Friday Link Session
It’s about that time: Bands, if you can’t – or don’t want to – make it to SXSW this year, start getting your submissions ready for the third annual CXCW (Couch by Couchwest), March 10-16. Find submission details here. If you’ll be in the Cleveland area on June 22 and would like to move from … Read more
Bah Humbug
You know the best thing to do on Christmas day? Stay home and watch horror movies. May I suggest choosing titles from this fine holiday-centric list? But if you need a weightier excuse for foregoing Christmas activities than a Bartlebian “I prefer not to”, the Wind-Up Birds have a suggestion (and the song is … Read more
A Good Read, a Good Listen, and a Good Drink: Daniel Knox
It’s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and … Read more
Daniel Knox Is Coming to Cleveland (and Other Points East)
Oh, I’ve been waiting for this one. The sardonic Mr. Daniel Knox is bringing his unsettling cabaret songs to the Beachland Ballroom this Wednesday, April 11, when he opens for the Traveling Ladies’ Cello Society, a.k.a., Rasputina. I was taken by Knox’s rockbottom warble and dancehall piano (and kazoo – don’t forget the kazoo) … Read more
Give: Daniel Knox and John Atwood
NTSIB friend and Couch by Couchwest (the internet-based answer to South by Southwest for the lazy and the poor) alumnus Daniel Knox and photographer John Atwood could use your help. Atwood writes: Songwriter/composer Daniel Knox and I were recently selected by the Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation to be artists in residence this fall at … Read more
Daniel Knox: I Make Enemies Everywhere I Go
You climb the metal fire escape on this frigid, Chicago night, a little uneasy. The steps sway and clang under your feet while layers of paint and rusted metal disintegrate under your hand. You are halfway up when you make the mistake of looking down to check your progress. A pause as you close your … Read more