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)
“Intellectuals” are often baffling you with their bullshit and just as unsure as...”
– Maura Johnston: Hey maybe Writers Of Their Generations should learn a little bit about metaphor before critiquing semantics.
“In North Korea, Kim Jong Il has been succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un, even as...”
– Harold Meyerson | The American Prospect | The Last King of the Iron Curtain
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B Michael Tumblr: Drake Is Some Sort Of... →
bmichael:
I was thinking about this at the gym a few weeks ago, but it just re-occurred to me reading Jonathan Bogart’s latest singles tumblr post.1 Drake created one of the catchiest hooks of the year, to me, in “Marvin’s Room”. Except, statistically speaking, most Americans really can’t sing along to it…
Yes, I think this is definitely a fascinating aspect of the song! It’s one...
Watch(via R. Kelly Needs Funding for 32 More Chapters of ‘Trapped in the Closet’ | SPIN.com)
12:53 p.m. and the ceiling fan is making my eyes dry I’m typing and blogging on a keyboard I didn’t buy Then I’m reading my RSS reader and I’m like, “Whoa, R. Kelly is trapped in ‘Trapped in the Closet,’ too”!
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“One Iowa activist threatened to “burn (Vander Plaats’) body, drag it through the...”
– Iowa evangelicals skeptical they can unite behind one candidate for caucuses | Iowa Caucuses
“Getting somewhat lost in this discussion is where the “ends...”
– The “Lie of the Year,” Continued
“This is the only party worth a damn in the city of Des Moines, in the world.”
– December 31, 2011 - DJ HOGSTYLE & NASTANOVICH HOLIDAY SHINDIG! at Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, IA
It’s officially official: I’ll be spinning records with Bob Nastanovich of Pavement on New Year’s Eve.
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“Jong-il was Hennessy’s biggest single client in 1993 and 1994, spending...”
– Giant Rabbits and Double Rainbows: The 10 Most Insane Delusions of Kim Jong-il
FARK.com: (6819613) Working three weeks at a... →
if i had an orchard
“People write music and the music is out there for people to interpret it how...”
– BBC - Newsbeat - Leona Lewis: No song is sacred for a cover version
“Wake up, world! What does it say about our society when a guy like Steve, a guy...”
– Zev Borow: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The Occupation.
“The rural Middle,” Bloom says, “where guns, unemployment, alcoholism and...”
– Iowa: Get Skuzzy or Die Tryin’! | Raygun
Thank goodness for Mike Draper.
The Rap/Rock Collaborations We Deserve |... →
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“The folks making those types of disco records are really just nerdy...”
– 2012, Your Escort Is Here - Page 2 - Music - New York - Village Voice
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“The holiday-album equivalent of, “Oh god, my uncle is talking politics at the...”
– Album | The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | Scott Weiland | eMusic
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agrammar:
KE$HA CAME OVER* AND WAS ALL LIKE...
“America’s youth need the painfully obvious: a national commitment to combating...”
– David Sirota: What real education reform looks like - Salon.com
“this happens in cycle after cycle. The press sees a need to shoehorn individual...”
– In defense of Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet - The Plum Line - The Washington Post
“Live by the freak show, die by the freak show.”
“In the pre-Web days, someone like Ms. Cox might have been one more obsessive in...”
– David Carr: When Truth Survives Free Speech - NYTimes.com
“this one has really Hurt me…if that was the intention Leona, well...”
– In Praise of Leona Lewis’ Cover of Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Hurt’ | SPIN.com
in which commenters can’t even bother to read my opening paragraph, where i preemptively make fun of them
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“Damn it must feel good to be an infidel.”
– Thomas Frank, in the not-yet-online new issue of Harper’s, on a trend of Tea Party-inclined types and military contractors proudly branding themselves “infidels,” which— seeing as these are people who consider themselves rebels and brandish their middle fingers at the camera...
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“Until his opponents start talking about the following issues, you’ll know...”
– Mother Jones
"What I love in music, more than anything, is the... →
markrichardson:
desnoise:
marathonpacks:
Greil Marcus.
This is so interesting! Tonight I don’t think it’s necessarily what I love in music, and I’m not sure if it’s actually all that clear— what kind of ambitions? is ambition for ambition’s sake OK? (didn’t the ancient Greeks have sort of a negative connotation for “ambitious”?) what if a particular record or performance has only humble...
“And, in my personal favorite response, George Takei gleefully noted on Twitter...”
– Rick Perry’s ad plays muse to parodists and snarksters
"What I love in music, more than anything, is the... →
marathonpacks:
Greil Marcus.
This is so interesting! Tonight I don’t think it’s necessarily what I love in music, and I’m not sure if it’s actually all that clear— what kind of ambitions? is ambition for ambition’s sake OK? (didn’t the ancient Greeks have sort of a negative connotation for “ambitious”?) what if a particular record or...
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“Oh, for the most part, it wasn’t even sub-Dave Matthews or sub-John Mayer...”
– Lana Del Rey - The Troubadour - 12/7/11 - Los Angeles Music - West Coast Sound
Ian Cohen weighs in beautifully. The answer to the quote above, which doesn’t refer to Lana Del Rey of course, could be Ari Hest or Gavin DeGraw or Marc Broussard. Or Mike Errico or— there’s another...
Someone find this song for me?
nebraska-admiral:
capotetdawg:
Someone I knew in college but literally haven’t acknowledged in any way for years just mentioned on my facebook feed that jonathan richmas has a christmas/holiday song? Is this true and what is it?
Should I just stop being awkward and ask them directly?
Please help Capote out here. I can’t find anything but now my interest is piqued.
Having a hard time...
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Shabazz Palaces - Are you… Can you…...
“Darklife! - Using the name AJ Sexmeal, Alex reviews Permanent from Joy Division...”
– alex online
so much mid-1990s coming back to me
thanks, brit awards
“Lana Del Rey is baile funk! is chopped and screwed! is doom metal!”
– Lana Del Rey at Bowery Ballroom - Review - NYTimes.com
hats off to Jon Caramanica today, damn
“The group often credited with sparking Occupy Wall Street is Adbusters, the...”
– How Occupy Wall Street Really Got Started | Mother Jones
I linked to this a month ago, and it just occurred to me look it up again…. was curious why Mattathias Schwartz’s awesome New Yorker piece, “Pre-Occupied,” bought so completely into the Adbusters-started-it version of...