The quote that is tonight’s title is normally attributed to Elvis Costello (although it is typically followed by a parenthesized note giving possible credit to Frank Zappa). The lack of certainty on this point seems ironic in its own right. But when you’ve got your headphones on and you sit down with the sole purpose of writing about the music that injects itself into your ear, this phrase becomes the bitter pill that you must swallow before proceeding to fill the page with similes that liken music to a …

She’s a beauty.

Found on/blatantly stolen from my friend Leigh’s site, the description says it all: “taken of the television.”

The Black Panther Logo by Ruth Howard and Dorothy Zellner.
“Alabama was notorious for using the so-called “literacy test” to deny Blacks the right to vote. In truth, the state’s “education system” was so abysmal that many Blacks and poor whites were illiterate or semi-literate. But the white power structure made sure that illiterate whites were allowed to register and vote regardless.
Because so many illiterate whites were unable to read the names of the political parties or candidates on the ballot, Alabama law allowed each party to have a picture symbol, …

“Today we give birth to a new violent conception of life and history, which exalts the battle against … the toadies of false power, slaves to the global market. You wanted just a red carpet; we want a city entirely in vermilion…”
– Excerpts from the statement made by the Neo Futurist group Azionefuturista after they threw a bucket of dye into the Trevi Fountain on Friday colouring the water red.
“We will fight with all our might the fanatical, senseless and snobbish religion of the past, a religion encouraged by the …

Outside our local theatre tonight: a moody noire-like coming soon poster with a war-era Chinese tinge to it and actors Tony Leung and Wei Tang eyeing each other coyly from across the frame. All of which immediately made me think, “Right on, a new Wong Kar Wai flick.” But it turns out that it is in fact for Ang Lee’s film Lust, Caution.
I am certainly not the first person to have made the WKW connection. Beth Accomando over at KPBS matched up the two images above and writes in her …

Wow. Today’s post at daily dose of imagery bares an incredibly uncanny resemblance to Jeroen Witvliet’s Structures series!

Glen E. Friedman got his start in photography shooting images of the legendary Z-boys skating backyard pools. From there he would go on to take some of the most definitive portraits of early hip hop and hardcore punk pioneers including the Beastie Boys, RunDMC and Black Flag and as a result is considered to be one of the most important photographers of his generation.
Just released this past month, Friedman’s new book, Keep Your Eyes Open, chronicles his pictorial relationship with the band Fugazi, possibly one of the most important …

Life has been somewhat chaotic as of late with the wife in Uganda and myself hitting the ground running at a new job. Meanwhile, the mp3′s have been piling up in my inBox like a February snowdrift. So it is time to do a little cleaning house. Which is easy when the music is as it is: all over the spectrum and all bloody good. Perfect for a Friday post.
Robber’s On High Street: Crown Victoria
These guys immediately reminded me of Spoon, which is never a bad thing. Just good rock …