April 2010
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40 years ago hip-hop was not possible because the necessary technology did not exist yet.
75 years ago rock and roll was not possible for the same reason
150 years ago film was not possible because of this
1000 years ago books were not possible because of this
30 years from now there will be some new type of art everyone will love that we don’t have the technology for yet.
Everyone...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
The Hold Steady (127)
Prefuse 73 (57)
Dan Deacon (50)
Cheap Trick (36)
Grizzly Bear (24)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Sorry Dave, it's true.
Dave Eggers:
I don’t want to wake up and look at a screen. I feel like as a society, we try to put everything on that same goddamn screen, and pretty soon we’re going to be eating on the screen or, like, making love through the screen. It’s just sort of like: ‘Why does everything have to be on the screen?’
Some beardy druid from the oral tradition, a few thousand years back:
I don’t want to...
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In the Randian ethos, called objectivism, the only real morality is...
– Matt Taibbi (via afghanibanani) (via onefootinthegrave) (via soupsoup)
Hulu May Begin Charging for Some Content as Early... →
Under the proposal, Hulu would continue to provide for free the five most recent episodes of shows like Fox’s “Glee,” “ABC’s “Lost” or NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” But viewers who want to see additional episodes would pay $9.95 a month to access a more comprehensive selection, called Hulu Plus
This doesn’t sound completly...
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Why I Write
Like most people I’ve had lots of hobbies over the years. Since I was a boy I’ve moved through various passions and pastimes, some more serious than others. I’ve devoted a lot of time and effort to writing, photography, making beer, making movies and acting, among other things. While I’m okay at some of these things, I’m familiar enough with each of them to understand...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
Team Teamwork (48)
Beastie Boys (47)
Tom Waits (45)
Los Campesinos! (39)
The Sandwitches (35)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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This T car smells like Syphilis and Polo Sport.
– Millington
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Free Music Tuesday
jamesnord:
Broken Social Scence - Forgivness Rock Record
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (Part 1,2)
Woods - At Echo Lake
The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
James is the best.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
Mastodon (32)
Ghostface Killah (29)
The Olivia Tremor Control (25)
The Hold Steady (20)
Beach Boys (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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I knew that we’d be buddies when I met her when she said, ‘Drill...
– Sarah Palin, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, recalling a previous meeting with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).
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Don't forget
Shakespeare is mostly dick jokes
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Rachel Maddow takes on the Fox News propaganda machine that took down ACORN.
Maddow reveals that the ACORN employee calls the police and reports O’Keefe and Giles. Fox News never offers the information and *shocker* chopped out and edited the video heavily to omit statements that ultimately cleared ACORN employees of any wrongdoing.
ACORN has made mistakes, no doubt, and they should be taken...
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