I wasn't planning on posting this week (I'm currently parked in front of a stranger's house, logging into their internet) but this news it too exciting to pass up:

I won the Rolling Stone contest! I've got a 3 month gig there this summer! Wooo!

-Mordy

Fact is, I'm going away to Orlando at the end of the week, so the standard project is taking a slight break. There might be one or two more project posts this week, but the truth is that my focus is on finishing work that needs to be done... and getting ready for the trip. Some more articles:

Good Charlotte Review:
Second single "Keep Your Hands Off ( Read more... )

For the sake of easy compilation (at some unforeseen date in the future):

Bright Eyes: Second Verse, Same as the First
If Modern Times was a reminder that the greatest songwriters grow as artists, then Bright Eye's latest EP Four Winds is a reminder that not everyone is Bob Dylan. "Reinvent the Wheel" finds Oberst singing: "You'll never come back now ( Read more... )

Wrote my first comic book review ever. Since I'm not used to this kind of writing (where you need to discuss narrative and the art with equal deliberation) I didn't field it out yet and instead published it on #comic-scans. The next one I wrote (on X-Factor) I fielded to Popmatters.com. So we'll see how that goes. If they don't want it, I'm pretty ( Read more... )

Between a dozen articles due, editing responsibilities, and classwork, I think I may have actually burnt myself out on writing this week. Every word I write, I feel like I've seen and written that word before. Recently. That can't be good. None of it seems fresh. I need some new verbs, some new nouns. I need a new bloody set of pronouns to work ( Read more... )

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Last week the Village Voice printed my review of the Reel Big Fish / Zolof the Rock N Roll Destroyer album, Duet All Night Long:
Since no one is paying attention, Duet has the freedom to experiment, such as on a version of Fishbone's "Lyin' Ass Bitch." What does it feel like when a ska band covers a ska band? Like staring into parallel funhouse ( Read more... )

I went with my heart and choose Villanova to go (almost) all the way. Truthfully, a moment of self-control took over and I picked Georgetown over Villanova. Though my heart ached - because I'm a 3rd generation Philadelphia (Ukranian Jewish immigrants tended to accumulate in Philadelphia as opposed to the Polish/German immigrants in New York) and my ( Read more... )

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Well, I turn off my computer for 24 hours because of the Sabbath and my comments go to hell. For awhile, I've wanted to follow in a number of respected blogs, and refused to delete posts. But I don't see how tolerating conspiracy theorists and religious nuts are going to improve the quality of a music blog ( Read more... )