January 2012
December 2011
All my favorite songs this year were about being...
i'm going to be that person
sexshooter:
at work today we were listening to music and i swear it all sounded the same. my co-worker was like, this is three days grace, this one is breaking benjamin, this one is daughtry
i could not tell the difference i SWEAR
The New York Times couldn’t agree more. (See also: humanity.)
A scene too big and undisciplined to be recognized... →
thecultureofme:
thediscography:
My 10 favorite NYC electronic-dance recordings of 2011, for Capital New York.
A quite nice wrap-up of the Gothamites making the best in dance music. Would’ve been nice to see mentions of moombahton, “Night People”, Le Bain, Mister H, Turrbotax, @Dances, Fool’s Gold, et al.
Someone on Facebook mentioned another oversight, Storm Queen. I say keep them coming,...
A scene too big and undisciplined to be recognized... →
My 10 favorite NYC electronic-dance recordings of 2011, for Capital New York.
I stole chips off John Oates
rockandrolltedium:
I was at a festival in the early ’90s, John Oates came walking from a catering van with arms full of boxes of chips. As he pushed his way through the crowd, we helped ourselves to his chips.
by Ramrod
i'm going to be that person
sexshooter:
at work today we were listening to music and i swear it all sounded the same. my co-worker was like, this is three days grace, this one is breaking benjamin, this one is daughtry
i could not tell the difference i SWEAR
No, it all sounds the same.
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My Pazz & Jop ballot:
ALBUMS 1. Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What (Hear) 25 2. Louis C.K., Hilarious (Comedy Central) 15 3. Watch the Closing Doors: A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot, Vol. 1, 1945-59 (Year Zero) 15 4. Robag Wruhme, Wuppdeckmischmampflow (Kompakt) 10 5. Lone, Echolocations (R&S) 10 6. The Rapture, In the Grace of Your Love (DFA) 5 7. Heidi Presents the Jackathon (Get...
“At year’s end, Tyler told Spin that he was bored with the whole violence...”
– Maura Johnston, “The Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 8: Tyler, The Creator, ‘Bitch Suck Dick’” (Sound of the City)
Meme-of-the-year as default for record-of-the-year (I’m thinking of Fact naming “Yonkers” its track of 2011) is as lazy as Rolling...
“As we’ll discuss in more detail tomorrow — when we publish a round-up of...”
– Tom Hawking, “Awesome Infographic: The Geography of the Year in Music” (Flavorwire)
SO THERE. (Yawn.)
misheard lyrics of the day
sexshooter:
in the meadow we can build a snowman then pretend that he is Foxy Brown
imathers asked: 4, 13, 28
sexshooter asked: 6, 13, 20, 43, 49
micaeyes asked: 1, 12, 26, 33, 41, 50
i will love you down →
andwewereallinfinite:
1. What is your best friends name? 2. What color underwear/boxers wearing now? 3. What are you listening to right now? 4. Whats your favorite number? 5. What was the last thing you ate? 6. If you were a crayon what color would you be? 7. How is the weather right now? 8. Who was the last person you talked 2 on the phone? 9. The first thing you notice about...
“The people who are hung up on the Beatles’ and the Sixties’ dream...”
– John Lennon, Playboy interview, January 1981 (via Retromania)
“Brown knew the preconceptions she would face running 100% Silk. “Dance is...”
– From the Guardian piece.
Santa's got a mixed-up bag: This year's crop of... →
Seven new Christmas songs, and who to give them to, for Capital New York.
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Wait, someone covered one of Michael Jackson's...
