“I have witnessed a Fuck U Pay Us show, and I have not been able to stop thinking about it ever since. Black people shouting because…there is no other volume […]
Friday Links: How Music Works Edition
“A host of factors contribute to making the experience of live music a far from objective phenomenon.” – David Byrne, ‘How Music Works’ Don’t usually title the whole column with […]
A Permanent State Of Rebellion
“[the band Death] created their own mythology and their own rules, rebelling against what the world (and the neighborhood) told them was acceptable for a band of Black men to […]
Friday Links: Yeah Let’s Read Bernadette Mayer Again This Year Edition
“Snow describes a pattern on a series of roofs, there’s no one around. // Lewis comes in. Marie says we’ve got to have Talking Heads dance music.” – Bernadette Mayer, […]
Friday Links: On A Long Enough Timeline, You Still Have To Get Out Of Bed In The Morning Edition
“come by— / the song is yours / if you want it— // this piano sitting by the / side of the road, playing / dead music in the breeze.” […]
Friday Links: God Help Us, The Moon Happened To Us
“My least favorite part of the day is from 2:34 to 4:56 in the afternoon.” – Percival Everett, ‘Dr. No’ If you were able to, I hope you took some […]
Friday Links: Living With Kidnappings Edition
“News of a kidnapping, no matter how painful, is not as irremediable as news of a murder…” – Gabriel García Márquez, ‘News Of A Kidnapping’ Like said on Wednesday, we […]
Friday Links: The Weirdest Guys Edition
“Men have two fears / The first is crashing your hang glider / Into the center of the ocean at 1 am / And having to swim around naked for […]
6 Things You Learn Fighting ICE
“Men go through life telling themselves a moment must come when they will show what they’re made of. And the moment comes, and they do show. And they spend the […]
Friday Links: What Do You Do With The Knowledge Of Monsters Edition
“For him, god was another gun to aim.” – Teo Shannon, “Pecha Kucha: After Packing My Father’s Room” We are barreling toward the end of Behind With Knife! Part four […]