Zach Schonfeld

Should've gotten a best picture nomination

Space Jam VHS tape

Kazaam VHS tape

Simon Sez VHS tape

My Giant VHS tape

In the late '90s, every popular NBA player was required to star in one (1) family-friendly movie. That was just the law.

ok this one might be legit

Of course, FOIA requests have revealed that Stephen Malkmus was an undercover CIA operative when he wrote the lyrics to "Range Life."

I’m here again to preach the gospel of The Smashing Pumpkins who from Gish through Adore had an unbroken streak of perfect albums.

Megalopolis

Eventually, the CIA initiated Operation Zwan, using mind control tactics to persuade Billy Corgan to abandon his Pumpkins bandmates and form an ill-fated new project with members of Slint and A Perfect Circle.

The CIA secretly supplied Jimmy Chamberlin with heroin, part of a covert operation to force Smashing Pumpkins to pivot to drum machines on Adore and ultimately weaken their appeal among angsty teenagers.

The destroyed remains of a house and music studio in Altadena, CA

The destroyed remains of a music studio in Altadena, CA, burned to the ground

Grateful to Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes for sharing his story with me, and photos of what remains of his home studio in Altadena

Respectfully, they've made some very good records after 2010

Wilco / July 13, 2009 / Brooklyn, NY (KeySpan Park) Trending on Billboard Wilco doesn’t need special effects or a theatrical set for its live show. What other bands look to produce with those high-budget concert accessories, this one offers in the stag...

This show?

Apparently Yo La Tengo is playing Forest Hills Stadium next summer, opening for Wilco. I can't imagine a worse, more ill-suited venue for their whole vibe. I will absolutely be there.

The L.A. Music Scene, After the Fires "The worst part is the realization of how long we will be living in the shadow of it."

I interviewed some musicians who lost their homes and instruments in the devastating Eaton Fire and wrote about how they're picking up the pieces. This piece originally ran in ANTICS magazine last year. Now I've made it available via my newsletter:

Movieline, June 1998 VIRGINIA CAMPBELL: How had you managed to see Ace Ventura? PETER WEIR: I'd seen a poster in the video store, and I liked the look of the guy in it. I sensed the energy I was to see in the film.

I sensed the energy I was to see in the film.

It's great, and feels like a continuation of the era she inaugurated with The Land Is Inhospitable...

Mitski CD - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

I was underwhelmed by Laurel Hell and thought maybe her heart wasn't in it anymore... and then she dropped this space-country orchestral pop masterpiece.

Double Nickels on the Ned! Happy birthday indeed

MICHAEL STIPE'S ROOMMATE: Guys, has anyone seen my lotus? What happened to the lotus I was keeping in the fridge?

MICHAEL STIPE: Uhhhhhhhh...

If Rose Byrne wins the Oscar, they should play GBV "Hot Freaks" as she approaches the stage.

Airheads (1994), but add a fourth member

Doc, please. You gotta help me. I swallowed a poison valentine to Hollywood!

If there's one thing film programmers love, it's describing a movie as "a poison valentine to Hollywood."

Man, imagine being Jeffrey Epstein. Your entire life has been devoted to obtaining blackmail material for people in positions of power, and then suddenly one of them becomes President of the United States… but then your old friend depression shows up again…

Alternate universe where First Cow made $600 million at the box office and Kelly Reichardt got hired to direct Barbie instead of Gerwig

Last few days of headlines:

• billionaire president potentially tampered with sex crimes document dump
• billionaire family seizing control of Hollywood
• billionaires feuding over how AI should be used to commit war crimes
• billionaire president bombed an elementary school in Iran

Most Steely Dan songs are not that fast. But that one is!

is it "Kid Charlemagne"??

Overheard on the Upper West Side: "I taught a drum lesson today to Jessica Chastain's son!"

Bill Callahan's life was 'derailed' by having kids. Songwriting got him back on track NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the singer-songwriter Bill Callahan about his new album My Days of 58.

The interviewer here pronounces it like the fish

I don't want to alarm anyone, but I gotta speak my truth: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We is both Mitski's best album and one of the best albums of the decade. An extraordinary, deeply haunted record.