December 2011
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If I had talent or the ambition, I’d write a lot about my favorite album from last year, The Monitor, and my favorite album from this year, Manhattan Murder Mystery - s/t. They were my favorite albums to play at dangerous volume, banging on my steering wheel when driving home late at night from work, looking forward to blaring them when I got home when I could slug beers and eat shitty...
November 2011
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Let’s say you are on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr and you say, “What I’d really like is some more Tumblr followers”…is that kind of like saying “What I’d really like to do is direct”
October 2011
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I went to see The Henry Clay People tonight because I learned they were playing for free as part of the Culture Collide Festival in Echo Park.
After arriving, I saw someone who may or may not have been in the band but they said “Don’t make any New Year’s Plans” so that was cool.
Then HCP played and it was ragged and tuff and fun. They played some new jams, some old jams...
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September 2011
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The way we Like things now
While I was checking out facebook, twitter, tumblr and google reader, the usual sites I check out every day and get the majority of my information and news from, two recent bits of news kept popping up.
Nike getting ready to release the Back to the Future II shoe
Ben & Jerry’s releasing Schweddy Balls Ice Cream
If you check the internets with any sort of regularity, you have seen...
August 2011
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tesslynch:
weezer — the weight (cover)
July 2011
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The MLB All-Star Game and anyone talking about it can go to hell
The ESPY’S and anyone talking about it can go to hell.
*exceptions - me just now for typing that and Seth Meyers, in general, and for his Frank McCourt jokes.
June 2011
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Pretty much no matter how early I get out of work, how late I get out of work, how my day went, how little sleep I got the night before, if you ask me to do something after work, I will probably say yes. If at any point during the day, any plans are discussed, I will probably say yes. If you ask me to do something during my walk out of the building and on the way to my car, I will probably say...
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Some thoughts on the Titus Andronicus / Okkervil River show.
Titus Andronicus is a tough band to follow. Few bands rock harder or look like they are having more fun, especially Stickles and Amy Klein. Titus Andronicus is loaded with shout-along lyrics and wonderfully epic songs so it was tough to go to a group that was a bit more subdued and nuanced. Of course it didn’t help by any means...
May 2011
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“It’s called Helplessness Blues for a number of reasons. One, it’s kind of a...”
– Robin Pecknold
Regardless if you like the Fleet Foxes or not, if you can’t relate to that quote at all, congratulations because you have everything figured out in the world, forever.
April 2011
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Downtown Lobby: The Henry Clay People Book 2... →
downtownlobby:
After making their Coachella debut over this past weekend, The Henry Clay People are going to keep the momentum going strong by playing two shows here in Los Angeles in support of their latest EP “This Is A Desert”. The Henry Clay People will be at The Satellite on Friday, May…
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A list in no particular order of 16 songs I hope...
Anthems for a Seventeen year old girl
Almost Crimes (Side note, I think I like the acoustic version better. is that a…crime?)
Sentimental X’s
Texico Bitches
Lover’s Spit
Major Label Debut
Our Faces split the coast in half
Meet me in the Basement
7/4 Shoreline
Cause = Time
All My Friends
Water in Hell
Superconnected
Ibi Dreams Of Pavement (A Better Day)
Art House...
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Currently the most perfect song to listen to while...
March 2011
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(vol.2)
In honor of the whole bloody affair, I re-purposed the photoshopped photo I posted before. There is a very good chance, perhaps a 100% chance that I will be the only one that finds this funny. I’ve made peace with that. I also thought it was funny calling something “my finest mixtape” then posting a follow-up.
Instead of posting a zip file, I did it thru...
At press time, the current bad-ass, epic mixtape I’m making and will be posting soon has a running time of one hour, six minutes and six seconds.
66.6
Not sure if that’s a sign I should drop a song or should I roll with …
February 2011
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“My first recollection of a slow dance is from about the seventh grade. I was...”
– Jason Isbell
January 2011
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A conversation from Mad Men's "The Suitcase" that...
supcakes:
general public: I give you money, you give me [movies, TV, etc.] studio executives, cast, crew: And you never say thank you. general public: THAT’S WHAT THE MONEY IS FOR!
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December 2010
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This the last part of the only 2010 music wrap-up...
The top two are in definite order. The rest, while in order, aren’t super firm and I don’t think I’m going to listen to 13 albums back to back to try and figure out with unwavering certainty which is my fifth favorite album compared to my seventh favorite.
15. Crazy for You - Best Coast
14. Lisbon - The Walkmen
13. Everything in Between - No Age
12. High Violet - The...
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This is the second part of the only Best of 2010...
Let’s get it.
Top 31 Songs of 2010
31. Carried Away - The Deadly Syndrome. Cover of Television song, guitar face-melter.
30. Swing Sets and Neighborhoods - Moses Campbell. If I were in the game of predicting local bands success, I’d wager this crew would have a good 2011.
29. Little Golden Age - Wolf Parade. As I wrote on Facebook*, this is a Bruce Springsteen song that he...
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This is the first part of the only Best of 2010...
I’ve been thinking about what my favorite concerts and shows were this year and trying to find some distinction between memorable / best / biggest occasion / most fun. I saw a few big deal type of concerts and a lot of small shows. Do big name, Event shows beat the sloppy but fun as shit, drunken sing-alongs in small clubs?
Top 10 Concerts of 2010
10. Broken Social Scene @ Amoeba
9. The...
Having a little wine in a coffee mug, if it’s good enough for Dan Rydell god damn it, it’s good enough for me.
October 2010
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Elliott Smith - Between the Bars (Live in...
September 2010
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I’d say there is 0% of this being played...
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I’m seeing the Local Natives on Saturday night. Last time I saw the Local Natives was for free at the last night of their Spaceland residency and I knew none of their songs and it was one of the most passionate, undeniablely live.com shows I’ve ever seen.
Now they are playing their 2nd sold out show at the Music Box and I’ve listened to Gorilla Manor a shit ton since that...
Autumn Awards
Most (LA) Autumn Artist - Neil Young
Most Autumn Album - A Ghost is Born - Wilco
Most Autumn Song - Here Comes a Regular - The Replacements
(Subject to change)
August 2010
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“When the New Pornographers were starting out, mopey music bugged me. I thought,...”
– Carl Newman
Ah, Fuck it
The awesome story of the day is obviously the story of the Jet Blue Steward / Flight Attedant that pulled the emergency slide and bailed from the plane and was later arrested.
No matter whatever the actual details are, it is an epic story and I think it’s awesome. Let’s take a look at two different links and do an old-fashioned journalistic type breakdown.
...
July 2010
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Put together another mixtape, not sure if it’s a great mixtape for the summer or if it’s just the end of July and I made a mixtape. It’s not very ‘summery’ for a mixtape that’s called Jams for July Vol. 2. I also don’t think it’s very creative, doesn’t have any new new jams nor does it unearth any forgotten jams from yesteryear. Partially, I...
June 2010
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Matador Records x Las Vegas
mollylambert:
Pavement = The Excalibur
Sonic Youth = The Sahara
Belle & Sebastian = Circus Circus
Guided By Voices = The Stardust
Spoon = The Tropicana
Yo La Tengo = The Riviera
Cat Power = Bally’s
JSBX = Caesar’s Palace
Superchunk = The Flamingo
The New Pornographers = Treasure Island
Guitar Wolf = Hard Rock Hotel
Chavez = Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists =...
15 Songs, one hour long, handy zip file, fits on a cd or elsewhere. Enjoy. Mixtape 1. Crazy - The Pack A.D. 2. Pull A U - The Kills 3. I’m a Little Mixed Up - Vermillion Sands 4. If U Know - Rademacher 5. Fabulous Friends - Gladshot 6. Lost To The Lonesome - Pela 7. Ride This Wave Of Good Feelings - Summer Darling 8. Love Me Till The Sun Shines - The Kinks 9. Break My Heart In Two - Raise...
May 2010
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