February 2012
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localfreight replied to your post: When mediocre bands complain
no hating on grandaddy.
I love Grandaddy.
Stream all the Jack Benny radio shows →
There goes all of next year
Upcoming Sun Kil Moon song or Thought Catalog...
The Moderately Talented Yet Attractive Young Woman vs. The Exceptionally Talented Yet Not So Attractive Middle Aged Man
I Know It’s Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night Of My Life
Not Much Rhymes With Everything’s Awesome At All Times
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Mark decided to make his Silver Jews album, huh
morerobots replied to your post: Appearances
Your post on Warpaint & Odd Future is really interesting. I’ve been noticing differences in the style of album reviews depending on the gender of the musician - women’s looks seem exceptionally important in music.
The other reality is nobody gets to be a nationally successful musician of either gender without being reasonably good-looking....
matthewedwards replied to your post: Appearances
“Do a poll of her album purchasers on what they know about her lips or Hipster Runoff, please.” Dude I would love to see the results of something like this. My brother loves Lana Del Ray and is 100% oblivious to the internet shit surrounding her.
Let’s be honest: she’s a would-be pop star on a major label who’s on the cover of...
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Appearances
We often listen to music made by people we think we connect with. When I listen to the songs of Jens Lekman, or Joni Mitchell, I feel like I know them as human beings a little bit, if not through their maybe-fictional lyrics, then by the feelings they communicate through them. You want to hang out (or make out) with the person behind the voice, or better said, the voice’s personification. In...
The City - 'Now That Everything's Been Said' →
You think you know everything there is to know about ’60s pop and then you discover a five-star 1969 Carole King-fronted jazz-pop record that sounds like everything you love about Todd Rundgren before Todd Rundgren was doing it
I really can’t express how absolutely gorgeous this record is
In fact, he says, schizophrenia did not rise in... →
From The Scariest Atlantic Article in the World
Also:
Moving beyond prevention to treatment is a taller order. Once the parasite becomes deeply ensconced in brain cells, routing it out of the body is virtually impossible: the thick-walled cysts are impregnable to antibiotics. Because T. gondii and the malaria protozoan are related, however, Yolken and other researchers are looking among...
barelyeducated replied to your post: Frankly, I’d like to see writers start writing…
Was it you who mentioned that Foster the People definitely got famous off the fact that they are straight out of an Urban Outfitters lookbook?
I think I mentioned that it was a contributing factor, yeah. #bubblegumindie
I mean, also the fact that they have a really appealing hit single. But they’re...
This 99-track Carole King pre-"Tapestry" playlist →
Maybe the most compelling argument ever for Pop Music to have called it a day in 1965 or so.
Grammys!
stweedy:
We found out yesterday that Wilco’s category isn’t televised, which is a big let-down because my dad was ecstatic at the idea of giving a speech to millions of people (not). Normally when he speaks on stage he ends up telling a story about one of the strangely-many times he’s crapped himself in a hotel room. He’ll probably lose to Foo Fighters (or as we in the Tweedy household call...
Frankly, I’d like to see writers start writing about male artists’ looks rather than having everybody stop touching the subject entirely. It’d be more honest. It’s part of the presentation, there’s no pretending it doesn’t matter.
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You know, it might be even more sexist that the...
Does he think Adele is 400 pounds
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What is Rick Santorum talking about?
He added, “I think that can be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interests of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved. And I think that’s probably - you know, it already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat. But I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat. I think...
The Softies & Beyond Spotify Playlist →
oneweekoneband:
Enjoy. Much of Melberg and Sbragia’s material is available on the streaming service, though Holiday in Rhode Island, Go Sailor and Melberg’s Cast Away the Clouds are not — consider this a starter kit.
You can, and should, buy most of the duo’s catalog from the K Records web store for $6.99 each. Best part: the PayPal receipt from Calvin Johnson.
While you’re listening, here’s...
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Guess the Tweet: Lana Del Rey or Horse Ebooks? →
Thanks to Maura for indulging me on this one. Bet you can’t get more than 5 right!
(Also, aghh, you guys, I’m in the Village Voice! #journalistdreams)
unrational reblogged your post: unrational replied to your link: The Boston…
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Haha, fair enough. I wasn’t serious about thinking less of myself. (It was kind of a weak attempt at an emo joke)
I know no one actually means it when they say it, but the mindset comes from somewhere. Shame is a useless emotion in music listening and we need to destroy it.
I just read there are 40 million active Call of Duty players. That means 40 million people bought the game. Probably multiple games in the series.
Now imagine if you could convince that many people to buy your album or go to your movie. Or maybe you’re in the wrong business.
unrational replied to your link: The Boston Phoenix’s Top 100 Emo Songs
Does it make me a bad person that I love about a third of this list?
Of course it doesn’t. At least a third of the list is terrific. Can we please stop talking about music in terms of how it negatively affects our self-worth or self-image? Everybody?
I’m not going to ask again.
Breaking: Actress exercises five hours a day, eats... →
People magazine should be outlawed
A well-deserved love letter to the Bill Callahan... →
No mention of Adele’s weight.
As the writer of an SXSW survival guide
The existence of numerous other SXSW survival guides makes me worry about ridiculous attendance numbers this year. Hope it’s not up another 40%, or that if it is, all of those people come to our party.
This SXSW Pinterest thing →
Admittedly: probably useful. I had to ask my fiancee why Pinterest was different than having a Tumblr. (“It’s like having a bunch of Tumblrs.”)
meltedspinningplastic replied to your post: Turns out I still like Hootie and the Blowfish’s…
Those guys are back together??? I thought Darius Rucker was a country singer now.
He still is. This is a song from 1998.
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The Boston Phoenix's Top 100 Emo Songs →
It gets worse the higher you go. Where is the Spotify playlist?
Edit: Here it is!
Abandoned Thinking Catalog Parody Article
How I Feel After I Eat An Entire Pint Of Ben & Jerry’s
Maybe I should actually pitch this to Thought Catalog.
Also, “What To Do When Your Mother Calls”
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@daverawkblog @weareyourfek How I Plan On Motivating Myself To Actually Write A Post For My Parody Tumblr
— thinkingcatalog (@thinkingcatalog) February 9, 2012
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Danny Bobbe nails the problem with "back in my... →
I have a feeling those five year ago’ers you speak of have kids now and want to hang their memories like trophies.
This is why he writes the lyrics
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Turns out I still like Hootie and the Blowfish’s “Answer Man” better than pretty much any 2012 indie jam
'90s Acoustic Bros Hierarchy
Dave Matthews Band > Counting Crows > Hootie and the Blowfish > Goo Goo Dolls
The latter-day Counting Crows catalog is the steepest drop-off, though Dave has way too many shitty records, too.
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There's probably nothing funnier than wildly... →
Somehow when people have these discussions about bands they carry infinitely more weight to me. They’re just fucking pants, bros!
I should say that I love that people are passionate about this stuff, but it’s weirder to me that people would assert their taste against other people in the realm of what makes individuals look good. Especially on a “no homo” level.
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There are dozens of classic indie-pop albums and obscure bands on Spotify, which is really amazing. I’ve been cruising through them. None of them sound quite like the Softies (or come even close). I guess the best comparisons would be Elliott Smith, Jens Lekman, the Clientele — in other words, my other very favorite bands. I have a type. Will have some discoveries on Rawkblog in the...
Just finished the "serious writing" portion of my...
It’s the most I’ve ever written about anything. I worked really, really hard on these: if there’s an interview with Jen and Rose on the Internet, I’ve read it. I can’t say if the critical insights are on par with the research, but I think you’ll find some thoughtful ideas in tomorrow’s entries. I’m pretty sure this is the most thorough body of work...
The "Downton" Christmas special, oh man
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barackobama:
Yeah, we had to.
If the Barack Obama Tumblr encourages a nation of 18-year-old Internet addicts to get out the vote, I will stand and salute this marshmallow gun GIF.
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That kale post got more actual responses (read: not “likes”) than anything I’ve posted about music here, ever
FOOD IS THE NEW INDIE ROCK
(Also, no bros came forward as kale fans, c’mon, dudes! Being healthy is masculine!)
Kale: having a moment
Feel like it went right into “thing people make fun of” and skipped right past the “hot new artisanal food fad” part. Am I wrong?
http://twitter.com/#!/thinkingcatalog →
This is really special.
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Pitchfork's Standard Fare review →
On their promising debut, The Noyelle Beat, the young Sheffield trio Standard Farestruggled to nail a wobbly sound, one that veered between wide-eyed Rainer Maria emo and tart-tongued, caffeinated indie pop. I saw them at New York City’s Cake Shop, ground zero for still-forming indie pop bands, and they were bursting with energy that didn’t quite make it into their record. The...
putthison:
“We could all look silly and disheveled, or dull and boring. Some men choose not to.”
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G. Bruce Boyer (via voxsart)