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i stay noided
After this effusive Pitchfork review of Death Grips' album, I was kinda envisioning something like The Locust or when I noticed that this was a hip-hop band, maybe DälekGotta admit, the album doesn't quite make the hype -- it's downright conventional sometimes, but it's not hackneyed, and overall a solid piece of work ( Read more... ) -
An Answer For You
When is Saint Etienne going to put out something new?
Sweet Etienne song:
http://pitchfork.com/news/46254-listen-new-saint-etienne-answer-song/
I'm not even the world's biggest Saint Etienne song, but this one has me happy. -
j-movies
Watched the much-hyped Tokyo Sonata (2008) and was kinda disappointed. It was alright, but not quite famous. The robbery was silly. The best part was the kid with the asthma -- that was really spot-on. There was other stuff that was good as well, the older son's character was compelling and surprising, the teacher was funny/sad. Kôji Yakusho ( Read more... ) -
crash
So Belle and Sebastian has a version of The Primitive's song "Crash"
Kinda lame, really (or "pallid" as Pitchfork put it). At least compared to the original:
That was one my hott tracks of the late 1980's, big time. The Primitives didn't really have that many great songs -- "Way Behind Me" was the only one that really kicked.
got no words ( Read more... ) -
sick
Every six months or so, I end up staying home sick -- though actually today I did go to work, but came home at lunch. Meh.
Not a total loss, though. Sitting here, this Odd Future video made me laugh from the moment I saw the zombie:
NY (Ned Flander)
And last weekend, watched a few flicks, The Lodger (1944), about a guy who's obsessed with ( Read more... ) -
back home
Went to bed at 8 last night, finally got out of bed at 10 this morning... And I've been here since Sunday ( Read more... ) -
Ceremonies
Went to Taking the Piss last night at Marx Cafe -- I finally had a conversation with this guy named Joie (sp?). I'd seen him year after year, but never said more than a few words to him. We talked about music -- the dj played Galaxie 500's version of Ceremony -- Joie told me he liked Radiohead's version, which I hadn't heard -- though he thought ( Read more... ) -
These Days
Heard Tom Rush's "River" on the radio -- good tune. One of his YouTube things is a version of Jackson Browne's song "These Days," and I listened to that for a bit, and it's not bad, but it's Nico's version of that song that's the defining one, for me at least.
According to allmusic.com, 10,000 Maniacs did "These Days," on their Our Time in Eden ( Read more... )
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