October 2009
47 posts
Pretty Numbers on my Tumblr Dashboard
Right now:
100 People I’m following
555 Liked Posts
My Tumblarity: 42 - nothing to brag about, but some people would say that’s the answer to all of life’s questions
“The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own...”
– Oscar Wilde. Banned Books Week 2009: CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM TO READ! (via linguist) (via tristn)
September 2009
56 posts
“in the past couple of weeks i’ve been getting a band together for fun to...”
– DEAD AIR SPACE - Thom Yorke is getting the (solo project) back together?
This sounds like a terrific band.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →
R.E.M. (12)
Kanye West (10)
Massive Attack (9)
Pearl Jam (9)
Jay-Z (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“[Judd Apatow, director]
I am always driven by the terror of humiliation. I do...”
– Lifehacking tips from actress Elizabeth Banks, Judd Apatow, and other accomplished people. - - Slate Magazine
This rings a little too true for comfort, even if it doesn’t always get things done for me.
“You may not have had a chance to use the Internet yourself. But you probably...”
– from a book I found on a shelf in my classroom (pre-dating me) called Media Today: Interpreting Newspapers, Magazines, Radio, TV, Movies and the Internet, copyright 1996.
All of this - the awful style, the unintentional facetiousness, and the similarity to a Simpson’s filmstrip - is why I...
Let the Grumbling Commence
The Pitchfork Top 200 Albums of the Decade list is here! I think I’m going to take the same stance this time around - scan the list each day and then go back this weekend and read all the blurbs when I have time to digest them.
I recognize that for most people, a list’s appeal is the opportunity to gripe / brag about your preferences being shared with the people who are publishing...
I'm Curious
Do you have specific music you put on when you want / need to be productive? Whether it’s a specific genre, a Pandora station, etc, I’m curious, especially if it’s for desk work / studying. I’m looking to establish a correcting routine a couple times a week and I think a playlist might help set the mood.
So - what do you put on in these situations?
postpunk:
The Top 35 Or So Songs of the 80’s
...
Tuesday Teaser #4
tristn:
chrishol:
Imagine that you’re playing Russian Roulette with your arch-nemesis Bob. The gun that you’re using has a standard circular barrel, containing six chambers. Bob places two bullets in consecutive chambers and spins the barrel. He puts the gun to his head and pulls the trigger. He gets lucky.
Now it’s your turn. Before you pull the trigger, you can spin the barrel or you can...
Tumblr T-Shirts →
staff:
OH SHIT! We have t-shirts.
Buy them at BustedTees for $16.99!
Hey, if I buy a t-shirt, will Tumblr stop freaking out every night? If so, I’ll buy one tonight.
Damon Albarn to Art-Direct 2012 Olympics, Maybe!... →
Hmmm.
The Birth of 'Born to Run'
joecarryon:
Peter Knobler, a writer for Crawdaddy, got an early listen in Springsteen’s Long Branch house. The place was cluttered with motorcycle magazines and old 45s. Over Bruce’s bed was a poster of Peter Pan leading Wendy out the window. The detail is suggestive: “Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend/ I want to guard your dreams and visions.” To Knobler, the “song sounded huge, like a...
joecarryon:
somesongsconsidered:
“Parents Just...
Ted Leo & Matador - Matador Records | Matablog →
This seems like a perfect fit.
“If you have the energy to perform Born To Run cover-to-cover on the eve of your...”
– Happy 60th Bruce Springsteen - Stereogum
I lost a ton of music on accident. Now I'm...
gnomechomsky:
croooooow:
gnomechomsky:
But I’m skipping “Amnesiac” this time.
But “Pyramid Song” is so good!
don’t turn me into that guy who’s proud to have no taste!
“Pyramid Song” just doesn’t move me… I dunno.
I’m with you - “Pyramid Song” never did much for me either.
That being said, there are some songs on Amnesiac worth owning - I’ve always been partial to...
“(I know some folks hate Ed’s singing, but it mostly seems like...”
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Pearl Jam: Backspacer
Addendum to my post on “Even Flow” at SSC. I’m not really sure that the author of the Pitchfork article (which condemns the new PJ as the latest in a series of what he dubs “colorlessly unimaginative album[s]”) realizes...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20) →
Elliott Smith (26)
Delays (20)
Kanye West (13)
Sigur Rós (11)
Department of Eagles (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Derek Jeter Honored For Having Fewer Hits Than... →
Pre-Sale for the 2010 Pavement Reunion →
bmichael:
Pre-sale opens tomorrow at 10am for the first show of Pavement’s 2010 Reunion, the 9/21/10 show in Central Park. The password is “ZOWEE” (mbvmusic)
I mean, if Ticketmaster is selling tickets to it, then there must be a show, right?
I can’t believe I have to buy tickets to a concert more than a year in advance. I’m still going to do it, though.
Pitchfork: Holy Shit: Pavement Reunion Is Real! →
I’m changing my stance: I’ll believe it when I hear about it from a member of Pavement.
Still, I think I might have a cold on September 22, 2010. <sniffle>
Patrick Swayze: A Hip-Hop Legend? - Urlesque →
(via Pop Candy)
Informal Music Survey
My HS freshman had an assignment to bring in five items that represent their personality / values / etc. (My five: Remain in Light LP, torn converse, coffee scoop, picture of my brothers circa 1990, my moleskine notebook).
Of the ones who brought specific music artifacts (many shared iPods with a blanket ‘I love music” and a “I don’t know” when pressed to be more...
the Pavement reunion is on - multiple nights @... →
This is obviously “I’ll believe it when I see it” but… WHAT?!?
Born Under Punches's best name anagram is BURN-UP... →
I’ve been having way too much fun with this anagram generator.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13) →
The Beatles (29)
Teenage Fanclub (24)
God Help The Girl (14)
The American Analog Set (13)
Sigur Rós (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Trade Off
I don’t watch a lot of TV, but when I’m home and I’m not ready to start working again, I enjoy putting on Pardon the Interruption or a repeat of The Simpsons. Today was one of those days - the clock rolled to 4:57 and I flipped over to my local Fox affiliate for an hour of Simpsons repeats, only to find that it’s been replaced by something called “The Dr. Oz...
Call me old fashioned, but I think fire is...
(via branduponthebrain)
So happy to have the State on DVD.
Welcoming Remarks Made at a Literary Reading,... →
Quote McSweenys:
Every year, we wonder what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which Mr. Hodgman originally delivered at a literary reading shortly after September 11, 2001.
NFL TV Distribution Maps →
Football fans - this is a required bookmark. It’s a map of the games being televised in any part of the country.
“The Beatles’ run in the 1960s is good fodder for thought experiments. For...”
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Beatles: Abbey Road
here's a not well thought out post
tristn:
pterodactyls:
Ironic taste is such a weird thing to have. If you don’t genuinely revel in something, why bother with it at all? When did passion become a liability?
I’ve been saying this for years! “Guilty pleasure” means there’s something wrong with the guilt, not the pleasure!
Co-sign 100%.
NY Times Contest! I am flying someone to NYC →
jennymack:
SO tempted to do this & get silly with it.
gary:
SO I Tweeted this an hour ago! Tomorrow I have a big profile in the NY Times and I had this idea. Anyone who buys the Times tomorrow and takes the most creative picture with the actual article in the picture and leaves a link to it under here will win a dinner with me in NYC in 2010, I will fly you in and put you up, get creative...
“The “Super Deluxe” Ten reissue was an ornate tombstone for a dead era. “The...”
– Pearl Jam’s brilliant new single, brought to you by Target. - By Jonah Weiner - Slate Magazine (via desnoise)
Believe it or not, I actually haven’t heard “The Fixer.” I heard the song they played on Conan’s first show (cool song, awful live mix), but haven’t heard...
“If you’ve never been very ill or known someone who has struggled with a serious...”
– Fluxblog » Blog Archive » You Want To Go Forever
“Hope,” for a long time, has been one of my favorite R.E.M. songs, even though it’s perhaps the least indicative of their sound.
Matthew’s also spot on here - you have to go through this experience yourself (or,...
shoegazer aesthetics.
raptoravatar:
tristn:
fuckyeahshoegaze:
bunnynico:
“Throughout the course of history, numerous works of art have stood at the forefront of their respective genres. British indie band My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is one such work. Their unique sound on the album defined a sub-genre of indie rock known as shoegaze. This thesis is the first major academic study of My Bloody Valentine and...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-6) →
My Bloody Valentine (13)
M83 (12)
Pink Floyd (11)
The xx (11)
LCD Soundsystem (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“He’s more reblogged than read.”
– Anonymous (via bmichael)
I love this, even if it essential sums up my other blog (Some Songs Considered) completely.
“The downside is that people are encouraged to own far more music than they can...”
– Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
(reblogged from dudestache)
(via mattpayton)