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woodswoodswoods: Running Amok #26 - Sing Statistics Run...
Aug 29th
“I hate commentless blogs. You’d never put up with that shit...”
— Twitter / Charlie O’Donnell...
Aug 29th
Listen Listen
Aug 29th

Sukiyaki Western Django VS. Tears Of The...

Aug 29th
Warch Watch
Aug 29th

The Top 1 Most Annoying Internet Writing...

1. FUCKING LISTICLES. Enough already.
Aug 29th
Exclaim News: Are Black Kids Done Making...
Aug 28th

My wish for today (journalism edition).

maura: Stop using the phrase “has learned exclusively.” All it means is that you’re better friends...
Aug 28th
“In the unlikely event of anyone wanting my advice, it would...”
—  Please Buy My Record: The...
Aug 28th
The Difference Between White And Black People
Aug 27th

I can't decide which is the weirder...

Taco Bell’s Feed the Beat program returns this year with its third installment. The foundation...
Aug 27th
Listen Listen
Meursault - The Furnace
Aug 27th
“There are millions of singers and songwriters and bands, and...”
— Aimee Mann in the Chicago...
Aug 27th
Listen Listen
…and speaking of Jakob Lodwick, did anyone realize that his Normative Music Company ALREADY...
Aug 27th

Related to that last post...

This IFC video about online music, featuring Jakob Lodwick, Maura Johnston, and Justin...
Aug 27th
“If you argue for legal royalty payments, you have to accept...”
— Marco.org: Online music...
Aug 27th
“We’ve got the champagne on ice for the day the word...”
— Truckasaurus - Tea Parties,...
Aug 27th
Sing Statistics Apparently, there are less than 30 of...
Aug 27th

After a weekend in an "equipped" rental...

I think I can safely say that satellite radio totally blows. Some of the most ass-poor playlists...
Aug 26th

"Promo Headline Goes Here"

(actual printed text I saw on an Ohio newspaper’s front-page this weekend)
Aug 26th
This remains one of my favorite Destroyer posters of ever. ...
Aug 21st
Aug 21st
via farm4.static.flickr.com
Aug 21st
via www.rebel8.com
Aug 21st
Warch Watch
1992.
Aug 20th

"Reality"

Fun new game: the next time you see a blog entry photo, take just a moment to consider how that...
Aug 20th
JLC: Was Songs:Ohia always better than Magnolia Electric Co.?
R. Catbird: (0.01 second pause) Yes.
Aug 20th
“I was on a panel at Bandwith Conference last week and the...”
— Ian Rogers See also: anything...
Aug 20th
Warch Watch
HOLY CHRIST WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE FREAKING SEA MONKEYS???
Aug 20th

All That I'm saying

is if you’re going to be Techno-Cad 2.0, at least pack up and move to NYC, where you can be...
Aug 19th
Warch Watch
1994.
Aug 18th
Watch, this will get reblogged and reblogged. Know why? ...
Aug 18th

39 Pages Into My Dashboard...

alexblagg: …and I’m abandoning my attempt to catch up on everything that’s been posted since...
Aug 18th

Apples Vs. Dim-Witted No-Talent Hacks

perpetua: The Hold Steady are essentially just Nick Hornby as a rock band OUCH.
Aug 18th
Yes, Pandora is absolutely fucked. Next up: corporations charging publishers for “the...
Aug 17th
Eff “The Dark Knight.” “JAMES...
Aug 17th
Aug 17th
peekasso
Aug 16th
Judith Light and Danny Pintauro, still lookin’ good 20...
Aug 16th
Warch Watch
I like this. Actually, I’ve never heard a Fujiya & Miyagi song that I didn’t like. ...
Aug 14th

"Digital Servicing"

Hennh-hennh-hennh-hennh (Beavis laugh) Oh, you PR folks, you. You really need to come up with a...
Aug 14th
Listen Listen
In A Way - Unbunny
Aug 14th
((( *FARTING SOUND* ))) christmasgorilla: Yang Wei,...
Aug 14th

Fun Facts #58493

You have no idea of the sheer number of Desktop documents, files, and folders in my life that got...
Aug 13th
“I’m sure there’s a consultant somewhere getting paid a lot...”
— murketing That...
Aug 13th
“ During… filming [of the commercial], I spoke with the...”
— Letter to the Editor from a...
Aug 13th
It’s a speaker. Fiona Thomson
Aug 12th
Guilloches | The Ministry of Type
Aug 11th
Listen Listen
The Lord Dog Bird - March To The Mountain
Aug 11th
Overhyped Material Will Not Make You...
Aug 11th
Wow. I don’t think ANYONE BUT Cronenberg could have...
Aug 11th

Web 2.ho

I was recently talking to Yewknee about this, and I think we’re agreed: Web 1.0 was all about...
Aug 11th
Impressive, live-vocal tracked, practically...
Aug 11th
Warch Watch
Speaking of Jan (btw, it’s “YON,” people, not “JAN”), how can we...
Aug 8th
Listen Listen
Jan Hammer - “Theme From Miami Vice” Listening to Batdance somehow primed my pump for...
Aug 8th
Listen Listen
A classic (“Vicki Vail! Vicki Vail! I Like… BATMAN!”) Toph must have hacked into...
Aug 8th
Warch Watch
“Badlands” - The Blankket
Aug 7th
Lord Have Mercy, There Sure Are Some Gems...
Aug 6th

Just cracked my own shit up

Do this: listen to that Byrne/Eno song, but when Byrne starts singing, imagine it’s Herbert,...
Aug 6th
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jstn: David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
Aug 6th
brianvan: (via soupsoup)
Aug 6th

Why Amazon MP3 will win

I am starting to get pretty damn annoyed when I click on links for random shit on the web and find...
Aug 6th
Someone should really sue this Marvel Comics joint for...
Aug 6th
Create your own superhero at Marvel.Com
Aug 5th
The Tokyo Sewer System. I advise that worker that if he...
Aug 5th
Listen Listen
Aug 4th
Best Lowbrow Comicbook-Based Bad Pun Animated GIF of the Day
Aug 4th

Lessons Learned Hard Way Pt. XXVII

Remember that Jamón ibérico costs $90/lb. BEFORE you tell the deli guy to slice it up for you.
Aug 3rd
Sadly (?), I haven’t been able to find an equivalent patch...
Aug 1st
RE: this— I think I get it now: even Google...
Aug 1st

Letterpress Request

If anyone has recommendations for good letterpress shops in NYC, please to share with me? I am...
Aug 1st
Histoire de Pitchfork
Aug 1st
Aug 1st
Listen Listen
Aug 1st
Know your angles; always show your good side to the camera. ...
Aug 1st