September 2010
43 posts
Greg Giraldo on the high and low sides of comedy... →
Sorry for the link - the video won’t embed.
“When I visited Wayne at Rikers Island, I had a suit on with some slippers, and...”
– Kanye’s Proper Bon Iver Song Is Here — Vulture
So many crazy things in one sentence.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26) →
Superchunk (35)
Sigur Rós (3)
Pavement (2)
Explosions in the Sky (1)
Teenage Fanclub (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Alternate Lyrics to the First Verse of the Red Hot...
yourmandevine:
Sometimes I feel like I’m living in Contra
Sometimes I feel like there’s mad aliens
But the gun that I live with
My magical spread gun
It will protect me
Plus 30 more lives (cheat code)
Did SNL Steal Their “Tiny Hats” Sketch From Tim... →
The easiest way to make amends for this - invite Tim and Eric to host.
“One of those projects is the band WILD FLAG, a new group she’s formed with...”
– Carrie Brownstein: ‘I Have A New Band’ : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR
WHAT?! This is amazing. I can’t wait to hear this.
(Also - Merge signed them, continuing their winning streak and continued patronage of awesome things).
(I’m also a day behind on Google...
“This is a good movie, from a masterful novel. “The Remains of the...”
– Never Let Me Go :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
Clipped for later use and consideration. I really like the way this expresses one of the many functions of art and (why I’m clipping it to re-purpose into an assignment) the kind of things an author should consider while writing.
My Light the Night Fundraising Page →
perpetua:
On October 16th 2010, I am going to be taking part in a Light the Night walk in Queens to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This is a significant date for me personally, as it will be the first anniversary of my father’s death from complications of lymphoma. I will be walking in his memory, but raising money to help all the individuals and families still struggling...
All this is to say:
It’s a buyer’s market, and if I lived in NYC I would scoop up those Craigslist tickets and see Pavement every night this week. If it wasn’t for getting home around 2:00 / 2:30 and having to be up for work at 6:00, I’d probably go more than just Friday night as well.
Hey Good Luck Trying To Sell Your Pavement Tickets... →
perpetua:
I have a very hard time feeling bad for ticket scalpers.
On Saturday in Boston, I was one of four people in a row with sixteen chairs. I have never been turned down as many times for anything as I was for my two extra Pavement tickets - I offered them to several people for nothing and was still turned down. So instead, Jenny and I stretched out.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19) →
Sigur Rós (9)
Superchunk (4)
Pavement (4)
R.E.M. (4)
Kanye West (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Ok, instore at Other Music in a couple hours. Williamsburg tonight. Getting a...”
– Sept 19: Sunday morning coming down. Well, lying down, anyway. In pain. | Superchunk
Jon Wurster is writing a tour blog for Superchunk’s brief tour. The first two entries are wonderful, but this detail in particular made me laugh uncontrollably.
R.E.M.HQ: NEWS | WEEKEND ROUNDUP: NEXT RECORD... →
As Bertis noted in his postcard dated September 10th, the band has been in Nashville putting the finishing touches on their next record for the past couple of weeks. Today, we can confirm that the guys have wrapped up things in Nashville. All signs are pointing toward a spring 2011 release, so please stay tuned.
Awesome.
perpetua replied to your link: Rivers Cuomo Now Says He Never Hated Pinkerton — Vulture
You know, sometimes you change your mind about things, or have complex feelings about your work that shifts over time. Like a human being. Fun fact: Cuomo is human! Like us!
True, and I’m being unfair by making it about money. And looking back at the quote from the piece, what Matthew is...
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Rivers Cuomo Now Says He Never Hated Pinkerton --... →
Honest question (and then I’m done posting for a little while) - which scenario is more lucrative for Cuomo:
New Weezer album with typical promo and tour cycle.
Pinkerton deluxe edition, no new radio airplay (or at least no new songs to push to radio), Pinkerton tour promising a sequenced performance of that album and anything else the band wants to play (like the Pixies’...
“You get a sense of age—there’s something softly cynical and wise behind...”
– Superchunk Are Not Reuniting - Page 1 - Music - New York - Village Voice
In which Jessica Hopper re-purposes the word “punk” in a way that doesn’t make me recoil. Well done!
““Taking home the award for the world’s most unlikely guitar hero was...”
– Amy Andronicus: The Strangest Review I Have Ever Received
Sounds like someone had a word count he/she needed to pad. At least it was phrased in a complementary way (maybe)?
nyctaper » Blog Archive » Spoon: September 13,... →
So it sounds like Spoon played a mini-set after (during?) the filming for a video for “Nobody Gets Me but You.” Based on the streaming version of “Car Radio,” this sounds like a pretty solid recording. Have at it!
(By the way, this happened today. The novelty of such a quick turnaround will never get old for me.)
The Dismemberment Plan Reuniting for Five Shows! →
I will now monitor the Paradise’s on-sale dates like a hawk until I can buy tickets for this. They’re on sale on Friday. Going on my calendar now!
“And what started it all? Sure, he was in Donkey Kong in 1981, but he...”
– Happy 25th Birthday, Super Mario Bros.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12) →
New Order (2)
Jackson Browne (1)
Pavement (1)
Queen (1)
Pearl Jam (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Day-Late Overshare (Or, "Spoiler Alert: Skip This...
With just about every e-mail address I’ve ever had, starting when I essentially hijacked my parents’ account as a middle-school student through my professional accounts, I will periodically clean up my inbox yet next to never delete e-mails from my sent folder. It’s largely because my receive-to-send ratio probably falls close to 50-1, so the inbox frees up more space. My sent folder also...
Listicle with commentary: 4 underappreciated...
barthel:
Malcolm in the Middle Reaction to Bryan Cranston’s success on Breaking Bad has been of the “WTF?” variety in the context of his role here, but this show was an actor’s paradise. Pretty much everyone except for Frankie Muniz shone, from Erik Per Sullivan as weird little kid Dewey to Christopher Masterson as eternally aggrieved older brother Francis to, more than anyone, Jane Kaczmarek...
“Have you ever owned a yacht?
No, but I thought Yacht Rock was hilarious. And...”
– Michael McDonald - Time Out New York (via Wikipedia)
“4. Bun B
The Houston-based rapper and former member of UGK will be teaching a...”
– mental_floss Blog » 7 Famous People Teaching Courses This Year
“I heard a song and was like, ‘Are you joking me?’ […]...”
– Pitchfork: Echo Chamber: Marnie Stern Disses Best Coast
Team Marnie.
“Greatest urban legends: Billy Corgan was on “Small Wonder”
– Pitchfork: Staff Lists: A Feature About Nothing: The 1990s in Lists
I’m enjoying all of this random nostalgic nonsense on Pitchfork today (gold alone for the Beavis & Butthead commentary on page one), but this one stood out because I hadn’t heard it before.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-5) →
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (5)
Wilco (4)
R.E.M. (3)
Sonic Youth (2)
The Clash (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
jimmyjosh replied to your link:I hope to some day to feel the same kind of all-consuming passion about something that college football fans feel for their alma mater
Spencer Hall is probably my favorite football/sports writer out there. I can identify so much with this article. ROLL TIDE!
I definitely understand that. This made me wish I had a ticket in some giant stadium this weekend.
I hope to some day to feel the same kind of... →
Smallish northeast liberal arts school = general apathy toward college football, but kudos to this post.
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The Death of Paste, a Day Late
I had a year subscription to Paste a few years back; I paid $20 during their “name your own price” promotion (which, as it turns out, was five cents more than they normally asked) and it was fine. By “fine,” I mean that I would flip through it the day I received it in the mail, read a couple things in it (and occasionally, maybe once every other issue, find something I...
“What Netflix is doing with both its vacation and pay policies is to make its...”
– PostLeadership: Netflix vacation policy is only the tip of a radical compensation iceberg - Jena McGregor
My girlfriend worked for a company that had a similar open vacation policy, which sounds great when you’re starting out. She then found the byproduct (and whether you’re cynical or...
