New adventures in aural vivacity.

The Fat Athlete Hall of Fame;

Roger Kimball: Bankrupting a country 1-2-3

When liberals aren’t shrill;

Michael Vick is a really nice guy;

The disease and filth in your stadium food;

Change and museums;

Liberals for Palin;

The Hemingway Look-Alike Contest;

Some awesomely weird places to sleep;

Do polluted skies contribute to suicide?

Son of Large Hadron Collider;

Non-stop Western themes

Frankie Laine sings “Jezebel” in a feast for the eyes and ears;

Ukrainian cows power biogas plant;

Wikipedia’s list of animal sounds;

Octo-Newf;

The robots will kill us;

Free nature sounds;

The world’s 50 most commonly spoken languages;

How animals contribute to human evolution; and

On music and brain plasticity.

This album had a devastatingly positive effect on my musical worldview.

Try it!

As noted on the informational page of our parent company, Impressive Tripe Productions, we’ve become super-important players in the local, national and international mail scene.

That’s right — we now have a P.O. Box:

Impressive Tripe Productions, Inc.

P.O. Box 16734

Portland, OR 97292

This means we are now able to accept the following items:

• Promotional CDs, artwork, books and comic books for review;
• Trinkets;
• Postcards (if you send one, I’ll scan it and put in a blog post);
• Bribes;
• Monetary donations;
• Gifts;
• Pamphlets, leaflets and manifestos;
• Friendship bracelets;
• Bobbleheads and novelty nesting dolls;
• Collectibles; and
• Belated birthday gifts.

Review policy: As a general rule, we are happy to review most recordings, zines, publications, etc. Though we can’t promise to shower your merchandise with effusive praise, we’ll nevertheless approach all submissions with fairness, a kind spirit, rapt attention and enthusiasm. Since we love talking about stuff we get in the mail, there’s a better-than-average chance your work will merit some kind of positive publicity. We’re nice that way.