Ever seen those square bar code-looking thingies on the bus or train or in a magazine and wonder what they were? They’re called QR Codes…
Among music fans/geeks, the news circulated quickly (mostly on Twitter)`that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – the folks that run the Grammys…
SXSW Interactive is not yet complete at the time I am writing this. My day gig beckoned, so my trip was truncated but the conference/celebration/nerd…
I was poking around a webzine (do people still say that?) I used to read back in the day and decided to see if, after…
Last night a bunch of folks of Twitter said tearful good byes to Chicago’s next mayor. Kinda. @mayoremanuel was the profane parody Twitter persona of…
Radiohead just released its latest album, The King Of Limbs, today online. It’s a day earlier than expected, and unlike their last release, In Rainbows,…
I admit I sometimes struggle to come up with ideas for this blog. I love to write and I love riffing on ideas, but sometimes…
I am pretty sure this post is navel-gazing. I don’t care. I’ve been blogging for about 10 years. Holy crap. My life has changed both…
One of my go-to book purchases at the end of the year is the DeCapo Best Music Writing anthology. There’s no way for me to…
I’ve thought about princesses more in the past week than I have in a couple of decades. I read an essay on TheRoot.com this morning,…