January 2012
41 posts
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Discobelle.net » Korallreven – Onandonandon →
new Korallreven mix, leaning toward rave-y ’90s stuff
“Anyway, at the party last night, the conversation turned to planes, and the...”
– DAVOS DEBATE: Should You Buy A New $65 Million Plane… Or Pick Up A More Stylish Older One And Refurbish It?
like a G6
“most of the time I’d rather go for a smile (or groan) rather than try to...”
– Nick Zammuto Talks About Ending the Books, Starting His New Project | News | Pitchfork
“Was Lana Del Rey always supposed to be an empty signifier, or did she turn out...”
– Flavorwire » Just the Music: An Experimental Review of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Born to Die’ (Judy Berman)
as a heading on the side of the page says about “Shit That Liz Lemon Says”: “OK, one more”
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“His theme was the indispensability of collective action”
– Obama’s History Channel - Harold Meyerson - American Prospect
relevant!
“with lyrics by Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror”...”
– Hear the 2012 Oscar Nominees for Best Song (All Two of Them) | SPIN.com
this is the really interesting thing about the “Rio” song right?
she also sings on “i just can’t stop loving you”!
“It’s not the first time the president has serenaded his fans. During the 2008...”
– OBAMA BREAKS INTO SONG | More Intelligent Life
forgot about this!
“Chairlift’s sophomore LP exists in an alternate universe where Leslie Feist’s...”
– Chairlift: Something | Music | Music Review | The A.V. Club (Chris Martins)
“Their ears may work differently from mine, but they are not wrong.”
– Resonant Frequency: Permission to Avalanche | Features | Pitchfork
Sharon Van Etten's melancholy of influence |... →
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“Just heard (half of) the new Bruce song as I entered the parking lot—“we take...”
– My mother is (still) a better music critic than I am. (via zachbaron)
Closer to folk, in the old-fashioned Woody Guthrie populist sense, than country, to my ears. I totally hear the song as being about the same idea of freedom as in Fleet Foxes’ “Helplessness Blues,” as in...
“the cougar of urban regulatory devices”
– Zoning Laws Grow Up | By Julie V. Iovine - WSJ.com
“Since reviving the band with a fluctuating lineup, The Lemonheads have toured...”
– Cool Show: ’90s band The Lemonheads to do intimate show at Vaudeville Mews | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com
sorry I missed this album?
Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright... →
cureforbedbugs:
In dissent, Justices Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito said the legislation goes against the theory of copyright and “does not encourage anyone to produce a single new work.” Copyright, they noted, was part of the Constitution to promote the arts and sciences.
Unholy alliance begets sensible take on the purpose of copyright! Who knew?
“The head-spinning end result is an indie-rock world that feels like a place...”
– Confuse the Market: Post-Crossover, Indie Retreats
Scott Plagenhoef is ruthlessly on point in his Village Voice Pazz & Jop essay, particularly in this paragraph where he perfectly articulates something I’ve been trying to say since, like, 2005.
(via perpetua)
Scott’s overall point is...
“And so we grew up sort of outside the realm of all the protections that that...”
– Arundhati Roy talking to Howard Zinn (via Nehrujackets)
posted about Heems’ new mixtape
Rick Perry: Urinating on Corpses Is Just Something... →
heard a guy at a barbershop on Friday arguing exactly this
“I direct the reader to page 38, note 3, of Enron’s annual report of 2000,...”
– In the true spirit of Jennifer Szalai’s current Harper’s essay “The Banality of Avarice: Why the finance industry never had to lie,” ostensibly a review of James B. Stewart’s book Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie...
Watchplanetbert:
Kind of dig this.
“Darrel Hamburger & the Ketchup Boys”
– New year for D.M. music begins here | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com
“Poison Control Center will close out the late show, as the band does each...”
– New year for D.M. music begins here | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com
THE YEAR OF THE GUNT!!!
“blues-derived iterations of what it means to be human have plenty of life in...”
– Dad-Rock Makes a Stand - The Barnes & Noble Review
overlooked nugget from that year-end Robert Christgau essay
“Jeezy would never claim to “know” Pablo Escobar and Manuel Noriega, as Ross did,...”
– Rick Ross’ Rich Forever: The Teflon Don Isn’t Who He Says He Is - Slate Magazine
“Instead of the insistent dancefloor push of contemporary R&B, the Weeknd is...”
– The Weeknd album review; Echoes of Silence reviewed - Greg Kot - chicagotribune.com
“The thing that [Jennifer] Egan does that no other American writer I can think of...”
– Richard Rushfield makes a very good point about Jennifer Egan, who I agree is probably the finest literary novelist working today. This point is really crucial for most all writing — I think it’s very important for writing to engage with a wider audience rather than to self-consciously aim to please...
“t was like, hmm, you could hear the exciting music of Robyn or the lackadaisical...”
– Talking weather, Robyn, and child porn | Comedy CC | Chicago Reader
ABC's Paul Lee Can't Understand Why Transgender... →
At first I thought this headline was about Missy Elliott and I was all like WHAA?
“I’m working on a Tim Tebow adaptation of the song “How Do You Solve...”
– Singing the praises of Broadway Tim Tebow
Tintin: Bad Reporter or Gonzo Journalist? | Mother... →
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“‘Spiritual’ is the hipster way of saying they’re concerned...”
– Many say ‘So What?’ to God, religion, atheism – USATODAY.com
I was going to post this weird and somewhat amusing use of the word “hipster” over the weekend but my usual computer was in the shop.
“You can’t assume that a man isn’t a poet. And that’s really what the song is...”
– Behind The Song: “Wichita Lineman” | American Songwriter
reblogging something from screwrocknroll... →
cureforbedbugs:
Important also not to lose the sense of novelty in writing about music. I am also delighted by interesting turns of phrase, neologisms, aphorisms, funny combinations of words … Too many critics suggest to me people who fail to take joy in sounds or words. (If you’re not happy and you know it, why do you continue to clap your hands?)
“In 1995, the head-trauma wing at a nursing home in Bensonhurst began acquiring...”
– Dave Tompkins, “Label conscious: The ghosts of Def Jam’s past” (via semipoplife)
“To those who dimly perceived something wrong, something that could not be put on...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Messenger.” (via marathonpacks)
“once demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn’t much for the political...”
– Comment: Un-American Activities : George Packer The New Yorker
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Scott Ostler: San Francisco Chronicle: How to tell... →
December 2011
74 posts
“Was used by the band Depeche mode.”
– Yamaha CS2X Synthesizer - Rare Mint Condition - $300 (Adel IA 50003)
“THE NEW YORK TIMES (12/28/11): Mr. Romney, never much of a hugger or...”
– the daily howler: Ashley Parker rides again: How Mitt holds his hands!
When we focus on trivia, we lose. Even if this time we’re aiming our trivia at the other side. One note: For my money, I’d say Kerry suffered from similar typecasting, too.
Stating the obvious: It doesn’t...
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“Other, bigger stars are sure to follow … nascent dubstep mainstream...”
– Crookers: “No Security” [ft. Kelis] | Sept. 22, 2009 | Pitchfork Track Reviews
*coff*
“And can she really be that annoyed by the likes of Technicolored asshat Perez...”
– The 11 Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 5: Rihanna, “S&M” - New York Music - Sound of the City
“If there’s one thing Champaign has going for it, it’s the fact that...”
– ESPN Really Doesn’t Know Where Champaign, Ill., Is
“Bear with me — Adele doesn’t sing about her pain so much as matter-of-factly...”
– Katherine St Asaph, Adele: “Rolling in the Deep”, in Popdust’s “The 100 best songs of 2011” (via semipoplife)