Religion and rock ‘n roll once existed in opposition to one another. Of course, those days are gone: they eventually intersected, maybe merged, and definitely borrowed from one another. Gods, saints, devils, sacred hymns, purity, temptation, gluttony, worshiping openly, arenas, ...
A rooftop, Manhattan At one in the morning And you said something That I’ve never forgotten -PJ Harvey, “You Said Something” In 1999, I tended bar at an upscale restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. I worked for an impeccably ...
I wasn’t trying to make a joke of it, I really wasn’t. I was raised a Christian. I’ve sat through a thousand sermons, taken Communion many hundreds of times, and been baptized twice. Regardless: once you’ve seen “Life of Brian” a certain number of times, “peacemakers” becomes “cheesemakers”…
Two one eyed dogs, they’re looking at stereos – Modest Mouse, “Polar Opposites” A paranoid friend once told me cocaine residue is present on 90% of all paper currency in circulation, in the United States. Then he leaned in closer. ...
No one really knows what I’m talking about. -Beastie Boys, “Sounds Of Science” I open bananas with a steak knife, I get two haircuts a year, I can barely dress myself, and my favorite band is the Replacements. Yet I’m ...
We fear what is different, and this tendency starts early. If you put a bite of falafel on the plate of an average American toddler, her face will contort in disgust, and she’ll probably remove it. It gets more complicated when we become adults, especially when you throw in passion, religion, self-doubt, familiarity and other ingredients.
A lot of cars in my neighborhood have bad exhaust systems; repairs are less of a priority than upgrading stereos. The bass from the music rattles the rusty parts. The front seats often are reclined back so far back that ...
It is curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want. -Capt. Spock, ‘Errand of Mercy’ The Margin The art of economics lies in the margin between wholesale and retail. This margin contains two fishes ...
The people of Millennia are among the brightest civilizations in the world. They have unique customs and dialects that may be foreign to some Westerners. This helpful travel guide will make your time among them totally colon capital “d”! Welcome to ...
My name is Erin Wilson, ArtPeers co-founder and President. I’d like to explain what we are, how we came to be and where we’re going. Starting with the artsy use of unnecessary punctuation and lower-case words which – I’ve learned – is like Shake ‘N Bake for cool: this.is.art.peers
