do you like Kansas? (the band, not the place) do you like Muppets? (specifically Beaker)
then check out the new Muppets video!
Statler and Waldorf: the patron saints of comment trolls.
BG Speaks to the People . . . Quickly
What should these earnest hands be holding
Feb 09
“ Bitch, don’t MAKE me break out my 69 box set and start throwin’ you quotes. ‘Cause it won’t stop, the quotage. I could quote you things Ms. Merritt wrote before you were even a sparkle in the eye of the unicorn that horned your mama. Foo’.
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— From the comments of the AV Club interview of Stephen Merritt. I’d like to see this guy and themattsmith in a friendly debate. (via aewsome:folkinz)
Feb 08
People of whom I am inexplicably distrustful:
- Those who hate ABBA
- Those without Facebook profiles
- Those born later than 1985
- Those who love Chuck Palahniuk
- Libertarians
It’s nice to learn that even after knowing Ty Ty for over three years, i still haven’t fully gained his trust (because of #2).
NEVER FORGET
Nannerpuss > terrifying fake chickens. Nannerpuss > pretty much everything, really.
Feb 06
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The Afghan Whigs - “Miss World” (Hole cover)
Inspired by Tyler’s recent Whigs cover song post.
Feb 05
» 38 Years of Super Bowl Ads
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Adland.tv has put together the largest collection of Super Bowl ads in the world, so if you want to reminisce about Pepsi Twist or the Bud Bowl, this is the place.
If you’re even the slightest bit interested in watching old commercials, you could waste a lot of time here.
“ But by using classic journalistic techniques, I got my Twitter followers to deliver three Superficial buyers. While three may not sound like a representative sample, it is the statistical equivalent of interviewing 500,000 people who bought Thriller.
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— From the Time magazine article “The Limits of Celebrity”, which looked into who were the 658 people who purchase Heidi Montog’s album, Superficial. (via Chain of Knives)
“ In a world where we presume offense, where we exclaim, “You’re trying to insult me,” as opposed to asking, “Do I have all the contextual facts?” this sort of thing is going to keep happening. And we will continue to be confronted with the absurdity of corporations apologizing to no one in particular, for the crime of listening to their black employees.
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The trailer for Birdemic will change your life, but you have to wait for it. (via Videogum)
» First bands announced for Pitchfork Music Festival
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Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Modest Mouse and Sleigh Bells? That’s worth $90 right there. Everything from here on out is just gravy. Can’t wait for Lazy Town!
Feb 04
“Small Wonder Is So Gay”
Be sure to read Rich Four Four’s review of the entire first season of this terrible, terrible show. He took one for all of us.
» The Just Blaze Collection
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After learning that Baseline Studios, the birthplace of some of my favorite music from the past decade, was closing up shop, I pulled a 2006 interview I conducted for VIBE with Justin Smith AKA Just Blaze, the studio’s longtime steward and creative heartbeat, from my archives. We sat together in Room A of the studio and talked for roughly three hours about the nuts and bolts of his production process, the making of The Blueprint, the long delay and problems of Saigon’s still-unreleased album, and the frustration and disappointment over the dissolution of Roc-A-Fella. An abridged version is running right now on Sound of the City, which you can read here; I may post the entire 15,000 word beast later this week. (It’s kinda boring!)
As a companion I’ve compiled a series of playlists denoting different phases in Just’s career. They’re not sequenced or rebranded, just collected. This isn’t quite definitive, I’d say I’m 90-95% there. If something is missing, and you’ve got it, recommend or send along: sean[DOT]fennessey[AT]gmail[DOT]com. And enjoy.
This is fantastic.
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Self - “What A Fool Believes”
The George Michael version of this that Maura linked to earlier is really great, but this is still my favorite.
Feb 03
I saw this little public service poster this weekend while in the Humphrey terminal at the Minneapolis airport and i have to say, i love this kind of stuff. It’s one of those “how effective is that” things we come across so often in life that we hardly even notice them, like the “Just Say No” messages that used to be in packages of Bazooka gum. Has any kid been on the verge of doing drugs but then thought better of it because of a last second reminder from Bazooka Joe? In the case of the parrot here, he was pushing he anti-smuggling message outside the Fisherman’s Wharf Bar & Grill in the lightly trafficked, non-international terminal of a Minnesota airport. How many people is he really reaching? I suppose in a situation like this the cost is so minimal that if it reaches one person it’s worth it. I just highly doubt it will even do that.
