junior citizens (atoms for peace, april 5, 2010, roseland ballroom)

everything in its right tone: bumping into zoe kravitz on the way in, rearing into david byrne at the bar, watching antony hegarty negotiate the v.i.p. terrace. and then the dissection of an album. chamberworks simmering with schizophrenic funk. smells like weed. someone keeps calling over the crowd: "come over, troy, i love you and i don't want you to miss this!" an exercise in rhythmic voracity. we are never hungry for less...

the shooter gets shot

soho, new york city, april 1, 2010

by grayson dantzic

absurdity's elbow

semi-gently. BUT. fairly, elegantly. christopher wAlken em-bra-ces and diSPELLs the stereo. types of the clinically in(sane), the murderOUS. the villa-in-ous; the race-ist? The honor=able. all parTs of the human con+di+tion in one brisk sweep of THE HAND. or, maybe? the el-bough...