2006 May | one times one
opinions were like kittens i was giving them away. -modest mouse
there's nothing as something as one. -e. e. cummings

OTO Rating: 7/10       Remixes are a funny concept – the phrase “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” comes to mind. In older times, remixes were seen as solely consigned to discos and dance halls, something indie kids would never partake in. But what with dance and rock intersecting now more than ever, and [...]

      Highlights first: Scorching sun. A midnight battle of Santa Clauses vs. alien nuns. Twenty thousand people for 10 shower stalls. A snowstorm. Armies of chanting Canadian hockey fans. $3.50 Starbucks grande, house brew. A bubble descends from outer space. A giant-sunglass uniform on each and every female face. A mind-bending view of the Columbia [...]

OTO Rating: 7/10      Personally, I blame Shania Twain. She and her “New Country” brethren have given country music a bad name. Thanks to their cookie-cutter music and their perfect skin, millions of music fans have taken to saying they love “pretty much everything . . . except country.” Track listing: 01 Run Devil Run [...]