Born Under Punches

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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:49:20 -0500

jakefogelnest: Of course I made a Gary The Squirrel gif! It’s...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:57:32 -0500

jakefogelnest:

Of course I made a Gary The Squirrel gif! It’s the #TomThon! Pledge now at wfmu.org

yourmandevine: Donate to the WFMU pledge drive to keep The Best...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:20:10 -0500

yourmandevine:

Donate to the WFMU pledge drive to keep The Best Show on WFMU on the air at WFMU!

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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:18 -0500

katherinestasaph: airgordon: Reblog to fight the imperialist...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:28:28 -0500

katherinestasaph:

airgordon:

Reblog to fight the imperialist rockist scourge of images like this, plz.

I mean, that Beatles song is great, but I am always up for shitting on images like that.

One Week // One Band: One Year

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:12:00 -0500

oneweekoneband:

Apologies for briefly interrupting Dave, but it was a year ago to the day we kicked off this blog series on showcasing our musical passions with a post on The Replacements’ Bastards of Young — and now we’re here, fifty-two weeks & bands later!

It’s only a year of hopefully many more to come, so we’ll keep the festivities down for the moment, but I just wanted so say it’s been a pleasure and a privilege to talk to (and meet!) so many wonderful & talented people. Editing this blog has been a blast and hopefully we’ve done our tiny part in showing music writing’s alive and kicking in 2012.

There’s a number of great writers lined up for the coming weeks — stay with us as OWOB continues to evolve and grow, whichever exciting place that may take us to. I’ll let you know when the NYT feature comes in… ;)

Thanks to Dave, Mark and Britt for helping spread the word; thanks to all the Tumblr comrades that have been there from the start: Brad, Michael, Andrew, Isabel, Katherine, the tireless Jonathan & the rest of the crew; thanks to each and every contributor past, present and future for his/her much-appreciated efforts; thanks to Jeffrey for technical assistance, virtual but nonetheless hearty hugs to the intercontinental brain trust of Jeremy, Dan and Jake (BFFs!); and of course, most importantly, thank you for reading.

THANK YOU, FRIENDS.

— Hendrik

The output on One Week / One Band constantly impresses me, and the fact that my name is on a list with so many incredible people still feels like a dream. Hendrik created something wonderful that I hope to enjoy for a long, long time.

areasofmyexpertise: .@tedleo tells the bartender he thinks he...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:40:00 -0500

areasofmyexpertise:

.@tedleo tells the bartender he thinks he is falling in love.

So, hypothetically...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:34 -0500

if I used BTJunkie, what would I use now?

(via Toothpaste For Dinner)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:45 -0500

(via Toothpaste For Dinner)

yourmandevine: mruocky: I love how he’s a Mets fan. The jokes...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:09:00 -0500

yourmandevine:

mruocky:

I love how he’s a Mets fan. The jokes are always hilarous but have that all too familiar undertone of sadness haha.

hahahahahahah very funny joke you guys

As a Mets fan in 2012*, I see two choices: make jokes and laugh about the Mets, or cry about the Mets. Most of the time, I choose to laugh.

*Fill in your choice of years here.

"i just wanna use my position to really let people know that next to Berry Gordy, Don Cornelius was..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:34:45 -0500

“i just wanna use my position to really let people know that next to Berry Gordy, Don Cornelius was hands down the MOST crucial non political figure to emerge from the civil rights era post 68. the craziest most radical thing of all is i don’t even consider Soul Train his most radical statement. yes the idea of the young black teenager NOT mired in legal trouble on the 6 oclock news getting camera time was a new idea to most…so of course the fact the U.S. really got its first vicarious look at our culture was amazing.”

- Brand New Bag: Questlove on Don Cornelius « Okayplayer

jsmooth995: D’Angelo, January 29th 2012 in Paris: Jay Smooth, January 29th 2012 in New...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:03:01 -0500

jsmooth995:

D’Angelo, January 29th 2012 in Paris:

Jay Smooth, January 29th 2012 in New York:

Good lord. This is really happening.

BRB I just saw that Lambchop is playing here in Boston and literally put my coat back on to go buy tickets

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:01 -0500

(for other shows too, so the T ride is worth it for saving the TM fees)

I should probably start doing this again

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:04:00 -0500

I read my dashboard (just about) every day but haven’t really been posting here regularly since the summer. I’ve written a few things on my other blog, but largely I haven’t been writing or sharing a ton of things (generally how I use my Tumblr). As much as I’d like to write more, I’ve been enjoying just reading and listening around here.

Anyway, hopefully more from me more often going forward.

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:57:49 -0500

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY':

yourmandevine:

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

VERY, VERY important.

Via Jennymack

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:45:18 -0500

Via Jennymack

"I could not perform “Everybody Hurts” for the last time in London with 30,000 people in the room or..."

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:59:44 -0500

“I could not perform “Everybody Hurts” for the last time in London with 30,000 people in the room or 80,000 people on the field knowing full well it was the last time we were going to do it. I just couldn’t. I would collapse. It would be impossible – I wouldn’t be able to hit the notes. We all knew that would be a really hard thing to do. It’s just not very R.E.M. I hate to quote “The Simpsons” quoting us (laughs), but it would not be a very R.E.M. way to do that kind of thing. So we decided to do it our way. I’m really proud of the way that we did it.”

- Michael Stipe: Why R.E.M. called it a day

Michael on why the band never deliberately went out for a final tour. “The idea of doing some kind of victory lap or final farewell tour just felt — and still feels — like it would have been completely mercenary and exploitative and impossible.”

(via perpetua)

As someone who had to say a lot of goodbyes this year and wanted to skip out on as many of them as possible (I had to promise my old boss that I wouldn’t skip my goodbye party!), it’s no surprise that I understand, respect, and love every single bit of this.

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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:44:52 -0500

artdepartment: … and all Danzig-y on this side. It’s pretty...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:46:31 -0400

artdepartment:

… and all Danzig-y on this side. It’s pretty fun to channel the dark side … but not as fun as it is to watch Jenn and Andy do it in the A.V. Undercover round room.

artdepartment: I have some hometown pride surrounding The...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:46:25 -0400

artdepartment:

I have some hometown pride surrounding The Onion, as it grew up in Madison as I was growing up. Nevertheless, I do not think I am unfounded in appointing A.V. Undercover as Best Internet Content Ever. And lucky you, we are putting out Wye Oak’s killer covers as a limited-edition 7-inch. It’s all Kinks-y on this side …