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Saturday, May 20, 2006

 

         (MOSTLY) MUSIC BLOGS



updates coming later in march

(Recent additions and updates are bolded. Blogs are organized alphabetically by blogger's last name, unless I don't know it, in which case it's by blog title.)

  • David A's Damaged in Transit.
  • With her Beatles and her Stones...Elizabeth Fagan Adelman's blog.
  • hot out herre: The adventures of Mike Appelstein, live from St. Louis, MO.


  • Simon B's No Rock and Roll Fun.
  • Jay Babcock, etc.
  • Banana Nutrament: Quite Polite, Like Walter Cronkite.
  • Lester Bangs resource page (not, strictly speaking, a blog...but lots of links).
  • 33 1/3: News, reviews, ideas, thoughts, announcements and more--all connected to the 33 1/3 series of books published by Continuum (David Barker).
  • slap dee barnes.
  • Clem Bastow's music writing.
  • Beardblog: From the creators of Beard magazine.
  • Brassland: Alec Hanley Bemis.
  • Dean Martin Had A Hard-on: Erratum, Effluvium, Exelcsior: James Blount.
  • the brazilian muse.
  • The Rock and Roll Report: Looking For Loud. Mark Boudreau.
  • Status Ain't Hood: Tom Breihan, Village Voice.
  • Dabble-Rouser is Caryn Brooks's blog.
  • Franklin Bruno, konvolut m.
  • The Unofficial Julie Burchill Page of Ambition and Modernity
  • Punk Rock Blues: Rock and Roll Musings by Tim Byrnes.


  • Wisdom Goof by Graham C.
  • Broken Language, by Jon Caramanica.
  • bloggedy blog :: The personal weblog of Andrew Careaga.
  • Gravity Girl, by Anthony Carew.
  • Koons Really Does Think He's Michelangelo, by Marcello Carlin. See also The Naked Maja and The Church of Me.
  • The House at World's End: Robin Carmody. (Also see The Other Ones: Discussion of "Number ones in charts not used by British Hit Singles, 1955-2004.")
  • Daphne Carr: the music issue (stellar appraisal of the sound world in which we move about daily).
  • Jeff Chang's zentronix: dubwise and hiphopcentric.
  • Dean of American Rock Critics: Robert Christgau's Web Site.
  • Haibun. Matt Cibula's blog.
  • Punktum. Nathalie Claeys's blog.
  • Queer in Your Ear is an unorthodox gay music column. Joe Clark.
  • Alternate Tuning, by Justin Cober-Lake.
  • Clouds and Clocks: Online 'zine from Italy, edited by Beppe Colli.
  • Resonance: J.D. Considine's blog.
  • Coolfer: Music Industry Stuff. Lots of it.
  • Carol Cooper on the Web; large catalog of material.
  • A Cataglogue of Wrecks, by Cozen.
  • Home Page of Charles R. Cross.
  • So what's with all the feather boas? Siren Cristy's blog.
  • Welcome to the Uncool: A Website for Everything Cameron Crowe.
  • I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous, by Joseph Csontos
  • John Cunningham's Seaworthy Southeast Thesaurus.


  • Epicharmus.com: Michael Daddino. See also American Hot Wax, reviews of "every American #1 pop hit since 1950." (A work in progress.)
  • jane dark's sugarhigh.
  • Last Plane to Jakarta. John Darnielle's mag.
  • Erik Davis's Figments & Inklings.
  • The Original Soundtrack by Geeta Dayal.
  • MichaelDeeds.com. This site contains articles by Michael Deeds, including highlights from the Idaho Statesman, Washington Post, etc.
  • Phil Dellio's Home Page.
  • JimDero.com: Jim DeRogatis.
  • Disco Delivery (by "Tommy"): Takes you where you want to be.
  • DJ Martian's page.
  • Doc Martian's live journal.





  • Music Chamber, by Tim Ellison.
  • glyn emerson: rock photojournalism from beyond the photo pit.
  • Tom Ewing's Popular: "The UK's 950+ Number One Hits since 1952, reviewed, in order." (A work in progress.)


  • Metaluna: The Authorized Joe Fernbacher Internet Archive (large library of the late Creem writer who passed away in 1999.)
  • skykicking: Tim Finney.
  • Beats & Rants 2.2: Beats, Rants And Life, by Trent Fitzgerald.
  • Flaskaland. Read a bit about writing about music. Barbara Flaska.
  • Ben Fong-Torres Official Site.
  • The Freelance Mentalists.
  • Running The Voodoo Down: Phil Freeman's blog about his (upcoming) Miles Davis book. Also see Phil's 'PDF File' column at Bagatellen.
  • S/FJ: Sasha Frere-Jones.
  • Close Your Eyes: Ramblings on indie and other non-mainstream music. By Alexander Fritz.


  • DonnaGaines.com
  • Kyle Gann's Home Page.
  • Nelson George's blog. See also NelsonGeorge: With information about past work and previews of new projects.
  • Michael Goldberg's "The Drama You've Been Craving" column in Neumu.
  • Grok-ing Gozdecki: All the Steve you'll ever need. And then some.
  • Ye Wei Blog aka Wild Taste, Jason Gross's blog
  • Jimmy Guterman, founder and president of The Vineyard Group, Inc.


  • Useful Noise by Keith Harris. Also see As Yet Untitled.
  • The un-scene by Joel Hartse. "I care about music."
  • why i started smoking again, by Jess Harvell.
  • Gigantic: Music for the Oppressed Masses. Kenan Hebert.
  • Cut Hands: Cemetary Psychedelics. Joris Heemskerk's blog.
  • bangSheet by Kurt Hernon.
  • Holler If Ya Hear Me: Commentary on Music, Culture, Social Change and the Rest of the World. (Dave Marsh and a cast of thousands.)
  • tinyluckygenius Aka the Unicorn's tear. Jessica Hopper.
  • Hua Hsu's Words on the Web. (Also, see his blog, to here knows when.)
  • Tom Hull: On the Web





  • Woebot and TWANBOC, by Matthew Ingram.
  • Oh, Manchester, So Much to Answer For: Thomas Inskeep. Also check out Rock Me Tonight, reviews of the #1 Hot Black singles from Billboard in the '80s.


  • What Goes On, by Mark Jenkins's online column.
  • Lynne d Johnson:: Diary.


  • Knopps.com: Steve and Melissa Knopper.
  • Frank Kogan's MySpace page.
  • josh blog (Josh Kortbein).
  • k-punk
  • I Am a Blogging Poseur: Rants, raves, comments, news and affairs from this mundane life. "This" being Joseph Kyle.


  • Welcome to Tom Lane's Music Page.
  • Chemistry Class by Prof. Drew Ledrew and Chilly Jay Chill.
  • The web site of Laura Levine, a "cross-disciplinary visual artist.".


  • Mann's World: Karen Mann's blog.
  • Base 58: An online scrapbook for Steve Mannion.
  • Marble Venus
  • Real Life Rock Top Ten by Greil Marcus appears in City Pages. [Back issues of Real Life in Salon.]
  • Dave Marsh blogs in City Pages. Also, see Marsh's American Grandstand column in Starpolish.
  • The official website of Australian based music journalist and rock guitar player Joe Matera.
  • thismusicismylife: Emmet Matheson.
  • Michaelangelo Matos's blog. See also Boogie Fever, his r&b chart history blog.
  • The War Against Silence is a weekly music column by glenn mcdonald.
  • Joel McIver Online. Author of Extreme Metal: The Ultimate A-Z of Death, Black and Thrash Metal.
  • kembrew.com: A warehouse of Kembrew McLeod's life.
  • Rock and Roll Bad Boy.com: a.k.a. Brett Meisner.
  • Kerouac never drove so he never drove alone. (Not an official Richard Meltzer site, but a fine tribute.)
  • Off the Record--A Novel by David Menconi ("The evil twin of High Fidelity!")
  • Welcome to John Mendelssohn's ezine ned.
  • Dial 'M' for Mercer: Mick Mercer.
  • Anthony is Right: Mr. Miccio does the daily deed.
  • Said the Gramophone is Sean Michaels's Tang Monkey offshoot.





  • Chris Neal's Deamville: Stuff about stuff.
  • the blank generation: tips on going gray gracefully for the aging rock and roll spinster...by the noiseboy


  • Enthusiastic But Mediocre is Edward O's blog about pop music.
  • A Face in the Crowd: O' Nate's experiences in music.
  • Writing Samples from Brian O'Neill.


  • Kristen Pasculli's home page--with links to her blog, published work, etc.
  • rebel machine, by Nate Patrin.
  • The Pill Box: A Catalog of Culture & Barbarity, by Ian Penman.
  • Grr...music, life, and boring nonsense by Dan Perry.
  • Pond of Tunes: A group of musos have a round-table discussion of records, concerts, genres and other ephemera.
  • Popism: The UK pop culture blog.
  • Welcome to Martin Popoff dot com.
  • popshots dot org.
  • Eensy Weensy: Rockcrit and A-Mama Ann Powers thinks way too hard sometimes.
  • Prindle Rock and Roll Record Review Site: An interactive site featuring critiques by Mark Prindle.
  • Three*Two*Warszawa, by Mark Pytlik.


  • Wino Corrida: Dave Queen's blog.


  • Blackmail is My Life, J.T. Ramsay's blog.
  • Welcome to BryanReesman.com, a multi-faceted online resource.
  • blissblog: Ruminations, fulminations, and exultations from Simon Reynolds.
  • blog riley: Tim Riley's blog. Earlier version of his blog is here.
  • The Big Picture: Macro perspectives on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics (with a dash of film & music). Barry Ritholtz's blog (the "music" part).
  • Wayne's Words: Wayne Robins's blog.
  • Robot Rock Critic
  • Rock Vomit: World's Most-Despised Rock Critic's Live Journal.
  • Philosophy For the Living, by Tiger Roholt
  • Dennis Romero's danceblogga.
  • jukeboxgraduate.com...not rock crit: writing about listening to music. By Caryn Rose.
  • The Anachronist: Ye Olde Poppe Musick...Jody Rosen, droppin' cylinders.
  • Freezing to Death in the Nuclear Bunker: Jody Beth Rosen's blog.
  • Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise. Articles and a blog by the New Yorker's music critic.
  • Steven Rubio's Online Life.





  • Tuesday Morning 3 a.m.: A column by Andre Salles.
  • Ellen Sander Site for Sore Eyes; official page, lots of material.
  • Smells Like Teen Music, Ethan Sawer's music blog "for people of all ages."
  • IndieCrit: Independent Music Review. (John Scalzi's review site.)
  • Complicated Fun: It's all rock&roll to Peter S. Scholtes.
  • Metal Fury, Scott Seward's blog.
  • Cowboyz 'n' Poodles. Julianne Shepherd.
  • philip sherburne.com.
  • Sara Sherr's Raised By Bees! Hot child in the city, runnin' wild, lookin' pretty, yeah...
  • news: Kate Silver's blog.
  • radio free narnia, or: what are the politics of scorn? Mark Sinker's page.
  • Hip Hop Logic by Clyde Smith: Reviews and related hip hop phenomenon.
  • State Of The Union: Hip-Hop +...A collection of freelance writing from hip-hop scribe Craig Smith.
  • naked cartwheels: Books and writing and music and teaching and journalism and food and New York City and California and pro basketball...by Danyel Smith.
  • Dick Destiny: "Expert rock and roll ratings and expert national security affairs stories by George Smith, not necessarily in any order or absolutely guaranteed." (See also Welcome to the Crypt Newsletter.)
  • hip hop music dot com: jay smooth.
  • delta sierra arts: film & music reviews by daryl sng.
  • somedisco
  • A Grand Illusion: Alfred Soto and others chip away at politics, culture, media, and music.
  • Nick Southall's Auspicious Fish.
  • spizzazz
  • Music on the Menu: The writings of Alan K. Stout, pop music critic for The Times Leader.
  • Get Up Stand Up: books...Yancey Strickler.
  • Denise Sullivan.com.
  • Kate Sullivan's Rockblog: revolution love style now!
  • Fresh Tuneage: Fresh Music From Michael Sullivan's Ears to Your Ears.
  • Nick Sylvester's Riff Raff (via the Village Voice).





  • Stephen W. Terrell's Web Log: Writings and musings of Steve Terrell, political reporter and music columnist for The Santa Fe New Mexican, and producer of 'Terrell's Sound World' and 'The Santa Fe Opry' on KSFR, Santa Fe Public Radio.
  • Andrew Tij's Critical Condition.
  • JLT: Josh Timmermann.
  • The turntable, courtesy of Stylus.


  • Freeway Jam: Music Consumption in the MP3 Era, by uao.
  • Jaan Uhelszki's Home Page: Jaan was one of the founders of Creem.
  • Richie Unterberger Author of Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring Strangers.
  • uTopian TurtleTop: Music blogging with a lively critical bent.


  • Le Monde de Aidin Vaziri.


  • Gregg Wager's Home Page (classical and pop writings).
  • The Ozone: Oliver Wang's Home Page
  • >BerlinBites: Ed Ward's weblog.
  • Simon Warner's Anglo Visions.
  • radio weisblogg: AM/FM, mass media, free speech, enormous egos, hit music and more, by Marc Weisblott. Also see weisblogg [2002-03], an archive of previous blog posts.
  • Pop (all love). music, etc from aaron wherry
  • Paul Williams's Home Page.
  • Everybody's A Critic: Rohan Williams's blog.
  • Wilson & Allroy's Record Reviews.
  • Zoilus, by Carl Wilson.
  • Langdon Winner's Home Page.
  • Douglas Wolk. Lacunae.
  • Jonathan Wright, Unfinished Novellas (w/MP3s)


  •  

             FILM FREAKS



  • The Broad View
  • Cinemarati: "The Web Alliance for Film Commentary.
  • Cinebeats: Confession of a Cinephile
  • Cinephiliac
  • Filmbrain (a.k.a. Like Anna Karina's Sweater).
  • filmcritic.com
  • Film Freak Central
  • The Film Journal: "Dedicated to serious film writing..."
  • Flickhead: "Keeping it reel.
  • Girish
  • GreenCine Daily: Excellent movie blog.
  • The House Next Door: A long, strange journey toward a retrospectively inevitable destination.
  • If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: Cultural and Personal Observations by Tom Sutpen and Stephen Cooke.
  • Internet Movie Database
  • Pauline Kael resource page (lots of links).
  • Dave Kehr
  • Rick McGinnis.com: Movie blog, media blog, book reviews, online diary, etc.
  • Movie Critic interviews and related articles, courtesy of rockcritics.com.
  • Notes on Cinema
  • pullquote: laughing at an unsubtitled bit of dialogue in a foreign film.
  • Rotten Tomatoes: Movie reviews and previews.
  • Senses of Cinema: "An online film journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema."
  • Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: Essays, Commentary and Random Thoughts on Film, etc.
  • Sight and Sound: Highbrow but accessible...
  • That Little Round-Headed Boy: Happiness is a warm blog: Notes on pop culture 2006.
  • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?


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             SOUNDS, VISIONS



  • American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches
  • boom selection
  • Bubblegum Machine
  • Canada's Only Webcast
  • CBC Archives
  • Copy, Right?
  • essays & effluvia: 100 mp3 blogs
  • Fingertips
  • Fluxblog (by Matthew Perpetua)
  • Go Home Productions
  • Kiddie Records Weekly
  • Moistworks
  • Movie Wavs
  • music (for robots)
  • new (ish)
  • No Frontin', Just Music
  • Rap History
  • Record Brother: Download mp3s from rare, old, strange vinyl
  • Said the Gramophone
  • Scopitones (not mp3s, but a great place to download strange, old pop videos)
  • Stereogum
  • the stypod: Daily updates, guest contributors.
  • Thank Me For the Music
  • Theremin Vox Audio Library
  • The Tofu Hut
  • UBU Web
  • Wav Source
  • WFMU's Beware of the Blog: The blog of the freeform radio station of the nation
  • YouTube


  •  

             'ZINES



  • Acclaimed Music: Comprehensive lists of the most critically acclaimed rock albums and singles of all time.
  • All Music Guide
  • All Music Site: Record collectors love assembling lists and guides
  • Arthur: All issues available in PDF format.
  • bangSheet, edited by Kurt Hernon.
  • Billboard
  • Blastitude
  • Blender
  • Bomp! Home of garage, punk, psychedelic.
  • Chapter & Verse: A Journal of Popular Music and Literature Studies (edited by Simon Warner).
  • Classic Rock Revisited
  • Cow Sound: Popular and Avant-garde Music Reviews
  • Crawdaddy!
  • Creem Magazine
  • Crusher magazine...heavy heavy heavy.
  • DJ Mag
  • Drowned in Sound
  • Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority.
  • Exiled on Main Street.
  • Experience Music Project, from Seattle.
  • Fast 'n Bulbous: Music Webzine
  • Freaky Trigger
  • Global Pop Conspiracy
  • Glorious Noise: Rock and roll can change your life.
  • The Guardian Arts section.
  • LA City Beat
  • Lost Cause: Minnesota's Music Journal.
  • metacritic: Click on a current album and find links to several different reviews from a variety of sources.
  • Metal Kingdom
  • Music History: Jazz/Rock/Blues/Etc. Reviews, News, Commentaries, and Musical Biographies by Randy.
  • the {music} press report. Aims to "gather the wisdom of music journalism experts all over the world and distill their advice to its most useful form."
  • Neumu
  • NME
  • New York London Paris Munich
  • Pazz & Jop (via robertchristgau.com).
  • Perfect Sound Forever: New look, new attitude....Edited by Jason Gross and Chris Ott.
  • Pitchfork: Indie bible, edited by Ryan Schreiber.
  • PopMatters...the magazine of global culture. Edited by Sarah Zupko.
  • Popped
  • An old issue of Radio On.
  • Rock and Rap Confidential
  • rockcritics.com Top 5 Lists page.
  • Rock's Backpages. Great resource site for old articles (subscription required).
  • Rolling Stone
  • The Source
  • Spin
  • Stylus Magazine. Created by Adam Blackbourn and Todd Burns.
  • Super Seventies Rock Site
  • TangMonkey.com
  • Trouser Press
  • Urb
  • Vibe
  • XLR8R
  • XXL


  •  

             UNCLASSIFIABLE AT ANY SPEED



  • Arts & Letters Daily
  • Blog Search Engine
  • Boston Phoenix
  • The web site of Chris Buck. Rock 'n' roll and celebrity photographer extraordinaire.
  • City Pages
  • Daily Howler
  • Eschaton: Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community
  • Gadfly Online: Culture and politics 'zine.
  • Gawker: Media, gossip, etc.
  • L.A. Weekly
  • What is the (Next) Message? (McLuhan-oriented blog)
  • New York Observer
  • New York Press
  • The New Yorker
  • The Onion: America's Finest News Source.
  • Paved: Your GTA Roadmap. (Marc Weisblott)
  • Romenesko: "Everything you need to be a better journalist."
  • Salon
  • Seattle Weekly
  • Slate
  • Talking Points Memo by Joshua Micah Marshall
  • Technorati: What's being said, right now, about every Weblog or Web page that has something worth talking about.
  • TMFTML: The Minor Fall, the Major Lift.
  • Ken Tucker, film critic, author, rock critic...
  • The Village Voice
  • James Wolcott
  • Wonkette


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