January 2012
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Ever since Fugazi went on hiatus nearly a decade ago,
Shut the fuck up.
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That grilled white meat chicken wrap from 7-Eleven was particularly unsatisfying.
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The lyrics to Lulu are better than anything William Burroughs ever wrote.
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The guy waiting for the bus to Arlington Cemetery carrying two large white trash bags full of stuff including a single white rose spouting conspiracy theories into some type of headset that may or may not have been connected to anything with a small gold padlock connecting the zippers of his olive drab canvas book bag; all I could think was, Why not just rip the bag open?
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See this, raise you having a toddler carry the yoga mat.
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I think it’s an expression of our old hunter-gatherer module. I think that’s the module that lights up for everybody on eBay, regardless of what they’re looking for. It’s the flea-market gene. It’s hunting a bargain, sometimes. But when I went through my “watch process,” at the end of it I realized it was about information, about trying to master a ...
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If I put, say, a fiver in a vending machine, why can’t I keep purchasing items until the remainder will no longer cover any one item?
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You know, when Ornette put his kid on drums at...
So there’s a new Van Halen album, too? Of course there is, why would I ask such a silly question.
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Besides, if you want something weird and messy but charming, Hal Hartley’s Fay Grim is new on Netflix this week too. Everyone hated it, and it’s not exactly “good” but I found it enjoyable!
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Really hope Blarney Cove still has that Budweiser American Ale sign in the window.
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Klosterman’s take on Tune-Yards vs. every other blogger’s take on Lana Del Rey: GO.
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The remaining Butterfingers and Babies Ruth were all lined up in a neat couple of rows, ordered by special Valentine’s wrapper color.
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Still haven’t cracked it, but Ivyland is positioned threateningly on the end of my desk so that everyone who walks by has to look at.
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True, you people are going about this all wrong. The only way to kill writing is to tell people they’re really good and that the last thing they wrote is so great and then not offer any sort of tangible assistance or honest critique to benefit the writing.
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There is a bit in 1949’s Batman and Robin in which Vicki Vale asks Batman, “Does Bruce Wayne know you’re driving his car?” — because Batman and Robin literally just ride around in Bruce Wayne’s car all the time, license plates and all — and he replies with a curt “Of course he does, we’re great friends.” I try to keep that exchange in...
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tumblinerb:
Chief Keef f/ Lil B - “Bang (Remix)”...
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Your evening in contextual advertising
Spotify goes directly from “Wonton Soup” to the “Hungry?” Seamless commercial.
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“East Coast chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen is at the theater.”
– Not responding, but I assume Grant caught a Red Tails screening.
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Abuse the term ‘angular’ and write for Pitchfork in the very late 90s: “The motto varies,” on Spotify
“Wishful Thinkin’,” Sly and the Family Stone
“You Are, You Are,” Curtis Mayfield
“Seasons,” Medications
“Why Theory?” [rerecording], Gang of Four
“Happy Birthday,” The Birthday Party
“Go...
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I put very little effort into this playlist, on Spotify: “A stunt, then?”
“What You Won’t do for Love,” Bobby Caldwell
“Never Say You Can’t Survive,” Curtis Mayfield
“Girlfriend,” Walter Becker
“Time Stand Still,” Rush (ft. Aimee Mann)
“This Moody Bastard,” Walter Becker
“Follow Me,” Frank...
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“A Passage to Bangkok”/”One Night in Bangkok” mashup.
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ninety9:
Things that will inexplicably annoy usersname rendit and not a get smart reference all day: the new DC logo and Nick Denton claiming he’s ever spoken of commenters with anything other than derision.
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Consider: The Cult started out as a fake Sisters of Mercy so good as to negate the entire second wave of goth and then became a fake Led Zeppelin so good as to negate the entire hair band thing; were they the singularity?
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Spike Jonze: to kill or not to kill
People in the world who have heard the first 35 seconds of “Corona” before D. Boon starts singing on an endless loop who have never actually heard Double Nickles on the Dime.
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Today in emoticons
Winky-frown: physical impossibility?
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thenotes:
The Stooges /// “Gimme Danger” /// Raw...
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