A.V. Club Blog

May 15, 2008

This time out, let’s check in on a few songs by Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White, who...

May 15, 2008

Screw the Grammys, this is the kind of award every musician should hope for: Neil Young has had a spider named in his honor. East...

May 12, 2008

May 8, 2008

This is the second in what I hope will be a fairly extensive series highlighting some of the terrific performances by old-school blues musicians that...

May 5, 2008

Talk about striking while the iron is hot: Just after Iron Man led the box office...

May 1, 2008

Among its other fine qualities, YouTube has been a gold mine for people who, like me, love finding gems of yesterday's pop culture. I'm a particular...

Apr 30, 2008

Wire and Simpsons fans, this is worth keeping an eye on—Oregon artist Steve Lieber has started a project drawing...

Apr 5, 2007

Hey you guys

I know it's been longer than a camel's dong since I last rapped at you in a non-My Year Of Flops context but last night I...

Apr 4, 2007

Answers will probably not surprise you.

Apr 3, 2007

I have a long and tangled relationship with Lady In The Water. Back when I appeared regularly on a poorly rated, mildly disreputable...

Apr 3, 2007

Remember when Alanis was the devil? Things have gotten significantly worse, and now she’s good for a laugh/some social commentary. Here, she covers...

Apr 2, 2007

Hi. Remember a while back when we solicited questions your questions about love and sex for Sarah Silverman? You gave us some questions, we passed...

Apr 2, 2007

how to know who’s going to get voted off the island

Mar 30, 2007

having your cake and freezing it too

Mar 29, 2007

With cinematic disasters of epic proportions the viral contagion known as bad buzz attaches itself to a movie and steadily kills it from...

Mar 28, 2007

The new Low album is amazing and strange, and strangely amazing. The band, which used to be shy and dark and weird, is now something else. I love...