April 2012
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Tetris was invented in a Soviet computer lab in... →
therealjanelle:
[ h/t JCN ]
September 2011
2 posts
August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
4 posts
June 2011
4 posts
Watchpatternismovement:
We should have this record mixed by this time next week. Check out a snippet of a new song in the vid.
A new Pattern Is Movement record is always cause for celebration.
Goodness knows there are many (MANY) rock n’ roll lyrics that could never and should never be used in actual real life conversation, but somehow ‘It’s got what it takes, so tell me why can’t this be love?’ seems particularly undignified.
May 2011
2 posts
WatchThe beloved Takka Takka/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Radical Dads practice space in Gowanus makes a few special appearances in this vid. CYHSY—they’re back!
April 2011
2 posts
Songs That Weren't Performed On Tonight's Grey's...
“Escapade,” Janet Jackson
“Once In A Lifetime,” Talking Heads
“Stand,” R.E.M.
“Born This Way,” Lady Gaga
“Express Yourself,” Madonna
“Russians,” Sting
“The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late),” Alvin and the Chipmunks
“Sister Ray,” Velvet Underground
March 2011
6 posts
Cloudland
The second best use of the lyric ‘We come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather in me’ in rock history.
“And I’m positive that Jerry Jones will be thrilled to suggest to the BCS...”
– Dan Shanoff of Quickish daydreams ahead to a very possible scenario should the Fiesta Bowl be stripped of its BCS status. Which got me musing on what the not-so-humble Jones might call his would-be bowl. The Magnificent Bowl? The Transcendent Bowl? God’s Bowl?
And when you think about it,...
Pat Jordache: Future Songs
Can’t wait to finally have this one on vinyl. One of my 2010 faves. Out next month on Constellation.
Get It (I Know You’re Going To) by Constellation Records
February 2011
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January 2011
1 post
WatchMy favorite song of this young year is Winter 1 by Reading’s Pete and the Pirates.
December 2010
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September 2010
5 posts
August 2010
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July 2010
2 posts
“LeBron–if you choose to stay you just made a whole state have a reason to feel...”
– Patrick Carney of Akron’s Black Keys writing about Lebron James. Just when I thought the Wall Street Journal’s sports section couldn’t get any better.
“…You already know this, but if Judith Miller had relied on unscrupulous...”
– A great piece on the all of the ‘anonymous’ sourcing bullshit regarding the embarrassing bullshit that is the Lebron James circus/ESPN one-hour announcement special/bullshit.
January 2010
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December 2009
2 posts
November 2009
1 post
Names of then-new bands highlighted in a 1993 issue of Relix: Space Fish, Ganja Farmers, Zen Cats, Stone House, Dharma Bums, Broken Sky.
April 2009
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March 2009
1 post
When Mimes Almost Get Attacked
My friends hired a mime to follow another friend from when he left his apartment early in the morning. The unsuspecting friend was not amused.
This was Wednesday.
February 2009
4 posts
Bruce Super Bowl Prediction
1. The Rising
2. The Promised Land
3. Working On A Dream
4. Born To Run
January 2009
1 post
Rabbit thinks he should maybe say more, the kid looks wildly expectant, but enough. Maybe. Enough.
December 2008
13 posts
Of the idea that one’s art can redeem one’s actions: this is a belief generally championed by those who have been moved, emotionally and intellectually, by a work, or works, of art. Are those who left behind no book, no painting, no poem, less worthy of compassionate hindsight? No. But so should artists not receive extra scrutiny because of their fame.
Anyway, here is Norman...
