December 2010
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“That’s why I yell all the band names at the end because I suddenly...”
– James Murphy about Losing My Edge on NPR.
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“I got married a very long time ago… Ten years at this point. [Applause.] Thank...”
– John Darnielle (via foolishoptimism)
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I proselytized for Buke and Gass on Vinyl... →
I heard about this band on NPR’s All Songs Considered end of the year music discussion. Bob Boilen, seemingly out of nowhere, called their album his favorite of the year. After listening to it twice, I totally get it. They rule. Go listen.
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Microcredit Loans Trigger Wave of Suicides in... →
GIANT FACEPALM.
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“The coming decades—the 21st-century’s ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s—have the potential to...”
– Patton Oswalt, “Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time To Die.“
This brilliant article was incredibly painful to read because it hits on my greatest non-global warming related fear for the future of humanity. I can feel it happening (and I’m helping it happen) already. You should read this...
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Watchflavorpill:
James Blake’s hauntingly beautiful self-titled album is one of our picks for our 30 Most Anticipated Albums of 2011. Check out this video for his cover of Feist’s “Limit To Your Love.”
My favorite song off this album so far. Needs a lot more listening.
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“I’m a vegetarian.
You’re a what?
I don’t eat meat.
How can you not eat meat?...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via degaussers)
Best scene.
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“Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism. I fell into a hornets’ nest of...”
– Julian Assange, on why he was accused of two counts of rape. Yeah. Ok. (via myuglytwin)
That’s cause Sweden fuckin’ rules.
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“soldout: 2010 has been a huge year in terms of popular music moving towards a...”
– soldoutmusic gets intimate with Sasha Grey+ aTelecine (via soldoutmusic)
SHE MISSED THE CONTROVERSY! I personally missed “slut wave” …because women singing about sex needs a special genre. Can’t let women start thinking they can sing about being powerful AND sexy. *hate hipster runoff so much...
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I wrote about Braids for Vinyl Meltdown. →
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“In August of 1990 I found myself laying on my stomach in the woods with a pair...”
– Kathleen Hanna, Our Hit Parade (via feminismistheshit)
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perpetua:
hannahmight:
My brother recorded an...
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Spending Christmas w/ Jews
(usually it’s with half jews)
In suburban New Jersey.
I think if I try to put any more food inside of my body I will spontaneously combust.
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The Fantastical Fishbear Band Blog: Fishstuff... →
fishbear:
Mixing of the first few songs we’ve finished recording is in process- we’re nearly done with a song that just might slip out of our fingers soon, possibly by accident. This album represents a fairly different take on our music so far, and we’re all pretty excited about it. Computers are just so…
New Fishbear music coming soon. You will be alerted.
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“One way James [Murphy] changed the way we work is by having us commit to an idea...”
– Free Energy lead singer Paul Sprangers, as quoted by Steve Kandell in the Jan./Feb. 2011 issue of SPIN (via desnoise)
Yes! I have been thinking about this quote since I read it. I really like this idea.
And yes, two LCD posts in a row.
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“Sorry some people like to have fun. Sorry I’m standing in the way of your...”
– Mike Lacher, from McSweeney’s Short Imagined Monologues. I’m pretty sure I’ve read this before but it doesn’t make it any less amazing.
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“One need only compare the rape scenes in Rand’s novels to Lester’s seduction of...”
– Joseph Heath, Andrew Potter | Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture
OK, so I highlighted the most shocking bit, but I just finished this book and found it a really interesting companion/supplement to Thomas Frank’s The Conquest of Cool, which I previously finished (and which...
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“Playing madlibs with Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”, example:
We drove to The...”
– —Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), at Pitchfork. (via flavorpill)
Owen Pallett continues to succeed in making everything so much better.
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