Misanthropy Today

By Steven Busch I have never been much of a Kanye West fan. I have been a mild fan of some of his hit songs, but for the most part, he is obnoxious, and cocky, to a point where he is an annoying asshole. With that being said, I still approached “808s And Heartbreak” with a clean [...]

Dan Brooks, wherever he is. The last punk rock show I went to was Five for Fighting at Tomkins Square Park. The Groovie Ghoulies played the Continental a few weeks later and I didn’t go. I’d taken a quick look around me at the FFF show (any more thorough reconnaissance would have caught me an elbow [...]

everyone’s a critic and most people are djs. The Hold Steady “Most People Are DJs” Like Eskimos have 7 words for snow, because it’s necessary,  I think we Americans need to have 7 words for what level of DJ everyone is. I’m too confused otherwise I once dated a girl who thought that DJs were the coolest [...]

My friend and former co-worker Kevin “Skwerl” Cogill was arrested by the FBI this morning for posting Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy songs on his blog Antiquiet back in June. What a bunch of bullshit when you have people selling bootleg CDs and DVDs on every street in this city. He let maybe 25,000 people get [...]

Country Music Sucks, Except Old Country I hate hipsters who don’t like country music but think they have to act like they “respect” (god I hate that word too) old country. They will then mention a few guys who are widely considered to be “badass”: Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Then “Yeah, [...]

Last night I went and saw The Hold Steady with Chuch, his girlfriend Kathleen and his friend Amanda. Before the show we went to The Little Bar (757 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036) which much to my chagrin only serves beer and wine and the usual faux-liquor trickery (soju, agave wine, etc) . [...]