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Leave the dimwitted chicks alone!

I’ll probably look pretty silly if she winds up dead of an overdose in a few months, but I have a feeling that the recent Britney Spears custody/hospitalization debacle is more of a case of lawyers and judges and media being out of control than Britney being a worse mother and role model than Courtney …

Jon Brion: 1/2 Martyrs’ – Listen to him play!

I’ve often been accused of hyperbole, but tonight was something akin to a communal religious experience for me. Here’s the way it should always be. The crowd is reverently silent. Jon starts grooving to the music, his head rocks back and his eyes roll into the back of his head like he’s just felt the …

Jon Brion and I: Both Mopes

There’s an odd point in time when I see Jon Brion play, when I realize that although I love his unbelievable musical chops, his delightful and charming sense of humor, his love of all things pop, and the wonderful way he says motherfucker, that the reason his music hits me so hard is that he’s …

“Sing You Fuckers!” Jon Brion New Year’s Chicago

Warning: Much as I don’t want to be the “This is how you should behave at a Jon show” guy, there’s going to be a lot of that. New Year’s Eve seems to be the only day of the year, where I’m the most mature guy in the room, and I hate when people make …