January 2012
“Stuff has gotten a lot cheaper, but our attitudes toward it haven’t...”
– Paul Graham
December 2011
hardcorefornerds asked: kpop - get the Elite Gymnastics mixtapes (there's about 3 of them I've found) - they're fantastic!
So now that I've discovered 2NE1...
…and cannot stop listening to “I Am The Best,” I’m running around the internet trying to figure out the whole Kpop thing. So far I’ve downloaded 2NE1’s 2nd Mini Album—which has a couple of other great songs on it, but mostly doesn’t sound anything like leadoff track “I Am The Best.” I’m digging the way “Ugly” and...
isabelthespy:
nickminichino replied to your quote: If she could shut up, because she has some good…
please force me to write the Lady Gaga Is a Professional Internet Feminist thing
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES YOU NEED TO WRITE THIS THE INTERNET REQUIRES THIS IN ITS LIFE
Hey Nick, you realize that if you don’t write this relatively soon I’m just gonna make you explain it to me in...
Interviewer: Tell us about your relationship with Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law: Oh, I love him.
Interviewer: You have a bit of a bromance going on there.
Jude Law: What is this new term everybody's using? That's a horrible term. What about just a 'romance'?
Interviewer: No, that's not the same, 'cos then you'd have to star in a romantic comedy together or something.
Jude Law: We just have! Have you not seen it?
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“For all the supposedly progressive politics of rock and pop, the structure of...”
– “Miss Independent: Why Kelly Clarkson’s Ron Paul Endorsement Makes Complete Sense.” (via marathonpacks)
“Ayn Rand’s libertarian erotic novel The Fountainhead”
“AYN RAND’S LIBERTARIAN EROTIC NOVEL THE FOUNTAINHEAD”
“AYN RAND’S LIBERTARIAN EROTIC NOVEL THE...
Lost Tribe – s/t LP (Blind Prophet)
still-single:
Scuttlebutt on this band throughout 2011 was quite intense, like a second coming of the greatest deathrock outfit you could hope for, scuzzy Richmondites doing poppers at their shows and getting lost in the visual effects. Naturally, they’ve been built up to some degree to be better than anyone could possibly hope (or God forbid, someone who doesn’t really know that much about...
sex-ads:
andrewtsks replied to your post: like this if you remember me as myuglytwin
I remember you as kidsintheriot
holy shit, are you serious? you’ve been following me for that long? i haven’t been kidsintheriot since 2007.
I’ve only been using tumblr since 2008, but I definitely remember that username, so you must have changed it after 2007. If tumblr’s archive thingy worked...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Haymaker (51)
Stereophonics (40)
The Lemonheads (38)
Death Grips (31)
Moving Mountains (31)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
before i lose my style: Lessons Learned in 2011 →
fightwithknives:
Just like you didn’t see 27 Dresses when it came out, begin avoiding 95% of writing that uses personal pronouns, which means almost everything online. It doesn’t matter if it’s written by someone you’ve met in real life, or in a publication you’ve read any liked before. If…
I don’t mind most of this, but #1 strikes me as bullshit, primarily because the set of...
insomnius:
I love One Week One Band, but a whole week stuffed with Spotify links is a bit of a bummer.
Agreed. This better not become the default mode of operation for the site. Not everyone has, or is interested in getting, Spotify. JUST SAYIN!
“I doubt many Christians believe that God is unfairly helping Tebow win games in...”
– Chuck Klosterman, from “The People Who Hate Tim Tebow,” on grantland.com.
As much as I hate to say it, I see my own agonies over the whole Tebow thing in both of these paragraphs. There are parts of this article that I totally disagree with, but I can’t deny any of the things...
A Gift For Metalheads: Download 5 Maryland... →
nickminichino:
So this is cool. Thanks, NPR!
Of these sets I only actually saw Hooded Menace, though I’d like to listen again, since they suffered by being the second of two doomy bands in a row on Saturday evening, which was too much when I was drunk and drowsy, even if they were much better than Acid Witch. And I had a really good reason for missing Exhumed: somebody broke my bro’s glasses in...
BEAST: KEVIN DART
blaaahg:
Kevin Dart has a style of illustration that you might be familiar with. However he takes this semi-retro-inspired look to the next level by adding in text, beautiful layers and a composition that fits your head. He currently lives in Southern California ans is a co-owner of Fleet Street Scandal. More of his work can be seen after the jump.
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oldtobegin replied to your quote: Even now, looking at the Petty girls and the…
with all due respect, “i wish somebody would objectify me” turned me off IMMEDIATELY. no you don’t.
That’s fair, and you’re probably right—no, none of us do wish that, not really. I took that as a joke, and I’m sure that’s how it was intended. But yeah, it’s not gonna be funny...
“Even now, looking at the Petty girls and the Vargas girls, it’s hard not...”
– Mike Edison, from Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! Of Playboys, Pigs, And Penthouse Paupers: An American Tale Of Sex And Wonder, pg. 13-14
And… holy fucking shit. I saw this book in Barnes And Noble tonight, while Christmas shopping. Walking down the cultural studies aisle, it caught my eye and I picked...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Capsule (48)
Iceage (44)
Dag Nasty (30)
Liturgy (26)
The Men (24)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
the other (another) worst thing about bootstraps...
isabelthespy:
they never acknowledge that if everyone pulled themselves up by their bootstraps successfully society as it’s currently structured would basically fall apart because the jobs that don’t guarantee a “decent” (LOADED WORD) standard of living are still necessary. who the fuck is gonna pick up your garbage if everyone currently demographically likely to wind up in that position winds...
“One of the things that happens when you talk to other music critics a lot is...”
– Ian Mathers, “Barking”, OR, “Music Writer Spends a Week Writing About One of My All-Time Favorite Bands; Makes Lots of Terrific Observations About its Music that I’d Never Considered Before; Also Makes Extremely Cogent Points About Art and Life in General” (One Week One Band)
Wow, yeah, I...
“Her slick stagecraft is a reminder that, far from the feral Harlem street kid...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/12/azealia-banks-azari-iii-review
“feral Harlem street kid suggested by the 212 video”
(Not that Azari & III fare much better: ” the strain of pre-acid house techno crafted by mid-1980s Chicago pioneers such as Todd Terry and Jamie Principle” a) Todd...
“Only… supposing that this malevolent AI comes from a military source is pure...”
– David Brin on why a Robin Hood Tax is our best weapon against the Terminator. (The rest of his post is less far-fetched but this is still the best bit.)
(via tomewing)
If we postulate that the rise of a malevolent AI is possible anytime in the foreseeable future, I dont think this is at all...
Watchisabelthespy:
things that are great about robyn’s performance of dancing on my own on SNL last night:
1) everything
2) the way that at the start of the song her face is less “heartbroken” and more “murderous,” as in, “i am going to murder that bitch,” because it is an unsavory and unfair truth that when you are obsessed with a dude, you will shower his completely innocent love interest with...
...also, not that it's gonna make my year-end list...
Demi Lovato’s Unbroken album is pretty awesome, like if Kelly Clarkson and Paramore were the same [person/band/artist]. There are a few weird hip-hop-ish numbers towards the beginning, but even those are pretty sweet.
I’m pretty sure I have similar positive feelings about Cher Lloyd’s album too, which is a pleasure I feel much guiltier about.
Doing that thing where at the end of the year I...
You know, in order to try and make sure I don’t neglect anything obvious when I prepare my inevitable “Best of 2011” list in a couple weeks.
You guys, this may have been a huge mistake. There were so many good albums lurking in as-yet-unzipped .rar files on my external hard drive! The Men - Leave Home! Death Grips - Exmilitary! Absu - Abzu! I’ve barely scratched the...
Watchnickminichino:
docshaner:
My new favorite old Christmas song.
I know somebody who reads this Tumblr is going to want to watch Oscar the Grouch sing “I Hate Christmas.”
This is AWESOME. Also, it is seriously old school because Mr. Hooper is in it (so, pre-1983). I’m wondering if children’s TV show makers in the modern era would be this willing to depict the kind of unadulterated...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Moving Mountains (80)
Dinosaur Jr. (61)
Elite Gymnastics (54)
Sun Kil Moon (41)
Capsule (40)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
DAILY FIX: Lana Del Rey, "Born To Die" →
Oh and hey, I also wrote a quick thing about the new Lana Del Rey video, in which I attempted to explain the entire Del Rey story for our (presumably) less clued-in-to-the-media-blogger-zeitgeist readership. Of course, I am pro-Del Rey, so this writeup reflects my spin on things. Some of you will probably be bothered by that, so um, my apologies in advance, I guess?
One thing that I can add to...
BOOK REVIEW: The Karaoke Singer's Guide To... →
I reviewed Tim Kinsella’s first novel. For those of you who, upon hearing that Tim Kinsella had a book out, wondered “Did he only get this published because he’s already a well-known musician?” I can tell you that the short answer is yes. For a much more nuanced answer, click the link.
“The holiday-album equivalent of, “Oh god, my uncle is talking politics at the...”
– Album | The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | Scott Weiland | eMusic (via desnoise)
OK, all I want to know is: is this, or is this not, the same Jayson Greene who sang for Orchid? Seriously, someone find out and let me know, because it’s been bugging me for years.