Email Author D. Strauss

1996 Stories by D. Strauss

• Recordings

  published May 15, 1996

  Ass Ponys The Known Universe (A&M) On 1994's Electric Rock Music, Ass Ponys vocalist/lyricist Chuck Cleaver sang of... More >>

• Recordings

  published May 1, 1996

  Girls Against Boys House of GVSB (Touch & Go) Someone slipped a little Spanish fly into the rock critic water cooler, if the... More >>

• Prophet of Doom

  published February 21, 1996

  In recent years, my conversations with other youthful, stymied professionals have turned increasingly apocalyptic. A decade ago, for instance,... More >>

• Recordings

  published February 7, 1996

  The BaBenzele Pygmies with Louis Sarnos bayaka (ellipsis arts) The successful integration of technology and nature in music is... More >>

• Recordings

  published January 17, 1996

  Negativland Sex Dirt (Seeland) The East Bay audio collagists of Negativland rev up their DAT machines and samplers once again,... More >>

• The Book of Lists

  published January 3, 1996

  James Sullivan's Best Music, 1995 1. Insurgent Country/Twangcore/Cowpunk: Two of my favorite records of the year -- the Geraldine Fibbers'... More >>