Jacques the Kipper has been out and about again. And he's got something to recommend to you:- Our friendly neighbourhood Villain likes a first, and I'm reckoning this may be just that for his blog - a review of Street Dance Theatre. Earlier this week, having decided that my family needed to broaden their musical and cultural boundaries, I dragged them along to the Edinburgh Festival Theatre where the Bounce Street Dance Company were presenting their version of One Flew Over The [...]

Kissy is back!!! With loads of big new records... and lots to say in Kiss of Life Kiss of Death! We also chat to Felix Da Housecat on the phone and he provides a guest mix for us this week... Friday 17th July 00:00 Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi & Philippe Jaroussky 'Orlando Finto Pazzo: Se in Ogni Guardo (Kissy Klub Version)' (White) Audiostalkers- 'Hallucinate' (Venga) Count & Sinden- 'Mega' (Cheap Thrills) Agent X - 'Decoy' (Public Demand) Dharma- 'Plastic [...]

The elderchild doesn't turn seven until Wednesday, but with grandparents spread far in every direction, and friends available on weekends only, we've been in full celebratory swing since Friday. This year's theme is the circus, and we're giving it a good go, following up a week of trapeze and tumbling camp with a trip to Circus Smirkus with a few friends tomorrow. The long stretch gives me license to ponder the child she has become, and I've tried, turning to memory and the albums that line our bookcases with an eye towards recovering the [...]

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published books. Steve Amick's second novel, Nothing But a Smile , immerses the reader in the America of the 1940's. Amick's focus on the late years of World War II and the immediate postwar period is unique and refreshing. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: "The backdrop is captivating in its detail, and bold in scope: Sal and Wink's story plays out against wartime struggles, [...]

6.45pm. March 28, 2009. An alley in East Hollywood, CA. Bem vindo , derby fans and adoring readers. How are you this fine week? Oh, not so great? Stock portfolio hurting? Bad economy got you down? Ha! Well, DF is doing just fine, so suck on that! What's his secret you ask? Simple: DF was basically destitute and living out of the trunk of his magenta 1996 Chevy Monte Carlo with extensive body damage before the recession struck, so it wasn't possible to sink [...]

We Peaked On The Phone by Molly Lambert Since Alex is spearheading a movement to review bad forgotten romantic comedies that are several years out of date, and since This Recording is always on a quest to understand why Hollywood has such a hard time making a decent romantic comedy, or any kind of decent romance for that matter, unless it stars The Joker and Bubble Boy as cowgays, and since often a bad film can tell you much more about the [...]
But alas! A person can never really master the art of goodbyes, but I'll try to make this good, for 2008. The year brought a lot of fresh insight on the music industry. When we thought indie music couldn't have propelled up higher in the charts, it unwavering strength with the masses rough it to it's zenith (this year). We have had good and bad experiences fro mgreat artists, tracks we can't help but abhor and love. Now, I'm going to give you guys the best remix tracks of the year, and the ones [...]

Here are a few of the albums that I am looking forward to in 2009: Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Beware Late of the Pier: Fantasy Black Channel Dan Deacon: Bromst Eminem: Relapse A.C. Newman: Get Guilty Andrew Bird: Noble Beast Morrissey: Years of Refusal Jay Reatard: TBA [...]
Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! Four times a year, we round up a big ol' list of albums, singles, EPs, and DVDs set to be unleashed over the coming months, hoping to get you pumped about going out and buying records. (You do still do that, right? RIGHT?) This installment covers early 2009. Compiling such a list isn't easy in this day and age, with different release dates for digital and physical [...]
But alas! A person can never really master the art of goodbyes, but I'll try to make this good, for 2008. The year brought a lot of fresh insight on the music industry. When we thought indie music couldn't have propelled up higher in the charts, it unwavering strength with the masses rough it to it's zenith (this year). We have had good and bad experiences fro mgreat artists, tracks we can't help but abhor and love. Now, I'm going to give you guys the best remix tracks of the year, and the ones with photos [...]
But alas! A person can never really master the art of goodbyes, but I'll try to make this good, for 2008. The year brought a lot of fresh insight on the music industry. When we thought indie music couldn't have propelled up higher in the charts, it unwavering strength with the masses rough it to it's zenith (this year). We have had good and bad experiences fro mgreat artists, tracks we can't help but abhor and love. Now, I'm going to give you guys the best remix tracks of the year, and the ones with photos [...]
But alas! A person can never really master the art of goodbyes, but I'll try to make this good, for 2008. The year brought a lot of fresh insight on the music industry. When we thought indie music couldn't have propelled up higher in the charts, it unwavering strength with the masses rough it to it's zenith (this year). We have had good and bad experiences fro mgreat artists, tracks we can't help but abhor and love. Now, I'm going to give you guys the best remix tracks of the year, and the ones with photos [...]
Part of the reason I haven't been writing lately is because I've been prepping for an epic 2008 year-in-review kinda post, sorting through the roughly 300 albums I've nicked this year and making top album and song lists, among other things. But before 2008, there was 2007: a year full of great releases. So I thought I'd wander through the dense forest of my iTunes and pick out my favorite songs-not from this year, but from the last one, in order to see what's held up and what's faded by the wayside. The result is a [...]

We Peaked On The Phone by Molly Lambert Since Alex is spearheading a movement to review bad forgotten romantic comedies that are several years out of date, and since This Recording is always on a quest to understand why Hollywood has such a hard time making a decent romantic comedy, or any kind of decent romance for that matter, unless it stars The Joker and Bubble Boy as cowgays, and since often a bad film can tell you much more about the [...]
I've held off on posting this for a little while now to avoid the backlash from the rest of the Stranger Dance staff who don't share my Tom Waits obsession . But, this is too bizarre and funny to let pass. Waits has never been one for convention. His musical style has jumped all over the musical map over the course of his 30-year career, but it rarely approaches conventional (or, for that matter, accessible) after his first album. And his personal life has been no different - he has no birth certificate and [...]

Experiment #14 : Placing your iPod Touch & a packet of Sour Skittles in a Computed Tomography machine at your local hospital will generate a list of favored remixes of that month & below is my result sheet! Gosh, I'm so glad September passed; a morbidly depressing birthday, 29 days of fasting, horrible shopping sprees, deliberate domestic violence drama, uncontrollable disordered sleeping hours, someone started using a perfume that reminisced memories agonizingly forgotten, & worst of all the T-shirts I wanted to order were all sold out in my size + I can't [...]