July 2008
(see previous post)
“AS ANYONE who’s read my voluminous writings on “American Idol” knows…”
– Pop music critics embrace the mainstream - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
(via offnotesnotes)
Reading Powers’ piece was a little bit unnerving because it seemed to assume the existence of rock criticism as a community and as a thing which can spark wide conversations and debates, as opposed...
“Sarah Jessica Parker Arrested For Gross Negligee”
– (via newsofthespamworld)
On the one hand you’d think the pun would reveal the “headline” as spam but on the other it probably increases views anyway.
alexbalk:
I wanna say I first heard this on...
perpetua:
rendit:
Does anyone else find it of extremely ill portent that the Watchmen trailer features a Smashing Pumpkins song from the Batman and Robin soundtrack?
It’s intentional, they want you to think about those 90s Batman movies when you see the trailer. (See also: the molded nipples on Adrian Viedt’s costume.) The director is deliberately trying to get people to approach the characters...
“Comparing it to ‘Heat,’ however, is perfectly appropriate, except...”
– screenwriter and sometime blogger Todd Alcott
“Ledger was only 28 when he died, on the cusp of the generation often called...”
– Mourning Becomes Electric: Heath Ledger’s iPod and the microchip memorial (via therichgirlsareweeping)
At first I thought this was morbid and then I changed my mind.
(via pgwp)
1. I am surprised there isn’t a “Heath Ledger, what’s on your ipod?” thread on ilx.
2. I was...
this has been slightly deborah solomonized
me: so
me: http://www.terminal5nyc.com/calendar/show/1823/
me: if that show were at webster hall i would so be there
Lindsay: you a loser
me: i'm thinking of posting a tumblr entry to that effect
Lindsay: feel free to quote this conversation
me: because as always
me: i want to pursue the meta/self-defeating goal of rising above bourdieu's "distinction"
Lindsay: loser!
me: by proving that i am not embarrassed of any of my musical preferences
me: and therefore not jockeying for cultural capital
Lindsay: but you are:
Lindsay: you like that one band of horses song
Lindsay: you're embarrassed about that.
me: yeah that and a bunch of august and everything after
me: oh and that coffeeshop-sounding austin dude's joanna newsom cover
Heiko Hoffmann (Pitchfork): Both Daft Punk and Justice make dance music that a lot of people who don't usually listen to dance music like.
Pedro Winter (Ed Banger): You're right. But that's not a strategy, it's a coincidence. Maybe Justice's sound is closer to that of Daft Punk than to that of LCD Soundsystem, but that's because they are both French and have similar influences. They both like Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Rick Rubin, and Metallica, and they take these interests and digest them in their own way. However, Daft Punk's sound is much rounder and warmer, and Justice's is rougher and more distorted. The heritage of Daft Punk is Chicago house, whereas Justice don't have any electronic background. When I went to Xavier [de Rosnay]'s house for the first time and looked at his record collection, I could find only two dance records: Daft Punk and Armand van Helden. They are big fans of Queen, Judas Priest, and the Beach Boys. And with this background they try to make electronic music.
Heiko Hoffmann (Pitchfork): One of the labels that seems closest to Ed Banger is Kitsuné, which was started by Gildas Loaëc who also worked with Daft Punk.
Pedro Winter (Ed Banger): There are some common points. We are both interested in the visual side of a record label, and we have similar tastes because we are friends. But musically we are not doing the same at all. I'm developing artists, and Kitsuné are licensing artists. Even Digitalism are not really Kitsuné artists. So this is a different approach. Sure, indie rock kids that play techno music often play both Ed Banger and Kitsuné, but that's because these are the only electronic labels that they know. We both make party music. Music for people to jump around to and smile. We are not putting out after-hours music.
Official Rock Band 2 Tracklist Revealed →
maura:
bg5000:
Did you ever think you’d see a Bikini Kill song in a video game?
Nope. But this just makes me want the Kill Rock Stars expansion pack with Huggy Bear’s “Her Jazz,” Bratmobile’s “Juswanna,” Calamity Jane’s “Come On,” Slant 6’s “Nights x 9,” Tiger Trap’s “Supreme Nothing,” Cupid Car Club’s “M.P. Skulkers,” Team Dresch’s “Hand Grenade,” Mary Lou Lord’s “Some Jingle Jangle Morning,”...
Questions For Patti Smith - Deborah Solomon -... →
pgwp:
hitsong:
You seem to cultivate a kind of wild-child mystique, even in your appearance. For instance, why don’t you use hair conditioner?
I do use conditioner!
I’m surprised. You’re the queen of split ends.
Pretty much every question Solomon asked deserved the Lou Reed response - “What are you, some kind of asshole?”
My Sunday Times game is reading the interview and imagining how...
A Hypothetical Question About Beverages
erikonymous:
1. Abita Amber I guess this is what you would call Abita’s flagship beer, brewed in Abita Springs, just a half-hour drive over the Causeway from New Orleans. This is probably the beverage I miss most, as I know only one place in New York to get it: The Shake Shack (though there are surely others). But even then it’s in a bottle and not on glorious tap.
This is sort of a late...
Holy jeez -- Calacanis quits the blogging game →
maura:
(via blogebrity)
“Starting today all of my thoughts will be reserved for a new medium. Something smaller, something more intimate, and something very personal: an email list.”
BAHAHAHHAAHAHHA
dude, having an e-mail list: not really retiring. go cold turkey or go home!
An e-mail list? That’s as much ten years ago as the diaryland-aping blog-dramabomb-retirements we’ve been...
and now some real talk
Matthew: that Star Wars AD poster thing predates the second season
me: oh
me: well that explains it
Matthew: yup
Matthew: not everything on the internet is new!
me: i just figured it was another in the line of "maybe if we keep talking about it it will happen" AD movie things
me: which have largely been pretty recent
Matthew: yeah
Matthew: can I just say this:
Matthew: PLEASE NO AD MOVIE
Matthew: I really, really, really don't want it to happen
Matthew: cos I know it probably won't be good
Matthew: and I love that AD has a perfect legacy. it ended really well. let it go, everyone!
Matthew: everyone should rent the Strangers With Candy movie and see how well THAT one turned out
Some Possible Band Names Inspired By "The Wire"*
maura:
marklisanti:
Shitbird
The Dickensian Aspect
The Honey Nut
(OC pop-punk) Mr. Lyon and the Methane Probes
The Western District Way
Kenard
College Kids Ain’t Shit
40 Degree Days
potential moneymaking scheme
collect ron paul paraphernalia
store for 15 years
sell to the kids
A Hypothetical Question About Beverages
perpetua:
You get to have a fountain in your home that will dispense three beverages. You will have an unlimited supply of this beverage, and it will just magically appear there for you, you never have to deal with maintenance. The beverages will be of an ideal quality when they come out of the fountain, so if, for example, you pick a particular wine, it will not be damaged by the whole “coming...
About "The world does not need another... →
catbird:
I saw this linked 3 times in approximately 3 seconds.
And you make four! Complaining while perpetuating is still perpetuating. I mean, I certainly enjoy your take on things; it’s why I read your stuff. But no amount of self-awareness of the fact that you have a tumblr and a twitter and link things changes that you have them and do it.
oh also i set up a muxtape
it’s a quick fourth of july mix i threw together. fuck being timely i guess.
“Times New Viking sound like the kind of band I’d really like – they play short,...”
– Stereo Sanctity (via perpetua)
I’m kind of glad for Times New Viking for this very reason. I’ve always had a soft spot for that kind of affectation, and I never really thought about it, at least in those terms, until I heard Times New Viking who basically went so far in that direction...
You people need to tell me these things!
Britta Phillips was the singing voice of Jem??
(Would I consider that common knowledge were I five to ten years older?)
Are you using/reading a Tumblr right now? →
catbird:
Then it’s your duty to wish well to the creator of Tumblr, David Karp. He turns 9 years old today!
jesus christ he’s younger than i am?
maura:
The hot dog eating contest announcer just called Joey Chestnut “The Chikezie Eze of greasy”!
I think the hot dog eating contest is the one chance the ESPN announcers have to fuck around live on air. I wonder how long that announcer was carrying that adult diaper excitement comment around in his head, waiting for the opportunity to use it.
i love finding old note-to-self lists and having...
The Third Eye “Brother” (1970)
JFA (on Placebo records?) track 1
“Moments ago I was at the souvenir stand.” -Calvin
Swirlies
Chester Copperpot?
The 800+ year old virgin
howsyrface:
We are all idiot man-children now, even the robots.
Even though I really liked Wall-E, and though it was adorable and clever and fun, I have this irresistable urge to start cutting on it. Basically, my problem with Wall-E is that the heteronormative romance projected onto the robot protagonists is just another variation on the schlub/hottie dynamic that has been ruling romantic...
As Gas Prices Rise, Teenagers’ Cruising Declines -... →
therichgirlsareweeping:
lindsayb:
nick-lcc:
perpetua:
therichgirlsareweeping:
FYI, everyone — this is why there is no definitive summer jam. You can quote me on this.
Yes, suddenly it all makes sense.
I’ve seen plenty of people of a variety of races and classes cruising around greater New Haven blasting “A Milli” so i don’t know if this is really a fair assessment. Not that “A Milli” is...
