Inherent Vice By Thomas Pynchon
Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Author in Album Review, Music
Inherent Vice
By Thomas Pynchon
Penguin
Thomas Pynchon decided to take a break from his typical abstract experimentalist style of literature and gave us his latest called Inherent Vice. It’s a noir detective novel set in 1970’s Los Angeles where Doc Sportello, PI, an aging hippie, has an ex-girlfriend that requires his investigative services in finding her missing lover who happens to be a wealthy real estate mogul. Doc agrees and what ensues is an adventure filled with conspiracies, LAPD corruption, drug addicts and all manner of misfits, set in a time when [...]
Wavves – “Wavves”
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Author in Album Review, Music
Wavves
Wavvves
Fat Possum
Perhaps it is the cool thing right now for hipsters and weirdoes alike to be as unique and different as possible, because lord knows you can buy “punk rock” records and hair dye at the malls. Misguided rebel kid Nathan Williams is responsible for this projecting this piece of filth for a record into your ears. After a noisy headache of an introduction, “Beach Demon” throws sloppy drumming and poser guitar riffs at the listener, with cheesy and amateur sounding layered vocal tracks on top (reminiscent of a terrible [...]
