Do you have any year-end lists?Ahhh, the year-end list.
For news writers, it's a subtle signal to readers that their publication has early holiday deadlines and they had to hurry up and turn something in.
For critics, it's often an exercise in hipper-than-thou opacity.
"Wouldn't it be sweet if an album took the prickly psych damage of Black Dice but made it work in the context of epic rock, so that it had the cathartic build of early Mogwai?"
That's an actual sentence from Pitchfork's "The 50 Best Albums of 2008" list. And for the record, no it wouldn't be sweet.
I've written two year-end lists.
Top Five Best-Named World Leaders of 2008
The Kinks have been revered as one of the greatest rock n
Dear Mexican: Many times, as I cross the border into the U.S., I see bald cholos buying images (posters, blankets, baby bibs) of Al Pacino in Scarface. Where does such an obsession for this ugly Cuban come from? Is Tony Montana replacing la Virgencita de Guadalupe in cholos� living rooms across America?
Back with their 7th album and still representing Brentwood, Long
In case you aren't as cynical as our music editor Greg Slattery, here's the upcoming releases and this year’s offerings in the Christmas Music
Greg Slattery interviews Dennis Lyxzén
Dear Mexican: I know you�ve been asked variations of this before, but I�m going to ask you again anyway. I�m a gay white guy, and I�ve had three relationships with Mexican men in the past seven years. Each lasted from three to six months. This past relationship actually lasted a year and culminated with us moving in together for a month before it ended badly. Mexican: I�ve never been treated worse than by the Mexicans I�ve dated�and yet I�ve also never been happier.
McMasters Gallery is famous for exhibiting unusual and fascinating pieces of art. Their current show, “Open Gestures: (Re) Active Drawings†by Sara Schneckloth is no exception, as viewers can literally change the exhibited works using magnifiers, magnets or other tools and become part of the art.
Dear Readers: I don�t like to rerun columns �cause it makes me look like a lazy Mexican, but I realize that, as my column invades foreign terrain (Chattanooga! Columbia, South Carolina! Steamboat Springs, Colorado!), new readers might not understand some of my running gags. Following, then, are the two most-frequently asked questions about the Mexican�s methodology:
The second annual “Skate and Create†exhibition was a great success both in terms of raising money to build a skate park in Columbia and to change the perception of skaters from skinny, tattooed teenagers to artsy athletes who are just as passionate about their skateboards as about their skating styles
