By Chase on May 25, 2005 in Irrelevant | 1 Comment
So I’m in So-Fla after my two-day journey through Middle America (In chronological order: Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee again, Georgia again, Florida). I did some soul searching in southern Illinois and Kentucky, but mostly I got to know some music that I hadn’t yet given fair listens (or, at least, that I [...]
By Chase on May 17, 2005 in Quick Hits | 4 Comments
In the past month, I have seen Cake, Gomez, and Robbers on High Street; Built to Spill, Mike Johnson, and Hockey Night; the Books; Rilo Kiley, Neva Dinova, and Tilly and the Wall; and Prefuse 73. I’m on a budget, so I bought only the t-shirts necessary to maintain street-credibility (Prefuse 73 was most [...]
By Chase on May 8, 2005 in Irrelevant | 2 Comments
Fans of this web site might enjoy The Jet Plus!, a project I’m working on with Jordan and (hopefully) a few other friends. We’re going to be hip and cool and special in many ways, and we might want you to help us out. If you’d like to write on pop cultural matters [...]
Chase Martyn observes and analyzes politics from Des Moines, IA, capital of 2008's first caucus state. He is also Managing Editor of the Iowa Independent.