solid gold to take you into the night.
Nice. Can I throw in Kwame & a New Beginning’s “Ownlee Ewe?”
no problemo
I would not advise you to hold your breath for updates.
Nov 19
“ She continued, “I am an angel … because I am here to save the world with my army.” … Earlier in the rant, Tila said, “People call me an attention whore .. or whatever … but excuse me I’m a grown ass woman and I’m confident in myself …I think a woman’s body is a beautiful thing … that’s why I’m a lesbian … I was born naked … anybody who is against that is gay and in denial.
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So that explains why Billy Corgan hung out with her. He apparently has a type — cuckoo bananas.
“ The little inconsistencies in musicians’ performances aren’t just glitches, though: They’re exactly what we respond to as listeners — the part that feels like “style,” or even like “rock.” The exciting part of guitar-bass-drum-voice music is the alchemy of specific musicians playing with each other, and the way those musicians’ idiosyncratic senses of timing and articulation and emphasis relate to each other.
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The Death Of Mistakes Means The Death Of Rock - Monitor Mix Blog : NPR (via desnoise)
This argument strikes me as bullshit. Do any of the Beatles’ stylistic choices really code as “glitches” or “mistakes”? Later Beatles was as obsessively produced and edited as — uh, y’know late-period Miles Davis, which is probably MORE obsessively reconstructed and pieced together than some dance and electronic music! It’s stupid to pretend that nothing unexpected can happen, or that nothing related to interplay and timing (Alan Braxe and Fred Falke?) is important to music that isn’t four-person-rock. But it’s also stupid to think that modern editing — and I’m talking about SINCE the 1960s, not some “GarageBands these days” thing — has done anything except make this distinction (“playing together”) muddled going on pointless. The proof is in the pudding — if the music seems to exert interplay (and this is exactly what I get from, e.g., good Basement Jaxx) and seems to feel spontaneous (which I get from any number of electronic or dance artists), then it just is. Speculations on the authentic nature of spontaneous production usually just lead to fetishism that has little to nothing to do with the actual quality of the music. (E.g., Times New Viking aren’t good or bad because they record in a certain way, they’re good or bad and happen to record in a certain way.)
(via cureforbedbugs)
I’m no rockist, but my gut tells me that this guy has something of a point. Consider RZA’s beats, which are comparatively “sloppy” because he doesn’t use the quantize function, versus Steve Vai, whose perfection can be jarringly boring. Regardless of genre, I think the introduction of “error” creates tension that’s can delight and reward in some basic cognitive psych way. The brain likes to participate — smooth out rough edges and all that. I’m also reminded how Randy Rhodes would often double his own parts; the tension between the two performances was part of where the awesome came from.
Nov 12
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.
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The church’s influence seems limited. In separate interviews Wednesday, council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) referred to the church as “somewhat childish.”
Another council member, David A. Catania (I-At Large), said he would rather end the city’s relationship with the church than give in to its demands.
Nov 11
» FOX cancels Dollhouse | TV | The A.V. Club
I wish I could be sadder, but this series was filled with flaws. This house wasn’t gonna stand.
“ And Joe Perry, you are a man of many colors but I, motherfucker, am the rainbow!
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I usually don’t bring this up, because it’s rarely germane to any conversation, but I still like Aerosmith. Sure these Geffen years have been tough, but I dig the idea of them. I enjoy their lack of twee-ness and their joie de vivre. Most importantly, I enjoy the fact that they don’t try to pretend that they’re super-wise geniuses all on account of their age. I know you’re thinking, “that’s because they aren’t that wise.” To that I say, “Madonna.”
Steven Tyler onstage with Joe Perry: ‘I’m not leaving Aerosmith’ - video | News | NME.COM
isay:
The Octopus Who Loves His Mr Potato Head
“Louis, a giant Pacific octopus at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Cornwall, England, is so attached to his Mr Potato Head toy that he turns aggressive when aquarium staff try to remove it from his tank.
“The giant Pacific octopus was given the toy for Christmas and has even learned to dig out food hidden in the secret box at the back of it.”
via Metro.co.uk
So many things about this are awesome.
Only if visions from my nightmares are awesome. I’ll take a hairless bear, thanks.
Nov 10
“ Consider, when she was faced with the most important interview of her life, how much more thought Rihanna gave to who she was and what she was about, and what her responsibilities as a public figure were, than Sarah Palin did when she was faced with the most important interview of her life thirteen-and-a-half months ago.
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Kogan on Rihanna’s Diane Sawyer interview. (via cureforbedbugs)
Reblogged because i can only like it once.
