Sep
21

Win Butler Stole My Charity Basketball Game

TBJ Rock the Court: Win Butler vs. Matt Bonner from The Basketball Jones on Vimeo. In which I take back every negative thought I’ve ever had about Win Butler and The Arcade Fire. The man can play ball. Dude must have destroyed people on the courts of Sarah Lawrence. All credit due to my favorite… Continue reading »

Nov
30

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Thanksgiving in the Suburbs

Douglas Martin’s grandma doesn’t understand how there’s people in the world who wouldn’t want him as a neighbor. Like many of you who went home for the long weekend, I spent my Thanksgiving in the suburbs. Unlike many of you, I live about five minutes away from my parents. As the rain fell and the… Continue reading »

Jun
01

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Possibly Pernicious Influence of Arcade Fire

Douglas Martin recently fired his sousaphone player, citing “creative differences”. One of the more overblown and unsavory aspects of underground music since the turn of the century has been the “orchestral indie-rock band.” It’s a weird scene when the rock stars are getting fitted for cummerbunds and tuning their violin strings, the groupies are thumbing… Continue reading »