May 2010
27 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30) →
Lambchop (12)
The National (10)
R.E.M. (7)
Grizzly Bear (4)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (3)
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perpetua:
Kanye West “Power” I think that in...
eventualghost:
Jeff Foxworthy spun a career out of what would be a Twitter hashtag today.
Nation Just Finding Out That Flyers Came Back From... →
The current state of the NHL in a sentence.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
The National (41)
Unrest (14)
Janelle Monáe (8)
Destroyer (7)
R.E.M. (3)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
The National (31)
Sleigh Bells (12)
Pearl Jam (4)
Score Media (3)
The Who (2)
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Not Very Good Album Takes A Little While To Get... →
This one’s even better.
Study Reveals Dolphins Lack Capacity To Mock... →
“would genuinely like to believe that some people have grown at least a little...”
– repeating myself, with apologies - a grammar
Agreed.
a grammar: questions raised by the "rhetorical... →
tomewing:
natepatrin:
There’s a lot of comment/Twitter/Tumblr chatter that seems calculated to throw itself into the gears of the consensus machine in a big grandstanding attempt to set the listener apart as a unique voice crying out against conformity
Alternatively, they just don’t like it!
That true, but doesn’t a flood of praise have a way of transforming dislike or disinterest...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
The National (9)
DOM (5)
Catherine Wheel (2)
Score Media (2)
Teenage Fanclub (1)
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More from the Wall Street Journal's Mets vs.... →
According to the article linked above, Mets fans:
drink more
own more guns (?!)
self-identify less as worriers (?!)
pay closer attention to day-to-day
own more pets / more likely to be married
None of the stats are tremendously overwhelming. Also, it says that it polled men and women but then seems to focus exclusively on men.
“More single girls are Yankees fans,” he said. “You see those pink...”
– How Yankees Fans Are Different From Mets Fans: A WSJ Poll - WSJ.com
I don’t see a problem with not seeing pink Mets hats, not because they are an indicator of female/single female fans (meaning not all female fans wear them), but because they are awful.
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Community is “streets ahead” of the rest →
tristn:
Aaaah I didn’t even know about the salacious backstory. Stupid Tristan!
Thanks, icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse!
Amazing. Simply amazing.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
The National (13)
The Hold Steady (3)
Pearl Jam (3)
Wilco (3)
The Afghan Whigs (2)
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Police eyeing link to South Park in Times Square... →
Aside from all of the really messed up ramifications of this if this is true (and the fact that Comedy Central’s HQ is a little north of Times Square), wouldn’t they be way off if Parker/Stone were the targets?
“In Rolling Stone you and Mike made oblique references to New Adventures in Hi-Fi...”
– Pop Songs 07-08
Last one, I promise.
“Michael, Are there any songs you wish you could go back and re-record in the...”
– Pop Songs 07-08
“My favorite song of the summer’08 is L.E.S. Artistes by Santogold. If I had to...”
– Pop Songs 07-08
Right now, I am sitting on my back deck, enjoying my fourth beer of the evening, and re-reading through some old posts on Pop Songs ‘07-08. Life is good.
(This is also a terrific quote from Michael Stipe in response to a question about being able to like a song without...
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