January 2009
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80 '08 (And Heartbreak): Idolator's Year-End... →
maura:
I’m thrilled with how this came out. Thanks to all our writers and, especially, to Matos for putting it all together.
Idolator/Maura, thank you for the best “year-end” of all the year-ends. Anyone who hasn’t, please check out this medley of not just albums and singles, but bizarre music-industry decisions and political children and live shows and undying memes and...
betelnut:
Casiotone for The Painfully Alone -...
newspeedwayboogie:
Palace Music - Work...
…and I’m gonna SUCK ya!!!
Listen
WatchBeth Littleford: Boy, you’ve seen a lot in your life. But what everyone wants to know is, have you ever come face-to-face with a bearded clam? Boy George: A bearded clam…? No, I haven’t, actually. I’m not really into hair. Beth: Fuzzy love mound? Boy: Oh, were you talking about VAGINAS…
The Beth Littleford Interview - Boy George | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
House of Schock- "Middle Of Nowhere" →
daveholmes:
Embedding is disabled for some reason.
In 1987, this song was a huge hit in my car and nowhere else. House of Schock was co-fronted by former and future Go-Gos drummer Gina Schock and- I kid you not- Vance DeGeneres of “The Daily Show” (and brother of Ellen). This song and a couple others from the album were co-written by Marshall Crenshaw, which is my version of an “Oprah’s Book...
Meursault - “The Furnace”
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Artistes = Hipsters?
How does Rolling Stone manage to choose “L.E.S. Artistes” as one of the top 100 singles of the year, then call it “L.E.S. Hipsters” in the top 50 albums list? It’s a funny slip and could’ve been a hilarious purposeful “mistake,” but it’s been amended for the online feature so there goes that hypothesis. Holding the magazine in my hands tonight,...
So I was making an “I’m broke”...
just passed a maroon minivan with ‘we’re going to Flair country for christmas’ on the back and a plea for “Rick” Flair’s number on the side…
“Todd Hanson’s voice resonates from under the conference table as he and...”
– Peeling the Onion | American Journalism Review
The birth of the (arguably) most famed/linked/reblogged/laughed-at story ever, from a really fantastic 2002 article about The Onion.
favorite:woopwoop:
Shearwater “Leviathan,...
Cornelius - “Drop”
Warning:...
eserfeliz: jesuisjuli
Elliott Smith- Because...
CharlestonWiki: Random Page →
dalasverdugo:
Learn about my hometown. Randomly!
Totally amazing, excellent discovery.
Shearwater - “The Hunter’s...
Shearwater: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR Music →
It’s kind of ridiculous how Jonathan Meiburg’s voice still sends sparks shuddering down my spine every time I cue up some Shearwater. If you have an appreciation for any/all of the following—music, nature, beauty, continually learning new things, patience, dulcimer—well, maybe it’s time to get into this incredible band. And this NPR Tiny Desk Concert is a fine way to dive in.
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Evangelicals Daytrotter Session →
Tell me about the recording sessions you’re doing right now. What kinds of things are you writing about? Can you give me hints into subject matter?
JJ: …The record is called The Evening Descends and, as the name suggests, it’s a night record. Sorta “Rocky Horror Picture” show meets “Donnie Darko” meets “Beetlejuice” meets “Phantom of the Opera” meets “The Burbs.” The subject matter — let’s...
Okkervil River - “Calling and Not Calling My...
Okkervil River - “Calling and Not Calling My...
I do not understand how radio stations can know...
(via niki)
They (“they” meaning U.S. radio stations) make decisions/hire and fire people based on Arbitron ratings, especially market share (the percentage of people listening at a given time)… Arbitron gets the ratings by giving “listener diaries” to a random group of people in a city’s broadcast range. The diarists (ha) record all of their listening habits...
Benji Hughes - “The Mummy” (from A...
Aquarium Drunkard: Off The Record :: Benji Hughes... →
Petras :: A piano bar. Need I say more? If you can’t have fun in a piano bar I feel sorry for whoever has to spend time around you. And they do have to spend time with you, it’s not voluntary; i.e. loveless marriage, relative, co-worker…you get the picture. It’s not too late! Lighten up!
Like any awesome neighborhood anywhere, what really makes this place so special is the people. All kinds of...
tylercoates:
Andrew Bird - “Don’t Be Scared”
tiny observation
When you make a drastic hair change, if the first words out of someone else’s mouth are “Oh, you got your hair cut!”, 95% of the time s/he is actually thinking: “Dear god, what did you DO?!”
HI. SORRY. MUSIC HAS TO BE REALLY LOUD TO BE...
ertelofthenight:
Try to keep that in mind.