by Sabaa Tahir | Feb 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Something loud and spectacular for your Friday. To truly enjoy, you need good bass. It’s a Sleigh Bells throwback: Kids–off of their debut album Treats. Still one of my favorite albums....
by Sabaa Tahir | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I was a wee Baa with mismatched pigtails, Sensei (aka: eldest brother) said something that scared the daylights out of me: “Do what you love, Baa,” he said. “Or before you know it, you’ll be 40, working a job you hate, wondering what the hell happened to your...
by Sabaa Tahir | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Tough choice today. Almost did a Sleigh Bells throwback, but I’ll save that for next week. Here’s Gemini Club–Sparklers. The music snobs will say this song has been around for a while, but I DON’T CARE BECAUSE IT’S SO MUCH FUN. Warning:...
by Sabaa Tahir | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Marvel Comics has relaunched the Ms. Marvel series with an all new heroine: 16-year-old Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American girl trying to find her place in the world. Here’s my take on the book in The Washington Post, as well as a piece on Marvel’s...
by Sabaa Tahir | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here’s my question. Does Manchester Orchestra ever get tired of being so freaking good? Don’t they ever think, “You know? Let’s write a s***ty song this time. Something that’s a real piece of crap.” No, I guess they don’t. The...
by Sabaa Tahir | Jan 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Guardian published an article about a panel at the Jaipur LitFest, where Chinese-British author Xiaolu Guo slammed Americans for have “massively overrated” literature. More specifically, she pwned us for not reading many foreign language books translated to...
