Author: Brandon Adamson
Date: June 29, 2018
Tags:
90s indie,
90s music,
alice,
birthday boy,
brandon adamson,
captain crook records,
cassettes,
indie music,
lo-fi,
lofi,
lofi music,
melrose place,
one day at a time,
phoenix,
phoenix arizona,
recordings,
retro,
tape labels,
wkrp in cincinnatiSince today is my birthday, you can take this opportunity to purchase a limited edition cassette of a crappy lo-fi EP I released in 1996, (which has been re-released by a label in Eugene, Oregon without my knowledge or permission.) I guess I’ve finally reached the age as an artist where young people take up […]
Author: Brandon Adamson
Date: June 24, 2018
Tags:
american apparel,
consumer advocacy,
dov charney,
economic nationalism,
environmentalism,
fashion,
free trade,
globalization,
immigration,
localism,
los angeles,
los angeles apparel,
made in usa,
nationalism,
open borders,
retro fashion,
the new american apparel,
tracksuits,
unitards,
workers rightsAmerican Apparel is back (under new ownership!) Now made in China, Mexico and well, pretty much everywhere but America. From The Guardian: One big change is the Made in the USA tag. Its commitment to producing all of its collections in downtown LA factories – Charney refused to outsource from the US – defined its […]
Author: Brandon Adamson
Date: June 23, 2018
Tags:
arizona,
chapbooks,
phoenix,
phoenix airport,
poems,
poetry book,
sky harbor airport,
sky trains,
skytrain,
skytrain to nowhere,
skytrains,
the stark truthInterview is available here – The book is made up of poems resulting from the author’s experiences riding the skytrain at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport – How the book was loosely inspired by Keith Gunderson’s A Continual Interest in the Sun and Sea – Brandon’s style and method of writing poetry – How there is […]
Author: Brandon Adamson
Date: June 16, 2018
Tags:
90s,
90s culture,
90s music,
alternative music,
buddy holly,
hipster,
mallrats,
nerdcore,
Political Correctness,
retro,
rivers cuomo,
the blue album,
weezerWhat’s with these homies, dissing my girl? Why do they gotta front? What did we ever do to these guys That made them so violent? “Why do you like this song?” my girlfriend asked one time while we were driving somewhere. She had her iPhone plugged into the stereo, and I had been asking her […]
Author: Brandon Adamson
Date: June 5, 2018
Tags:
AltLeft,
big corporations,
corporate cults,
corporate society,
mystery shopper,
mystery shoppers,
retail,
retail work,
spies,
workers rights,
working retail“Mystery shopper” has to be one of the scummiest occupations. The mystery shopper is basically a low level informant, spying on underpaid retail employees and helping big corporations enforce compliance with all kinds of pointless rules and tedious protocol (which smart employees often ignore to maintain efficiency and prioritize the achievement of broader goals.) A […]