At some point in the last week or two, I stocked my Amazon cart with six of the Continuum 33 1/3 series of books on legendary rock albums (Unknown Pleasures, Low, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Pet Sounds, Exile on Main St., and Sign O’ the Times). Late to the game, I know. Well, [...]

“An approximate and complicated visualization of an idea invariably precedes the industrial discovery which alone can open the way to its practical use” — Andre Bazin
Comments by esteemed colleagues Wes and Kevin on a recent post of mine have spurred me to offer some specific thoughts of my own on Rob Horning’s recent PopMatters article [...]

I’m going to morph into Large-Hearted Boy for a second, if only to direct attention toward two articles I happened upon yesterday and today:
Chuck Klosterman, of Fargo Rock City and Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs note, has been submitting periodic columns to espn.com’s Page2 section, and his sports writing has proven to be as incisive [...]