January 2011
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BN.com: Jurassic Park / The Lost World (Barnes &... →
I spent a lot of money this weekend, but I don’t regret the $20 I dropped on this hardcover beauty. (Especially since climate-change denier Michael Crichton is dead now and can’t benefit!)
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Today's Free Million-Dollar Idea
So here’s a stream of the terrible-sounding “Thriller” / “Heads Will Roll” mashup they’re going to do on Glee after the Super Bowl. But I have to ask: nobody in the writer’s room thought of doing an all-Jock Jams episode after the Super Bowl? Really? Because, uh, that is the obvious correct answer. You’re welcome.
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“I’m not a fan of Jesus at all, but I still go to Chick-fil-A maybe once a week,”...”
– TONY PARKER OF SAN ANTONIO: NOT A FAN OF JESUS (via franklinmillz)
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As a gay man I personally struggle with my faith (in Chick-Fil-A) quite often, but I always find myself returning to my house of worship (Chick-Fil-A) for prayer (a Chick-Fil-A sandwich).
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Liveblogging the Slow Leak Of Lady Gaga’s “Born... →
Gaga is releasing the lyrics one snippet at a time to a ton of different online news outlets — Perez, Gaga Daily, Billboard, Popjustice, Rolling Stone. As stunts go, this is totally hilarious and kind of inspired in a make-something-out-of-nothing way.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Pet Shop Boys (17)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (7)
Britney Spears (1)
Avril Lavigne (1)
Röyksopp (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Pitchfork TV: Savage Skulls & Douster, "Bad Gal"... →
Despite the presence of distressed denim, stuttery GIF images, automobile misadventures, and hands placed on mouths to denote surprise, this is not a worthy counterpoint to the “Telephone” video. Still worth a watch, though.
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Mark Peikert gets on the phone with eliminated... →
My upstairs neighbor will be interviewing every queen voted off RuPaul’s Drag Race this season, which is an important job and I think we should all be grateful to him. (I have elided the first queen’s name, in case you’re DVRing, although you really should be watching it live, obviously.)
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Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The... →
I… I can’t. Shot. Shot dead. Shot.
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Robot 6: Best Online Comics Criticism 2010 →
This post is here so that I (hopefully) remember to go back and read all these.
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Archie drops the Comics Code…Wertham dead... →
The Comics Code no longer exists. I am a tiny bit sad about this, but it changes nothing about my plans to get a Comics Code tattoo. (Just the bit with the twinned C’s and the A, probably, but we’ll leave room for the rest.)
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ROADTRIP UPDATE
So I am now thinking the itinerary would be New Orleans > Austin > Carlsbad Caverns* > Roswell > Alamogordo/White Sands > Palm Springs > Los Angeles, with stops in Houston and Tuscon for sanity. I am getting sort of serious about this! Now all I need is approximately $4000 for plane fare, car rental, gas, and lodging. Sigh.
*Thank you for this suggestion, it was totally on...
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ROADTRIP ALERT
So in the wake of watching Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (all good stories should start this way), I am semi-seriously plotting a two-week road trip, potentially from New Orleans to Los Angeles, potentially taking place somewhere in the end-of-March to end-of-May corridor. Places I must see along this route:
White Sands / Alamogordo / nuclear test sites
Austin, TX
Palm Springs / Joshua Tree...
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Wikipedia: Cabazon Dinosaurs →
I WILL GO HERE BEFORE I DIE.
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“Will radio stop playing a song as soon as it turns out people aren’t...”
– From Popjustice’s long and rather perceptive post about the possible effects of “on air/on sale,” the long-overdue practice of putting a single on sale on iTunes as soon as it begins to play on radio.
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@ The Singles Bar: Yelle, “Safari Disco Club” -... →
Two great surprises in one post: There’s a new Yelle song, and Nick Minichino is writing for Popdust. GOOD STUFF ON ALL FRONTS.
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Janet Jackson Bringing 'Number Ones' Tour to U.S.... →
It’s so incredibly important that I see this, so if you find out when the Radio City date goes on sale, don’t be a stranger. I mean, it’s gonna be unmissable just for the “Together Again” tribute to Michael alone. (And you know she’s going to do that, because it’s a total slam-dunk; if she doesn’t, she needs Prison For Bitches even more than I...
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My first reaction to Jay & Kanye's "H.A.M.":
I really hope we’re not swinging the pendulum back towards the hyper-aggressive over-masculinity of Waka Flocka Flame et al., because I was really enjoying the slow transformation of all our biggest rap stars into Victorian dandies.
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Susan Boyle Has a Gloomy Christmas Gift for You --... →
This was also a really fantastic piece. I had a similar “oh holy SHIT her people are smart” moment in a Best Buy in Florida when I finally put together all the resonances of calling the album The Gift: the canny reinforcement of the idea that your mom would want this, the Christian dog-whistling that says “God gave me this voice,” etc. And yes, covering “Don’t...
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“The most obvious way to explain R. Kelly’s new album, Love Letter, is to say...”
– R. Kelly Would Like to Beg for Your Forgiveness on New Album Love Letter — Vulture
I am catching up on the recent Nitsuh “discography” (if you will) and this paragraph just begged to be noted.
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An Incomplete List Of Soundtracks I Own For Movies...
The Boxer - I’m a Gavin Friday completist.
The End Of Violence - I was once a U2 completist. Plus, Wenders movies have hot soundtracks.
Great Expectations (1998) - I liked Tori Amos a lot. It was the 90s, leave me alone. And they filmed this in my hometown, though that’s irrelevant when you haven’t actually seen the movie.
In The Name Of The Father - great Sinead tune, and...
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Exclusive video: Hercules and Love Affair - My... →
LOVE THIS.
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Last Night's Dream
I go mountaineering with some Muppets and wind up buried alive in a collapsing snow tunnel.
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btw i am apparently better at identifying justin... →
maura:
or should i call them ‘music typists’?
I’m probably in a bad mood because, for some reason, I saw more snobbish, short-sighted, (OK fine there’s no other word for it) “rockist” comments and blog posts today than I have seen in like five years. BUT. I am willing to guess a lot of music critics haven’t ever heard a Justin Bieber song, or they’ve only...
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An Incomplete List Of Albums I Listened To In 2010...
Christina Aguilera, Bionic; Ciara, Basic Instinct; Delorean, Subiza; Diddy-Dirty Money, Last Train To Paris; Four Tet, There Is Love In You; Gorillaz, Plastic Beach; Grinderman, Grinderman 2; How To Destroy Angels, How To Destroy Angels EP; Kelis, Flesh Tone; The Knife et al., Tomorrow In A Year; The Magnetic Fields, Realism; Major Lazer & La Roux, Lazerproof; Marina & The Diamonds, The...
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An Incomplete List Of Albums I Liked In 2010
Arcade Fire, The Suburbs; Drake, Thank Me Later; Hot Chip, One Life Stand; LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening; Massive Attack, Heligoland; Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday; Kylie Minogue, Aphrodite; Ne-Yo, Libra Scale; Sade, Soldier Of Love; Shakira, Sale El Sol; Sleigh Bells, Treats; Spoon, Transference; Tracey Thorn, Love And Its Opposite; Underworld, Barking; Vampire Weekend, Contra
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An Incomplete List Of Albums I Loved In 2010
Robyn, Body Talk (and Pts. 1 & 2); Scissor Sisters, Night Work; Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy; The-Dream, Love King; Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Ballad Of Chico Dusty; Goldfrapp, Head First; Janelle Monáe, The Arch-Android; My Chemical Romance, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys; Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Brutalist Bricks
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“…proper proof that she has been on holiday and enjoyed being on holiday....”
– From Popjustice’s list of things they require from Lady Gaga this year. I agree with almost all of them.
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Last Night's Dream
I attempt to sell Lea Michele on the glories of Ciara while riding a school bus. I then save Kanye West from an assassin’s bullet (he is very grateful), in the process getting shot myself, and am taken to medical assistance by the X-Men. Later, after I have seemingly forgotten about being shot, a seven-foot-tall drunk tries to pick a fight with me in a city square.
(Then I woke up, and...
