December 2009
10 posts
“A lot of the preoccupation with ornament and splash today reminds me of the...”
– Luc Sante, quoted in “Style Directives For 2000: Make It Extravagant,” Elizabeth Hayt, New York Times, January 2, 2000 (via hortenseg). Just in case you never believed Mike McGonigal when he told you how great Luc Sante is.
“All you guys ever talk about is how much you hate anyone who likes music.”
– [redacted], a regular reader of this blog.
Paul Thompson on Wavves’ “No Hope Kids” (emphasis mine):
Think your 2009 sucked? Here’s how Nate Williams’ kicked his off: no car, no money, no god, no girlfriend, not a whole lot but some weed and GarageBand and an afternoon or two to kill. Then, on the back of a drifty, droney, sun-spotty one-two LP punch, he suddenly found himself a little bit of an indie star;...
