One of my first posts here was on the Japanese band, Tokyo Jihen. Led by the legendary Shiina Ringo, Tokyo Jihen's signature sound (see: Tokyo Incidents) blends standard jazz hooks with super stylized rock. The result is  delicious and...

Insomnia is a terrible thing, but if you're going to suffer, you might as well turn your bleary-eyed, twitchy lemons into musical lemonade. That's why, last night, somewhere between an optimistic 2:00am and a cranky, defeated 4:30am, I made my...

I will admit it here, in writing, for you all to see. (Ahem.) Here goes. My name is Jess and I'm obsessed with SamRo and LiLo (for those of you whose brain hasn't been deadened by People Magazine, that means DJ Samantha Ronson and actress Lindsay.

From Learning To Love You More assignment #53: Give advice to yourself in the past. "Advice to Jess at Fifteen" 1. Don't date Celine. Yes, she's very attractive and a good kisser, but you won't ever have much to talk about. Instead,.

Passage from page 136, Divisadero : Only the rereading counts, Nabokov said. So the strange form of that belfry, turning onto itself again and again, felt familiar to me. For we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout..