
Can't believe it's already been a decade. I'm trying to think about the person I used 2 be back in 1999. I wonder how familiar I am with that bro, or how much I respect him. Theoretically, I have grown up and become a more 'cultured' person with a developed+refined taste in all aspects of life, including my favourite music. Piecing together 'The Best Albums/Artists/Songs/Bands of the Decade' seems tricky, like some sort of existential reflection of urself. I feel like most websites that focus on music create 'best of year/decade' [...]

In this week's paper, I talked to Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie about politics. You can read that article here , but below are some outtakes of us discussing political bands and the protest song and its function in the age of mass media and the Internet. Don't forget, Death Cab is at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Monday night with Fleet Foxes opening! Tickets are still available. Annie Zaleski: [...]