April 2009
36 posts
SI, this better not be your way of putting a hex...
wasted-efforts:
ALDS: Yankees over Twins; Angels over Red Sox NLDS: Cubs over Phillies; Mets over Dodgers ALCS: Angels over Yankees NLCS: Mets over Cubs WS: Mets over Angels
Oh Christ. Mets = fucked.
or
Brian = happy.
March 2009
56 posts
“AVC: Do you have an artist in mind for your next Colin Meloy Sings EP?
CM: I...”
– The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy | Music | A.V. Club
Is it just me, or is there very little appeal to that idea? If I wanted to hear a note-for-note replication of a Depeche Mode album, why wouldn’t I just listen to, I don’t know, the Depeche Mode album? The other Sings EPs were...
bluesiren:
On and On and On —Wilco
Sky Blue Sky...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-29) →
The Secret Stars (16)
Grandaddy (6)
Wilco (6)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (5)
The Vaselines (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
about-today:
The Vaselines, Jesus Wants Me For A...
“AVC: In the future, do you think cel animation will become like black-and-white...”
– Matt Groening | TV | A.V. Club
So, Your Band Got A Bad Review In Pitchfork... →
This is sound advice for anyone dealing with something you don’t agree with at Pitchfork. I think the only thing more annoying than the occasionally extra-smarmy review (which, in my opinion, are fewer and farther between) is the whiny Pitchfork backlash. They’ve panned records that I love and love records that I can’t stand, but I’m also confident enough in my taste to...
Blogroll →
postpunk:
I finally made a proper blogroll for this site. Since tumbling/reblogging allows for “inadvertent contributors”, I felt it necessary to make an extensive “tumblroll” of the many people who have contributed content. The more frequently reblogged tumblrs are under the Postpunk Tumblrs heading, and the other sections provide lists of people/groups who post good music-related content in...
admorobo:
The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-22) →
Slowdive (14)
Japancakes (11)
Phoenix (4)
Wilco (3)
Public Enemy (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Don't Think You Knew You Were In This Song →
tomewing:
My new column on Pitchfork, linked here because the features tab doesn’t seem to be quite working yet so it’s very easy to overlook. This month: fan fiction, answer records, music-as-conversation.
An interesting read exploring music as conversation. We don’t see a lot of “answer” records these days, but I wonder where paraphrasing/quoting others fits into this. For...
“Ffffjskl fffjllk fffsjl.”
– It’s what the French say. (via eush)
I love 30 Rock.
LC! Q&A →
And another gem - the members of Los Campesinos! answer fans questions, ranging from the band (influences, specific lyrics, model of glockenspiels used) to bizarre (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) to charmingly endeering (advice on going to college, which earned at least two separate posts with specific locations in Cardiff).
“We’re [Los Campesinos!] currently 10 days into recording our third record.
...”
– Thought we should mention… « LC!
Just found Los Campesinos! blog yesterday and already it yields teriffic news.
“Rorshach’s Journal. October 12th, 1985. Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire...”
– (via shanexcore)
Just got my copy of Watchmen from Amazon today. Can’t wait to get into it this weekend.
imlosingmyedge:
But have you seen my records?...
500 Not Out →
tomewing:
After five and a half years, my Popular project (reviewing all the UK’s #1 hit singles) has reached the 500’th number one.
I’m not actually halfway yet. But I hope you’ll permit me a bit of self-promotion anyway.
Congrats, Tom!
Everyone else - go add FT to your Google Reader right now!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-15) →
Miles Davis (9)
U2 (2)
The Dismemberment Plan (2)
Bloc Party (2)
Teenage Fanclub (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
burialmix:
phoenix :: lasso
liking this track...
Some Songs Considered on The Hype Machine →
somesongsconsidered:
I’m excited to note that Some Songs Considered is now indexed on The Hype Machine. For those of you new to the Hype Machine, it’s a music blog aggregator that lets users search for songs and “follow” blogs that they enjoy reading. It’s an awesome resource and I recommend adding it to your search repitoire.
To those of your coming from the Hype Machine - welcome and thanks...
Watch“Most people in the world don’t believe that rock and roll can save your soul…” | I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
Watching this gave me the itch to go see The Hold Steady again.
Dr. Mario Weighs In on Universal Health Care. →
tristanjay7:
“The other day, Nurse Toadstool and I talked in the break room over reheated mushroom casserole. She appeared sad. She mentioned turning a Goomba away because his health insurance wouldn’t give him enough gold coins for treatment. Then I realized why the same viruses continue to appear again and again. Each time we turn a patient away for financial reasons, not only are we denying...
Dear Superchunk,
I’m listening to your new Leaves in the Gutter EP right now, which you are streaming in its entirety on Merge Records website. First, thanks for being cool and embracing technology. Secondly, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that I’m digging the new tunes. These are some great tunes, in particular “Learned to Surf” and “Screw It Up.” I’ve been...
Re: Cramer vs. Stewart
perpetua:
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Comedy Central desperately needs to develop a Mad Money/CNBC type show to go along with The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and it should be hosted by Rob Corddry.
I’ll second that on both fronts.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-8) →
Sigur Rós (14)
Phoenix (7)
Van Morrison (6)
Frank Zappa (5)
Ramones (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
For me, “The Only Living Boy in New...
Zach Snyder's Upcoming Projects
perpetua:
The Catcher in the Rye The Waste Land Led Zeppelin IV: The Movie Guernica Gravity’s Rainbow That Story Arc in Wolverine Where He Goes Evil and Kills the Only Gay X-Man Maus
HA. I’d say this was done to provoke me after my last post, but that would mean I think Mr. Perpetua reads my Tumblr. I’m not that vain.
In which I rant about movies, kind of.
leitch:
WATCHMEN
1. It’s bizarre how fans of a work of art, in any medium, become so aggressively territorial when it’s transferred to another medium. This is true of famous novels (Tom Wolfe fans are still furious about Bonfire Of The Vanities), music (Limp Biskit’s “Behind Blue Eyes” is my personal favorite) and, yes, comic books.
Mr. Leitch continues on to discuss how we only get appalled...
My First MP3
I was having this conversation semi-recently actually. I remember “discovering” MP3s fairly late in the game - I’d say late 1998 or early 1999 (suburban CT was behind the times). My computer at the time was not powerful enough to play MP3s (a laughable notion these days), so I can remember downloading them via Napster and then decoding them to WAV files so that I could play...
Blur "The Essential Rarities"
perpetua:
DOWNLOAD IT!
Blur are a band of many, many rarities, but of course, not all of them are made equal. This set compiles the best of the best, though I will admit there are a few worthy numbers that didn’t quite fit in, and were cut for space. Still, this covers all the major stunners, including a few selections that rival the best tunes on the proper albums. Given the band’s stylistic...
Pitchfork Redesigned and it Looks Fantastic! →
offnotesnotes:
tomewing:
pgwp:
betelnut:
Honestly, play around with it. It is great!
Not counting that intrusive iPod ad that takes up about 40% of my screen.
Well, that disappears once you start clicking back and forth. Most of the Twitter reaction seems to be focusing on the iPod ad though, not the actual hott new content which I shall enumerate in my role as shill for my biggest source...
eush:
somesongsconsidered:
“I Told Her on...
Let's Give Carl Wilson 'The Colbert Bump'!
perpetua:
Carl Wilson, one of the best music critics in North America, appeared on last night’s episode of the Colbert Report to discuss his excellent 33 1/3 book about Celine Dion’s album Let’s Talk About Love. If you missed it, you can watch the segment on the Colbert Nation website. If you haven’t read it yet, I strongly recommend that you do — it’s a smart, funny, honest, and accessible book...
nothinbuthate:
Jimmy Eat World - “Crush”
Less...
“I came to punk rock in 1984 in suburban Minneapolis. Like Zero Boys, I spent my...”
– Craig Finn on US punk rockers the Zero Boys | Music | The Guardian
Last week in a Some Songs Considered post, I wrote about how I never really clicked with hardcore, and the last line of that quote nails it - I was too old when I came to it.
That entire article is wonderful, so I encourage you to...
New Grizzly Bear Leaks
It’s out there somewhere and I have mixed feelings. I really want to hear it and form a preliminary opinion on it before reading what everyone else says (I heard Merriweather Post Pavilion late after hearing all of the praise and came into it with an agenda of sorts) but I don’t know if I want to seek it out via bit torrent. Regardless, I feel for them - I know if I put out an album...