December 2009
73 posts
Jens Lekman - “The Opposite of...
hfn2k9:
1. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca (‘Useful...
“Relatives have said previously the would-be bomber, son of a wealthy Nigerian...”
– AP, “US terror flight suspect’s family promises cooperation”
“Dear Sir and/or Madam, I am a wealthy Nigerian banker and I am in urgent need of your assistance.” — Confound it! I knew I shouldn’t have deleted those e-mails.
oldfamiliarway:
of Montreal - The Events Leading...
katherinemichael:
“Brush Brush Brush” by of...
of Montreal - “Bunny Ain’t No Kind of...
Worlds colliding
Within minutes of landing at George Bush Houston International Airport, my 66-year-old, Sade-lovin’, smooth jazz-listenin’ uncle turned to me and asked, “So, have you heard of this new, minimalist pop group called The xx? I heard a few of their songs on NPR and thought they sounded great, like a slinkier Depeche Mode.”
copycats:
Your Beat Kicks Back...
Watchfaketv:
Yeasayer - “Ambling Alp” dir. Radical Friend
“a cauldron of hipster-mysticism” — Motionographer
“Five years ago, giving away a free track would guarantee you some publicity....”
– Pundits - Do Keep Up! - MTT - Music Think Tank (via desnoise)
Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates...
According to recently excavated clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script, thousands of Sumerians—the first humans to establish systems of writing, agriculture, and government—were working on their sophisticated irrigation systems when the Father of All Creation reached down from the ether and blew the divine spirit of life into their thriving civilization.
“I do not understand,”...
“What unites all these stories from 2001 is the idea that adolescent angst often...”
– Plus ça change.
(Via.)
(via maura)
Sloan "All Your Handsome Words"
perpetua:
DOWNLOAD IT!
This may not be a definitive Sloan best-of — there are a few hits missing and I entirely skip two of the band’s albums — but I do believe this mix gets across what I enjoy about their music, and stands as a strong career overview. What to expect: Hooks, harmonies, grooves, songs that get stuck in your head for days. If you like power pop, you’re going to find at least a...
“There was a lack of sentimentality in his approach to literature: he wanted it...”
– Bill Pearlman spills on his time hanging out with Thomas Pynchon in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, CA in the summer of 1970.
i'm glad kanye is blogging again →
rendit:
maura:
“I LOVED “THE LOVE BELOW’ AND “GET RICH OR DIE TRYING” ALSO. THEY BOTH EQUALLY DESERVED THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN MY EYES BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE NUMBER ONE!!!”
why can’t you let him be great??
WE WANTED TO WEAR PINK POLOS AND RAP ABOUT BEING HURT INSTEAD BEING INVINCIBLE.
I still love this man in spite of everything. And by “everything” I mean the use of all caps...
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YouTube Film Degree: The Earlier Films of Woody...
nerdshares:
sometimesagreatnotion:
(in chronological order)
Take the Money and Run
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask
Sleeper
Love and Death
Annie Hall
Interiors
Manhattan
Stardust Memories
Love and Death is one of my all-time favorites.
“And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. No, actually, make that I’ll run...
