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Double-Tongued Word Wrester Citatio (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
skronk n. The music touched on free jazz, especially when Krieger let forth some quick runs or hit those intense, dented notes aficionados refer to as “skronk.” He was a fiery presence onstage, often bending over an amp to produce feedback or furiously stomping on his pedals. —“Lou Reed and Ulrich Krieger: ‘Unclassified’ at REDCAT” by Ann Powers Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2008. Categories: English...
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Soul Sides (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Yours truly will be part of the upcoming (and ominously titled) "Death of the Critic" roundtable at USC's Annenberg Center next Wednesday, 9/24. Expect much hand-wringing and bemoaning of the state of popular music to ensue! No, seriously, my friend Ann Powers lined up a really smart panel for this, including Ernest Hardy and Lorraine Ali. It's an honor to be in their company.
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westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... record received an avalanche of critical accolades, most notably in The New York Times in which Ann Powers called it an “unexpected gem” and ranked it #3 in her year-end best-of poll. 2001’s 'Sympatico' drew even more raves. No Depression proclaimed that Freund’s lyrics “capture slices of Americana in a way that many attempt, yet very few actually master,“ while All Music Guide, called it...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
A year after her MTV VMA disaster, Britney Spears “overshadowed’ the 2008 event without actually doing anything, by all accounts. Her appearance was, “so hyped by the network” all she had to do was, “read a cue card at a mile a minute,” and, ” walk around with a beauty pageant smile,” says Ann Powers in [...]
