His voice gives me shivers. Like Berninger, like Cave.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
I Feel Nice... Like Thai Spice
My coworkers and I ordered pad thai today and when it arrived I couldn't help but sing and dance to this song. Not as good as the master of course!
My coworkers said I was "extra". Yeah - extra awesome.
My coworkers said I was "extra". Yeah - extra awesome.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Mono EEEE Mono!
Mono is coming to town next month! I saw them at the now defunct Mary Jane's somewhere between 02 and 03 and they blew me and my compatriots away.
The buzz in the blogospheres is that their latest album Hymn to the Immortal Wind is gorgeous. Can't wait to get my paws on it.
Polars
Photographed for the first time together. Little polar opposite love.
Karen Elson and Jack White for June Vogue by Annie Liebovitz
Karen Elson and Jack White for June Vogue by Annie Liebovitz
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Quote Of The Day
INSTAREBLOG: The Noops have totally rewon my affections with Together. I’d given up back around Twin Cinema …
As I told someone the other day, when people ask me what I’m into these days, I say “Everyones old new record” — The New Pornographers, LCD Soundsystem, Goldfrapp, Spoon, The National, Ted Leo & Rx. A lot of bands I’ve championed for nearly a decade (!!!) are really hitting it out of the park after some missteps over the past few years. Why the fuck would I want to listen to some crap a kid made on their computer that I could also easily make on ON MY COMPUTER WHILE STONED ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON? Give me some quality, geez.
-random blogger
As I told someone the other day, when people ask me what I’m into these days, I say “Everyones old new record” — The New Pornographers, LCD Soundsystem, Goldfrapp, Spoon, The National, Ted Leo & Rx. A lot of bands I’ve championed for nearly a decade (!!!) are really hitting it out of the park after some missteps over the past few years. Why the fuck would I want to listen to some crap a kid made on their computer that I could also easily make on ON MY COMPUTER WHILE STONED ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON? Give me some quality, geez.
-random blogger
All Hail the King
Finally ready to share this guy with you all. I absolutely love everything I've heard by him.
[This is a darling acoustic performance for Black Cab Sessions - See a better version HERE]
[This is a darling acoustic performance for Black Cab Sessions - See a better version HERE]
Monday, May 24, 2010
To Dream of Pickles
And the dreamy mood continues. Think I've been watching too many medical and legal shows; all of my dreams lately feature skin grafting and alibis.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Taxxxxi
Last night after the midnight movie I treated myself to a taxi ride. My driver was this hilariously old white haired man with the sweetest disposition.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Optimistically Avoiding Reality
Quote of the Day:
Marriage is part of a sort of 50's revival package that's back in vogue along with neckties and naked ambition. - Calvin Trillin
Marriage is part of a sort of 50's revival package that's back in vogue along with neckties and naked ambition. - Calvin Trillin
Tease
Arcade Fire 12" release teaser - so shitty. Don't they know we're already chomping at the bit? Sheeeeesh.
via arcadefire.com
via arcadefire.com
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Buzzzz
Thanks D$$$ for reminding me these guys just released their latest.
Matt Berninger's voice really gets to me... and Aaron Dessner - music crush LOVE.
The National Blood Buzz Ohio mp3
Matt Berninger's voice really gets to me... and Aaron Dessner - music crush LOVE.
The National Blood Buzz Ohio mp3
Going Green?
Fashion always borrows from past decades but it's starting to border on recycled not re-envisioned.
Jellies are back too. Joy.
Marc Jacobs Jelly Ballet Flat $155
Sretsis 2010/2011 Lookbook "Stolen Moments"
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Anniversary
30 years ago today Ian Curtis died. Peter Hook will be playing Unknown Pleasures in its entirety tonight at FAC251.
I wish I had a private jet.
I wish I had a private jet.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
1, 2, 3
I can't decide if I like these guys or not; their other track "Can't Bribe God" left me a little unfazed but by the third listen of this one I have to admit I was a little swayed by the limped 70's swagger. Plus the intro gave me a little chuckle.
1, 2, 3 - Confetti
1, 2, 3 - Confetti
Fashionisms
Hannah Saul by Nick Blair for Fashiontrend #19 "Nightwalkers" Australia
Nataliya Piro by Greg Sorensen for Lush Magazine
Wanessa Milhomem by Nicholas Routzen for Futureclaw #3
Lydia Hearst by Elias Wessel for Vixen Magazine
Judith Bedard by Takuya Uchiyama for Vogue Nippon
Nataliya Piro by Greg Sorensen for Lush Magazine
Wanessa Milhomem by Nicholas Routzen for Futureclaw #3
Lydia Hearst by Elias Wessel for Vixen Magazine
Judith Bedard by Takuya Uchiyama for Vogue Nippon
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Over the Moon
The troop scattered, the first to leave was the acrobat. It was Olga, her eldest daughter.
Sarah Moon
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
50 x 60 cm
All photos by Sarah Moon
Sarah Moon
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
50 x 60 cm
All photos by Sarah Moon
The Secret Public
This Month
Steven Kasher Gallery, NYC
"Obviously it’s kind of funny and part of me just thinks ‘come on don’t be anonymous’. It’s quite easy when you’re anonymous, it’s a lot harder to actually do things in public and front it out. This is a problem I have with the internet in general, a lot of the comments are made anonymously and I just think you can sneer at a lot of people doing stuff but they’re putting their name to it and they’re going out in public with it." -John Savage
Well said John.
[article]
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Liar
A response to the cowardly troll who called me a liar in my previous post.
LIAR, n. A lawyer with a roving commission.
Definition courtesy of The Devil's Dictionary .
Photo courtesy of Bite Me, Seriously.
You Came In With Flying Colors
Last night I hosted an accidental spontaneous party and Love of Diagrams came up on my computer from a mix a friend made me some time ago [thank you!]. It was a pretty big hit and made us stay up that much later.
They remind me a lot of Blondie. By the way, Debbie Harry singing in Spanish? Delicioso!
[file]
[free download but be warned it's 11 minutes of Blondie amazingness and ends a little abruptly]
They remind me a lot of Blondie. By the way, Debbie Harry singing in Spanish? Delicioso!
[file]
[free download but be warned it's 11 minutes of Blondie amazingness and ends a little abruptly]
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Now That is Fresh!
These guys might make it on the swap too - this is such a great springtime driving song.
But homeboy talks an awful lot.
But homeboy talks an awful lot.
Yourstru.ly Presents: Delorean "Grow" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
Springtime
So me and my friends are doing another cd swap and I think maybe, just maybe, I might have to include something from these guys. They've been making an increasing appearance in my daily playlist.
Bear in Heaven- You Do You
Bear in Heaven- You Do You
Diss
Like her or not Joanna Newsom certainly has an opinion and isn't afraid to express it. This pretty much made my morning.
My problem isn’t actually with Lady Gaga. But there’s not much in her music to distinguish it from other glossy, formulaic pop. She just happens to wear slightly weirder outfits than Britney Spears. But they’re not that weird – they’re mostly just skimpy. She’s fully marketing her body/sexuality; she’s just doing it while wearing, like, a ‘fierce’ telephone hair-hat. Her sexuality has no scuzziness, no frank raunchiness, in the way that, say, Peaches, or even Grace Jones, have – she’s Arty Spice! And, meanwhile, she seems to take herself so oddly seriously, the way she talks about her music in the third person, like she’s Brecht or something. She just makes me miss Cyndi Lauper.
On Madonna:
I think maybe she doesn’t hold her money very gracefully, the way some people can’t hold their drink.
link
My problem isn’t actually with Lady Gaga. But there’s not much in her music to distinguish it from other glossy, formulaic pop. She just happens to wear slightly weirder outfits than Britney Spears. But they’re not that weird – they’re mostly just skimpy. She’s fully marketing her body/sexuality; she’s just doing it while wearing, like, a ‘fierce’ telephone hair-hat. Her sexuality has no scuzziness, no frank raunchiness, in the way that, say, Peaches, or even Grace Jones, have – she’s Arty Spice! And, meanwhile, she seems to take herself so oddly seriously, the way she talks about her music in the third person, like she’s Brecht or something. She just makes me miss Cyndi Lauper.
On Madonna:
I think maybe she doesn’t hold her money very gracefully, the way some people can’t hold their drink.
link
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Irony
Run out and kiss someone stat - this is mucho perfecto for spring time.
That little arrow on the right side let's you download their new single for free- don't you just love love love the interwebs?
Muchos Besos!
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No to Love
WRM
This is so sad. I've postponed blogging about it in the hopes it was all a cruel joke but no, White Rose Movement has officially called it a day; not because of problems between bandmates like egos or drugs but because of stupid fucking record release funding and bureaucracy.
The artist always gets lost in the politics. So pissed. It's a shame they weren't able to release their completed sophomore album before giving up the ghost. I still remember listening to Kick for the first time. LOVE. Finn Vine had the best boots, Owen Dyke the best hair and Taxxi was just adorable- music crushes for ever.
Alsatian: Slam Saccharine Sam
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Disconnect
Disconnect via Urban Dictionary: A means without an end.
Mouth's Cradle - Front Porch
Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Taco
Personal days rule. Gonna go eat some tacos in a high hat with Taco Ockerse and strut my blues away.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Schilte & Portielje
Dutch couple Huub Schilte and Jacqueline Portielje create quietly graceful creatures that are part photography, part drawing, part digital collage.
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