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NovemberNov 29 Sunday 09
Good God, Graphic Design is Terrifying
Science Machine from Chad Pugh on Vimeo.
Okay. First of all, this is old. Like, it’s been in the tubes for two years now if Vimeo is to be believed. In fact, I saw this a full year ago, so it’s not even new to me. But, then again, I didn’t write for a snazzy …
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NovemberNov 27 Friday 09
Thanksgiving is So Goth
We all love Thanksgiving. Kind of. We all like overeating, though your mileage may vary when it comes to traditional American-style Thanksgiving-themed foods. Many of us love seeing family, though again, there’s serious issues with diminishing returns when it comes …
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NovemberNov 25 Wednesday 09
Music Award Shows Can Suck It. Diplo Rules.
Ahhh man. I can’t believe I missed the American Music Awards. I can’t believe it. How did this happen. My life is so horrible. I hope I didn’t miss anything really crazy. Like a sexually suggestive dance performance or something. As soon as I figure out which hot …
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Thanksgiving Playlist OR “Songs To Eat By”
Sunday was my Thanksgiving. Since some of my near-and-dears and I will be apart this year, I decided to host “Little Thanksgiving” the Sunday before. On the menu was a sage butter turkey with white wine gravy and sausage apple chestnut stuffing, my world-famous …
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NovemberNov 24 Tuesday 09
Leighton Meester Wins. Everyone Steps In Line for Second Place.
Honestly I’m so in love with Leighton Meester I could throw up. She could put out an album that was just her reading dumb children books like “Where the Wild Things Are” or “Blueberries for Sal” over and over again and not only would I buy it I’d probably …
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NovemberNov 21 Saturday 09
Taken By Trees is from Sweden? Game Over.
Fact: If you added up all of the land in Sweden you’d come up with some number that was pretty close to like 173,745 square miles. 9.3 million people live there. 9.3. That’s it. Los Angeles County has 9.8 million people living in it. It’s also only 4700 square …
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Top Five Songs of the Past 500 Years of Recorded Music
We’re coming up on the end of a year, the end of a decade, and if Dan Brown and Roland Emmerich are right, on the end of human existence. And in case you haven’t picked up on this through context clues, this is a music publication. That means it’s time for the …
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NovemberNov 20 Friday 09
Two-Wheeled Tour Transients
I don’t like to toot my own horn too much (this is a lie), but I know a thing or two about biking (this is also a lie). I biked across these United States several years ago, and I learned a valuable lesson: 95% of this country is boring as shit. No, seriously. Do you …
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NovemberNov 19 Thursday 09
Diamond Watch Wrists. Verdict: Not Rap
You’d think with a name like Diamond Watch Wrists it’d be a flashy-ass glam rap record. No sir, and I’ll thank you not to stereotype. This one totally slipped through my proverbial crack until it came up on my shuffle on a train ride, and I spent the next eight …
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Sleigh Bells Ring (Ring), Are You Listening?
Hark, the herald hipster cries, glory to the Brooklyn guys.
…and that’s where I’ll stop with those references, at least until we’re deeper in December. On to the real point:
So, a guy walks into my birthday party (this is actually not the start of a joke). …
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NovemberNov 18 Wednesday 09
Cool Story, Bro
Regrettably, Sarah Palin sort of has an autobiography out. I say ’sort of’ because the consensus is that it’s so full of errors that it borders on fiction and she certainly didn’t write it herself. I am pretty publicly unfriendly towards the honorable Mrs. …
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The Hood Internet Has the Easiest Job Ever
SPOILER ALERT: there’s a new Hood Internet mixtape out. What this spoils for you is hearing the original songs in their original state, pre-mashup. This is more important than you may realize, cos it happened to me: I heard the Grey Album before either the White or
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NovemberNov 17 Tuesday 09
Polynya. File Under #Good.
Drinking water when it’s hot out, going all in when rocking the royal flush, only dating hot shallow models, not fighting bears bare handed, never getting burned to death, not dating people you work with (or live in the same building as), buying really good …
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Returning to the Beach House
Like a grey day in Montauk, on the cusp of fall, so late in the year you really shouldn’t have gone cause it’s too windy and cold. To the shoreside get-away spot your family owns but that you haven’t been to in a while. But your parents are out of town and …
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NovemberNov 16 Tuesday 09
Edward Sharpe & The Magnificent Zeros + Fools Gold + Tequila = Success
Edward Sharpe & The Magnificent Zeros headlined at the Black Cat tonight. Fools Gold opened up. Both bands are from LA. I don’t know if you got the memo – but Los Angeles happens to be the greatest place on earth. Nope. Not Disneyland. Los Angeles, California. …
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Brandi Carlile Won’t Ever “Give Up The Ghost” (I Hope)
It was actually a chilly morning coming in today. My boss was wearing a long coat he refers to as his “New York” coat. Of course, nothing really lasts very long in LA… It’s almost 11am, and already up to 70 again. Jealous? The chilly weather puts me in a …
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FAST TRACK – “meteor” by the bird and the bee
In honor of the Leonid Meteor Shower that’s peaking for the next several hours for local left-coasters, which is sure to have some of the “2012″ fans shakin’ prematurely in their collectively idiotic boots.
But, it is slightly interesting that I’d forgotten …
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Little Boots Brought to You by Gold Panda & How to Make Out for 25 Dollars
I’m not going to lie to anyone here. I have a very specific type of lady I like to recklessly pursue. It’s not a complicated algorithm or anything. Just hot chicks that want to make out with me. If you’re super hot you move on to round two of the interview …
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NovemberNov 15 Sunday 09
Lady Gaga Has Made Music Videos Tolerable Again. Miracle.
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Lady Gaga is out of control. I don’t care if she covers herself in Kermit the Frogs or dead babies for interviews – she is a performance marvel and I’m listening. I’m sorry I was asleep in the close until now. I haven’t …
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NovemberNov 13 Friday 09
8 More Bits and I’m Done
Couple days ago I talked about 8-Bit the band and 8-bit the genre, and I feel I could have gone on for quite a damn while about the genre. I mean, there’s a lot to say about it, a lot to like. You’ve got that nostalgic feel, for one, and to make it sound good at …
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