January 2010
37 posts
Heavy Metal Parking Lot is on Hulu. Have a great... →
(via amandalynferri)
“Heavy metal rules. All that punk shit sucks. It doesn’t belong in this world. It belongs on fuckin’ Mars man.”
Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger →
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers,” said hot-shot English professor...
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo,... →
RIP
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My brother is moving to China tomorrow. I hope he doesn’t end up in a communist re-education camp.
The Late Night Distemper of Our Times →
“It’s a maxim and a cliché that history repeats itself. Late night talk shows have been the victims of literal temper and metaphorical distemper for sixty years. Before the Conan quagmire, The Jay Leno Show disaster and even before David Letterman put his penis directly into a vagina, there was no shortage of late night tabloid fodder. Nor was their any lack of infuriating TV executive...
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/119135-indie-rock... →
A nice article about using Indie Rock in ads and why it gets on my nerves.
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Conan O’Brien and the Bread Professor
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chines... →
Great article about Google, China and censorship.
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Jay Reatard Confirmed Dead at 29 →
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WTF
The 20 Most Overlooked Albums Of All-Time →
yvynyl:
dontforgetthecoffee:
This is an excellent list of lost classics from dk presents….
Good list
Tumblr says my tumblarity is infinity. I win.
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On Ronald Firbank
whilebird:
He is the classic, the ultimate, example of the ‘third generation type,’ that trio of descending individuals in which the grandfather makes the money, the son consolidates the social position, the grandson practises the arts (or sometimes merely patronises them) in some ‘decadent’ manner, thus expressing the still existent, yet by now failing and feverish, energy that suddenly,...
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God knows how our neighbor managed to breed
His great sow:
Whatever his shrewd...
– Sylvia Plath, Sow
To the Reader at Parting
karigee:
Now, dearest comrade, lift me to your face, We must separate awhile—Here! take from my lips this kiss; Whoever you are, I give it especially to you; So long!—And I hope we shall meet again.
— Walt Whitman
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Volume IV →
New mixtape up. Favorite songs of 2009, Part 2.
A Few Words on Andrew W.K.
amandalynferri:
As a fan every few months I check progress on the Andrew W.K. conspiracy theories to see if anything new has come forward. Yesterday in my post part ‘til I puked state I stumbled upon this video where Andrew W.K. straight up admits to not being the original A.W.K. and the brainstorm of some suits. I feel like I should be disappointed, but the amount of amazing stories I’ve...
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All life we work
But work is a bore
If life’s for living
What’s...
– Ray Davies
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Jesca Hoop - Tulip