On the day I was born, Michael Jackson’s industry-shattering “Billie Jean” was riding its 7-week dominance of the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles Chart (it would be deposed on April 16 by Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ “Come on Eileen”, which in turn would give way to Jackson’s “Beat It” the following week). Our […]

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Bizzy days and bizzy times around the old Cous Casa. There’s a new member of our family named Olyve Oil — she weighs about 6 pounds and is a chihuahua.
I’ve also been listening to a lot of WFMU’s non-talk format programming, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s great! So a lot of tracks on this […]

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As I write this, I’m 30,000 feet about California watching Tom Goes to the Mayor and seriously creeping out the woman next to me. Oh boy. So it’s been a fortnight since I last posted. And that last post was just a bunch of shameless self-promotion. So yeah, I’ve been busy. But the big news […]

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Hey folks. Just wanting to draw your attention to a little magazine called Venus—I wrote a story called “Pop or Pose: Indie Rock’s Embrace of Top 40″ in the current issue (it’s got a very early-’90s image of Latin crossover sensation Ximena Sariñana on the cover). The article is part of Venus‘ “State of the […]

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“All you know about me is what I’ve sold you,
Dumb f***.
I sold out long before you ever even heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,
Dips***,
and then you bought one.
I’ve got some advice for you, little buddy.
Before you point your finger you should know that I’m the man.
If I’m the f****n’ man then […]

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A friend recently told me she doesn’t believe in guilty pleasures, and I’d have to agree with that. No need for any more guilt to rest on one’s shoulders—just like what you like and don’t apologize for it.
Except when it’s this cheesy. OK, so this mix should probably just be called “Songs I like but […]

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