January 2012
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Listen to the new of Montreal album Paralytic... →
We Will Commit Wolf Murder might be a Song I’m Loving pretty soon.
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A word about two of the best shows I've ever been...
I meant to write a little bit about Jeff Mangum’s show over at BAM last weekend in my music post this morning, but to do so would’ve been unfair to the experience a lovely young lady and I had.
And was it ever an experience.
If you’re not a fan of Jeff or Neutral Milk Hotel, you might as well stop reading because this lovefest will completely nauseate you.
Jeff Mangum...
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What Songs I'm Loving: The Backlash to the...
Let’s hop right in.
SPOTIFY. GROOVESHARK:
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - The Death of You
I don’t know the actual story behind what happened here, but I’m going to throw wild, irresponsible conjecture and speculation out there anyway. Noel Gallagher and brother Liam famously never got along, and the duo didn’t really get along with anybody else either....
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Harvard study says the secret to being a hipster... →
Since everybody’s been trying to define what a hipster is for years now, let’s put the issue to bed, because Harvard’s spoken, and that means science has decided to take it from here, thanks.
Basically, the secret to being hip is that your tastes not line up with those of any of your friends. They use The Decemberists’ in the following, totally-outdated-you-guys example:...
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St. Vincent did an awesome thing on Conan, then...
As if to cleanse the palate after that debacle of a Lana Del Ray performance* on SNL, St. Vincent took the stage at the end of Conan’s show one day this week to perform her song, Cheerleader. And my goodness, it was great. First, she paid homage to a famous Elvis Costello moment, in which he and his band played a song not welcome by Lorne Michaels on SNL, after beginning to play a song that...
Shit New Yorkers Eat
Pizza!
Oh wait, am I doing this wrong? I hate this meme.
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What Songs I'm Loving This Week: 1/20/12
It should be noted that I had this post 100% done, but accidentally closed the tab before saving a draft or publishing, because I’m a moron, so I’m starting from little more than scratch again. For whatever reason Tumblr decided to save an arbitrary (and significantly tiny) portion of what I had done, and I couldn’t recover it. 1st world problems, lesson learned and such. Well,...
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UPDATED: Well, this is nuts: Anonymous went on a... →
Update: Wait, what? Swizz Beatz is Megaupload’s CEO? Something about that just seems so great.
The DoJ, the MPAA, the RIAA, Universal Music, and the US freakin Copyright Office’s websites are all down, as a result of attacks by hacker group Anonymous, in an act of far-reaching revenge over the Megaupload shutdown and arrests. When’s the movie about all this stuff coming out, and...
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Whoa, guys, they just shut down Megaupload and... →
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation moved against a group of suspected online pirates Thursday, targeting the popular file-sharing website megaupload.com a day after Washington lawmakers were besieged by complaints about legislation designed to crack down on the online sharing of pirated copies of music, movies and other material, people familiar with the matter said.
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WatchNewish Dr. Dog video. YES.
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Behold, the Phone Stack. Fight the temptation to... →
The idea is simple, but easily the greatest mankind achievement since the invention of the cell phone itself.
When you’re going out to dinner with a bunch of your friends, you want to interact with them, in theory. But sometimes, there’s that jerk friend who won’t get the hell off his or her phone, texting and Words With Friendsing away. Yes, I sometimes commit this foul myself,...
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QuickReads: Person has iPhone stolen in Starbucks,... →
It’s a shorty but a goody. The best part being the guy who stole the iPhone pretending he couldn’t hear the beeping coming from his pocket.
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What Songs I'm Loving This Week: 1/13/12
It’s a total bummer to read that Spotify’s about to put the hammer down on all us poor saps unless we cough up $5 or $10 a month. It’s official: if you’ve been on the service for 6 months, including those who joined the service when, or soon after Spotify launched in the US (like me), it’s time to get used to a monthly 10 hour limit, and 5 plays of any given track....
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Oh hey, Spotify's going to get a lot less fun any... →
Remember those supposed limits on Spotify usage that were going to take effect? Welp, here they are. 10 hours a month, and 5 listens to any given song, unless you give them money. Party’s over.
I hope those who click on my weekly Spotify playlists haven’t already heard any of those songs 5 times already.
So hey, Pandora… how you doin’?
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What Songs I'm Loving This Week: 1/6/12
Today’s my first fully awake day home after my trip to California with a lovely young woman. It’s always nice to return to a familiar setting after a vacation, but I had an amazing time out there. A lot of memories were made, we saw and did a ton, and I can really understand why a few east coast folks I know are enchanted with the idea of living there.
This trip was just…...
