Miscellany » Passion of the Weiss

Jul
08

Ian Cohen usually writes for Stylus. Occasionally, he drops some knowledge on us here at The Passion. Cohen’s Corner is something akin to what you’d expect Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey to have been like, if Handey was smarter, jewier and really really into Wu-Tang. Enjoy. There are a couple of calls I… Continue reading »

Jun
26

The Old Man and the Sea Level

Having grown up in LA, I didn’t need a big article in Billboard to remind me that practically every single record record store in town, save for Amoeba has gone out of business over the past five years. One by one, the music stores of my adolescence have shut their doors. From the old Rhino… Continue reading »

Jun
11

Hitting the Bonnoroad

And just like that, I’m off to Tennessee to enjoy the four days of hippie Xanadu known as Bonnaroo. In my absence, I have a crack squad of guest bloggers to entertain you all. In the meantime, expect the occasional update from Tennessee to see whether or not the String Cheese Incident will actually provide… Continue reading »

Apr
13

Live Blogging From Sea Level: The Last Days

Today is my last day at Sea Level. Sylvia and Todd finally fired me for a series of illicit acts including thievery, illegal sale of narcotics and pummeling of yuppies. They used the word “pumelling” not me. I thought of it as more of a minor fracas, or perhaps a small brouhaha.Anyhow, I’m lying of… Continue reading »

Mar
30

Live-Blogging From Sea Level-Week I Forget

No, the above photo is not an actual photo of me at work at Sea Level. Sadly, I don’t have fins, nor a garrulous lobster pal named Sebastian, nor a coral bra. Well, maybe I’m lying a little. I can’t deny my penchant for a good coral bra. Please keep this a secret between you… Continue reading »

Mar
16

Live Blogging Week 3-Sea Level Gets (Nearly) Leveled

Two days ago this was the scene at Sea Level. Shattered glass sprayed across the store, as a drunken driver plowed through the front door in his battered red pick-up. And it’s very strange to type these words as I look at the plywood boads nailed into the wall directly to the right of me.… Continue reading »

Mar
12

Best. Song. Ever.

Okay. The title of this post might be an overstatement. But seriously, “What a Job” (featuring Snoop and Andre 3000), from Devin the Dude’s Waiting to Inhale is the best rap song I’ve heard in a very very long while. Andre 3000, needs to rap more. A lot more. Listen and thank me (and Rizoh… Continue reading »

Mar
02

Live-Blogging: The Late Years er…Hours

The problems of live-blogging have been solved. Who knew that running Internet Explorer on a Mac wasn’t a good idea (other than roughly 99 percent of the globe). Oh, Safari, you’re my only friend. So I’m back and with two hours to kill until I check out. A man wearing a paper Burger King crown… Continue reading »

Mar
02

The Half-Assed Live Blogging Continues

Does anyone buy music anymore? Does everyone download it? These questions have been going through my head all day long as I try to fight the urge to take a nap. However, a more important question is currently plaguing me right now. As in why doesn’t Sea Level’s Ms. Pacman machine work? I’m a video… Continue reading »

Mar
02

Give Me Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free and Your Used Kenny Loggins Records

In four years of college, my three closest friends and I must’ve watched Half Baked roughly 50 times. And one thing that invariably occurred during these sessions was a brief debate over which character in the film we most resembled. One friend became a schoolteacher. He obviously was Kenny. Another applied for a job as… Continue reading »