January 2010
51 posts
flamgirlant:
andreainspired:
Twin Sister -...
Barack Obama absolutely killed it today when... →
Blockbuster Non-Fiction, Abridged
Game Change by John Heileman and Mark Halperin — Holy shit are we glad that Barack Obama became president.
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin — Holy shit was it a terrible idea to make Timothy Geithner the Treasury Secretary.
The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons — Holy shit that got boring after 300 pages.
Doug Martsch’s cover of “Loving...
Midemories
I spent the past week presenting Kickstarter in Cannes at Midem, the old schooliest of the music conferences. The conference itself was very much a mixed bag, but the accommodations were not. Rather than crash in the Midem-procured hotel options, Ian Rogers of Topspin put together a villa where myself, his amazing daughter Zoe, the incredible Ian Hogarth of Songkick, Kickstarter creator Sydney...
blackmark:
disco-y Bad Lobotomy song that I was...
“If Rex Ryan has any class he will rest his starters on Sunday.”
– sethmeyers21
Twin Sister FTW!
Twin Sister are an extremely young band from Brooklyn with enormous potential. I saw them on consecutive nights last week (and on Friday pal yvinyl was also in attendance!) and walked away completely convinced of how special and amazing they are.
(Note that their entire debut EP — which is ace — is available for a free, hi-quality download from their site.)
The music is a mix of...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Oh No (34)
Spoon (25)
RJD2 (15)
Neil Young (13)
Beach House (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Slanted + Disenchanted
I was originally confused by why tickets to the big Pavement reunion shows in NYC went on sale over a year early (I already lost my tickets btw) until I saw that they’re scheduling a fuckload of shows before those everywhere else. Total bait and switch.
WatchMy friend Simon was over from London last week and splurged on nice seats for his first NBA game (Knicks-Raptors). We were a few rows behind the backboard, and the ushers handed everyone thunder sticks. This is what it’s like to sit in the middle of them.
“Fifteen years ago, when the terms of contracts like ours were dreamt up, a major...”
– Open Letter From OK Go
(via kevintwohy)
(via artistspaid)
“A goodbye kiss triggered New Jersey airport scare. The security scare that shut...”
– Reuters. newspeedwayboogie: Yes, not music related. But it is art.
The most romantic part of me hopes that one day, years from now, this couple will be free enough from the fear of arrest to finally tell the entirety of this story to their grandchildren.
(via whitneymcn)
Neil Young: The Later(ish) Years
Though it had some success upon initial release, Zuma is probably Neil Young’s most-overlooked record today. It perfectly balances the vestiges of Young’s folk period (still appearing in live form) with the heavier rock phase that was beginning to develop. Hearing “Danger Bird” is to watch Young’s more aggressive style blossom. Its rhythm is plodding, and...
bethlehems:
(via kinseyamatthews)
The...
Neil Young, On the Beach
Bizarrely out of print...
Neil Young: The First Four
Neil Young, Neil Young
The spirit of the debut album has changed enormously over the past forty years. Now we expect a fully-formed creative mission statement on Day 1 — anything less is dismissed — whereas in the ’60s, the debut album was an amalgamation of filler, traditional covers that bands also played live, and maybe two or three originals with modest hit single...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Beach House (46)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou (22)
Twin Sister (5)
Neu! (5)
Bob Dylan (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
eMusic today posted the entire Neil Young...
“I actually liked John quite a lot, but — and I mean this in the most...”
– Matt Taibbi
I Give Bad Advice
In November 2008 I signed Rural Alberta Advantage to a label I ran at the time called eMusic Selects. A month before I first emailed the band to ask about possibly working together. After a few days of back and forth they wrote back to say that they were in.
In an amazing act of hubris, I responded by suggesting that they cut three songs from the album and completely resequence it. Thankfully...
Neil Young was 24 years old when he wrote and...
WatchSomething I hacked together in iMovie for the Midem conference in Cannes later this month.
You guys, why do I forget how amazing Phil Collins...
themattsmith:
I am ROCKING THE FUCK OUT to some “Easy Lover” right now.
The world’s last bald pop star.
WTF at Salem getting a NY Times profile →
"In the end, New York is becoming its own,... →
maura:
That infuriating New York Times piece on the new generation of super-spendy bowling alleys probably fits in here somewhere.
After Williamsburg turns into the urban Hamptons in the next four years, Brooklyn Bowl will be the last “hipster” thing standing, the final monument to Old Williamsburg (Williamsburg having not existed until Corcoran declared it so in 1999) despite...
“Bonfire and now Lush Life. I gotta stop with these “ny is gritty - deal...”
– Larsattacks
“Take last night’s Memphis win in Portland. The Blazers were holding a...”
– Great True Hoop post on time-wasting at the end of close games. 100% agreed.
“By the time Mr. Haugland met Thor Heyerdahl, the future leader of the Kon-Tiki...”
– NY Times Obituary: Knut Haugland, Sailor on Kon-Tiki, Dies at 92
Fuck Yeah "The Kids" →
tomewing:
The kids who make “ugly” MySpace pages are hardly ignorant of the visual vocabulary of professional design. On the contrary, they have been saturated with professional design since birth, and can recognise amessage crafted by a designer on behalf of a client at 100 yards – and what’s more, they can distinguish it from a page crafted by a peer at the same distance.
These pages are made...
“Since when is veracity and total transparency a prerequisite for musicians and...”
– Carrie Brownstein (via newspeedwayboogie, but the bolding is mine) (via whitneymcn)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
Philip Jeck (34)
Pete and The Pirates (20)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou (10)
Kurt Vile (9)
Twin Sister (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Tempers flared during this dispute and I’m told Crittenton wanted to fight...”
– Oh NBApaws
I’ve never been a fan of Dylan and the...
“9. Telekinesis — Tokyo .. 10. Lovvers - 100 Flowers .. 11. Fleet Foxes -...”
– sportsguy33
Bill Simmons’ favorite albums of 2009. Hello Pains.
fred-wilson:
Star 131 - Night Control - Death...
Things startups do and don't need
cdixon:
Things startups do need
Sunny office
Windows that open
Democratically controlled music system
Two forms of internet access
Beer on fridays
EVDO cards
Video game system
Good coffee maker
Proximity to public transportation
Proximity to park
Heating that goes all night
Health care plans for everyone
Mac laptops with second monitors
Plants
Lots of in-person interaction
Gmail...