UPCOMING SHOW ALERT: The Blind Engineer will play in Athens, OH on Thursday, August 27 at Casa Nueva with The Heartlanders. Expect a low-cost door and good beer. Athens has always been one of my favorite places to play. The Wells had a handful of excellent shows there. This will be the first time the… Continue reading The Blind Engineer Heads to Athens
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Ties That Bind: Rockists v. Poptimists
My new "Ties That Bind" column is up at PopMatters today, so as the Tom Tom Club said, check it out y'all. The subject this month is the fabled "rockist v. poptimist" debate, which I generally think impoverishes the way we talk about music despite the major benefit of more inclusivity brought about by the… Continue reading Ties That Bind: Rockists v. Poptimists
The Blind Engineer at Rumba Cafe
My band The Blind Engineer returns to the stage this Saturday, July 25 at the Rumba Cafe in support of Kevin Collins' CD release show. He's got a great new album called Ohio Town which you can check out here. Kevin is in the Mingo Town Music family--here's his page--and formerly fronted The Lost Revival.Also… Continue reading The Blind Engineer at Rumba Cafe
Scenes of Love and Theft and the Midwestern Work Ethic or Something
Scattered updates must mean I'm busy, which is a good thing. My article "Scenes of Love and Theft: Bob Dylan, Piracy, and Cultures of Transgression" for the Los Angeles Review of Books should be up today. It reviews two new books: Elijah Wald's Dylan Goes Electric! and Stephen Witt's How Music Got Free. (Edit: Here's… Continue reading Scenes of Love and Theft and the Midwestern Work Ethic or Something
Ties That Bind: Rihanna’s “American Oxygen”
My new column went up today at PopMatters, which has been going through a significant site redesign. The end result is sharp-looking."Spectacle of Empty Gestures: Rihanna's 'American Oxygen'" concerns the song and the video, both of which strike me as either confused or simplistic, or both. Unless there's obvious reason or proof, I never doubt… Continue reading Ties That Bind: Rihanna’s “American Oxygen”
Ties That Bind: The Voices is an American Nightmare
The return of my PopMatters column "Ties That Bind"--which usually focuses on the intersection of American culture, politics, and art of some kind--takes a look at the film The Voices. Up today! Here's an excerpt:The guy in the seat behind/above me seemed like he was about to vomit on my head—“Oh,” he muttered helplessly, “Oh… Continue reading Ties That Bind: The Voices is an American Nightmare
Extra SPACE Indie Comix Expo
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The Blind Engineer Strikes Again
I'll be playing as The Blind Engineer once again on Wednesday, March 18 at The Tree Bar here in Columbus, opening for Evening River Band out of Philly. Despite their awesome logo (a version of which is below) they're not a death-metal band, but rather a kick-ass rock band. 9pm, 21+, $5.Tell us you're coming… Continue reading The Blind Engineer Strikes Again
Forthcoming: PopMatters Column and TCJ Article
Two bits of news, kids. My "Ties That Bind" column at PopMatters will return in March. I took a hiatus last summer in order to focus on some book-length projects: finishing my novel The Day and getting it out to agents, getting further ahead on my book about The 'Nam and my book of music… Continue reading Forthcoming: PopMatters Column and TCJ Article
Forthcoming: “Ring Around the Moon”
It occurred to me that I haven't announced the forthcoming publication of my short story, "Ring Around the Moon," in the lit journal 2 Bridges Review. They've got a beaut of an online reader and, um, excellent taste."Ring Around the Moon" is scheduled to be published later this year, at which point I'll share a… Continue reading Forthcoming: “Ring Around the Moon”
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