February 2010
29 posts
January 2010
46 posts
Watch- Here’s Surfer Blood playing “Take It Easy”. It’s described as “foot-tappingly good music” and I agree.
A Closer Look At Sasha Frere-Jones.
- Sasha Frere-Jones has always been one of my favorite staff writers on the New Yorker because he seems to shake things up every once in awhile. He’s a music writer, but he doesn’t only stick to pop music. Rather he kind of glides in and out of whatever musical nook that tickles his fancy but in a really analytically and emotionally interesting way. Aside from being absolutely jealous...
“OK, so Arnold turns the jet on its side throwing the terrorist off, only to have...”
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
- As I fell asleep to...
Woody's Still Got It.
Mid-meal, the insufferable little nudnick beat his glass for attention and then attempted yanking the tablecloth from the table without upsetting the china. I needn’t tell you that this proved to be a major holocaust, forever ruining at least one J. Mendel dress, and catapulting a baked potato into the cleavage of a tony brunette. After lunch, I saw him move his croquet ball with his foot,...
What We Talk About...
“I’ll tell you what real love is,” Mel said. “I mean, I’ll give you a good example. And then you can draw your own conclusions.” He poured more gin into his glass. He added an ice cube and a sliver of lime. We waited and sipped our drinks. Laura and I touched knees again. I put a hand on her warm thigh and left it there.
“What do any of us really know...
Watch- I first heard Jay Reatard when he put out “Blood Visions”. I remember I would put it on really loud to piss a select group of people off and it did the trick. It had such energy and such weirdly catchy appeal that at first people were scared but then they somehow began to like the ugliness of it. I think that in itself is a sort of uniquely punk rock thing and Jay Reatard was no...
WatchUPDATE: This song IS going to be on M.I.A.’s still untitled new album! Officially it’s called “Space Odyssey”.
- I liked M.I.A. before you did. Don’t get me wrong, that’s snobby - super snobby, but I’ll gladly defend my immediate infatuation with M.I.A. before you or the teeny-bopper sorority sister pledge multiple Black Eyed Peas album owning people you...
Shiftless
The people who were better than us were comfortable. They lived in painted houses with flush toilets. Drove cars whose year and make were recognizable. The ones worse off were sorry and didn’t work. Their strange cars sat on blocks in dusty yards. The years go by and everything and everyone gets replaced. But this much is still true-I never liked work. My goal was always to be shiftless. I...
Regarding Babes.
- I don’t mean to regress into some chauvinistic rant, but I figured I’d mention a few examples of something that I truly appreciate and am fascinated with.
Artorialust: Best of '09 →
- Babes who like art that I like.
Watch- So to continue with the Vampire Weekend love (sorry but I like ‘em a lot), I’m really impressed with how good the band seems to be when they play live. It’s always a plus when a band sounds as good live as they do on their record, and you realize that the sound isn’t all just cleaned up in production. I posted this song because on the record “Horchata” is one...
Watch- Here’s a mesmerizing and downright Escher-esque short film that I saw last night called “Jeu” (That’s “Game” for all you English speaking folk). It’s directed by Georges Schwizgebel.
Watch- Nick Diamonds (née Thorburn) sells Michael Cera drugs while listening to “No You Don’t”. Also, Michael Cera’s new movie called “Youth In Revolt” comes out this Friday and because I’m that much of a sucker I’m probably going to see it.
The Year We Make Contact.
- So here it is, the newest decade, fresh and ready to unfold before me. It’s a new year, I feel much the same, but also realize that I couldn’t be more different than I was exactly one year ago. 2009 is a tough year to categorize in my mind, and a tough year to write about. It was a year unlike any other in my life so far, one that yielded the most clear idea of my whole identity....