Sunday, March 5, 2017

February Media Journal

[Various Artists]. The Blues: Volume 3. MCA Records, 1988/1967.
Baskets [Season 2]. Creators Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis, Jonathan Krisel. Pig Newton Productions, 2017.
[Various Artists]. Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 3]. Arista Records, 1999.
Hall, Daryl & John Oates. Do it For Love. U-Watch Records, 2003.
Santa Clarita Diet [Season 1]. Creator Victor Fresco. Flower Films, 2017.
Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. New York: Penguin Books, 2005/1985.
Bowie, David. Blackstar. Columbia Records, 2016.
Japandroids. Near to the Wild Heart of Life. Anti- Records, 2017.
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks. Dir. Alex Gibney. Jigsaw Productions, 2013.
Girls [Season 6]. Creator Lena Dunham. Apatow Productions, 2017.
Big Little Lies. Creator David E. Kelley. Blossom Films, 2017.
Riverdale [Season 1]. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Berlanti Productions, 2017.
Crashing [Season 1]. Creator Pete Holmes. Apatow Productions, 2017.
The Detour [Season 2]. Creators Samantha Bee & Jason Jones. TBS Productions.
Best Coast. The Only Place. Kemado Records, 2012.
The Head and the Heart. Signs of Life. Warner Bros., 2016.
The Pretenders. Learning to Crawl. Rhino Records, 2007/1982.
John, Elton. The Captain & The Kid. Interscope Records, 2006.
[Various Artists]. Elvira Presents Revenge of the Monster Hits. Rhino Records, 1995.
Foreigner. Double Vision. Rhino Records, 2002/1978.
Foreigner. Foreigner. Rhino Records, 2002/1977.

Harris, Emmylou, Linda Rondstadt, & Dolly Parton. Trio II. Asylum Records, 1990.

Friday, February 3, 2017

January Media Journal

Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago. Dir. Peter Pardini. Chicago Records II, 2016.
The OA [Season 1]. Creators Zal Batmanglij & Brit Marling. Plan B Entertainment, 2016.
Fleabag [Season 1]. Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Two Brothers Pictures, 2016.
Shuker, Roy. Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures: Record Collecting as a Social Practice. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2010.
Gregor, A. James. The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
Bill Haley and His Comets. From the Original Master Tapes. MCA Records, 1985.
Molina, Jason & Will Johnson. Molina & Johnson. Secretly Canadian, 2009.
The Honeydogs. Love & Cannibalism. Simon Records, 2016.
The Time. Pandamonium. Paisley Park Records, 1990.
The Flaming Lips. Oczy Mlody. Warner Bros. 2017.
Two Cow Garage. Brand New Flag. Last Chance Records, 2016.
The Art of Noise. Who’s Afraid Of…!(The Art of Noise). Island Records, 1984.
Fountains of Wayne. Welcome Interstate Managers. Virgin Records, 2003.
[Various Artists]. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Music from the Motion Picture. Maverick Records, 1999.
One Mississippi [Season 1]. Creators Diablo Cody & Tig Notaro. Amazon Studios, 2015.
Good Girls Revolt [Season 1]. Creator Dana Calvo. Amazon Studios, 2016.
The Man in the High Castle [Season 2]. Creator Frank Spotnitz. Amazon Studios, 2016.
The Young Pope. Creator Paolo Sorrentino. Wildside Production, 2017.
Homeland [Season 6]. Creators Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon. Teakwood Lane Productions, 2017.
Ted 2. Dir. Seth MacFarlane. Universal Pictures, 2015.
Allen, Lily. It’s Not Me, It’s You. Capitol Records, 2009.
Tribe After Tribe. Love Under Will. Mega Force Entertainment, 1993.

Hyden, Steven. Your Favorite Band is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About The Meaning of Life. New York: Back Bay Books, 2016.

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Concert Archive Update

Concert Archive

September 13, 1992—Violent Femmes (Rec Hall, State College, PA)
Summer 1993—The Guess Who (Bland’s Park, Tyrone, PA)
Sept. 26, 1993—Fugazi (HUB, State College, PA)
May 8, 1995 –Mike Watt, Foo Fighters, Hovercraft (First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN)
May 29, 1995—The Band, Kansas (Tussey Mt. Ampitheatre, Boalsburg, PA)
July 15, 1995—Sponge, Letters to Cleo, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin (The Edge, Ft . Lauderdale, FL)
July 21, 1995--Live, Buffalo Tom, The Catherine Wheel (Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, PA)
Aug 5, 1995—H.O.R.D.E. Festival: Black Crowes, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, G. Love & Special Sauce, Joan Osborne (Star Lake Ampitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA)
Sept 27, 1995—Mike Watt, Run Westy Run (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
October 14, 1995—Fugazi (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
Oct 15, 1995—Fugazi (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
Nov 3, 1995—Superchunk, Seaweed (First Ave., Minneapolis, MN)
Dec 9, 1995—Edgecapades; Oasis, Goo Goo Dolls, Meat Puppets, Toadies, Del Amitri, Lisa Loeb. (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
Feb 11, 1996—Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
April 1, 1996—Ministry (Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, MN)
June 9, 1996—Moody Blues (Coral Sky Ampitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL)
September 7, 1996 – Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Sponge (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
September 14, 1996—Toad the Wet Sprocket, Robert Cray (Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN)
September 15, 1996 – Rage Against the Machine (Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, MN)
April 20, 1997—Violent Femmes (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
Aug 24, 1997—Rage Against the Machine, Wu Tang Clan (Star Lake Ampitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA)
Nov 17, 1997—Ben Folds Five (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
January 4, 1998—Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, FL)
February 27, 1998—Violent Femmes (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
May 23, 1998—Mike Watt (7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN)
May 24, 1998—Mike Watt (7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN)
June 23, 1998—George Clinton and P-Funk All Stars (The Quest, Minneapolis, MN
June 26, 1998—Pearl Jam, Frank Black (Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI)
June 27, 1998 – Pearl Jam, Frank Black (Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI)
June 30, 1998—Pearl Jam, Frank Black (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
July 17, 1998—Smashing Pumpkins, Cracker (Hennepin Ave. Block Party, Minneapolis, MN)
August 21, 1998—Lilith Fair; Sarah McLaughlin, Paula Cole, Natalie Merchant, Lisa Loeb (Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN)
October 22, 1998—Violent Femmes (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
October 23, 1998—Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell (Target Center, MN)
October 31, 1998—Mike Watt (7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN)
November 1, 1998—Mike Watt (7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN)
November 5, 1998—Cheap Trick (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
November 15, 1998—Fugazi (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
November 29, 1998—Leo Kottke (The Ordway, St. Paul, MN)
May 22, 1999—Neil Young (The Orpheum, Minneapolis, MN)
July 2, 1999—Bob Dylan, Paul Simon (Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN)
July 2?, 1999—Pat Benatar (Rib Fest, Minneapolis, MN)
August 21, 1999—R.E.M., Wilco (Midway Stadium, St. Paul, MN)
October 5, 1999—Ben Folds Five (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
October 8, 1999—Mike Watt (7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN)
November 28, 1999 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
November 29, 1999—Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
January 8, 2000—Styx (Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, FL)
February 26, 2000—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
February 28, 2000—Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA)
July 6, 2000 – Roger Waters (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
July 14, 2000—Cheap Trick (Hennepin Ave. Block Party, Minneapolis, MN)
July 14, 2000—Phil Lesh & Friends (Target Center, Minneapolis, MN)
July 16, 2000—Joe Walsh (Grand Casino Outdoor Ampitheatre, Hinckley, MN)
August 20, 2000—Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth (Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH)
August 21, 2000—Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth (Polaris Ampitheatre, Columbus, OH)
December 6, 2000—Man or Astro Man? (Howard’s Club H, Bowling Green, OH)
February 18, 2001—Barenaked Ladies (Savage Hall, Toledo, OH)
March 15, 2001 – Mike Watt & J. Mascus (Emo’s, Austin, TX)
March 17, 2001—Blake Babies (Waterloo Records, Austin, TX)
May 7, 2001 – U2, P.J. Harvey (Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH)
May 18, 2001—Eric Clapton (National Car Rental Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
June 24, 2001—Radiohead (Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC)
July 23, 2001—Cheap Trick (Roseland Theater, Portland, OR)
July 27, 2001—Queensryche (Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA)
August 5, 2001—Radiohead (Parc Jean-Dreapeau, Montreal, QC)
Sept 30, 2001—Ben Folds, Citizen Cope (Clutch Cargo, Pontiac, MI)
November 29, 2001—Nashville Pussy (Howard’s Club H, Bowling Green, OH)
Dec. 7, 2001—Ben Folds, Clem Snide (Piere’s, Ft. Wayne, IN)
February 17, 2002—Banyan  (Lazy Moon, Salt Lake City, UT)
March 1, 2002 – Ben Folds (Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI)
May 29, 2002—Mike Watt (Turf Club, St. Paul, MN)
June 7, 2002—Elvis Costello, Billy Bob Thornton (DTE Energy Music Theater, Clarkston, MI)
August 14, 2002—Bruce Springsteen & E. Street Band (Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH)
August 16 2002 – Reverend Horton Heat (Beaubont, Kansas City, MN)
August 17 2002—Drive-By Truckers (Boulder, CO)
August 23, 2002 –Ozomatli (Mishawaka Theatre, Poudre Canyon, CO)
September 19, 2002—The Who, Counting Crows (Fiddler’s Green, Denver, CO)
October 16, 2002—The Strokes, The Donnas, Rooney (Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO)
November 6, 2002—Brad (Soiled Dove Night Club, Denver, CO)
November 18, 2002—Beck, Flaming Lips (Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO)
December 4, 2002—Counting Crows (Magness Arena, Denver, CO)
February 4, 2003—Steve Earle (Boulder Theatre, Boulder, CO)
February 27, 2003—Hell’s Belles (Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
March 12, 2003—Kelly Osbourne (Gothic Theatre, Denver, CO)
Mar 27, 2003—Joe Jackson Band (Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
April 1, 2003—Pearl Jam, Sleater-Kinney (Pepsi Arena, Denver, CO)
April 5, 2003—Cheap Trick (Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
April 9, 2003—Mike Watt (Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
April 25, 2003—Pearl Jam (Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH)
April 27, 2003—Flaming Lips (Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA)
May 19, 2003—.38 Special (Grizzly Rose, Denver, CO)
May 28, 2003 – Pearl Jam (Adams Center, Missoula, MT)
May 30, 2003—Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx (Fiddlers Green, Denver, CO)
June 3, 2003—Flaming Lips, Liz Phair (Ogden Theater, Denver, CO)
June 14, 2003—Beck, Dashboard Confessional, Black Keys (Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Morrison, CO)
June 15, 2003—Crosby, Stills, Nash (Fiddler’s Green, Denver, CO)
July 16, 2003—Elvis Costello, Chris Robinson (Universal Lending Pavillion, Denver, CO)
August 4, 2003—Steely Dan (Fiddler’s Green, Denver, CO)
August 7, 2003—Tori Amos, Ben Folds (Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Morrison, CO)
September 18, 2003—Adler’s Appetite (Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA)
September 20, 2003—Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Elvis Costello (Verizon Ampitheatre, Irvine, CA)
November 7, 2003—Ben Folds (Pershing Auditorium, Kirksville, MO)
November 21, 2003—The Jayhawks (The Mill, Iowa City, IA)
January 18, 2004—Evan Dando (Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City, IA)
Feb 5, 2004—Drive-By Truckers (The Mill, Iowa City, IA)
April 2, 2004—Drive-By Truckers (Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO)
May 2, 2004—Ben Folds (Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA)
July 14, 2004—Fleetwood Mac (UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, IA)
August 28, 2004—Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan (SEC Taylor, Des Moines, IA)
September 30, 2004—Mike Watt (Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City, IA)
October 28, 2004—Drive-By Truckers (Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA)
October 29, 2004—Bob Dylan (Carver Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA)
December 31, 2004—George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars (Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
February 24, 2005—Modest Mouse (Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA)
April 1, 2005—Drive-By Truckers (Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO)
May 7, 2005 – Wilco (Vic Theater, Chicago, IL)
May 10, 2005—Bruce Springsteen (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN)
May 31, 2005—The Killers, Tegan & Sara (Moson Ampitheatre, Toronto, ON)
July 18, 2005—Tom Petty & Heartbreakers, Black Crowes (Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA)
July 22, 2005—Weezer, Ben Folds (Sauvis Center, St. Louis, MO)
September 2, 2005—Willy Porter (The Mill, Iowa City)
September 9, 2005—Pearl Jam, Supersuckers (Ft. Williams Gardens, Thunder Bay, ON)
November 1, 2005—GWAR (Quad City Live, Davenport, IA)
November 3, 2005—Cracker (The Mill, Iowa City, IA)
December 30, 2005—Drive-By Truckers (Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
March 6, 2006 – Ben Folds (West Gym, Cedar Falls, IA)
March 10, 2006—Drive-By Truckers (Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
March 17-18, 2006 – Langerado Music Festival; Black Crowes, Wilco, Flaming Lips, Drive-By Truckers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
June 3, 2006—Ben Lee (Iowa Artsfest, Iowa City, IA)
June 26, 2006—Tom Petty & Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN)
June 27, 2006—Tom Petty & Heartbreakers, Pearl Jam (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN)
August 10, 2006—Steely Dan, Michael McDonald (Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL)
August 26, 2006—Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth (The Pageant, St. Louis, MO)
October 25, 2006—Drive-By Truckers (Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO)
November 9, 2006—Ben Lee, Rooney (Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO)
December 1, 2006—Guns N’ Roses, Sebastian Bach (Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA)
December 7, 2006—The Hold Steady (The Picador, Iowa City, IA)
December 16, 2006—Kenny Loggins (Riverside Theater, Riverside, IA)
April 8, 2007—Jason Isbell (The Picador, Iowa City, IA)
April 10, 2007—Son Volt (Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL)
April 20, 2007 – Decemberists (Orpheum Theatre, Madison, WI)
May 12, 2007—Drive-By Truckers (Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
May 13, 2007—Drive-By Truckers (Fox Theater, Boulder, CO)
June 13, 2007—Wilco (Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA)
September 15, 2007—Okkervil River (The Picador, Iowa City, IA)
September 24, 2007—Three Dog Night, Ben Kweller (Homecoming, Iowa City, IA)
September 27, 2007—Two Gallants, Blitzen Trapper (The Picador, Iowa City, IA)
October 14, 2007 – Wilco (Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA)
October 18, 2007—Drive-By Truckers (Englert Civic Theatre, Iowa City, IA)
October 19, 2007—Drive-By Truckers (First Ave, Minneapolis, MN)
March 2, 2008 – Ben Folds (Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA)
April 15, 2008—Counting Crows (Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA)
July 3, 2008—Summerfest; Drive-By Truckers (Milwaukee, WI)
July 4, 2008—80/30 Festival; Flaming Lips, Andrew Bird, Cracker (Des Moines, IA)
August 19, 2008—Eddie Vedder (Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI)
August 30, 2008—Bruce Springsteen & E. Street Band (Roadhouse at the Lakefront, Milwaukee, WI)
Sept 5, 2008—Jack’s Mannequin, Lupe Fiasco (Marcus Ampitheatre, Milwaukee, WI)
October 26, 2008—Of Montreal (Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI)
November 1, 2008—Jason Isbell & 400 Unit (Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI)
November 14, 2008—Hold Steady, Drive-By Truckers (Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL)
November 20, 2008—Fastball (Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI)
January 12, 2009—Metallica (Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI).
January 30, 2009—Big Head Todd & Monsters (Eagles Club, Milwaukee, WI)
April 2, 2009—Tallest Man on Earth (Turf Club, St. Paul, MN)
April 14, 2009 – Wilco (Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI)
October 10, 2009 – Ben Folds (Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI)
February 18, 2010—Supersuckers (Brickhouse, Dover, NH)
May 23, 2010—Hold Steady (The Social, Orlando, FL)
July 11, 2010 – Hold Steady (Hi-Tone, Memphis, TN)
July 28, 2010 – Lady Gaga (Pepsi Center, Denver, CO)
October 19, 2010—Hold Steady (Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME)
October 21, 2010 – Jason Isbell, Lanhorne Slim (Middle East, Cambridge, MA)
November 2, 2010 – Social Distortion, Lucero (State Theatre, Portland, ME)
January 1, 2011—Drive-By Truckers (Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA)
January 20, 2011—Ted Leo (Brickhouse, Dover, NH)
March 16, 2011 –Jeff Tweedy (State Theatre, Portland, ME)
April 6, 2011—Mike Watt (T.T. the Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA)
July 27, 2011 – Flaming Lips (Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA)
July 17, 2012—Hold Steady (Royale, Boston, MA)
September 20, 2012—Supersuckers (Local 662, St. Petersburg, FL)
October 1, 2012 – Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg, FL)
October 9, 2012 – Lanhorne Slim (Crowbar, Tampa, FL)
November 28, 2012—Japandroids (Crowbar, Tampa, FL)
December 3, 2012—Eddie Vedder (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL)
December 8, 2012—Southern Culture on the Skids (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa, FL)
May 31, 2013—Andrew W.K. (Orpheum Theatre, Tampa, FL)
July 4, 2013—The Dimmer Twins (Patterson Hood & Mike Cooley). (War Eagle Supper Club. Auburn, AL)
July 9, 2013-- Green Jellÿ. (Octave, St. Petersburg, FL)
July 11, 2013—The Coathangers (New World Brewery, Tampa, FL)
July 19, 2013—Man or Astro-man? (Orbit 19 Lounge, Holiday, FL)
September 24, 2013—Ra Ra Riot (Orpheum Theatre, Tampa, FL)
October 4, 2013—Tim Reynolds (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa, FL)
October 17, 2013—Dawes, Caitlin Rose (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL)
November 2, 2013—Lucero (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL).
January 23, 2014—Lucero (The Social, Orlando, FL)
April 12, 2014—The Dead Milkmen (Brass Mug, Tampa, FL)
May 10, 2014—Hold Steady, Bright Light Social Club (Tropical Heatwave Festival, Tampa, FL)
June 3, 2014—Drive-By Truckers (Tampa Theatre, Tampa, FL)
June 17, 2014—Deafheaven (Crowbar, Tampa, FL)
October 4, 2014—Old ‘97s (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL)
November 14, 2014—Reverend Horton Heat (Orpheum Theatre, Tampa, FL)
January 23, 2015—Shovels and Rope, Caroline Rose (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL)
February 7, 2015—Living Colour (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL)
February 22, 2015—Lucero, Ryan Bingham (The Ritz, Tampa, FL)
March 7, 2015—Modest Mouse, Gaslight Anthem (Gasparilla Music Festival, Tampa, FL)
May 13, 2015—Jason Isbell, Craig Finn (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, FL).
May 15, 2015—Jason Isbell (Plaza Live, Orlando, FL).
May 24, 2015—Steve Earle & The Dukes (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, FL).
June 15, 2015—The War on Drugs, The Everymen (The Ritz, Tampa, FL)
October 11, 2015—Drive-By Truckers (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL).
November 13, 2015—Blue Öyster Cult (Ferg’s, St. Petersburg, FL).
Dec 5, 2015—Lucero (The Ritz, Tampa, FL).
January 14, 2016—The Everymen (New World Brewery, Tampa, FL)
January 16, 2016—Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Red Elvises (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL)
January 29, 2016—John Prine, Amanda Shires (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL)
March 10, 2016—Mac Sabbath (Local 662, St. Petersburg, FL)
April 10, 2016—Dawes/Hiss Golden Messenger (State Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL)
May 15, 2016—Trampled by Turtles/The Devil Makes Three (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg, FL)
June 2, 2016—Drag the River (New World Brewery, Tampa, FL)
June 3, 2016—Alejandro Escovedo (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa, FL)
July 9, 2016—Modest Mouse/Brand New (Mid-American Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL).
July 13, 2016—Sugar Ray/Everclear/Lit/Sponge (R.O.C. Park, Madeira Beach, FL)
July 31, 2016—Candlebox (District 3, Tampa, FL)
August 13, 2016—Two Cow Garage (Crowbar, Tampa, FL)
October 19, 2016. Jason Isbell/Josh Ritter (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL)
November 16, 2016. Drive-By Truckers (Tampa Theater, Tampa, FL).

Non Confirmed Dates

Honeydogs (Grand Old Day 2000/2002)
Honeydogs (Iowa City) 2003
Soul Asylum (Grand Old Day 2002)
Guided by Voices (Grand Old Day 2000/2002)
Sunny Day Real Estate (First Ave, 1998/99)
L.A. Guns (St. Paul, 1999/2000)
The Cows (Howards, Bowling Green, 2000-02)
Leftover Salmon (Boulder Theatre, 2002-03)
The Bodeens ?
The Mars Volta ?


December Media Journal

Search Party [Season 1]. Creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, Michael Showalter. Jax Media, 2016.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend [Season 2]. Creators Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna. Black Lamb Productions, 2016.
Bojack Horseman [Season 1]. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. Tornate Company, 2014.
Mad Max: Fury Road. Dir. George Miller. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2015.
Bad Santa 2. Dir. Mark Waters. Broad Green Pictures, 2016.
Rabin-Havt, Ari. Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics. New York: Anchor Books, 2016.
Cohen, Leonard. You Want it Darker. Columbia Records, 2016.
Packer, George. The Unwinding: An Inner history of the New America. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
[Various Artists]. Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 3. Arista Records, 1999.
Magnolia Electric Co. Fading Trails. Secretly Canadian, 2006.
Waits, John. No Brakes. EMI Records, 1984.
Veruca Salt. Eight Arms to Hold You. Outpost Records, 1997.
Sweet, Matthew. Living Things. RACM Records, 2004.  
Bojack Horseman [Season 2]. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. Tornate Company, 2015.
Bojack Horseman [Season 3]. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. Tornate Company, 2016.
Talk Talk. The Very Best of Talk Talk: Natural History. EMI, 1990.
The Rolling Stones. Blues & Lonesome. Polydor, 2016.
Office Christmas Party. Dirs. Josh Gordon & Will Speck. Bluegrass Films, 2016.
Big Eyes. Dir. Tim Burton. The Weinstein Company, 2014.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Dir. Gareth Edwards. Lucasfilm, 2016.
Barry. Dir. Vikram Gandhi. Black Bear Pictures, 2016.
The Lobster. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Film 4, 2015.
Young, Neil. Peace Trail. Reprise Records, 2016.
La La Land. Dir. Damien Chazelle. Black Label Media, 2016.
Sweet, Matthew. In Reverse. Volcano Records, 1999.
Judis, John B. The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics. New York: Columbia Global Reports, 2016.
Nelson, Dana D. Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Lilla, Mark. The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction. New York: New York Review Books, 2016.
Frankfurt, Harry G. On Bullshit. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.
Kellner, Douglas. American Nightmare: Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and Authoritarian Populism. Boston: Sense Publishers, 2016.
[Various Artists]. Austin Powers Original Soundtrack. Hollywood Records, 1997.
[Various Artists]. Valley Girl: Music From the Soundtrack. Rhino Records, 1994.
Stewart. Al. Year of the Cat. Rhino Records, 1976.
Jackie. Dir. Pablo Larrain. Fox Searchlight, 2016.
Easy [Season 1]. Creator Joe Swanberg. Sparrow Grass, 2016.

Smith, Chris. The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2016.

Friday, December 30, 2016

Trump: Media & Politics (Reading List)

“Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump’s America.” The New Yorker 21 Nov. 2016. Web.

Andrejevic, Mark. “The Jouissance of Trump.” Television & New Media 17.7 (2016). Web.

Bageant, Joe. “American Serfs: Inside the White Ghetto of the Working Poor.” Deer Hunting with Jesus. New York: Random House, 2007. Web.

Barbaro, Michael & Megan Twohey. “Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved with Women in Private.” The New York Times. 14 May 2016. Web.

Barthes, Roland. “The World of Wrestling.” Mythologies. New York: Hill & Wang, 1972. Print.

Brannon, Robert. “Donald Trump and the Sex Industry.” Dignity 1.1 (2016): 1-9. Web.

Caplan, Jane. “Trump and Fascism. A View from the Past.” History Workshop. 17 Nov. 2016. Web.

Coppins, McKay. “How the Haters and Losers Lost.” Buzzfeed. 17 Jul. 2016. Web.

Dean, Michelle. “Don’t Stop Believin.’” New Republic. 9 Nov. 2016. Web.

“The Editorial Board.” “Truth and Lies in the Age of Trump.” The New York Times. 10 Dec. 2016. Web.

Edwards, Stassa. “The Virility of Fascists.” Jezebel. 7 Dec. 2016. Web.

Flaherty, Colleen. “Don’t Smile, You’re on Camera.” Inside Higher Ed. 12 Dec. 2016. Web.

Foran, Clare. “Trump’s Victory Sends a Disturbing Message about Sexual Assault.” The Atlantic. 9 Nov. 2016. Web.

“Forsetti’s Justice.” “An Insider’s View: The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America.” Alternet. 22 Nov. 2016. Web.

Franko, Elizabeth. “Democracy at Work?: The Lessons of Donald Trump and the Apprentice.” How Real is Reality TV?: Essays on Representation and Truth. Ed. David S. Escoffery. Jefferson, NC: Macfarland & Company, 2006. Print.

Garber, Megan. “Why Presidents Are Also Celebrities.” The Atlantic. 18 Sep. 2014. Web.

Giroux, Henry. Arena Magazine 140 (2016): 31-32. Print.

Glasser, Susan B. “Covering Politics in a ‘Post-Truth’ America.” Brookings. 2 Dec. 2016. Web.

Gonzalez, Nancie Loudon. “Carnival or Campaign?: Locating Robin Hood and the Carnivalesque in the U.S. Presidential Race.” The Humanist. 19 Apr. 2016. Web.

Hall, Kira, Donald M. Goldstein, & Matthew Bruce Ingram. “The Hands of Donald Trump: Entertainment, Gesture, Spectacle.” Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 6.2 (2016): 71-100. Web.

Hartocollis, Anemona. “On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces.” New York Times. 8 Dec. 2016. Web.

Hearn, Alison. “Trump’s ‘Reality’ Hustle.’ Television & New Media 17.7 (2016): 656-59. Web.    

Kellner, Douglas. American Nightmare: Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and Authoritarian Populism. Boston: Sense Publishers, 2016. Print.

Kelly, Chris. “What Donald Trump Learned about Politics from Pro Wrestling.” The Washington Post. 11 Nov. 2016. Web.

Legum, Judd. “This French Philosopher is the Only One Who Can Explain the Donald Trump Phenomenon.” Think Progress. 14 Sep. 2015. Web.

Lockwood, Patricia. “Lost in Trumplandia.” New Republic 27 Mar. 2016. Web.

McAdams, Dan P. “The Mind of Donald Trump.” The Atlantic. Jun 2016. Web.

McConnell, Scott. “Rise of the Alt-Right.” The American Conservative. 31 Oct. 2016. Web.

Ouellette, Laurie. “The Trump Show.” Television & New Media 17.7 (2016): 647-50. Web.

Petersen, Anne Helen. “The Key to Trump is Reading Him like a Celebrity.” Buzzfeed. 12 Dec. 2016. Web.

Post, Charlie. “The Republicans Have Been Trumped.” The Brooklyn Rail. 4 Oct. 2016. Web.

Potts, Graham. “Adorno on ‘The Donald’: Reality Television as Culture Industry.” Problematique 11 (2007): 1-10. Web.

Pozner, Jennifer L. “Think Reality TV is Sexist? Blame Donald Trump.” Politico. 15 Aug. 2015. Web.

Robinson, Andrew. “Bakhtin: Carnival Against Capital, Carnival Against Power.” Ceasefire. 9 Sep. 2011. Web.

Schoenwald, Jonathan. “Introduction.” A Time for Choosing: The Rise of Modern American Conservatism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print.

Shechet, Ellie. “When Reality TV Becomes Reality, What’s Our Next Move?” Jezebel. 22 Dec. 2016. Web.

Sheffield, Matthew. “How the Alt-Right Became Racist, Part 1: A Short History of Hate.” Salon. 8 Dec. 2016. Web.

Sheffield, Matthew. “How the Alt-Right Became Racist, Part 2: Long Before Trump, White Nationalists Flocked to Ron Paul.” 9 Dec. 2016. Web.

Sheffield, Matthew. “Rise of the Alt-Right: How Mainstream Conservatives’ Obsession with Purity Fueled a New Right-Wing Radicalism.” 14 Dec. 2016. Web.

Sullivan, Margaret. “The Post-Truth World of the Trump Administration is Scarier Than You Think.” The Washington Post. 4 Dec. 2016. Web.

Taub, Amanda. “The Rise of American Authoritarianism.” Vox. 1 Mar. 2016. Web.

Timpf, Katherine. “Classes Being Cancelled Because Trump Won is Why Trump Won.” National Review. 10 Nov. 2016. Web.

Whitehouse, John. “Misinformer of the Year: The Ecosystem of Fake News and the “Alt-Right.” Media Matters. 27 Dec. 2016. Web.


Žižek, Slavoj. “Slavoj Žižek on Clinton, Trump, and the Left’s Dilemma.” In These Times. 6 Nov. 2016. Web.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

November Media Journal

Watt, Mike. ‘Ring Spiel’ Tour ’95. Columbia Records, 2016.
[Various Artists]. Wonder Boys: Music From the Motion Picture. Columbia Records, 2000.
Buckwheat Zydeco. Five Card Stud. Island Records, 1994.
[Various Artists]. 200 Cigarettes: Music From the Motion Picture. Mercury Records, 1999.
Mellencamp, John. Freedom’s Road. Universal Music, 2007.
Hansard, Glen. It Was Triumph We Once Proposed…Songs of Jason Molina. Overcoat Records, 2015.
The Magnolia Electric Co. Hard to Love a Man. Secretly Canadian, 2005.
10,000 Maniacs. Love Among the Ruins. Geffen Records, 1997.
[Various Artists]. Farewell Transmission: The Music of Jason Molina. Rock the Cause, 2014.
Songs: Ohia. Songs: Ohia. Secretly Canadian, 1999.
Chang: Jeff. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. New York: Picador, 2005.
Perlstein, Rick. The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Red Oaks [Season 2]. Creators Joe Gangemi & Gregory Jacobs. Amazon Studios, 2016.
Rectify [Season 4]. Creator Ray McKinnon. Gran Via Productions, 2016.
Moonlight. Dir. Barry Jenkins. A24 Pictures, 2016.
GTFO: Get the Fuck Out. Dir. Shannon Sun-Higginson. Collective Eye Films, 2015.
Pink Floyd. Cre/ation: The Early Years 1967-1972. Columbia Records, 2016.
The Affair [Season 3]. Creators Hagai Levi & Sarah Treem. Film 50, 2016.
Lang, James A. Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Teaching. New York: Jossey-Bass Education, 2016.

Citizenfour. Dir. Laura Poitras. Praxis Films, 2014.

Saturday, November 5, 2016

October Media Journal

Transparent [Season 3]. Creator Jill Soloway. Amazon Studios, 2016.
Westworld [Season 1]. Creators Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy Nolan. Bad Robot Production, 2016.
Family Guy [Season 15]. Creators Seth MacFarlane & David Zukerman. 20th Century Fox Television, 2016.
Goodman, Steve. The Best of the Asylum Years: Volume Two. Red Pajama Records, 1989.
[Various Artists]. Great Balls of Fire!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Polygram Records, 1989.
Reeves, Jim & Patsy Cline. Greatest Hits. BMG Music, 1981.
Bon Iver. 22, A Million. Jagjaguwar Records, 2016.
Shires, Amanda. My Piece of Land. BMG Music, 2016.
Throwing Muses. The Real Ramona. Sire Records, 1991.
Drive-By Truckers. American Band. ATO Records, 2016.
The Tragically Hip. Fully Completely. MCA Records, 1992.
Yip Deceiver. Medallius. New West Records, 2013.
Hansard, Glen. Didn’t He Ramble. Anti- Records, 2015.
Crenshaw Marshall. The 9 Volt Years: Battery Powered Ho Demos & Curios (1979-198?). Razor & Tie Records, 1998.
VHS or Beta. Bring on the Comets. Astrelwerks Records, 2007.
JJ. V. Secretly Canadian, 2014.
Ratt. Invasion of Your Privacy. Atlantic Records, 1985.
The Birth of a Nation. Dir. Nate Parker. Argent Pictures, 2016.
Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Present Danger. Dir. Sam Feder. Moving Train Media, 2013.

Hamilton, Jack. Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016.