March 2012
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2012 Bimestrial Report #1:
1. Lana Del Rey, “National Anthem”
Because when she sings “God you’re so handsome,” she sounds annoyed.
2. Sleigh Bells, “Comeback Kid”
Because I still hear those final notes as an electric piano.
3. Sharon Van Etten, “Serpents”
Because not enough music intends to conjure those storms.
4. Grimes, “Oblivion”
Because...
February 2012
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unbornwhiskey:
Aunt Dahlia’s face grew darker. Hunting, if indulged in regularly over a period of years, is a pastime that seldom fails to lend a fairly deepish tinge to the patient’s complexion, and her best friends could not have denied that even at normal times the relative’s map tended a little towards the crushed strawberry. But never had I seen it take on so pronounced a richness as now....
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I would like to take this opportunity to disclaim the title of “professional scholar.” If some institution wanted to pay me to read books and write papers, I’d no doubt jump at the chance, but as it stands I’m strictly amateur league.
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OH FUCK. →
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When do you know you've done enough research and...
“And that’s mainly because of the way the music market is segmented. Record...”
– Juan Data is a total snobbish dick about the music he doesn’t dig (he’s actually on the side of the gringos here), but a good DJ probably needs to be a snob. He still articulates an important divide in Anglophone perceptions of Latin music.
pgwp:
Of those I saw, only The Artist felt both daring and passionate. I truly don’t understand the criticisms I’ve seen of this film, which all seem to contain a whiff of snobbery. It reminds me of the way music nerds act when an underground sound breaks. It reminds me too if when I hear people knock what might be my very favorite movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou—a film that is grand and light...
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Common Beard Hazards
furtherfromage:
1. Natural predators such as mice, martens, minks, ermines, weasels, perch and skinks 2. Snagging; add elasticine to the beard for flexibility and resilience—the beard will stretch 3. Chewing gum 4. Flypaper 5. Household accidents: tripping, entanglement, mauling by pets 6. Improper use of barbopharmaceuticals 7. Sneezing powder 8. Mangling by machinery 9. Revolving doors 10....
One Week // One Band: Coming up: Ke$ha →
oneweekoneband:
Thanks, Patrick!
After our trip to Japan we’re not headed back to indie-haven just yet — next week we’ll go POP! and talk all about Ke$ha, and Zach Lyon will be our man for what certainly promises to be an interesting jaunt.
Zach is a writer and editor for our blog buddies of The Singles…
Y’all better read this.
Vanity Vanity All Is Vanity
I just now got round to posting two essays that were originally published in the 7th and 9th issues of One More Robot, Dean Van Nguyen’s wonderful Irish music magazine; the first one especially is far past its sell-by date at this point, but I wanted to have a digital record of the fact that I did make these arguments, once.
“Heroes and Villains: Modern Pop as a Superhero...
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Is there anything smugger than a critic who... →
Probably my favorite use of a bug in the Tumblr interface is the one where you reply to someone with a kind of friendly intimacy, then refresh the page and reply again with something more innocuous, turning the first reply into a kind of secret communiqué that only the recipient can see. But don’t use it to be abusive without accountability, obviously. I mean Jesus.
“To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is...”
– Jane Austen, Social Media Guru (1775-1817)
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Almost daily for two months now a different customer has asked me if I have an interview, or a party, or a date. My usual response — no, I’m just, um, wearing clothes? — is kind of a dickish thing to say, firmly arm’s-lengthing people who were just trying to be friendly, but as a cis white straight etc. man I’m not used to having my sartorial or grooming choices be up...
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Charcoal three-piece with faint checks, lavender shirt, light orange tie with lavender flowers stitched on it, and complementary pocket square. I have never felt better than while dressed like a 1920s confirmed bachelor.
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“On 4 August 1955, Miranda suffered a heart attack during a segment of the live...”
– It’s on Youtube, of course.
michelledean:
If you are deriving your social analysis from a blog called “The Daily What” there is probably a pre-existing dumb at issue.
There’s a reason I don’t follow the big aggregator tumblrs, and it’s not (just) that I hate fun.
So... New York....
As I may have mentioned previously, I’m going to be in you between March 21st and March 27th.
I’m still looking at accommodations (if anyone’s dying to house me, ha ha, now would be the time to speak, ha ha ha), but really I wanted to set up dinners/drinks/coffee/wandering around the Strand/etc. with anyone who’d be interested in getting together, including people who...
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edwardok:
I hate this part of the week because it’s the longest possible time before more Parks and Recreation.
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“During her Patchin Place years, Barnes became a notorious recluse, intensely...”
– The way the twentieth century ground the young modernists of the 20s to dust is my favorite horror story.
softcommunication asked: This is vaguely related to your question, but are you watching Q'viva?
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Hey Tumblr, has anyone written an article, trolling or otherwise, titled something like “The New Segregation,” about the separate-but-clearly-unequal treatment received by Latinos in America? Mine is the culture beat, so I’m of course thinking about it in terms of entertainment (the way Telemundo, Univisión, Latin Grammys, etc. are seen not to “count” by myopic...
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