Live: Sheezer at The Garrison
Posted by Simon in Concerts, Music on 31. Oct, 2010 | 2 Comments
Fun. Really, really fun. There isn’t much more to be said about Sheezer’s gig at the Garrison this past Friday. I mean, come on — an all-female Weezer cover band? GENIUS. I couldn’t believe I or seemingly anyone else hadn’t thought of the idea before. When I first read about the band my mind exploded [...]
Weezer to further alienate fans by giving them exactly what they want
Posted by Simon in Music on 22. Aug, 2010 | 4 Comments
Sigh. Break ups can be so confusing. You know, I told myself I would never post about Weezer ever again after my last rant. Writing about them meant I cared; and I was done complaining about Rivers Cuomo and his merry band of solipsistic slackers. I wasn’t going to let them get to me. When [...]
The Morning Dump: irony, Do Rappers Read The Walrus?, ew Cthulhus, Did Warren Beatty bed Woody Allen?
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 08. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
Don’t snark at me for posting a link from Pitchfork. I’m not the one who goes on there to gather a list of cool bands to check out (or, more likely, name drop). I read the writing. The writing is good. For example, Nitsuh Abebe‘s Why We Fight column, which discusses the finer points of [...]
Sady Doyle Shares Her Rivers Cuomo Intervention
Posted by Simon in Music, Pop Culture on 27. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
Sady Doyle has posted a 5,000 word plus essay on Weezer over at the Awl that is essential reading for a) Weezer fans b) Anyone who likes reading about pop-culture c) Fans of the Awl’s sex offender week. So basically, I think that covers everyone in the world. Brilliant writing. Here is an excerpt. “…at [...]
Eating the Dinosaur, if by dinosaur you mean journalism
Posted by Simon in media, Pop Culture on 06. Dec, 2009 | 3 Comments
Chuck Klosterman has carved a unique niche in journalism with his naval-gazing-Gonzo style of media criticism; punctuating his idiosyncratic observational wit with self-deprecating personal anecdotes. Moreover, the former SPIN senior writer is a contrarian pop-culture consumer who enjoys Weezer (even the new stuff), NBA basketball, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, time travel and Animal Collective. [...]
