It's been a long while since I've posted a Sunday Radio Dick feature, which usually required hours of prep work for me each week. I'm feeling a little energetic rolling into Sunday, so I'll throw down with an old school Radio Dick - our long-time readers know how these roll. For those new to the garden party, it's essentially a weekly roundup of some tracks that either 1) garnered plenty of newsworthy hype - warranted or not, or 2) were missed by me throughout the week. I consider this the arena to sort of lob tracks at [...]
Brooklyn's own Das Racist isn't the type of band that suits me, but abnormally, I find myself indulging guiltily in the wacky and inane universe they're creating. The songs are simply catchy and variant. They're sampling and dropping beats with the best of them, and this newest track, "Swate" hit Pitchfork and Stereogum earlier this week. I've been spinning it ever since. I'll never go completely over to the dark side of hip-hop fandom, but shit like this I can get behind. They make me laugh, and it's cold and grey in Cleveland. This [...]
We've had lots of folks sending in emails asking when we'll be arriving in Austin for SXSW, and that picture up above pretty much describes what our replies are. If the incredible decline in content over the last couple of weeks hasn't communicated it, perhaps the sad face will. We're pretty swamped over here, but certainly not dead. However, the slavemasters at our 9 to 5's are keeping us out of Austin this year. The good thing is that our writer Justin will be in the Austin area, but probably doing more of the fan thing as opposed the writer [...]
This week's been at least a touch calmer over at Citizen Dick headquarters and while I'm probably not in any shape to have an excellent brunch, this week's tracklist is pretty stout. The forecast for the next three months looks promising, and we'll do our best to keep you updated. As we usually advertise, don't forget to follow us on Twitter HERE and on Facebook HERE . Enjoy this Sunday's list and kick your feet up, folks. You deserve it. Woven Bones – If [...]
As Brian mockingly mentioned earlier in the week, we’ve hit the winter doldrums here at Citizen Dick and have been swamped with our 9 to 5’s. Call it burnout, call it stress, but we’ve been neglecting our readership quite a bit. As we slowly crawl out of our ice caves and begin to hit you with more regular content, be patient. We’ve got some plans in the works to get a tish more organized around here. So if you’ve been coming back often and seeing the same post up for a couple days at a time, continue to visit. We’ll [...]
As you may have noticed, we've been a little weak with the content this week. You get our sincere apologies. It's been a busy few weeks for all of the Dicks and we're slowly finishing up the circle laps we've been swimming. We'll keep this short and simple: There are huge things happening musically and this week has been pretty active. This week's list includes some of the best tracks we've been hearing of late. In the meantime, make sure to: Follow us on Twitter HERE Follow us on [...]
I believe one of our first Radio Dick features was on Valentine's Day last year. I vaguely remember hosting a sarcastic discussion about how I was more interested in getting my tax return than in any sort of holiday for lovers. It's probably fitting this week that the blogosphere was splattered with so much loving treatment, and of course, I'm alluding to the unwarned shut downs of two of our favorite blogs, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (NYC) and local favorite, I Rock Cleveland . I'm not going to offer a detailed explanation of [...]
Nice to see Brian hit his Lazy Saturday post, even if it's on Sunday. In any event, as promised, I've got the second installment of this week's Radio Dick primed and ready to go. So as y'all overindulge today and watch the Colts take it to the Saints, do it with a soundtrack of new releases just warbling their initial cries to the world. Here are five tracks to get you moving this morning. As the hangover ensues tomorrow, stop on back. We'll be wide awake (sort of). As mentioned yesterday, follow us on Twitter [...]
Those dudes up there attended Yale. They're ambitious and reliable. If I were forced to hop in a boat with 9 other dudes for my own safety, I'd be pleased to have these young lads at the helm. We're not as reliable at Citizen Dick, or at least we haven't been over the last three days. As such, our usual Sunday Radio Dick is being hit a bit early this week. We’ll hit you five tracks today and five tracks tomorrow. Big things have been going on around our Eastern Campus this week that have forced to go idle for [...]
This has been a tough week as a literature teacher. Brian alluded to the heartfelt loss we feel as a reading community at the loss of Howard Zinn and JD Salinger this week. Zinn was a seminal author for Brian, and understandably so. For me, however, Salinger's writing marked a pivotal change for me. My initial reading of Catcher in the Rye didn't spark much interest, and in fact, probably pushed me away. I could identify with Holden Caulfield immensely, but didn't essentially tie all the language and aphorisms together into something meaningful until much later in life. [...]
This has been a tough week as a literature teacher. Brian alluded to the heartfelt loss we feel as a reading community at the loss of Howard Zinn and JD Salinger this week. Zinn was a seminal author for Brian, and understandably so. For me, however, Salinger's writing marked a pivotal change for me. My initial reading of Catcher in the Rye didn't spark much interest, and in fact, probably pushed me away. I could identify with Holden Caulfield immensely, but didn't essentially tie all the language and aphorisms together into something meaningful until much later in life. [...]
Editor’s Note: Albums are already starting to stack up, and oddly, this week’s installment of Radio Dick offers a playlist of things to come (and probably fitting that most of these are heavy hitting acts with prolific careers already). I’m starting to get the feel that many bands used 2009 as an off-season and this year’s going to fire off as a grand finale. These tracks all span a variety of genres, from relatively unknown acts to the canonical David Byrne. Everyone’s going to have their hands in the cookie jar this year. Don’t expect consistency, and fully expect to [...]
Editor’s Note: Albums are already starting to stack up, and oddly, this week’s installment of Radio Dick offers a playlist of things to come (and probably fitting that most of these are heavy hitting acts with prolific careers already). I’m starting to get the feel that many bands used 2009 as an off-season and this year’s going to fire off as a grand finale. These tracks all span a variety of genres, from relatively unknown acts to the canonical David Byrne. Everyone’s going to have their hands in the cookie jar this year. Don’t expect consistency, and fully expect to [...]
The mid-January thaw in Cleveland is always a nice reprieve from the snowy assault that usually spans five months of our year in the snow belt of Ohio. Typically, the gods smile intermittently and allow us the chance to catch up with the plowing and salting of the roads. The slight increase above freezing temps late this week has been fabulous, and as the dead grass of my yard slowly emerges underneath the melting ice, I've been able to enjoy a slight jolt in spirits; the cavernous and introspective moments of winter are quite pronounced in those of us that [...]
Let the games begin, so to speak. The holiday lull is officially over. Pronounced and emphasized by the amazing leaks from the past four days, January is in full gear and the horde of new music is primed and ready to go. Our goal at Citizen Dick, as always, is to do our best to keep you ahead of the game with emerging music and new releases. An initial look at the next forty days of releases is quite daunting. Huge, canonical bands are dropping albums, continuing in the 2009 vein of big hitters going back to the well. Likewise, [...]
There's really no way that I'm actually awake as this post hits the interwebs. We're shooting this post out into the ether just to say hello and wish our readers a healthy and prosperous 2010. One year ago today, we jump started Citizen Dick at midnight as the ball dropped, and it's been an amazingly successful and fun ride through the waves of 2009. Our goals are broad, our plates are full, and we're looking forward to an even brighter 365 day chunk. It's been a busy few weeks around here, and we've just wrapped up all of [...]
Editor's Aside: Before I dig into today's music and drop you off at our 11 song list, I wanted to remind all of our readers to follow along with our "Best Albums of 20093 list that we're slowly unveiling. Click on our Best Albums of 2009 tag to see our list. We're doing things a bit differently than other bloggers. We are posting our favorite albums individually, hoping to wrap up just as we usher in the new year. Bookmark our tag link , and as the list grows, [...]
We've received plenty of emails recently asking us about our end of the year list. Readership, let's begin. Our inaugural year in the blogosphere has been spectacular, and although we have our customary mix of free and legal tunes below, we're stoked to announce our "Best Albums of 20093 coverage starting tomorrow. As we candidly use our Radio Dick portion as a platform to begin our coverage, we look backwards into the year that was and find ourselves completely satiated by full and successful year of emerging music. We've tried our best this year [...]
I've never been a Sirius Satellite Radio subscriber, but I think I'm going to take the leap. I visited my parents in grand Cincinnati this weekend for the holidays and my mother and I also took the winding four hour drive through Tennessee, as they have a vacation cabin just outside of Knoxville. Along the way, I got to play with the in-dash satellite radio gadget. Sirius XMU is channel 43 on the dial, and while I've long been aware of the existence of the station, it was nice to finally listen in. The all-indie [...]
Today's Radio Dick will digress into semi-rant this weekend, not particularly because the tracklist I've got below is bad, but more because I'm knee deep in New Moon nonsense. Considering the soundtrack issue is relevant and thought-provoking, I wanted to follow up on my already disdainful, yet mildly successful take on my initial fears and frustration with the album's indie-heavy cast. I work in an American high school. This means I had half of my classes skip school on Friday because they were up until 4AM catching the first showing of New Moon [...]
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