A.V. Club Blog

Jul 3, 2008

I do take requests when it comes to this feature, in no small part because suggestions from you guys have helped me find (and sometimes introduced me...

Jun 26, 2008

Most of the musicians I’ve been featuring in this series have been from Mississippi, with

Jun 19, 2008

In his book Deep Blues, Robert Palmer describes Eddie “Son” House as “a failed...

Jun 13, 2008

Before actually telling you anything about Furry Lewis, it’s probably best to just throw one...

Jun 5, 2008

A lot of the musicians in this series were only filmed late in their lives because in their younger days, during the 1930s or earlier, nobody in...

May 29, 2008

I wasn’t very familiar with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee before starting this little blogging project, but as soon as I heard them, I knew I had...

May 22, 2008

Chester Arthur Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin’ Wolf, was a true giant of the blues, a great...

Mar 27, 2007

No, not the one with Charlie Sheen

Mar 26, 2007

absence and anticipation

Mar 23, 2007

When people forward jokes and dumb websites, it can be annoying. But sometimes you just need to share something as Zen-like and bizarre as this. Make...

Mar 22, 2007

In the early nineties a rising crop of maverick filmmakers emerged with finely-honed personas and creation stories to match any comic-book...

Mar 20, 2007

For a while there it looked like all the stars were all aligning for Sam Mendes’ adaptation of Jarhead, former Marine Anthony...

Mar 19, 2007

Last Tuesday, Arcade Fire’s sophomore release Neon Bible debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts. The following day, a Modest Mouse song...

Mar 19, 2007

After three days of bands, bands, bands, the last day of SXSW is usually a good time to hang out with people you haven’t had time to see and be a...

Mar 18, 2007

Most Austinites have a definite love/hate relationship with SXSW. Wednesday to Friday, it's invigorating to have your town be this nexus of cool,...

Mar 18, 2007

The final day of SXSW is a test of will, especially when it coincides with St. Patrick’s Day.