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Jan 29, 2012
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Cut Copy, “Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Arp Version),” 2012.
I know Weatherall’s not exactly uncelebrated or unknown but he needs some kind of golden throne or a restaurant where he can eat for free. But then maybe he’d get lazy. Whatever. He’s a monster, every time.
Jan 27, 2012
Ten minutes on the Q train. A duration thing — there are no surprises.
Jan 27, 2012
pica
n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.
Jan 22, 2012
Via kateoplis, the starting lineup of Puppy Bowl VIII. (Also via.)
Jan 21, 2012
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Big Black, “Kerosene (live),” from “Sound of Impact,” 1986.
Jan 20, 2012
“25 years of Kylie Minogue in 17 minutes.” (Via Fette & Rohin Guha.)
You know the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is useless because it has inducted neither Chic nor Kraftwerk, both of whom are have been eligible for years and both of whom are relevant right now to acts throughout the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Hot 100 singles chart. These two bands are also — fuck you, Darth Geffen — empirically great and contextually better than eighty perecent of the sadsack bluez Xeroxers™ in the Hall. The RRHOF has inducted the hair metal studio rats known as Thee Red Hot Chili Peppers, who will get out of hell only when God sees footage of Flea playing with Patti at BAM, but even then, she won’t believe that these Post-Its ever had an idea of their own or the balls to steal an idea and juice it rather than flatten it.
But Kylie? Will she get into the Hall? No, because Americans apparently can’t understand popular music sung in English. Or style. Or hooks. No—wait, they can. So.
ETERNAL PAUSE OF DOOM.
UPDATED WITH EXTRA POINTLESS (AND EXTRA-POINTLESS) SLACKFACED ARGH: The Meters are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Many talented and worthy sidemen, like Little Walter, are in the Hall. But The Meters (or members thereof) were a huge part of canonical songs like “Lady Marmalade” and “Right Place Wrong Time.” And they were absolute monsters on their own records, which are still being sampled almost thirty years into the mainstream sampling game. I can’t even begin to understand this one.
Jan 20, 2012
rhythm is a dancer
Jan 10, 2012
A cover of “Cosmic Cars.”
Jan 8, 2012
1969 Luv ice cream commercial featuring David Bowie, via @geetadayal.
Jan 8, 2012
the emperor’s new clothes (remix hank shocklee) (Taken with instagram)
Jan 6, 2012
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Van Halen, “She’s The Woman,” from “The Zero Demos a.k.a. The Gene Simmons Tapes,” 1976.
Nerdery ahoy! This New Yorker post mentions a “new” Van Halen song maybe quoting an old Yes song. You can hear that this, a 1976 recording of “She’s A Woman,” does not include any quotes from “Roundabout.” But this video of Thursday’s Cafe Wha? show captures Eddie quoting Yes at about 8:50. You can hear the original riff at 6:16 in this live video. And why, yes, I am kind of embarrassed I went to all this trouble, but hey I can sleep easy now.
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