Why the hate, Bill?
Bill: This is Bill.
Ariel: Hi Bill, this is Ariel from Stereophile magazine. How are you?
B: Why are you calling?
LATEST ADDITIONS
Afghan Whigs
<B><I>Unbreakable<br>
(A Retrospective 1990-2006)</I></B><br>
Elektra/Rhino
Pageant of the Transmundane
Now that we're perched upon the precipice of the <I>Simpson Movie</I> opening—at least a decade too late—I, by chance, I caught the Hullabalooza episode with the Smashing Pumpkins this week, the one where Homer becomes part of the "pageant of the transmundane," by being shot in the stomach with a cannonball.
Bagheera Discovers Fresh Catnip
"You can just buy this at the Coop—and you've never done it before? <I>What were you thinking?</I>"
Huckleberry Helps
Huck knows exactly what the enterprising freelancer needs: A feline muse, who alternately attacks the keyboard and scrutinizes the monitor.
Backward Causality
We report, you decide.
Mmmmmm, Bacon Salt
Because everything should taste like bacon.
Who Says Jazz Isn't Commercial?
The ad team at Dolce & Gabbana seems to think it can be. Would Charles Mingus’ “Moanin’” become a best-seller if more people knew it sounded so cool—or if the millions who watched <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMWofLZ6gH8">this TV commercial</A> knew that’s what they were hearing? Could it be that jazz just needs shrewder marketing? (The whole song can be heard on Mingus’ great 1959 album, <I>Blues & Roots</I>.)
Mee-Yow!
Alexis Petridis reviews Paris Hilton's debut record. "She sings like a woman who has heard of something called singing, can't be sure of exactly what it might entail, but is fairly certain you do something a bit like this."