Archive | October, 2009

Desperate Times: Music Documentaries for a Saturated Landscape

Television programs covered in this article: F Sharp Minor: Behind the Music, VH1; Biography: The Eight Bar Drum Intro, A&E; The E! True Hollywood Story: The Baby/Crazy Rhyming Couplet, E! In this age of blanket entertainment coverage, many behind-the-scenes musical personnel — producers and record company executives — are getting as much recognition as some of the artists […]

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Supervillain

He snickered raised the bottom of his glass the soaked lemon wedge dancing into his mouth and as he sucked on the pulp yellow mouth contemplating my demise whiskers from his moustache hung down. Rope burning my wrists sharks circling below the supervillain ate a hairy lemon.

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Me and I Pack a Suitcase

I wanted to make the right impression for my first trip to New York. I wanted to blend in, I wanted to stand out, I wanted to be trendy, I wanted to be classic. Basically, I wanted to cover up the fact I hadn’t read a fashion magazine in years. My suitcase was still empty […]

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