February 2011
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January 2011
FUCK YEAH JOHN FOY
Winner of the U.S. Documentary Competition Directing Award:
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, directed by Jon Foy
“I had no idea that such things were possible in life. Just a few weeks ago I was a housecleaner,” Foy says. “This is for all the artists working in obscurity out there,” he adds. “Never give up, because if you do, you know what will happen. If you don’t give up,...
Best Fucking Thing Anyone Has Ever Said About...
I just need to tell you that your music has really burrowed into my subconscious. I think my favorite is “Fantasy”… that is the hookiest hook of the bunch. Fucking brilliant. “You’re Boring” is a guitar-fest of the highest order; shoegaze versus Sleater-Kinney. (What a corny analysis. Is it any surprise that I am not a music critic?) “I Don’t...
Final Reminder: I am playing a show tomorrow...
Lust 2 Love, the Go Go’s cover band I perform with, is playing the Sugar Town 10-Year Anniversary Show tomorrow. If you’re in the area, it would be awesome if you could attend! I’m excited/nervous/excited/nervous/excited. Important notes and links:
Official Facebook Invite for the event
Sara’s totally righteous interview with the City Paper
Carly & Royce, my...
It is the Medium's Fault When Communication Fails
wwnorton:
The life span of black ink in disposable plastic pens is estimated to be about four and a half years. The blue ink in plastic pens starts to fade away in two. And newsprint is only intended to last for a day.
Already, scientists are experiencing difficulty in deciphering the technology that’s used in Univac, the earliest working computer from the late 1960s.
And even the...
mookieproof asked: What have your very favorites been over the years? When I was eight, I really liked ELO and Air Supply, then later shifted through other "favorites" until reaching the stasis of advanced age. (I wound up with Superchunk, so it's okay.) Are yours still shifting?
Things I did this evening:
Go on OKCupid, which decided to show me two of my exes next to each other in a search;
Search “female sterilization.”
WatchNew Bedroom Problems tune for you. First one of the new year. This is the first song I’ve re-done because I was appalled by the original. Let’s hope this doesn’t become a trend because the last time I got hung up on making things right, I stopped playing my guitar for five years.
Groove-pop playlist from Veronica Falls. →
deadlytango:
Great set, too bad that you’re stuck on Clash Music’s site to listen.
I agree, this is a totally boss mix.
Billboard | .Music Domain Debate Is About Control,... →
I’m a few days late on this one, but here’s an interesting article about the proposed .music extension. As one would expect, the major labels and performance organizations are all up in arms about extensions finding their way into the hands of illegal filesharers, etc blah.
1. A .music domain could be obtained by a pirate source of music, making it easier to find and use 2. The...
Official (even though we already knew this):... →
A recent settlement with the NY Civil Liberties Union clarifies the rules.
When I get back to this computer, there better be... →
Save KUSF | FCC paperwork has been filed. Send us... →
Ah, the public inspection file. Often the most forgotten part of a radio station, and yet, the most powerful.
Seriously: You Can Fucking Ban Me From Seeing Your...
Hey, remember when I posted about how I asked for a guest list spot on a show and the publicist never got back to me? Well, they did with a “Sorry, the band doesn’t have guest list spots for this show.” Sometimes, that’s true. Most of the time, it’s one of the Lies Publicists Will Tell You To Politely Turn Down Your Request.
Anyway, in addition to this B.S. request,...
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We Have A "Robert K Merton" Award At Work
WHY AM I NOT AWARDED THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY I STEP INTO THE OFFICE
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This Asbury Park ATP is like Your Mother’s Birthday Party and the Last Show combined.
Steve Albini will be there. WILL YOU?
movingsideways:
All Tomorrow’s Parties returns to the USA this September in the new location of Asbury Park, N.J. bringing an I’ll Be Your Mirror event to the iconic Asbury Park waterfront. For the inaugural American I’ll Be Your Mirror, Portishead will curate the Saturday and Sunday and headline their first East Coast shows since 1998! Since returning with their acclaimed Third album in 2008,...
"It is a scientifically proven assertion that... →
Days to go before a relaunch but I needed to share this in light of recent romantic events.
Dear dudes, this is why I don’t want to date any of you.
“Moreover, news is a historic reality. It is a form of culture invented by a...”
– James Carey, “A Cultural Approach to Communication,” Communication as Culture (1989)
watch bedroom problems live-ish →