In honor of The Airborne Toxic Event beginning their headlining tour today, January 22, 2009 in Norwich, England, I decided to spew out a bunch of links to some of the more “essential” TATE articles, interviews and reviews. And because I saw a request on their newly opened official forum, a list of Mikel’s writings.

Have a wonderful tour, guys, and I’ll see you in March!

A Few Essential Interviews, Articles, and Reviews

• ‘We’re all gonna die, so let’s get drunk and dance’ – Prefix Magazine, January 11, 2008
• Classical Geek Theatre: Spaceland January 31, 2008
• A breath of fresh air in an Airborne Toxic Event – LA2Day, March 18, 2008
• Between Love and Like: Sound & Vision: My Interview with The Airborne Toxic Event – April 16-22, 2008
• Featured Artist Interview: The Airborne Toxic Event – web in front, April 2008
• Event Horizon: An Interview with The Airborne Toxic Event – Listening Post – Wired.com, July 11, 2008
• Podcast: The Airborne Toxic Event w/ Radars to the Sky and the Morning Benders live @ the El Rey (8.07.08) – from web in front

Mikel Jollett’s Writings

Interviews

• Tom Waits – On Harry Partch, Charles Bukowski, myths, rap and nerds. SOMA magazine, July, 2002
• Such a perfect day – Age, youth, music, death, charm, grace, godlessness, hope and lipstick with David Bowie. Filter magazine, July/August 2003

NPR Music Reviews and other commentary

• Identity Crisis – July 15, 2002
• Sigur Ros – November 20, 2002
• My Dad The Ex-Con – January 6, 2003
• Music Review: ‘Sumday’ from Grandaddy – August 22, 2003
• The Best Songs of 2003 – December 21, 2003
• The Best CDs of 2003 – December 22, 2003
• Music Review: ‘Soviet Kitsch’ from Regina Spektor – March 5, 2004
• Commentary: Boomers and Hip-Hop – March 11, 2004
• Music Review: ‘Franz Ferdinand’ from Franz Ferdinand – March 29, 2004
• Review of Modest Mouse “Good News for People who Love Bad News” – May 3, 2004
• Morrissey’s back with “You Are the Quarry” – June 7, 2004
• CD Review: ‘The Cure’ from The Cure – August 5, 2004
• The Best Songs of 2004 – December 27, 2004
• The Best CDs of 2004 – December 28, 2004
• Brian Eno Albums Remastered for Compact Disc – December 30, 2004
• A Look at the Best CDs of the Year (various NPR writers and critics) – December 31, 2004
• The Year Ahead: 2005 – January 12, 2005
• Devotchka: ‘How It Ends’ – February 17, 2005
• A Look at the Coachella Music Festival – May 2, 2005
• Moby Checks in with ‘Hotel’ – June 2, 2005
• Coldplay Bids for ‘Biggest Band in the World’ – June 6, 2005

Various music reviews written for In Music We Trust

Los Angeles Times Articles

• Rumination rock, anyone? – July 10, 2005
• Alkaline Trio a little too polished for punk – July 22, 2005
• Kings of Leon hold court – July 25, 2005
• Warm-up act hot, headliner not – August 1, 2005
• A charming twin bill called Tegan and Sara – August 3, 2005
• Pulling back from the edge (Jack Johnson) – August 10, 2005
• The Cab ride accelerates (Death Cab for Cutie) – August 28, 2005

Men’s Health Articles

• Brad Pitt Whipped Me Into Shape – March 2006
• Me versus the bully (Tough Guy Father, Nerdy Son)
• The Miracle on Ice – July 29, 2007
• Live longer, live better – August 4, 2008
• The Demons on My Rope Line (High-Altitude Cerebral Edema)
• You: Stronger, Faster, Smarter (Bionics Research)

What I Learned in Mind Control: An open letter to psychology professor Phil Zimbardo – Stanford Magazine – July/August 2001

McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern – Issue 27, featuring excerpt from “The Crack” – May 28, 2008

(P.S. If you made it down this far)

You know you’ve made it when…

• I thought this was pretty crazy…
• … until I saw this! (one for the “Annamaniacs”)