Email Author Erik Alan Carlson

2004 Stories by Erik Alan Carlson

• Dick's Got the Beat

  published December 15, 2004

  "I like Nelly. He's from St. Louis. He's a very good rapper. I like Eminem.... Oh, I don't listen to the lyrics. I just like the music. I like the... More >>

• Walking Made Easy

  published December 8, 2004

  Now that you've got that damn pedometer strapped to your waist, you have to worry about how much you've walked each day. As if holiday time isn't... More >>

• Oh, God!

  published November 10, 2004

  SAT 11/13 For the "trainspotting"-type fan of celebrity, the production of Say Goodnight, Gracie that plays at the Touhill... More >>

• Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

  published November 3, 2004

  Love, death and religion: These have been common themes in Nick Cave's quarter-century-long career. He's been a junkie, a punk Baudelaire, the... More >>

• Give Me Liberty!

  published October 20, 2004

  The first thing to appear onscreen during Doug Stanhope's latest comedy DVD, Deadbeat Hero, is "Liberty: The condition of being free from... More >>

• Chi-Chi Man Eye for the Straight Guy

  published October 20, 2004

  Long derided as "chi-chi men," gays furious about Jamaican artists' homophobic lyrics have launched a tactical counter-offensive that could impact... More >>

• The Faint

  published September 22, 2004

  Because of its synth-heavy sound, it would be very easy to lump the Faint in with the current '80s revival that's been floating on the fringes of... More >>

• Bowling for Press

  published September 15, 2004

  Find out more about both bands at www.nothingstill.c om and More >>

• My Chemical Romance

  published July 21, 2004

  My Chemical Romance has the pedigree one would expect from any... More >>

• Xiu Xiu

  published July 21, 2004

  Imagine, if you will, that you've suffered a string of unimaginable tragedies. Your mother died a few years back, your father has committed... More >>

• The Cure

  published July 14, 2004

  If artists stick around long enough, they always reach the same point: They move from being a vital creative force to just treading water -- doing... More >>

• The Gods Must Be Crazy

  published June 9, 2004

  There was an age, many moons ago, when legends strode across the earth, when men were men, women were women, and all of them sang with shrieking... More >>

• A 'Stache of Evil

  published May 12, 2004

  "Moustache is a symbol of repression and hate...it's the facial marking of the man who holds you down" -- or so an old punk-rock song would have... More >>

• Supersuckers

  published April 28, 2004

  "If you got the goods, brother, bring it on/My mother done brought me up wrong" and "You know/I'm in league with Satan/You know/There's no... More >>

• Irish Invasion

  published March 31, 2004

  The Mississippi River Celtic Music Festival -- the Tionól, or "assembly" -- is a weekend-long invasion of Irish musicians that will ease... More >>

• WWE in the House

  published March 24, 2004

  SUN 3/28 Man, you must have really done something to piss off WrestleMania, because the WWE is bringing "WrestleMania Revenge" to the... More >>

• Some Strings Attached

  published March 17, 2004

  SUN 3/21 You, sir or madam, should go fly a kite. You can either pick up one of those disposable plastic dealies from that cardboard... More >>

• Elefant

  published March 17, 2004

  Diego Garcia is a unique artist in the realm of indie rock. He sings for a New York band, is a sharp dresser and has a name that makes him sound... More >>

• Purl of Wisdom

  published March 10, 2004

  Is crafting the new thrift-store shopping? As high prices and tacky reproductions water down the appeal of vintage clothes, the only way to... More >>

• Do Over

  published March 3, 2004

  TUES 3/9 Last spring, on the eve of Guided by Voices' "Earthquake Glue" tour, an early-morning conversation with Robert Pollard turned... More >>

• Mastodon

  published February 11, 2004

  For millions of years, the American mastodon (scientific name Mammut americanum) roamed the plains. These giants stood eight to ten feet... More >>

• Sex, Paralysis, the Usual

  published January 14, 2004

  MON 1/19 Monday's River Styx at Duff's authors bring to the Central West End restaurant stories of a drive-in movie screen... More >>

• Brawl's Well

  published January 14, 2004

  SAT 1/17 "Professional wrestling isn't a sport." "You know that's fake, right?" Fans of the fine art of pro wrestling have long... More >>