Articles. no comments yet
When The Andy Warhol Diaries was published, I gathered from reviews that the book was just the vacuous ramblings of a star-fucker. But twenty years late to the party, I’ve been reading it, and it’s hugely, constantly entertaining. You don’t get much sense of Warhol’s artistic process from it, true. Instead, you get top-notch dish […]
posted 2 March 2009 in Excerpts. 2 comments
I don’t write about my personal life very often on this here bloggish thing, but I’m making an exception this time: my wife and I just had our second son. He’s named Dashiell, and he already rocks the house. For all the obvious reasons, posting here may be erratic for the next month or so.
posted 18 February 2009 in Self-reflexive. no comments yet
If you’re new to the flipwalks, you can catch up here. A detail from this week’s walk: I didn’t tweak the color digitally–it was really that orange. For the whole image, plus the story of how I got there, click here.
posted 13 February 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
If you’re new to the countdown: I’m plowing my way through actual videotapes of MTV’s year-end countdown broadcast on 12/31/1988. If you want to catch up from the beginning, you should probably start here. On a plate, there’s a piece of white bread in the shape of an M. It’s soon covered with a dollop […]
posted 11 February 2009 in 1988. no comments yet
Taken recently, around the corner from my home.
posted 6 February 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
(New to the countdown? Catch up here.) We open with a hand pressed against a television set: somebody’s jacking into the matrix, or maybe getting in touch with poltergeists. Unfortunately, the world we’re entering is a Kenny Loggins video shoot, and we’re immediately assaulted by an elite squadron of pulsing synthesizers. Kenny Loggins was one […]
posted 5 February 2009 in 1988. 5 comments
I deeply regret that Springsteen did not conclude his Super Bowl performance by playing a verse of “Outlaw Pete” (the first song on his new album, Working on a Dream) and then segueing into a barn-burning cover of Kiss’s “I Was Made for Loving You” (which hit #11 in 1979). If you’ve missed it, the […]
posted 2 February 2009 in Tasty Bits. no comments yet
This picture was taken a few days ago, while walking the dog around the block.
posted 30 January 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
(New to the countdown? Catch up here.) I’m not a big fan of austerity in pop music: if I’m turning on a top-40 station, I want it to be shiny and glittery and loud. So I never cared much for Tracy Chapman back in 1988, when her debut album topped the charts (in the week […]
posted 29 January 2009 in 1988. 4 comments
