August 28, 2008

Rock of Ageless

This week, while MT is on vacay, we're going green and recycling a few still-timely emails. Be back September 2. You’d have to enjoy torturing kittens to dislike a documentary about spunky 80-somethings who sing in a choir, covering tunes by Sonic Youth and ... more

Siren Song

Los Angeles is both paradise and purgatory for dreamers. With its promise of riches for those with the merest talent, it lulls one to its pulsing coast like the proverbial siren. Then, as often as not, it ignores you. So what do you do if you’... more

Aural Sex

Have a question about dealing with a nosy neighbor? Ask Dear Abby. Wanna know if alkaline batteries will make a vibrator explode? Dan Savage is your go-to guy. For more than 15 years, the author and journalist has answered sex questions in ... more

Got Milk?

Earlier this year, gay blogs were abuzz over the re-creation of 1970’s Castro Street for Milk, Gus Van Sant ’s movie — due this November — in which Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, whose election to San Francisco Supervisor made him the first openly ... more

You and Me Both

Why is it that female vocalists and electronica click so well? Ever since computers went pop, they’ve sounded most ageless when backing up helplessly human female vocalists and working that whole cold-machine/bleeding-heart dichotomy, like in ... more