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Anatomy of a Song: Happiness
As always, before we get started breaking down the song, listen to it here. Recorded and released as a single in 1999, Happiness is a beloved late-period Elliott Smith song. It’s one of the finer tracks on his 2000 album … Continue reading
NBA Playoffs Review
One thing I’ve noticed about the sports prediction game: Pundits almost never go back and look at their preview columns to review what they got right and what they got wrong. Well, we here in the Brooklyn Basement are big … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball, Sports
Tagged jesus shuttlesworth, lebron james, miami heat, nba playoffs, san antonio spurs, Steph Curry
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An Indie Press Worth Your Time: Short Flight/Long Drive
There has been a lot of fretting in the last few years about the death of the novel, the death of the book. I’ve certainly had my own share of worries about this, given the way the major presses have … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Song: Born in the U.S.A.
Before we get started with Born in the U.S.A., listen to it–and watch the official music video, which will figure in this discussion–here. The first thing you’ll notice about the sound of the song, the cover of the single, the … Continue reading
Dear Vice Magazine: What the Fuck?
I’ll be the first to admit I don’t understand the fashion world. Not even a little bit. Every fashion spread I’ve ever seen in a magazine (and I used to work at a magazine that had a quarterly fashion feature) … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged fashion, literature, suicide, sylvia plath, vice, virginia woolf, writing
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My Favorite Ballparks
Inspired in part by Jonah Keri’s story on Grantland, I thought I’d write a post about my favorite ballparks. It’s hardly as comprehensive as Keri’s; I’ve only been to twelve Big League stadiums (that includes two that have been demolished, … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports, Travel
Tagged a's, ballpark tour, Baseball, camden yards, cubs, dodger stadium, dodgers, giants, oakland coliseum, orioles, pirates, pnc park, Sports, wrigley field
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Desert Island Album #6: Sticky Fingers
The album cover: Truly one of the all-time iconic rock ‘n’ roll album covers, the image of a bulging crotch (the natural assumption is it’s Mick Jagger’s, though Warhol claimed it isn’t, and the exact identity of the model has … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Island Albums, Music
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If I Could Play…
One of Oscar Wilde’s greatest quotes (and he has many), is, “Talent borrows, genius steals.” I don’t consider myself a genius, but when I read the blogpost my good buddy Juan Alvarado Valdivia wrote last week, in which he detailed … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, football, hockey, soccer, Sports
Tagged lionel messi, mike vernon, pedro martinez, ray allen, Steph Curry, tim hudson, wes welker
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Desert Island Album #5: Rubber Soul
The album cover: We see the Fab Four from below, photographed at an off angle that gives them a floating, dreamy kind of appearance, which is accentuated by the flowing script of the album title. The text is reminiscent of … Continue reading
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