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Sex Nerd Sandra #93: Masturbate-a-Thon

Carol Queen, PhD is a noted pleasure activist, award-winning erotic author, the co-founder (with her life partner Dr. Robert Morgan Lawrence) of the Center for Sex & Culture, and Staff Sexologist at Good Vibrations. For more, see www.carolqueen.com and www.sexandculture.org/mission Photo is courtesy The Feminist Porn Awards.   Mike Black is a comedian who’s appeared on VH1, TBS, The Travel Channel and Comedy Central and… more

Owen Pallett Covers The Strokes, Recalls Nerdy Childhood

On Tuesday, Stereogum released its original tribute to the Strokes’ debut, called Stroked: A Tribute to Is This It, which hosts a bunch of indie acts playing tracks from the… more

This One Goes Out to All the Ladies

The Isley Brothers posed a very poignant question in 1973 when they contemplated, “Who’s that lady (who’s that lady)?” Taken literally, this question has several straightforward solutions –… more

Twin Peaks Remixed

1990 was a good year: I had just been born, the Pistons won the NBA Finals, The Hubble Telescope was put into orbit, and a little show called Twin Peaks… more
 

A Word with Little Scream

A few weeks ago, Becca and I caught up with Laurel Sprengelmeyer –aka Little Scream –at the MusicNow festival to discuss the creative process behind her outstanding debut album and… more

New Bon Iver: Calgary

The beginning of your work week is about to suck way less hard: Bon Iver has just released the new song “Calgary” from their upcoming self-titled release. It’s a… more

Musicians You Should Hear Now: Owen Pallett and Little Scream

Eat your heart out, Coachella: This upcoming weekend, the MusicNow Festival will return to Cincinnati for its sixth year, proving that the Midwest has more to offer than Dairy Queen… more
 

The 10 Worst People at Concerts

As one of your resident music nerds, I have taken the onus upon myself to frequent concerts in order to maintain my street cred. Now, I know what you’re… more

Farewell, No No Knots

Last night I saw my first and final No No Knots show when they played their farewell concert at the Cincinnati Zoo. The first thing I noticed after grabbing a… more

Panda Bear’s “Tomboy” Streaming Now!

Due out next week, Tomboy is currently streaming over at NPR. What we can all learn from this is that NPR kills with kindness. “Hey want to defund us? Suck… more