A Tip of the Trilby
Some people blame John F. Kennedy’s wind-blown locks. Others blame the narrow space between the tops of post-World War II cars and their occupants’ heads. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that the old-school men’s hat has gone the way of sock suspenders and spats, a...
Our Martians: 100 people picked to go on a one-way trip to Mars are already a little alien
I stood in the below-zero wind, my dog circling — quickly — to find the right spot. High above the blue glow of moon on snow, far Jupiter shone. It went crisply about its business of marching at barely perceptible speed, of turning its eye upon us. Someone trundled by...
CD Shorts: Brothers Born, Knife Wounds
Brothers Born Knife Wounds (Nine Mile) Brothers Born is the new, Easthampton-based project of Joel Stroetzel of Killswitch Engage and Michael Wyzik, who’s been part of Red Door Exchange and Storm The Ohio. It’s worth noting up front that Brothers Born sounds pretty...
CD Shorts: Of Montreal, “Aureate Gloom”
Of Montreal Aureate Gloom (Polyvinyl) Of Montreal — which is not a band from Montreal, but from Athens, Georgia — taps into a distinctive, if monolithic aesthetic on its 13th album. Determining whether that stylistic unity is evidence of imaginitive shortcomings or of...E-Edition
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