Where Have All The Weird Girls Gone? Gone to the Big Screen, (Nearly) Every One

By Rachael Maddux on 2:30 PM on November 4, 2009

Her clothes aren’t right. Her old man doesn’t understand her. And her love life? Nonexistent to abysmal. She’s too cool for the nerds, too square for the cool kids. She’s the alterna-girl, one of television’s most beloved archetypes—and she’s in trouble....  read more

Confess With Thy Mouth: Mountain Goats Frontman Grapples With Faith

By Michael Saba on 2:12 PM on October 13, 2009

John Darnielle is almost certain there is no God, but he can’t quite count himself as a nonbeliever...  read more

Ken Burns Explores Our National Parks

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 12:30 PM on September 23, 2009

Early in Ken Burns’ new mega-documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a mythic figure appears. At first, he isn’t named...  read more

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Kick It Old School

By Josh Jackson on 1:30 PM on September 22, 2009

As her fellow students at the Acland Burghley School in North London were looking for part-time jobs this summer...  read more

Style Guide: A Passage to India

By Erin Flaherty on 3:30 PM on August 5, 2009

After Slumdog Millionaire’s triumph at the Oscars, it’s no surprise that Indian cultural influence has subsequently folded into America’s melting pot...  read more

Middle-Income Green: Blind Pilot, Cloud Cult and Eco-Friendly Touring on a Shoestring Budget

By Rachel Dovey on 3:30 PM on July 21, 2009

In 2006, folk-pop duo Blind Pilot pedaled its way down the foggy, twisting highways of the West Coast. This was no Sunday bike ride...  read more

Paste's Summer-Festival Survival Guide

By Paste News on 2:00 PM on July 21, 2009

Check out the six items you'll need to brave the warm, music-filled months of summer......  read more

Funny Farms: Festival Comedy Stages Cure the Summertime Blues

By Sara Miller on 12:30 PM on June 11, 2009

Even the most over-the-top festival freaks need a break during a 24-hour onslaught of music...  read more

Tim & Eric: Doin' it Live

By Sara Miller on 4:15 PM on June 10, 2009

Cinco. Spagett. Pep-Pep. B’Owls. The unique language of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim...  read more

Spin the Black Circle: A Lifetime of Vinyl Obsession

By Corey Dubrowa on 12:35 PM on May 20, 2009

I suspect that most OCD-addled, music-worshipping fans can point to one particular influence—pusher, “The Man,” gateway princess—who enabled their rock ’n’ roll addiction...  read more

Eggers Together: The First-Ever Joint Interview with Dave and Toph Eggers

By Charles McNair on 8:00 AM on May 14, 2009

The cold stare of Dr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey dominates the cover...  read more

In the Studio With... Ingrid Michaelson

By Henry Freedland on 3:45 PM on May 13, 2009

Perched on a stool in the center of a Manhattan studio control room, Ingrid Michaelson stares through glass...  read more

A Hale of an Actor: Buster Bluth Pushes Forward

By Josh Jackson on 1:30 PM on May 12, 2009

When Tony Hale heard the news that Buster Bluth had performed his last chicken dance and been attacked by his last loose seal, his first thought was of...  read more

Can't Get You Out of My Head: Little Boots Sticks Around

By Henry Freedland on 12:00 PM on May 11, 2009

Victoria Hesketh, the nymphish Brit behind electro-pop outfit Little Boots, wrote her university dissertation on originality in pop music, so she knows what she’s talking about when she admits, disheartened...  read more

A to Z With Karen O

By Sara Miller on 10:00 AM on May 5, 2009

It’s been six years since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs exploded onto the New York scene with the heady concoction of guitarist Nick Zinner’s angular riffs, Brian Chase’s pinpoint drumming, and...  read more

Humility, Comedy, Whiskey and Energy: The Return of Silversun Pickups

By Jeff Leven on 8:00 AM on May 5, 2009

After a successful debut album and a few years on the road, the Silversun Pickups have gained a deeper confidence...  read more

Ears We Trust: A-Trak

By A-Trak on 10:41 AM on April 30, 2009

A-Trak is a DJ and blogger whose new mix, Infinity + 1, is out now...  read more

They've Got the Neutron Bomb: Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen and Harry Smith as the Four Horsemen

By Liz Stinson on 8:00 AM on April 28, 2009

In their new book Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music, David Janssen and Edward Whitelock, two English profs at tiny Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga., document...  read more

Asher Roth Sizes Up His Chances

By Nick Marino on 8:00 AM on April 23, 2009

Suburbia’s most promising rapper weighs in at 140 pounds...  read more

Tibetan Film Speaks for Itself

By Douglas Heselgrave on 4:46 PM on April 14, 2009

Until recently, movies about Tibet haven’t wavered much from the formula established by Frank Capra’s 1937 epic Lost Horizon, in which plane-crash victims discover...  read more