Pop culture with a hangover

Built to Spill / Camper van Beethoven

April 17, 2007
This show came about only after months of anticipation.  I purchased the tickets eagerly in March or so for the May date, only to learn the horrific news that Doug Martsch had injured his poor little eye and would have to postpone the entire tour for a season.  In between I managed to catch a [...]

What We Did the Past Two Weekends

October 10, 2006
When we found out our pal John, a soon-to-be-lawyer who lives in Washington, D.C., was coming into New York for the weekend, we decided to set aside our ever-important social obligations in order to entertain the pants off him 24/7.  We’ve known John since forever, and he conveniently shares with us one of our most favorite pastimes, nay, only [...]