Friday night will be the Decatur Social Club 2010 Reunion event; and the excitement level for those who partook in DSC over the years is nearing climax. For those who don’t know what exactly DSC was (or is); it’s hard to describe it as a place or event or club. Because while it was those [...]
Editorial: Dial 1 For Content
I have been struggling for the last several weeks to write worthwhile original content. Finally, I break through with a new editorial with thoughts on Ken Griffey, Jr., the imperfect, perfect game, journalists, the Atlanta music scene and this little Web site.
Exclusive Interview: Melissa Auf der Maur
DeadJournalist.com Exclusive Interview: Melissa Auf der Maur By: Chuck Norton 05.25.10 When Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in late March 2010, I had no idea that DeadJournalist.com would see a direct impact. But, in the “stranger things did happen” category, it did. Prior to the March 30, 2010 release of Melissa Auf der Maur’s second solo [...]
Instant Album Review: The National – High Violet
Instant Album Review: The National – High Violet (May 11, 2010) Once many bands hit their third album, the quality of their work tends to decline precipitately. A band may spend years crafting songs for their first album, but two albums later, the rigors of touring, maintaining creative cohesiveness and lack artist inspiration leaves them [...]
Editorial: Baseball Silences The Scribe
By MLB banning the use of Twitter by baseball beat writers for anything but baseball topics – and scolding players for any use of Twitter – baseball has proved themselves to be Luddites.
Instant Album Review: Band of Horses – Infinite Arms
Instant Album Review: Band of Horses – Infinite Arms (May 18, 2010) This is the album that pushes Band of Horses into full-bore mainstream status. Selfishly, I wish it weren’t the case but the band of “Detlef Schrempf” is now the band of “Factory”. The band’s third full-length album, their first on Columbia Records, pushes [...]
Editorial: Cooling Off Chillwave
There has been a tremendous amount of discourse regarding the sub-genre of music that hopped onto the underground/blog music scene early Fall 2009. Dubbed “Chillwave” by one of the larger music blogs, it’s the new “it” music of the uber-hipster. I was asked last week by a local musician to explain what Chillwave was, exactly. [...]
Editorial: Melted Crayons
I believe in science. I love science. My outlook on life is based, in large part, on science. But not in the way you think.
Editorial: Just Being A Kid (Just Say J-Hey)
There are moments in life that bind age, creed, color into one unforgettable experience. When the moment called, Jason Heyward delivered.
Editorial: Summer of ’93
1993: The year that forms the hazy, golden memory that I will forever look back on fondly. Good and bad, the music of that summer is a huge part of the reason why.
Editorial: Re-Thinking Baseball in Seven Steps
In this editorial, I outline seven step to bring excitement back to baseball. From adding a new League to an All-Star Game draft, my ideas may be a shock to traditional baseball fans everywhere.
Exclusive Interview: Jamie Cullum
Who is Jamie Cullum? If he were an athlete, his stats would look great: Golden Globe, BRIT Award and Grammy nominee. Winner of BBC 2′s Artist of the Year in 2005. He’s sold millions of albums since his first album came out in 1999. His background is as a Jazz musician, which is timelessly cool. So why had I not heard of him before six weeks ago?
Exclusive Interview: Jets Overhead
In this exclusive interview with Adam Kittredge and Antonia Freybe-Smith of Jets Overhead, Kittredge and Freybe-Smith discuss performing at the Winter Olympic, how they are able to connect to an audience even at festivals, the evolution of the songs on their most recent album, who showed them the ropes early in their career and much more.
Editorial: The Curious Case of the Missing ’90s
Whether the forgotten ’90s? Now that we are a generation removed from the time-frame, it seems that most music-heads, journalists and fans seem to focus on Grunge, Brit-Pop or Indie/College Rock of the era. But why does no one remember (or play) the other great music from that time-frame?
Editorial: We and Steroids McGee
With Mark McGwire’s admission of his use of steroids yesterday there seems to be an overwhelming admonishment of his behavior. I, by no means, am excusing his behavior. However, I believe that he, and the players like him, are all suffering from double-standard by both the media and baseball fans.



