There’s no better way to establish a mythic rock presence than to resist public appearance while continuing to issue uncompromising, obtuse, and often brilliant music. That’s been the case with the Silver Jews’ David Berman for the past decade and a half, and it was great to witness a manifestation of the devotion he’s accumulated [...]

The songs I’m posting today provide decent insight into my complicated personal romantic history. Prior to my current relationship, which sounds like this, love songs were excuses to revisit past experiences and sensations, which were generally marked by just-missed opportunities, outright exaltation, and retroactively resonant moments of nervous chatter. Here are a few of the [...]

I’m embarking on an excursion Saturday night that I haven’t often (ever?) needed to. Along with my long-suffering girlfriend and fellow Hoosiers Dodge (from MOKB) and MJ, I’m going to attempt to procure tickets to the sold out Andrew Bird concert at Bloomington’s lovely Buskirk-Chumley Theatre. The four of us, despite blindingly close proximity [...]

I’ll once again morph into parallel-universe Largehearted Boy, so I can get the 7,000 things done I need to before the fit hits the shan on Monday.
Move over, Langston Hughes. Here comes David Farrar.
Like a hammer hits a canteloupe, he is the Anti-Pope.
This is the funniest piece of writing I’ve read in a long, [...]

For a few eagerly anticipated days of rest and relaxation with my girlfriend, who I haven’t been able to see nearly often enough lately. And away from the laptop, about which I feel the exact opposite. Chicago’s the place, which brings up a lingering issue. I’ve received more e-mails about one particular song than any [...]