Author Archives: Amy

Amy’s 2009 Year-end Best-of: THE MIX CD

By Amy | Published: December 28, 2009
2009: THE (Ultimate) MIX CD OR: 2008 was a clunker, but 2009 was all cash Follow the link at the end of the post to download the mix CD as a .zip file. If you’ve been a regular reader of the Post-Rockist’s best-of lists for the past two years, you know the drill by now: [...]
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R.I.P. Les Paul

By Amy | Published: August 13, 2009
The Wizard of Waukesha, Les Paul, is dead at 94. Without this man, rock & roll as we know it probably wouldn’t exist. It’s tempting to say that about a lot of music legends, but the man who pioneered both the solid-body guitar and multi-track recording has a pretty convincing claim to the title. Here [...]
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Enjoying Baby Teeth’s Hustle Beach, in three easy steps!

By Amy | Published: July 16, 2009
Baby Teeth – “Big Schools” (buy) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] You procure (legally!) a copy of Hustle Beach, the new album from Chicago pop-rockers Baby Teeth. Congratulations! You’re ready for an American musical adventure of an exceptional caliber. We hope you’ve brought an enterprising can-do spirit and a positive attitude. If you [...]
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Chuck Klosterman’s Thoughts on Michael Jackson’s Death

By Amy | Published: June 26, 2009
[Editor's Note: Post-Rockist writer Amy attended a book reading by Chuck Klosterman yesterday evening, just hours after the passing of Michael Jackson. Klosterman is a former senior editor at Spin Magazine as well as the author of many books, including Killing Yourself to Live , a travel narrative detailing visits to locations where famous rock [...]
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The Department of Forgotten Songs

By Amy | Published: February 24, 2009
There are few times in my life when being a little careless works out for the best, let alone for the rapturous and revelatory. But last week – on a rainy but refreshing afternoon – it did. Let me set the scene.
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Friday Fix: THE DIRTY MIL

By Amy | Published: February 5, 2009
What can I say, friends? It’s Thursday night, the end of a long, weary week, and I’m writing to you from the top of one of Milwaukee‘s highest hills, looking out at a freezing, glittering town, drinking a glass of wine and fighting the accumulated fatigue of one more battering day. I just left the [...]
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Post-Rockist Picks of 2008: Amy

By Amy | Published: December 28, 2008
2008: BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR: THE MIX CD Friends: the gig is up. Last year I put together a mix CD for you, dear readers, as a highly self-conscious and tongue-in-cheek exercise in revisiting the year, made relevant only by merit of my return to the world of indie rock after a long, wandering absence. [...]
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