July/August 2009

 

Guest Editorials:

I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
by Hanna

On Memories And Michael Jackson
by Megashaun

talented ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999

Staff Picks:

Top Ten Questions Everyone SHOULD Be Asking About Michael Jackson
by Brenna Chase

Great Expirations: Top Five Deaths Under Suspicious (Or Nefarious) Circumstances
by Emily C.

Top Five Desert Island Discs: DVDs
by Christian Lipski

Klonopin, Damn You to Hell: Top Five Psychotropic Medications to Add to Tap Water
by Emily C.

Popcast:

One Crazy Summer With Garbo’s Daughter
by Kristin Messina, Mandy Mullins, and Jaime Sparrowhawk

Q&A:

She’s (Not) Just A Woman: Q&A With Clementine, Drummer Extraordinaire
by Jennifer L. Sharpe

Doin’ Alright With The Boys: Q&A With Comic Creator Darick Robertson
by Christian Lipski

disco pigs beach
Disco Pigs, 2001
Screencap from The CillianSite

Features:

Turn On The Video: Cheap Trick On YouTube
by Less Lee Moore

A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing: Mismatched Album Art
idea by Matt Keeley, with contributions by. . .

Great Album, Bad Art: The Cars, Candy-O
by Ayan Farah

Underappreciated Album: Queen, Sheer Heart Attack
by Christian Lipski

The Reproductive Olympics: How Television Guilts Women Into Motherhood
by Emily C.

Still Tuning In After All These Years: Why I Love Radio
by Jesse Roth

The Decline of Disney
by Maureen

Back To The Future II vs. The Real Future
by Laura L.

Don’t Touch That Dial: TV That Shaped My Musical Tastes
by Jesse Roth

Soundtrack For The Perfect Girl
by Jim R. Clark

The Connection Between Entrenching Tools and Groats: The Firesign Theatre’s Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers
by Matt Keeley

XTC: The Never Ending Obituary
by John Lane

brideshead revisited
Brideshead Revisited, 1981

Reviews:

Foetus, Limb

Cheap Trick, The Latest
by Less Lee Moore

Jarvis Cocker, Further Complications
by Ann Clarke

Tinted Windows, S/T
by Less Lee Moore and Noreen Sobczyk

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, Here And Now
by Less Lee Moore

Patrick Wolf, The Bachelor
by Ann Clarke

One Sweaty Show: Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Grand Ole Party
by J Howell

Pink Martini For A Blue Girl
by Chelsea Spear

Blowfly For Motherfunkin’ President!
by Ann Clarke

Don’t Fall Into The Pit: Parks and Recreation
by Lisa Anderson

Waxing Nostalgic:

Me Unchained: Beat Happening, The US Navy, And Me
by Emily C.

Pop Culture Holy Grail:

Flying Lizards, Fourth Wall
by Matt Keeley