“It was 135 pages that felt like 500.” This was one of the most astute, smart things ever said at my Rock & Roll Bookclub. My friend, Atom, was talking about a novella we had…
Date Archives March 2013
Greatest Hits According to Me: The Decemberists
So this long piece of fiction I’ve been working on (I refuse to call it a book or a novel because that just makes me feel like an asshole) involves a woman who is making…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The Creepy Thing at the Bank Edition
So yeah it’s Sunday & I was boring, as you probably gathered from the title. Do you want to know about the boringness? It involved oversleeping and missing the first 30 minutes of “Meet the…
Voice of My Generation: Soul Asylum’s ‘Misery’ is the definitive GenX song
First of all, before we begin I’ve decided (arbitrarily) henceforth and forevermore that if you were born during or after 1980 you are not a part of Generation X. I’m sorry if this upsets you,…
14 reasons you should get ‘Songs for Slim’ if the whole good cause thing isn’t quite enough reason for you
It feels like it should be a sort of holy day here in the house of Jodi. I mean it’s not every day, or ever, that a new ‘Mats EP is released. There should be…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: Whiny Crybaby Edition
Long about Saturday around 2 p.m. my sinuses decided to make a break for it. Since then I have spent every waking minute & some of the non-waking ones with a tiny, rabid wombat trying…