Fred No. 7
Here's the new Fred: Music, Essays, Opinions, Complaints
Short
Essays
1. "The New York Times and 'The
Other' " -- piece on why
the newspaper provides a poor view of the rest of the world
2.
"The
Nationalism(s) of South Asia"
-- piece on the search for something
that never existed
3.
"Bangladesh:
Girls, Boys, Blogs" -- piece on why Bangladesh festers a
little less than assumed
Music
1.
Ten
Best Albums, 2005 (Boards of Canada, Ariel Pink, LCD Soundsystem,
etc.)
2.
Concert
Reviews, 2005 (Sleater-Kinney, Royksopp, Interpol, U2, Local H,
etc.)
Sound
Opinions -- the
self-proclaimed
world's only rock'n'roll radio talk show
Guide
to Electronic Dance Music -- if
you
find all those definitions bewildering
on
Billy Joel -- the
difficulty
of picking the worst Billy Joel song
new
song by Prince -- bozo
has a
new album out with the weirdest song
1.
The Family Guy
-- the funniest show on TV
2.
24 --
apparently the most popular show on TV [by an anonymous reviewer]
1.
Grizzly Man
-- the best documentary I saw last year
2.
Brokeback
Mountain -- good movie, I guess
3.
No Direction
Home: Bob Dylan -- very very long documentary on the guy
4.
The Shining /
Shining -- trailer for new version
4.
Very Short Introductions --
the best one volume summaries of stuff
1.
"A Monday Morning Walk"
[by Anoo]
1. untitled
[by Sherry]
1.
The Old Negro Space Program
-- new documentary using old tricks
2.
The Complete Bushisms -- catch up on the latest additions from the
frontiers of language
3.
GarageBand Tutorial -- learn to make your own kind of music
4.
Strange New Products -- learn about the weirdest things you can buy
5.
Talk Like a Pirate Day -- when you're bored, talk like a pirate
The
Continuing Nuisance of Thomas Friedman