December 2008
18 posts
“MOKB : Feel free to share any holiday wishes, facts you’d like to be...”
– My Old Kentucky Blog: My Old Kentucky Blog 2008 Holiday Interview Series : Jay Bennett
It’s really sad that years later (and in an interview that didn’t once mention Wilco) that Jay Bennett needs to bring up that he’s been (probably unnecessary) cast as the villain in his...
20 Facts about Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" →
So “Hallelujah” seems set to be the Xmas #1 in the UK. I read about different movements to support other versions (Buckley, Cale, Cohen, et all) to dethrone the X-Factor/Pop Idol/Whoever version, but it’s fascinating how this song keeps entering the public consciousness.
There’s some cool stuff on that list too - in particular, that Cohen stands to earn a million pounds...
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Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel - Cape...
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“To be young and suburban on the cusp of the twenty-first century was to...”
– from Brian Howe’s entry on Bright Eyes’ “The Calendar Hung Itself” in The Pitchfork 500 book. This one sentence nails so many things - teenage angst, Oberst’s divisive songwriting charm, and a description of me in 1998 (and, to a lesser degree, 2008).
For all their...
BLOG LIKE A PARODY OF YOURSELF DAY
mebeingserious:
itsbedtime:
jgh:
HERE IS A POST I WROTE IN ALL CAPS TO BE WITTY AND IRREVERENT FOR YOU GUYS
IT MAKES MY FEMINIST SCREEDS SEEM NON-THREATENING
It took me about 4 minutes to comprehend this. EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE IS THAT DAY, JESSICA GENERAL HOSPITAL. (I hope you don’t mind me calling you that, but that’s for honestly what I think every time I see your name. It says more...
Another Tumble
So I started this back in the spring, used it for a little while, and then let it just repeat my blog (probably bad form). I’ve deleted the re-blogs and left a couple pictures and my old clips. I’ll start tumblr-ing again now!
Send your suggestions this way, please.