April 2010
122 posts
jonsi covers mgmt / time to pretend →
oh yeah, little boots did too.
“I joined the As The World Turns Fan Club and at the last minute got a ticket to...”
– probably the most pathetic harper’s article ive ever read. how can a gay black man write 8000 words about his soap opera addiction and be so fucking serious about it? link.
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je veux te voir / yelle [pop-up] [d/l]
what happens when you take a lil wayne song,... →
concrank / i feel like dying
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pursuit of happiness / barbara [kid cudi cover]...
“Robyn is, in fact, the shit.”
– all things go. jenna just sent me the album. if you ask nicely i might share.
jason motlach writes the definitive account of the 11/26 mumbai attacks at the virginia quarterly review. its compelling and terrifying, and something that you should probably read even if you don’t want to.
sixty hours of terror.
what does dj khaled actually do? →
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knife / born ruffians [grizzly bear cover] [d/l]
“We’re elevating it to the point where as we develop new road systems, as we...”
– ray lahood is killing it / npr [guy raz i hate you and your name]
odds and ends
check out the new samplers from kelp and friends records. and this remix rjd2 did of allen wilkis. and this.
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sexual healing / hot chip [marvin gaye cover]...
awesome tapes from africa →
no bullshit
as requested, top five music blogs ever:
1. raven sings the blues [never have i been so into garage rock and so unapologetic]
2. gimme tinnitus
3. fluxblog [clean and well-curated]
4. get off the coast
5. et musique pour tous [“space age bachelor pad music”]
i think if you’re my reader friend you can take the entire bundle of 70 or so. don’t ask me how.
i had completely forgotten about ozomatli [super... →
and why the fuck not: vocal artillery / 45
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crushing limbs / anni rossi [free from 4ad]
marina abramovic made me cry →
20 dollar / m.i.a. [kala]
“The story of Ted Nelson’s Xanadu is the story of the dawn of the...”
– the curse of xanadu / wired. really long but very interesting.
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made no more / tumi and the volume [pick up a...
interview with tim o'brien at the big think [watch... →
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splintering / arizona [farewell download] [d/l]
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flower punk / frank zappa [we're only in it for... →
this song is amazing but a little aggressive for multiple encounters.
the world's greatest con man: helg sgarbi /... →
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feel so good / brian jonestown massacre [tepid...
www.longform.org [oh man oh man oh man] →
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fate to fatal / the breeders [fate to fatal] [d/l]
william burroughs shares his weapon collection... →
i bet you didn't know you could watch the entirety... →
Beyond the awful miscasting, the film has additional notoriety in that it was filmed downwind of a nuclear test site, possibly contributing to the cancer that killed the Duke and others who worked on the movie. It’s said Howard Hughes watched the movie obsessively in his last years.
“By now you’re probably wondering what this is all about, why FBI agents...”
– mcsweeney’s
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caesar / ty segall [melted] [d/l]
indianapolis love: the burnt ones just got signed... →
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whizz kid / the amplifetes [watch the video here]...
“Bob is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are...”
– joni mitchell, on bob dylan [la times interview]
so today i discovered i’ve been using the word “incipient” incorrectly my entire life.