Email Author Sasha Frere-Jones

2003 Stories by Sasha Frere-Jones

• Babies on Fire

  published September 16, 2003

  From: Alex Wallace [mailto:alexicon@rightnow.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:05 p.m. To: Tracey Subject: Killing Joke Is MY... More >>

• Hot Enough in Herre, Thanks

  published August 12, 2003

  Not race men enough for rock en español hardliners, too obstructive for Starbucks comps, and too smiley for the alt crowd, Café... More >>

• Our Band Is Your Life

  published June 24, 2003

  There was an empty field before Led Zeppelin planted their flag. Somebody else could have done it. The advent of rugged English amplification in... More >>

• Who's That Man, Momma?

  published June 10, 2003

  Devin the Dude's got problems. His Cadillac DeVille '79 isn't worth stealing, the cops stop him so often they know where he keeps his weed (under... More >>

• Sign on the Dotted Void

  published April 29, 2003

  There are few cultural artifacts more bereft than a major-label album that doesn't get a push. Indie albums are never quite as sad, partially... More >>

• What I Like About You

  published February 25, 2003

  Whenever Mom caught the teenaged me mooning about, she'd put one hand on her forehead and lay the other on the table, palm up: "I, too, am a... More >>

• Rhythm & Blighty

  published February 4, 2003

  In the car. Me: "Leave it on that station, it's 'Bootylicious.' " Deborah: "Please, no." Me: "What do you have against r&b?" Deborah: "That's not... More >>

• How to Be Good

  published January 28, 2003

  At the beginning of "Heaven Somewhere," an extremely long song about death that closes his new album, Electric Circus, Common describes a... More >>