July 2009
Cathy Berberian, “Stripsody”
Modern...
June 2009
Rich Mullins, “Land Of My Sojourn”
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Michael Jackson, “Don’t Stop ’Til You...
Mecano, “Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar”
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A.V. Club Comment Watch #5.
Oh please oh please oh please let it be titled Trans4mers.
—Bernice Juach, on the inevitable third Transformers sequel which will be nominated for an Oscar under the new rules.
Woody Herman & His Orchestra, “Blues In...
Daphne & Celeste, "Ooh Stick You" →
katstevens: “I was absolutely gutted that I missed these two play in the slot between Slipknot and Rage Against The Machine at the Reading Festival in 2000, because I’d fallen asleep in my tent.”
tomewing:”It was Slipknot! I was trying to remember. Surely even the Slipknot fans who were there would now admit they were on the wrong side.”
Me: Surely that’s...
Weird Al Yankovic, “Polkarama!”
Ah,...
Long John Baldry, “Only A Fool Breaks His...
Telex, “Moskow Diskow”
Going through...
A.V. Club Comment Watch #4.
How many switchblades constitutes a legitimate collection? I think twelve. Any less than that and you’re not a collector, you’re just some jackass with a few switchblades.
—Harrison Bergeron reflecting on the legacy of Dee Dee Ramone.
The King Cole Trio, “Hit That Jive,...
Amir Shahyar ft. Nader Meschi, “Be Range...
Yoko Ono, “Don’t Worry Kyoko...
Adriano Celentano,...
A.V. Club Comment Watch #3.
“This news hit me like a tree.” - Sonny Bono’s reanimated corpse Top that assholes.
—skullcrusherjones on the news of Chastity Bono’s attempted sex-change, after staff admitted to being “a little afraid of The A.V. Club comments section.”
Pink, “Please Don’t Leave Me”
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Activities I Don't Recommend, #2:
Paying $1600 for the privilege of discovering that you can’t do basic algebra for shit.
Moondog, “Lament I: ‘Bird’s Lament’”
Street...
Wired For Mono, “Out Of Our Key”
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A.V. Club Comment Watch #2.
I believe it was Jimmy Carter who once said “If you remake Gone With the Wind in sitcom format and include a gay black couch loving hero I will no longer have been president for roughly seven years”.
—PowerToPeople on Designing Women, and apropos of nothing whatsoever.
Tiger Lily, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
1975 glam...
Judy Collins, “’Tis A Gift To Be Simple”
19th...
via tomewing:
Sue Wilkinson, “You’ve Got To Be A...
This doesn't mean I'm not still mad at JSP...
A halftone inlay on the liner notes of The “Le Ruban Bleu” Years (still no discographical tracklisting, what the fuck is up with people who have had the original release in their hands not wanting to give out information about it, like a dwarf in Grimm who loses his magic powers if you learn his real name) supplies the answer: International Records M252.
Now to perseverate on...
John Mulaney, “The Salt And Pepper...
A.V. Club Comment Watch #1.
If it’s yellow, it’s too mellow If it’s gray, pound away!
—Miller, reciting the well-known rule of thumb for necrophilia.
Lloyd & Claudette, “Queen Of The...