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If I Lick It Will You Like It?
01/29/2009 3:50 P GMT-05
The Prairie Cartel - Keep Everybody Warm (mp3)(buy)The Prairie Cartel - Suitcase Pimp (Live)(mp3)Reminder: The Prairie Cartel (myspace), Chicago's well-regarded dance/rock project from Scott Lucas of Local H and the guys from Caviar/Fig Dis
Desmond's Son is the Year 2014.
01/28/2009 10:06 P GMT-05
Why 12:37am Exists
01/28/2009 12:06 A GMT-05
Craig Ferguson yodeling intros, with and without puppets.
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Find Me (Shilpa Ray, Santos Party House & Mercury Lounge, 12/12/08 & 1/18/09)
01/26/2009 1:22 P GMT-05
(Art via sweet n' sour's Flickr)(more)Shilpa Ray - I Only Have Eyes for You (mp3)(buy?)L's and G's, dudes and duds, your next great Rock and Roll Singer is Ms. Shilpa Ray (myspace).If you're lucky. Also: Maybe not yet!
Muttonchops!
01/23/2009 3:24 A GMT-05
The Village Voice dropped Pazz n' Jop 2008 this week, so it's time to call up the Hype Machine Zeitgeist and do the annual (2007 - 06 - 05) side-by-side-by... hey, there's no Idolator Poll this year. 2-D, then, and let's stretch
Meanwhile, Somewhere, Small Children Are Being Hacked to Death or Starving or Something
01/21/2009 7:25 P GMT-05
Listen, I can't remember what was happening on Lost when it last aired, whether we're in the past or in the future or whether the Secaucus Seven are on or off The Island. But I certainly can't be bothered to spend hours trollin
"It Takes a Lot of Energy to Be Drunk All the Time" (Ida Maria, Mercury Lounge, 1/15/09)
01/21/2009 10:04 A GMT-05
(pic via bill shouldis' Flickr)Tunde Adebimpe - Unknown Legend (Neil Young Cover)(mp3)(buy)When I said rock chick Ida Maria (myspace) employed an expressive disregard toward the structure of her lyrical recitation, man, was I understating the sit
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
01/20/2009 8:23 A GMT-05
(pic via)A celebratory inaugural mix might be in order, but all I want bouncing 'round my noggin' right now's some higher-function skronk...John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Pt 2 Resolution (Live at Antibes 7-26-65)(mp3)(buy)...and
Hey, That Just Happened
01/20/2009 12:12 A GMT-05
(pic via)Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live at the Fillmore West)(mp3)(buy)"Are we moving in the right direction?"Five minutes later I've decided that the urge to fight my own cynicism regarding hopespeak is a sign I'
Say Goodbye Say Sayonara Too
01/15/2009 8:59 P GMT-05
I'm not a fan of Herr Andrew W.K. (myspace); I Get Wet gave me nightmares wherein I was being repeatedly slammed in the nads by The Lollipop Guild. Nor, despite my Shiina Ringo worship (OMG Antlers!), am I a fervid proponent of J-Pop.
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Cute Things Falling Asleep Dot Blogspot Dot
01/13/2009 3:47 P GMT-05
Emmy the Great's First Love is being self-released in the UK on February 9th (preorder). Title track (available as a single on 2/23) is streaming at her myspace, video below: Lookout! There's two scary-lookin' dudes behi
Shouldn't Taylor Swift Be a Lot Better Than That?
01/11/2009 12:19 A GMT-05
Then again, The Doogie Howser Symphony Orchestra is a hard act to follow.
"S.W.A.T. Teams Are Pretty Cool" (Screaming Females/Vivian Girls, Court Tavern (New Brunswick NJ), 1-04-09)
01/09/2009 9:39 A GMT-05
(pics from this show from thepiratehat's Flickr)Screaming Females - Boyfriend (mp3)(buy What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?)So, some things to get excited about: I finally hauled off to see Screaming Females (myspace), of whom I've
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Tweet
01/07/2009 11:14 A GMT-05
Minor insomniac miracle: Some channel called "FLIXe" is airing The Man Who Fell to Earth, which features a scene in which David Bowie watches Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli in The Third Man. Meanwhile, one not
High-Energy Blast
01/06/2009 1:39 P GMT-05
(photos by Robert Matheu (left), Sue Rynski (right))"It was my first experience of total pandemonium. It was like a dog pile of people, just trying to grab pieces of [Pete] Townshend's guitar, and people were scrambling to dive up onst