Tim Karan

There was one six-day span in college during which my roommate and I did nothing except play Tekken 2 and occasionally go out into the hall and run directly at each other to see who would be left standing. This past week was slightly more eventful than that. Let's get right to a few things I think […]

So this is kind of a very special blog.     I know this has absolutely nothing to do with music and not even anything to do with fantasy football.   But I received some sad news this evening and I figured that I would completely exploit my blog as a means of catharsis.   […]

I know I'm kind of peculiar. I realize that normal people don't forget to eat for entire days. Clearly, I'm clueless at life. However, I think I've got a vague idea what I'm doing when it comes to music. Aside from a few glaring sore thumbs (Chevelle among them), I think I can typically tell […]

(I promise this blog isn't a lie like the last one. I'm an unreliable narrator by nature, but I'm not usually that bad.) I know what you're thinking. "It was only a matter of time before Tim's rampant egocentrism and constant self deprecation led to inevitably referring to himself in the third person." And while you're probably […]

This list is the result of the same creative process that leads to much of what you see in AP: An editor started out making a joke about making an entire calendar with bands that have days of the week in their names. Then someone said, “You should put that on the website,” and then […]

Holy shit. I have actual blog requests. I was shocked, son. If four people came back at me with four requests, I can only imagine the seas of submissions Max Bemis has gotta be swimmin' in as we speak. But I'm a blogger of my word, and I was really into all the ideas, so I'm gonna […]

For as self-obsessed as I am, I'm still always completely caught off-guard when I'm confronted with the fact that people actually pay attention to the stuff I write. Maybe it's just me. Maybe losing that election to be my 7th grade homeroom representative had lingering effects on my self-esteem. But it's pretty astounding to me […]

I don't often get too excited.   Up until about four months ago, Jason Pettigrew could routinely be heard saying that I have about four heartbeats per minute.     But I think I might have upped the BPM to about seven today.     It was an exceptionally good mail day for me.   […]

Look, I'm not totally clear on what's considered privileged information at the AP skyscraper. I'm sure there are lots of things (like Scott's love of Journey and my love of pretty much any band I love–Soundgarden, Chevelle, Silverchair) that the higher-ups would prefer didn't get out. But here's the thing: My life is so utterly […]