January 2010
40 posts
You guys I won Videogum this week!
Argentine president: Eat pork, spice your sex life →
I don’t even know which quote to share with you this is so dumb
There is a woman coughing into the coin slot of the washing machine at the laundromat. I would tell her that this isn’t how they work, but she’s wearing a Bluetooth so she’s probably in the middle of a high-power business conversation. Weird, though, her executive briefcase looks a lot like a garbage bag.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
So many days...
I will feel like I can’t wait another minute for 5:00 to come, but when it rolls around I find myself waiting an extra twenty minutes to finish whatever album I’m listening to (Car Wheels…) while I sing along extra-loud.
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten!
Will Schaff (artwork for Okkervil River, Songs:... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
“This Versace man is a tough, anti-establishment male who inhabits a...”
– Actual quote from an actual press release we got describing the new Versace collection. (via putthison)
A. Jacob, Z. Brown, and me: Live from the SF Apple...
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While riding to work...
I came to a four-way stop across from a couple of bike cops, who made the most exaggerated display of obeying the law— full stop, both brakes, foot down, the full routine— in an effort to get me to do the same. Then, as we crossed paths, one of them stared at me with the most demented grin and I couldn’t help but notice her HOLOGRAPHIC PEACE SIGN SUNGLASSES. I can’t...
4 SALE: BARELY-USED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW – MAKE ME... →
WatchThe Mountain Goats - Love Love Love
The Best. Totally living for 1:17; Peter Hughes wins all the points here.
James: music on hold was acoustic guitar version of Cranberries "Dreams." it was excellent
me: i think you can ask them to extend your hold time if you want
James: i did
me: they probably get that a lot
James: actually, i think it was a sign, they picked up right when the song finished. it's meant to make you feel better before they talk to you
me: in their training they are taught to let the song finish. they can be fired if they put you on too early
James: customer satisfaction is their number one priority
me: right after hold-song-selection, which is their number zero priority
“Most educated people are aware that we are the outcome of nearly 4 billion years...”
– Sir Martin Rees, British Astronomer Royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
[via]
(via bunch)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
“Hundreds of riders learned that uncomfortable truth the hard way Sunday when...”
– Hundreds ride BART sans pants
Ugh, why can’t retardedly unfunny “pranks” like this just stay in New York? Keep your performance art to yourselves, assholes (literally).
Watch“Psalms 40:2” is classic Mountain Goats, a holler-n-stomp travelogue through Middle America complete with proper-noun descriptions, but in my mind stands out as shadeless and unsubtle against the otherwise-stunning remainder of The Life of the World to Come. Still, this video is a welcome reminder of just how tight this band is, and how wonderfully unhinged John Darnielle can become if...
So, Casey Dienel is
White Hinterland and Hungry Oyster and adorable and basically, “Sorry, everything I usually dream about, you have been replaced!”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
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Chris Isaak (29)
The Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice (18)
The Cave Singers (17)
The Clientele (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
RAZZLE DAZZLE! →
“…EA Sports has acquired the rights from the NBA to deliver an updated version of “NBA Jam” that will ship to retail exclusively for the Wii.”
Taking Out The Trash →
One out of five stars and ten out of ten woofs for Café Gratitude.
“Anything I do is funny— well, it’s funny to me.”
– Handgun humor! Oh, Gilbert.
