BEN RATLIFF: In the late ’60s, the singer-songwriter Linda Perhacs had a clear, Karen Carpenter-ish voice, an interest not just in composition but also in sound, and a deep mystical streak. She made one album, “Parallelograms,” released in 1970, and has made none since. I first heard of her by reading an interview a few years ago with Mikael Akerfeldt, the leader of the Swedish metal band Opeth; he described “Parallelograms” as “absolutely amazing,” “psychedelic,” “almost evil-sounding,” “beautiful” and “kind of ghostlike.” Other musicians were talking about her, too, including Devendra Banhart and Kim Gordon, and in 2006 the band […]
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Darth Cheney, Dark Lord Of The Sith, Endorses The McCain/Palin Ticket
POLITICAL WIRE: “He’s earned our support and confidence, and the time is now to make him commander-in-chief. I’m delighted to support John McCain and I’m pleased that he’s chosen a running mate with executive talent, toughness and common sense, our next vice president in Sarah Palin.” MORE FOX NEWS: “John McCain had to vote 90% of the time with Bush and Cheney to get that endorsement. He had to serve as Washington’s biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq. He had to support economic policies that have gotten us into this mess, so Senator McCain worked hard to get […]
Folks, I Think We’re Gonna Win This Thing
REAL CLEAR POLITICS: Pew Research is out with its final pre-election poll. After allocating undecideds nearly evenly between the two candidates, Pew is projecting Obama will finish with 52% of the vote on Tuesday to 46% for John McCain. MORE GALLUP POLL: Gallup’s interviewing conducted Wednesday through Friday shows that 27% of registered voters who plan to vote have already voted. The trend in early voting has trended consistently upward on a day to day basis, moving from 7% of registered voters, who had already voted during the period of Oct. 17-19, to the current estimate of 27%. Another 8% […]
All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping
THE HEADMASTER RITUAL: Of Montreal, Electric Factory, Last Night [Photo by JONATHAN VALANIA]
JOHN MCCAIN: With Friends Like This
Who needs enemas? My Friends: The Musical [Humanitainment: Mr. Straight Talk himself stars in this musical inspired by his most favorite of phrases.]
RIP: Studs Terkel, Voice Of The Face In The Crowd
TEXAS OBSERVER: He is beloved “Uncle Studs” to many who grew up listening to WFMT, the Chicago radio station that broadcast his eclectic daily mix of music and interviews from 1952 to 1997. To anyone who has ever heard his raspy, empathetic voice, there is only one Studs: Studs Terkel, singer of the unsung American. Louis Terkel acquired his nickname in the 1930s while performing in Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty. He was carrying around books by fellow Chicagoan James T. Farrell, and to differentiate Terkel from two others in the cast also named Louis, members of the Chicago Repertory […]