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Elvis Is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself 16 march 2006 four years in the making, deadjournalist finally is a reality. finally. With that, this URL launched six years ago. In 2002, my friends Sam and Jeff and I were talking about various projects. They were designers and I wasn't. So, I decided that my artistic adventure would be a returning to writing. One day, after talking about various topics, we began discussing journalists of bygone eras. Yes, those dead [...]

DeadJournalist.com Thank you to those of you who took the recent survey about DeadJournalist.com. For those of you who might be interested, here are the highlights of the feedback: - Overwhelmingly, you are all not opposed to ads; - About half of you would like to see a new site design; - The vast majority of you want more original content - mainly more editorials and interviews (I was surprised by this); - The majority of you do not like content involving tours, MP32s or mixtapes (Again, I was surprised by [...]

She Wants Revenge Here in the States today is a holiday, so I'm going to take a short-cut and post an interview with She Wants Revenge that went up yesterday on DeadJournalist.com instead of writing a new piece for Paper Crane. I'll be back next time with the second installment of Wonderfully Depressing . Enjoy your holiday, America. Time to grill, drink and enjoy the last day in the all-to-rare three-day weekend. Be safe. Exclusive Interview: She Wants Revenge [...]

Over the years I've collected thousands of CD's, hundreds of records and dozens of tapes. While I am not as close to my collection as I once was, that doesn't devalue the importance a great album can have on my life. Like most audiophiles, my teens and early twenties found me forlorned, I struggled for years with who I was and who I wanted to become. (In full disclosure, I still struggle with it.) Back then, I spent lots of time alone. It wasn't always on purpose; but frequently it was. Remember the scene in [...]

Arron Dean I've been interviewing folks for a long time - artists among them. After a while, it becomes difficult to keep having the same conversations over-and-over-and-over again. Many times the interview process seems like a struggle especially when - at its core - what I want to know is what makes an artist tick and how they craft their work. That's the aspect of musicians that intrigues me. As someone with little musical talent (thus my deejay background) I know good music when I hear it but I couldn't even [...]

Maggie Crisler's Relief Effort Reality is relative. This week, those of us in the Southeastern US got pounded by the worst tornado outbreak in years. While my family was immune to the destruction; it was only by a mile or two. It was a seriously a little too close for comfort. There are thousands - maybe hundreds of thousands - of people impacted by the devastation. Don't let the national media reports fool you, it is worse than the five minute reports indicate. By the time everything is said and [...]

The Stills The irony is I was going to write about The Stills this week. Only now, the angle changes. After 11 years, The Stills formally announced their break-up on their Web site today, April 17, 2011. The Montreal-based indie-pop band of Tim Fletcher, Dave Hamelin, Liam O'Neil and Oliver Corbeil left only three full-length album as their legacy. A case-study in quality over quantity. The Stills official announcement of their break-up In my years as a music [...]

• The Stills - Gender Bombs

Dum Dum Girls A quick note: After watching the LCD Soundsystem show online last night (I am writing this on Sunday), I wanted to add a few thoughts on the show and on the band in advance of the actual "Various and Sundry" column. And thanks to those who post videos on YouTube so I can embed them ... Like many of you, I watched the final LCD Soundsystem show via the live stream on Pitchfork this past Saturday night. I can't say the show had my full attention for [...]

First, a little housework. I promise that not every article will reference my newborn, but this post will. He was born a little over a week-and-a-half ago and was in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care) for 10 days. As I'm writing this (on Saturday), he's been home for just over 12 hours. I'm running on about 1.5 hours sleep. But he's doing good and we are happy to have him home. Finally. Because of the unplanned post-birth scenario, I have done little music-related anything in the last two weeks. In the numerous trips back-and-forth from [...]

Five! Happy Birthday to us! DeadJournalist.com is five, today! Thanks to everyone who has contributed. Thanks to everyone who has read. FIVE! Can you fucking believe it?!

Nothing Like Your First Time Before I get started, I'd be remiss if I didn't take a minute to thank Aaron for thinking of me when he was coming up with the idea for the Paper Crane Collective. Now, on with the show. I can't tell you if there will be a certain theme to the articles I'll contribute here, thus the "Various and Sundry" column name. I hope that most of them will be original to Paper Crane Collective, although you may see some of my site's content filter through from time-to-time. [...]