popcorn youth

Sorry for lack of posting lately. I’ve been really busy! This week’s Encore that appears below gives all the details on a show tonight at No Radio Records, featuring poetesses Dorothea Lasky and Laura Solomon as well as music by NPV, Mirabile Dictu, Tim Feeney, and Differance Engine:
This Saturday the worlds of experimental poetry and […]

Kurt Vonnegut passed away last night. This is truly sad news, and a great loss to 20th century American literature. Vonnegut was one of the first “serious” authors that I devoured as a young adult. I think I even did a book report on “Cat’s Cradle” when I was in 6th grade. Vonnegut went to […]

This week’s arts cover is a lengthy interview with local singer songwriter Mary Lorson, who is most well known for her work in Madder Rose and Saint Low, but has been making a move into the film soundtracking world as of late. Read the cover story here and look for a more detailed post later […]

This week in the Ithaca Times, I spoke with Dana Janssen, of the Brooklyn-based quartet Akron/Family. Janssen and other Akron/Family members lived in Ithaca a few years ago, and they’re playing here tonight — the first tour date of their major spring tour for their 2006 release “Meek Warrior” — at the Appel Commons […]

This week in the Ithaca Times appears to be a modest homage to the life and times of Roger Miller, but so it goes. My cover story is on Miller’s involvement with Boston band Mission of Burma; my Encore is a brief discography of important MoB releases; my Club Notes is on Alloy Orchestra, a […]

EDIT: Girl Talk show is Friday night, not Saturday. Ergo, no conflict with show at No Radio on Saturday. Ignore what you read in the papers people!!

SECOND EDIT: I would like to sincerely apologize to the three owners of No Radio Records. A retraction must be made: The record label, No Radio, is a joint […]

For some reason, this week seems especially exciting, and not because Halloween is a mere week away. For starters, “A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism, and More from the Brandt Collection ” at the Johnson Museum just opened this past Saturday. Our art critic Arthur Whitman will review the show in this week’s […]

In the middle of the stage where I stand as the bass player of Sonic Youth, the music comes at me from all directions. The most heightened state of being female is watching people watch you … Loud dissonance and blurred melody create their own ambiguity — are we really that violent? — a context […]

Hopefully you’ve already read and spotted the ridiculous number of times the blog was mentioned in this week’s paper. Today marks the official unveiling of Popcorn Youth, and I’m all atwitter with excitement! Here’s a quick breakdown of what you can expect from the IT A&E section this week.
Here is this week’s Encore. Just […]