Tag Archives: Beck

“C-to-the-O-to-the-O-to-the-L-to-the-I-to-the-N” © James Todd Smith

Circumstances beyond my control — but which have much to do with my bank account — have been filling my days with a lot of stress lately. Relaxation and enjoyment of personal time have been at an all-time minimum. Even the fire alarms in my apartment building, which went off last night well […]

They’re Just Pretending to Be Fashionable

As much as I may enjoy a night on the town one of my pet peeves has always been nightspots that enforce a dress-code at the door. As most club-goers are probably aware, such policies are often used as an excuse for establishments to engage in racism and classism. Sometimes the exclusionism is less sinister, […]

Happiness Is a Warm 4-Track

My desk is literally overflowing with music at the moment. So much so that (other than listen to it) I don’t even know what to do with all of it half the time. There are piles of CDs all around my terrestrial desk and just as many recently un-compressed folders full of MP3s that need […]

Alex Ain’t Tom’s Son and Boris Ain’t From the “Yay Area”

No more than a couple weeks ago, in a post about mythologically-monikered LA-based producer Daedelus, I mentioned my life-long love of myth, fantasy and comic books. As an extension of my appreciation of those three things (coupled with the fact that I grew up in a house full of wanna-be artists) I developed a […]

“HLLLYH” Sounds Like It Could’ve Come Right After “Izza Kizza” on “Double Dutch Bus”

The abundance of quality mixtapes and free downloads that I alluded to in Monday’s post has kept me pretty preoccupied over the last year or so. That’s awesome and all, because it’s renewed my faith in a format I’d become disenchanted with and given me countless new reasons to love Hip-Hop and appreciate it’s […]