Author Archives: olneyce

I Lost My Color Vision – Burning HeartsClose to Her – Burning Hearts Burning Hearts are a due from Finland – thus demonstrating that Sweden doesn’t have a monopoly on perfect pop. They released Aboa Sleeping last month, which is … Continue reading →

Just got done reading Hazel’s review of the third episode of Dollhouse, and I have to admit I’m having trouble disagreeing with any of her points. Her basic point is that there have been plenty of cringe-worthy moments and elements … Continue reading →

Heart Cooks Brain – Modest Mouse How incredibly disappointing was the final episode of Top Chef? Season 5 in retrospect was pretty lame actually. The chefs were pretty humdrum, there wasn’t anyone remotely close to as interesting or innovative as … Continue reading →

Josh Patashnik thinks he’s made a very clever point: It’s true that Social Security, viewed in isolation, doesn’t have a major solvency problem–but why would you view Social Security in isolation? Of course it nominally has its own revenue stream, … Continue reading →

One of my most-anticipated records of the year is My Maudlin Career from Camera Obscura. I raved a number of times about my love for their last record, so I was quite excited to get a taste of the new … Continue reading →

I’m finally mostly recovered from the bout of the flu that pretty much knocked me out for the last couple weeks. So posting will resume at a more normal (but still sporadic) pace. But today is still mostly a placeholder … Continue reading →

I’ve been incredibly sick for the past week or so. Hence the lack of posts. It’ll still be a while before I’m fully back on my feet, but while I sit around trying to get better, I figured I could … Continue reading →

I’ve been extremely sick and extremely busy lately, not a good combination for blagging. So, in lieu of a bunch of complete posts, here’s the abstracts for things I probably would write about. 1. A-Rod and steroids. I’m not really … Continue reading →

Sick of This Place – Slapstick I wanted to write a post about all the stimulus shenanigans, but I frankly have no time for something like that. Fortunately, publius wrote my post for me. So, yeah, what publius said. I’ll … Continue reading →

2009 is already shaping up to be a pretty great year for music. I had two highly anticipated albums for the first month. One was the new Bruce Springsteen, which isn’t terrible but mostly gets a big meh (review forthcoming, … Continue reading →