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NovemberNov 11 Wednesday 09
Rich people are dumb. Au Revoir Simone is Fucking Amazing.
Rich people are so dumb*. They buy the dumbest things. I imagine they buy stuff they think is going to make their life more awesome. I get it. Fast cars are cool. I love them myself. Accelerating really has to be one of lifes greatest pleasures…especially when …
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NovemberNov 10 Tuesday 09
You Too Can Smoke Crack With Robots
There’s a couple of angles I can go with here. I should probably start by saying I played a lot of video games as a child. Not bragging or anything. I can beat Mega Man 2 in an hour and a half. No big deal. I could finish Double Dragon without using the jump kick. …
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NovemberNov 9 Monday 09
Grouper – Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping = Birthday Present for Dan
You know how you know you’ve got a good friend? If you call them at 3am because you’re in jail…they come and bail you out. You know how you can tell you’ve got a great friend? When you’re in jail at 3am they’re sitting right there with you.
Dan is that …
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NovemberNov 8 Sunday 09
Miike Snow – Animal
Quick name Britney Spears’ best song. Do it in under two seconds. Okay I hope you brought a pen and paper and wrote that down. Look down at your paper and read out what you wrote. Obviously you are currently staring at the word Toxic because every one knows that’s …
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NovemberNov 7 Saturday 09
I Have Some Complex Feelings About Tom Waits
I’ve seen Tom Waits perform live before. He came through Louisville during the Real Gone tour – he said he came through to pick up fireworks and because “somebody here still owes me money.” It’s a god-damned miracle that I got tickets (which cost five million …
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Shakira Is Really Sexy.
I’m not going to lie to anyone here. Mostly because the internet is a horrible place to lie about stuff – but also just because I’m super lazy. All right – I’m pretty fucking wasted right now. And if I had one wish? It would be to dream about doing things at …
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NovemberNov 6 Friday 09
Florence + The Machine = My Heart
The shows were a week ago. A secret show at Teddy’s on Thursday. A bigger and more sold-out engagement the next night at the Troubadour. Adam and I both chose to hit up the show that got us as close as possible to the gorgeous 23 year old. It took me this long to …
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Little Dragon Live. Holy Fuck.
Tuesday was like christmas in ‘95 when I got: a banana seat bike, a brand new laser disc player, dos Klipsch speakers and three fucking wicked sweet fur coats. That is to say: It was the tops. If Norman Rockwell had spent his time painting vapid hot chicks from Santa …
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NovemberNov 3 Tuesday 09
Gentle Giant Finally Does Reissues, and I Finally Interview the Singer. I Love My Life.
Maybe you guys have heard of Gentle Giant, and maybe you haven’t. If you’ve heard of them, though, you’re probably a huge fan; they’re that kind of band. And, if you haven’t heard of them, guess what, as per the above premises you are now a huge fan. And …
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NovemberNov 2 Monday 09
Little Dragon at Soho in Santa Barbara
When I found out Little Dragon was playing on Halloween it was like telling me that I was going to get a happy ending from Ms.Refaeli after my steak dinner. I was flying 7/8 mast just thinking it.
Then I found out tickets were $75.
So I bought $50 worth of drugs …
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OctoberOct 30 Friday 09
Benoit Pioulard Will Blow Your Mind…And So Will I
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Watching clips from the Video Music Awards reminded me of two things.
1) I fucking love Kanye West. Seriously. People forget he gave away his own award to Outkast back in the day. For some reason he cares a lot about this show …
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OctoberOct 29 Thursday 09
Florence + the Machine at Hotel Roosevelt
Dan and I are rolling to Hotel Roosevelt tonight to check Florence + the Machine for a private show. I might get to chat her up and ask her some questions. I need to loosen up so I’m going to practice here. On myself. These are real questions and really excited. …
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OctoberOct 27 Tuesday 09
Beach House and Grizzly Bear at the Hollywood Palladium. Rocked.
Grizzly Bear and Beach House played a show at the Palladium last Wednesday. It was epic. In a related story: it was the best concert I have ever seen. I will now be purchasing Grizzly Bear tickets anytime they come anywhere near Los Angeles.
In other news Twilight …
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OctoberOct 26 Monday 09
Cross-Promotion is the Name of the Game
Couple things. Number one: y’all know Gentle Giant? It’s okay if you don’t; they’re a prog rock outfit from the 70s who made some amazing, complex, and (frankly) inaccessible music back in the day. I’ve been big fans since middle school, and wouldn’t you …
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Things That Go Bump in the Night
I shudder when I think about how many kids have never listened to Mac Dre. I heard a kid ask what “hyphy” was the other night and if I had been drinking milk at the time let’s just say it would have come out of my nose. I proceeded to beat the kid to death.*
It …
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OctoberOct 25 Sunday 09
Zach Hurds New Album: Changing Landscapes
It’s 2am, there are cops yelling instructions to someone presumably about to get shot outside in my neighborhood somewhere, and helicopters have been circling overhead for a solid 45 minutes.
I figured now would be a good time to bring up the fact that -Zach Hurd …
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OctoberOct 20 Tuesday 09
Who Killed ‘The Funk’?
Free Chicken and Beer did a great piece on the funkiest jams of all time. Great article, and I don’t think I can dispute any of it, but I was struck that with the sole exception of Handsome Boy Modeling School the songs were all…old. Like, dozens of years old. …
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OctoberOct 8 Thursday 09
FAST TRACK – “Horchata” by Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend posted a new song recently on their website for free download. It only serves to confirm the fact that Contra, the new album dropping January 12th, 2010 will be the best belated Christmas gift to myself, from myself, ever.
Vampire Weekend – “Horchata”
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OctoberOct 5 Monday 09
Where The Tame Things Are – OR – “Karen… Oh”
Sometimes (as previously stated) a soundtrack to a movie becomes a character, stands out on it’s own, or even overtakes the movie in importance. With Spike Jonze in the captain’s seat and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s frontwoman Karen O at the musical steering wheel, I …
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OctoberOct 2 Friday 09
Paramore Goes Soft – OR – I Love Hayley Williams & Other Such Confessions
Since I outted myself about Paramore a long time ago, admitting the title proclamation isn’t exactly a confession, but none-the-less, the reminder might make your nose crinkle.
Yes, I actually think they have moments of musical brilliance while basking in the beams …
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