February 2012
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August 2011
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Music stores are particularly weird because they are overwhelmingly dominated by men and rock n’ roll and also because I feel obligated to have memorized some blues lick or blistering guitar solo when I try out a guitar so I can pass as a decent guitarist. While I’m conscious that there is no reason to feel anxious it has a tendency to sort of settle in. And in this state, I agree with...
May 2011
2 posts
unlinkedhorizon asked: Just like to say your La Roux cover was brilliant :)
possibilities- asked: hey there! i listened to your la roux cover of "in for the kill" and it was really awesome. just wondering where i can buy/download the track? or if i can? thanks :D
April 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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Wiz Kalifa’s “Black and Yellow” is a love song to his possessions. It’s not about Pittsburgh, it’s about making it when you’re not supposed to. Like, “I wasn’t supposed to be a millionaire because I’m a nobody from Pittsburgh. No one thought I’d be rich/famous but I am so fuck you!” which is the sentiment that probably makes it a...
January 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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i love "bags" and also edith zimmerman →
“Things happen, one after another, world without end. Just because you’re...”
– Richard Siken, Risking sentimentality in poetry
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October 2010
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September 2010
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“when are you coming to austin. i would dearly love to see you live.” -bailey
thank you! i’d love to come and play. i was in austin during SXSW, and i was really impressed with the city. texas truly does seem like its own nation. i’d love to play again next march, but meanwhile, if you have any venues you’d recommend, I’ve always wanted to plan a winter tour...
August 2010
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July 2010
2 posts
Joanna Newsom on Lady Gaga
“I may have contradicted myself. 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...
May 2010
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April 2010
6 posts
what is with the fetishization of cigarettes, especially among artists? there is something beautiful about a cigarette in the hands of an experienced smoker. when i’m feeling insecure, i start to believe that adopting this vice would help legitimize the idea of myself as an artist.
i love the ritualistic lighting of the cigarette, and i like having a social escape hatch in the form of a...
March 2010
5 posts
LUDIC DESPAIR →
Jeffrey Sconce is a popular film and culture professor at Northwestern. In his blog (Ludic Despair) he muses about obscure and terrible B movies and analyzes the dregs of contemporary pop culture. His observations are at turns terrifying and hilarious.
See: the entry re: McDonald’s new Filet O’ Fish commercial.
“For Darwin, depression was a clarifying force, focusing the mind on its most...”
– NYT - Depression’s Upside
February 2010
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