Insound got sold to Warner’s (ok, ADA, but they’re about as independent of Warner’s as Sprite is from the Coca Cola company). Maybe Warner refused to take back all those unsold Bloc Party records. Are there no more indie sellers on the internet? Can we call Amazon indie? The Plug awards seemed to think so. […]
After some redone math, it turns out I won last week’s football pool after all. I don’t even follow the NFL, which makes it even better. Bennie’s Thai, on me, for everyone (who lives in my apartment). Ride – Like a Daydream (Peel Session)
Idolator has recently offered a spate of posts recalling the 90s, and I’m increasingly convinced I was watching another decade entirely from ’90-’00. Not to slag their recollections. There’s nothing wrong with exhuming Jawbreaker, but there’s also nothing novel or earth-shattering about recalling them, either, at least not in the sense of holy shit, how […]
http://youtube.com/v/EHEkzLQyG48 I’ve now heard all of her new record. It has its moments, I guess, and she’s in better voice than ever, but Chan Marshall/Cat Power will never top this brief moment with the Dirty Three, the one band born to collaborate with her. So here’s to none of these four people expiring before that […]
Our three-year-old has spoken. This song is good for kids: Jens Lekman – The Opposite of Hallelujia Happy New Year.
by playing live at Other Music
I thought Pete Rose was the Hulk, and vice versa:
http://youtube.com/v/nry5hpHGizI I was there. Look for my shadow …
Now with downloads! Act fast, bandits & varmints … Why not just a list? A list of things. No specific number but the one the list leaves. No “top” anything, just the best things, whatever art. A list that functions as only a list. Maybe the confines of a single year will be applied, but […]
I don’t read as much as I’d like to, anymore, but parenthood and three jobs will do that to you, although I have three jobs I like, doing exactly what I like to do, so this might be a shallow complaint. And then I also don’t read as much as I’d like to because I’m […]
Stop Loving Everything 