Monthly Archives: June 2009

Friday Fix: The Metal Years: !T.O.O.H.!, Trap Them, Intestine Baalism

As a result of my recent trip to Maryland Deathfest, I’ve been listening to mostly metal, with an occasional break to research the next topic of Andrew and Liz Discuss the Hits.  Below are a few songs that have excited me recently. !T.O.O.H.! (that stands for Total Obliteration of Humanity, naturally) was an experimental grind band from [...]
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Uncle Bob: Seger and the Uncanny

At a karaoke bar in Southern California a man in his early 20s took to the stage and the music started. I recognized it from the first note the way you recognize that certain distant relative in public. You know, the one that’s mostly drunk, entirely Republican, and wears camouflage to do his shopping. You [...]
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A little uptight? Jonathan will do you right!

Back when I was living in Washington, DC, some of my best friends and I used to carouse in the streets of the Columbia Heights district after the bars closed, half-dancing, half-skipping, and full-throat singing “I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar” by Jonathan Richman. There were times when we were actually dancing in an [...]
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Friday Fix: Tallest Man on Earth, John Vanderslice, Grizzly Bear, Evangelicals

The Post-Rockist’s weekly Friday Fix tries to provide you, dear reader/listener/music lover, with a few great tracks we’ve recently loved, in the hopes to turn you on to some great new music. In order to get away with giving you tracks for free, we attempt to wrap these short 3-4 song samplings around a theme. [...]
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Andrew and Liz Discuss the Hits, Episode 3: “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga

Andrew and Liz are back to discuss the shit out of today’s hits. This week, Andrew and Liz take on Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” This episode includes nearly 2 minutes of exellent scholarly material on “love glue guns.” Download it or listen here: Andrew and Liz Discuss the Hits, Episode 3: “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga [...]
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Epilepsy is Dancing

There was this fascinating story on NPR a few weeks ago about epilepsy and its role in spiritual visions. The basic premise is that when people believe to be experiencing an encounter with the divine — burning bush, chorus of angels, a spectral image of the Virgin Mary — it may be a result of [...]
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Friday Fix: Saint Louis Showcase

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