October 2011
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15 Thoughts Upon Listening to Lou Reed and...
1. I want an oral history of the making of this album that includes commentary from the engineers, producers, Metallica’s management team and whoever Lou Reed happens to talk to now. I want to know how and why this happened and who let it happen. 2. My favorite parts are when Hetfield starts singing right after Lou Reed’s done with his talking part. Sometimes it sounds he tries to...
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The Noise of the Internet
I’m constantly reading things on the internet, everyday; in fact it’s my only source of information. I’ve disciplined myself enough that I don’t hear the useless chatter of traditional forms of consuming news. I’m happy that I don’t know the exact circumstances of what Hank Williams Jr. said or what happened to him and I still don’t know what that latest...
September 2011
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Did you know that Carson Daly still his own show?
It’s on Fuse now. The format is completely different, but it basically comes down to two guests and a musical performance. It doesn’t appear that he has a studio or an audience because he was on location in some museum in L.A. for the intro and first sit-down guest.
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“It’s maybe the best thing done by anyone, ever. It could create another...”
– Lou Reed on his collaboration with Metallica which will be released November 1st. I think he’s already right.
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August 2011
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More on Lana Del Rey
Here’s another way to put it. The wise Ron Bennington once said in response to the disappointing ending of Lost that “just once I want something to live up to the hype.”
“Video Games” is the hype. And probably the best song too.
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June 2011
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“Beyond that, he burdened the best players in the game with the notion that...”
– Yep, that’s Jordan for ya.
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Rasters and Vectors: a new Tumblr! →
Because there need to be more of these, I’ve started another Tumblr, this one of maps. You can even submit some yourself!
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The NBA Playoffs Storylines
This year’s NBA playoffs have been absolutely phenomenal and it seems that every series is full of story lines that will define the league for the next few years. Here are the ones that stood out to me:
1. It’s Probably Over: This may have been the year that the two teams of grizzly veterans that refused to die, really finally died. The Celtics and Spurs, two teams that everyone has...
May 2011
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WatchWhoever Wrote This Is A Comedic Genius, Or, I Only Laugh At Non Sequiturs
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“The American writer has his hands full, trying to understand and then describe...”
– David Shields near the beginning of Reality Hunger. I think I’m going to love this book.
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Chuck Klosterman talks to Charles Barkley on the... →
Very interesting even if you don’t like sports.
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Watch1. He seems to be a controversial writer, but I do believe that Tao Lin will be viewed as an Important Writer someday and he’s dead on when he says that his possessions are worth $300-500 but thousands in 10 years. But hearing him say that is interesting to me. From what I’ve read of him in articles and watched of him in videos, he doesn’t seem like a person that thinks so...
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“Can we please stop acting like we are somehow obligated to read/watch/listen to...”
– And ignoring Grantland is mostly what I’ll do. Gladwell will be unreadable 8 out of 10 times and Simmons will be infuriating. I stick to Klosterman as his take is always original enough no matter what he is talking about.
I think there are detractors for this website already because it...
April 2011
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WatchFinally, the very funny Jimmy Pardo on Conan! Also, isn’t this the funniest use of lighting in quite a while?
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“I started making dance music from the perspective of being fucked out of my head...”
– From a Montreal Mirror interview with James Murphy from 2005 (via Pitchfork). So awesome that he would play Stooges and piss people off. In college I DJed at a band night at a bar a few times (I wasn’t very good) and I ended one night playing the last song of Fun House. Yep, the free jazz...
February 2011
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“i lie on the sofa. ipad playing music on my chest, kindle in one hand, with a...”
– Mike Skinner in a post talking about his mixtape Cyberspace and Reds. I listened to this a lot today and it may be my favorite stuff from Skinner, although I haven’t heard Everything is Borrowed yet and now he’s got an actual new album, Computers and Blues, coming out next Monday. But...
October 2010
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Marc Maron's WTF podcast with Louis C.K.
Top 5 Reasons Why I Loved This Conversation Even Though Comedians Are Interviewing Each Other Every Hour Of The Day On Podcasts:
1. Marc admits his jealousy towards Louis’ success and how he has reacted negatively towards him in the past because of it. For anyone that has followed Marc’s podcasts, this is a breakthrough of sorts to the point that he even has jokes about it in his...
Alright, I'm bringing this back
Let’s go!
March 2010
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“You know what dark chocolate goes good with? Pudding.”
– Random lady to another random lady in line at the movies last night.
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In a perfect world, the tagline for "Hot Tub Time...
“The 80s almost killed me, let’s not recall ‘em quite so fondly.”
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My take on the Oscars
Oh man, I can’t believe I forgot to breakdown the Oscars! Ugh. I can’t think of many other complete wastes of time than actually sitting down and watching an award show. I didn’t see a second of it this year, because I had to work, but I’m glad I didn’t have the chance. The next morning I just Googled the winners the next morning. Total time spent: 25 seconds. ...
“There’s also an interesting generation gap growing between old media,...”
– Interesting take from Dan Le Batard, a sports columnist, which can applied to many other areas of journalism. This paragraph pretty much sums up my opinion on most big celebrity stories. I followed the Tiger story just because of the twist and turns and all of the amazing stuff that came out, not...
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Ilgauskas wants to win title with Cavs →
YESSSSSSS.
It just seems right.
The name of the band is Public Record and they are...
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Why?
Hm, so why am I doing this? Don’t know. Guess it’s good to write as much as you can and to share and stuff. Stay productive. So let’s see where this goes.