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RIP Tim Russert

I liked Tim Russert, and I was sad to hear about his death. Making breakfast, good espresso, and watching Meet The Press on Sunday morning is a regular thing I do with my roommate. That show is the only thing I watch on a major TV network on a regular basis.

I get some of the criticisms lobbed ...

Person: Merzbow

Masami Akita is an articulate guy. I enjoy reading interviews with him. He can easily explain the concepts behind his work and doesn't seem to give much of a shit if people like it or not. Bonus points for that. He's a classic "otaku" - if no underground noise scene existed he'd still be making a ...

Band: HEALTH

I like this band a lot, but I'm biased - my band toured with them for a small bit. They are the hardest working band I know at the moment - check out their Black-Flag-like touring schedule. They are humble guys with good taste, and I can easily see them putting out consistently good records for ...

Band: Suicide

My band recently opened for Suicide here in Brooklyn. I felt pretty lucky to both (a) see them live and obviously (b) play the show. Seeing them around the time the first & second albums came out must have been amazing. This show was as close as I got, so I'm OK with that.

I'm surprised no one ...

Band: Vampire Weekend

My band (Aa) has played shows with Vampire Weekend. Recently we played with them at the Bowery Ballroom here in New York in mid-January. Shit heaps of attention were dropped on this show by the New York Times, Gothamist (I think), Village Voice, and other NY papers I see in my periphereal vision ...

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