Eugene Weekly

The world is flat, right, we all know that. The world is also very small. The latest example of that is this: I have a good friend in Brooklyn who has a pretty expert grasp on my taste in, well, most things, or at the very least books, movies and music. Continue reading →

I’m sorry. I just had to create sympathizers. See, I watched this video the other week, and it got stuck in my head. Really stuck. Then I went to see Enchanted on New Year’s Eve, and the song got really, REALLY stuck in my head. I just finished my review of the film (it’s charming and sweet but still suffers from some Disneyesque flaws), and I wasn’t kidding when I wrote that I go to bed with the damn song in my head and I wake up with it still there. I can’t. Get it. Out. Continue reading →

Da Capo Press’s Best Music Writing 2007* just arrived — I mean seriously just arrived — in my inbox. This is one of my favorite book-arrival moments of the year: the quick perusal, the head-shaking, the nodding, the wondering why I haven’t gotten around to reading last year’s edition yet. This year, I think, I will read it. I will read it soon. Continue reading →