January 2009
88 posts
6-0, 6-3
Well, my prediction came true: it was a Williams/Safina final. And Williams won—more than won, really. I mean, this was sad. Nevertheless I still think this will be a huge year for Safina, though this might go down as one of the most embarrasing matches of her career.
“In the Hipster Runoff universe, the only acceptable worldview is blowing up the...”
– RIFF MARKET: RE HIPSTER RUNOFF’S ANIMAL COLLECTIVE POST
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I sort of made an unspoken promise to myself that I was just going to ignore conversations on the internet about hype, backlash, The Internet, hipsterism (that latter one is easy to ignore,...
piercethenight:
matmos lipostudio… and so on
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For the record, the most badical song from the...
Probably the most disconcerting thing about my...
is that when Animal Collective is done, Animotion comes on. But no, not “Obsession”; I don’t have that one. I have their cover of “Dancing in the Street,” from the Girls Just Want to Have Fun soundtrack.
Animal Collective, Bird, Bon Iver Crash the Charts... →
katbeee:
#13? BILLBOARD? WHAT?
Ridiculous way-over-the-top blog hype gets you #13 on the charts.
Somewhat less over-the-top blog hype + NYT Magazine profile gets you #12.
Good for both of them.
“Cobbled together from three different recording sessions in 2008, J....”
– Bella Union | Artists | J. Tillman
The one-sheet for Tillman’s new record is brilliant.
Yesterday's Australian Open...
…wound up sucking! Djokovic almost literally fell apart. Del Potro rolled for Federer. Bartoli tossed it away to Zvonoreva. Only the Safina/Dokic match was good. I’m telling ya… Safina in the final.
Today’s matches… start now! Literally, just came on. Looking forward to the Tsonga/Verdasco match.
Lefsetz on Tina Fey →
Every once in a while I actually click through to see what Bob Lefsetz is saying. This guy is like the Rush Limbaugh of music commentary.
But I had to link to this, if only for the WTF “Kind of like Yes.” Kind of like Yes!
A summation of the Australian Open so far: the women’s side is a disaster, the men’s side is brilliant.
Jankovic is the latest top-tier woman to bow out (I knew she would… I suspect a year from now we’ll be hearing ESPN’s sportcasters saying “remember when she was #1? crazy!”). Ivanovic is out, Venus is out. And the women that are still...
“What I like about Andrew Bird is two things, and they are pretty simple. I like...”
– Said the Gramophone: DON’T SING IT INCORRECTLY
The Lil Wayne thing passed through my mind, too - though I don’t know Lil Wayne well enough to know how apt it really is. Anyway, Bird’s lyrics are like a maze. You just follow them down any number of unexpected paths and eventually...
11 Serious Questions
Is Animal Collective the new Hall & Oates?
Is Avey Tare the new Mayor McCheese?
Is Panda Bear the new aerial photography?
Is Maddox Jolie-Pitt the next Geologist?
Is “My Girls” the new “Danny’s Song”?
Is Merriweather Post Pavilion the new Play?
Is Deakins the new JD Salinger?
Match Thomas Keller’s restaurants to the appropriate Animal Collective...
RIYL MPP →
Yesterday’s Australian Open: of sixteen total matches, I only got one women’s match and one men’s match wrong. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Anabel Medina Garrigues, so who was I to pick her over Flavia Pennetta? And though he perpetually disappoints me, I stuck by the always-entertaining (and John Cryer lookalike) Radek Stepanek. My mistake.
The match of the...
thisismyfavoritesong:
“Bam Bam” by The Maytals...
thenotes:
My Bloody Valentine — “Map Ref 41°N...
“Wednesday, May 27 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Tickets available now.”
– Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur California
Capacity: 300. Outdoors at Big Sur, the most beautiful place in California.
Just bought tickets - we’ll make a camping trip out of it.
“Noble Beast is, in many ways, a record that asks you to forget the way you...”
– Noble Beast | Pitchfork
I’ve listened to Noble Beast just twice so far and am having the same experience with it that I had with Armchair Apocrypha and Mysterious Production of Eggs - that is, it feels long, hard to find a toehold. But with both those albums that feeling went away after a few...
Australian Open: Round 2
Day 3: of 16 men’s matches, I picked 11 correctly. My boy Tipsarevic lost. Bummer! Of 16 women’s matches, I picked 13 correctly. Biggest surprise that day was Chakvetadze losing, which is another way of saying there were no huge surprises that day.
But yesterday! Day 4! Venus! Out! Good! I don’t like Venus or Serena, so I’m always glad to see them out. Venus’s loss...
britticisms:
“Only Pieces” by Here We Go Magic
...
“We’ve clicked the garage door opener, and trawled through dusty boxes to...”
– Garage d’Or | The Cinefamily
This Thursday at the Cinefamily (Fairfax & Melrose in LA).
postpunk:
Brian Eno - King’s Lead Hat
The title...
Australian Open, Day 2:
Of 32 men’s matches, I called 23 correctly. The one “that’s-crazy-it’s-a-first-round-match” match was Leyton Hewitt and Fernando Gonzalez. I picked Hewitt, thinking the hometown crowd would give him an extra boost. Didn’t. I had the realization that Andy Roddick is the Leyton Hewitt of America - the country’s best player, but...
britticisms:
tumbledore:
“Everything’s Big” by...
britticisms:
“Ahab” by Here We Go Magic
Not...
“We had dinner that night at… a small public house nearly opposite a...”
– Graham Greene, Travels With My Aunt
Sort of a funny passage to read, given that I’m 35 pages into my 20th (of 26) Graham Greene novels in a row. I also happen to have a fairly, um, minimal wardrobe. (I prefer to buy books by Graham Greene.)
Australian Open Day 1:
Out of 32 matches on the men’s side, I picked 23 of them correctly. Of the 9 I got wrong, most were just guesses in the first place. Bummer to see John Isner, Sam Querry, and Robby Ginepri go down in the first round, though none probably would have gotten past round two.
Out of 32 matches on the women’s side, I picked 20 of them correctly. Again, no major...
Australian Open!
Tennis is the only sport I like. I nerd out for tennis. Last night I printed out the brackets for the Australian Open—it starts today! in a manner of hours!—and made my predictions for every match from today through the finals in two weeks.
For the record: I think it’s going to be Federer and Murray in the finals. Federer’s going to win, though it will be a better match than their US...
Here I am, just yesterday, complaining that the Monks documentary hasn’t been released on DVD, only to find out today that the Cinefamily—of which I am a member, thus gaining free admission anytime I want to see a movie—screened it not once but twice—YESTERDAY.
Pissed.
Grammar pet peeve #245562
It’s jibe, not “jive.”
When you say “what I read in the paper doesn’t jive with what I heard on the street,” you’re saying “what I read in the paper is hip slang with what I heard on the street,” when what you mean is “what I read in the paper is not in accordance with what I heard on the street.”
Spell it right. Impress your...
“The Monks’ definitive debut LP, Black Monk Time, will soon be getting the...”
– The Monks to reissue Black Monk Time :: Music News :: Articles :: Paste
That’s great and all—even though Black Monk Time (+three tracks) is already available on eMusic (and is well-worth the download!). But what I want to know is, when will the Monks documentary, Transatlantic Feedback,...
Well, This Sorta Sucks: R.I.P., Indie 103.1 [Bah] →
katbeee:
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Fuck.
ander:
thenotes:
Philip Jeck — “Fanfares” —...
thenotes:
Stars Of The Lid — “Requiem For Dying...
admorobo:
The Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta Tropical...
admorobo:
The Clean - Tally Ho
It makes...
piercethenight:
faust it’s a bit of a pain
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33 1/3: The Longlist →
perpetua:
Here’s the list of every record pitched to 33 1/3 this time around. I don’t care how much you looooooooove Slint, I’m telling you right now: If you care about smart, creative, exciting music criticism, the two books you should be rooting for in this are Rock ‘n’ Soul Part One by Hall & Oates and We Are The World by USA For Africa. And no, I didn’t put in for either of those, but...