March 2012
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February 2012
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“Seriously, if you say a few hateful things, they don’t let you within 100 yards...”
– Seth Rogen, while hosting the Independent Spirit Awards
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Watch“’Girls Gone Wild’ is a hugely effective piece of songwriting, sure — listen once and the melody will lodge in your head for days like some sort of ghastly hematophagic parasite. But it’s effective in the same way that McDonalds’ advertising is effective, a coldly calculating piece of work that feels more like a marketing strategy than a piece of art, a song that exists only to sell as...
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“Boy, that Nicki Minaj, she’s a piece of work.”
– my dad, on the Grammys
“We cannot know what exactly made Whitney’s body give out, but she is part of a...”
– Toure, Why Musicians Are Still Plagued by Early Deaths
okay the bonnaroo lineup was announced for real...
And it does not, as previously and very excitedly reported last Thursday, include Paul Simon performing Graceland. Nor does it feature Prince, as other leaks indicated it would.
There will be Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and the reunited Beach Boys.
Working my way up from the bottom, I’m also seeing The War on Drugs, The Alabama Shakes, MiMOSA, The Black Lips, St. Vincent,...
the bonnaroo lineup was leaked today
And it’s fucking epic. Extensive breakdown coming soon. (I’m leaving for Big Sur for the weekend, like, right at this very moment). For now, just know that Paul Simon is performing Graceland in it’s entirety, which is obviously a dream come true.
Check the whole thing here.
jam of the day:
Solo Jack White B-Side. “Machine Gun Silhouette.” Twangy, swangy, and wholly fantastic.
Can’t embed this one. (read: highly sought after material). Check it here.
WatchThe first of two Incredibly Important Musical Events that happened over the weekend, (the other being Madonna’s Super Bowl half-time performance, which I have not watched yet but which my mom in Wisconsin called to tell me “started out kind of whatever but then became sort of mesmerizing”).
This is Bon Iver doing ‘Beth/Rest’ on SNL. It was the second song they...
True story
Last five songs played by my shuffle:
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love - Van Halen
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Love in An Elevator - Aerosmith
I am open to interpretations.
“I look at the Internet as the new radio. I look at the radio as gone.”
– Neil Young