I don’t know if everyone else noticed over the past week, but it was a pretty great week for new music releases. Not only did the new Pixies track “Bagboy” and its video hit. It was catchy. I hold any band as old as Pixies (with or without Kim Deal) to the standard of “Was … Read moreIt was a really good week for music
We pulled these out of the Chesapeake on Saturday. To the best of my knowledge, they’re all from sharks. (Also, I’m testing out some new WordPress image settings as I upload this photo.)
I’ve made a pretty concerted effort to track down theatre options since moving to D.C. from Chicago about a year ago. We caught the “Ethereal Encounters” shorts at the Source Festival, Laura Marks’ “Bethany” at City Center in Manhattan and two shows from the current season at Woolly Mammoth downtown. The morning I rode the … Read moreDid you know Michonne from ‘The Walking Dead’ is a playwright too?
In lieu of some longer reviews right now, here a few scattered thoughts on what I’ve been reading and otherwise seeing or hearing the last few weeks: Ezra Claytan Daniels’s serialized Upgrade Soul comic on iPad: Andrew Hayward clued me into this one via his review at Mac|Life. It’s a slightly animated multimedia version of a … Read moreWhere’s my head at?
This is just a beginning-of-the-year signal check to let you know I’m still blogging out of Washington, D.C. If you’re one of a handful of people I’ve bumped into online or off in the last few months, I’m still running the editorial department over at Industry Dive. (Check out Education Dive, Food Dive and Utility … Read moreWhere to find me in 2013
As you can see on Flickr, we crafted a “Gangnam Style” PSY pumpkin this year—and just in time for his re-aired appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight, though that was completely coincidental. It’s barely visible from the street, but I think we’ve got the only jack-o-lantern in the whole building, so it it does stand out … Read moreOur ‘Gangnam Style’ PSY pumpkin says ‘Happy Halloween’
Ed Piskor’s Top Shelf graphic novel “Wizzywig” was another title that I picked up a few weeks ago at SPX. I first became aware of his work years ago when he collaborated on “Macedonia” with the late Harvey Pekar, and I even interviewed Pekar about that project for an article at my old job. Looking … Read moreReview: ‘Wizzywig’ by Ed Piskor
Two elements that I can definitely walk into a book ready to love are the giant, mysterious monster genre and the furry, soft-focus art of Renée French. Her comic “Bjornstrand,” which I picked up at SPX last weekend, delivered on both counts, and it was every bit the plushy, bizarro children’s book belonging in a … Read moreReview: ‘Bjornstrand’ by Renée French
I’m pretty sure today marked my fourth visit to the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Md. I’m about 95-percent certain on that count, but don’t hold me to it. It was piles of fun, I brought home piles of comics, and I saw a few legends of the medium. The first of those was Daniel … Read moreSPX 2012: Reviews incoming
Urban foraging is going to need its own category on this blog soon. Last week, we came across a wild patch of sesame leaves near the National Zoo, so I wanted to pass that link along with the Flickr-mapped coordinates for any of you D.C. residents who are reading this. They’re all next to the … Read moreWild sesame leaves in Washington, D.C.