Hail the 'Stache

Hi there! My name is Steve and this is the blog I just started. It’s called Attempted Mustache, which is also the name of my favorite Loudon Wainwright III album. (I considered naming the blog about my least favorite Pretty Things album, but Silk Torpedo might attract an unsavory element.) It’s probably a dumb idea for me to start a blog since I’m lucky enough to be among the rapidly shrinking number of scribes that still actually gets paid for writing. (Full disclosure: I write here and here as my day job.) But what can I say? If Jenna Jameson can muster up the enthusiasm to have sex with this guy off camera, I can do it for free every now and then, too.

I’ll be writing mainly about music, along with stuff about movies, TV, and other more random topics. I’ll be focusing on what’s new, but only in the “new to me” sense, meaning you’re be more likely to read about Del Shannon's "Keep Searchin'" or George Jones' "Rock It" (released in 1956 under the spectacular rockabilly alias Thumper Jones) sometime in the next few weeks than the new Beach House album. (Which isn’t to say that I don’t like or care about the new Beach House album—I think it's good, just like the rest of the internet.) In the process I’ll flex my writing muscles and (I hope) share something worthwhile with any readers that might find this.

Don’t you wish you had a sneak preview of the pulse-pounding pussy-ass lameness coming your way at the ’Stache? Well, your wish is my command. Here’s a mix I recently made called The Only Decent Thing I Did When I Worked As A Postal Clerk. It's loaded with sad bastards playing guitars, so feel free to hate it before hearing it. Here's a video for the album's first single.