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katstevens: McFly - Lies 2008 will surely be remembered by pop fans as the year that McFly...

Dec 31st

UNHAPPY NEW YEAR! Time Warner Cable To Lose...

Dec 31st

postpunk: I want to punch people who wear this as a shirt....

Dec 31st

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pgwp: postpunk: Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey ramblinginsomniac: Lost in Translation...

Dec 31st

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This is a nice little visual representation of what the music business is like right now. Anyway, a...

Dec 31st

Dec 31st

tien: Seen: Italian restaurant wall mural. Noble Square,...

Dec 30th

What’s that?  Oh, nothing.  Just went to the...

Dec 30th

80 '08 (And Heartbreak) No. 15: Beyoncé,...

Dec 29th

I guess the fact that I have no idea what people are referring to with today’s “Tumblr...

Dec 29th

80 '08 (And Heartbreak) No. 18: Kanye West's...

Dec 29th

In retrospect

It was silly to expect us to get anything done on the first uninterrupted day we had to play Rock...

Dec 29th

Stanley Crouch's slow transformation into...

Dec 29th

Schmance

I am not so sure I am down with this whole “beer is the new wine” thing.  First there...

Dec 29th

Coming down last night

On the George Washington, Manhattan is absolutely invisible, not even the whisper of light pollution...

Dec 29th

This was a Christmas present from my dad.  It’s a 1973...

Dec 26th

This morning Rachel and I woke up with the BONEY M ALARM...

Dec 26th

'Gilmore Girls' producer sues WBTV

Dec 26th

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tothemaxxx: “Hot Caught” by Eagle and Talon Here’s a sneak at the new record from Kim and Alice...

Dec 26th

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I am listening to this—Giorgio Moroder’s “Get On The Funk Train”—right...

Dec 26th

tristanjay7: natface: livesophia: Chinese Girl has...

Dec 24th

Combos

Dec 23rd

Man, That's a Lot of Holes

Dec 23rd

Two good reasons why reports of the...

johnbrissenden: Neither of the authors of the research on which the Times story is based is an...

Dec 23rd

The Long Tail Isn't So Long After All

Dec 22nd

The Long Tail Isn't So Long After All

Dec 22nd

"Mama Mia" is the top-grossing film of all...

Dec 22nd

80 '08 (And Heartbreak) No. 32: The End Of...

Dec 22nd

We are all budget experts now

Dec 22nd

Me and my dad, back when my dad was a beanpole.

Dec 21st

My uncle Hank used to look like Steve Coogan.  Weird.

Dec 21st

"Don’t we want to live in a media environment...

Dec 21st

Keep in mind that none of this is...

Rachel: There's a big exhibition going on at the FDR museum!
Me: In Hyde Park, New York?
Rachel: It's the 75th anniversary of the New Deal!
Me: We have to go on our way back!

Dec 20th

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My cover of “Purple Rain.”  Enjoy.

Dec 20th

Man said 'wombat rape' led to accent change

Dec 20th

Patterson on Bill Moyers right now

The governor said that Goldman Sachs executives deferring their bonuses this year will cost New York...

Dec 20th

Extinction-Level Television Event

Dec 20th

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Some dude on VH1 called this the rock song of the year.  (!!!) Related, maybe: I still don’t...

Dec 19th

I don't really understand this sentence

When much of the critical conversation this year focused on Brooklyn’s nü-primitivism coldly...

Dec 19th

Dirty! Rotten! Filthy! Stinkin'!

lastbutnotleast: So, earlier this week Mike Barthel asked “…if the success of Guitar Hero and Rock...

Dec 19th

A radically condensed history of...

homeofthevain: When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed...

Dec 19th

Xmas miracle

A Postal Service official in Washington, after an initial, limited acknowledgment of a “privacy...

Dec 19th

FYI

As I secretly hoped, my Of Montreal post has provoked a pretty good discussion.  The instigator: ...

Dec 19th

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itsbedtime: katyperryblog: Just another day at the office. Yawn. This reminded me that I was...

Dec 19th

No no no (warning: CNY content)

I’ll do Mr. Kamiya one better, though. Not only is Pottersville cooler and more fun than Bedford...

Dec 19th

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Rachel: When my kids are 5 or 6, they're only going to have costumes.
Me and Anna: ...
Me: I'll buy them a couple actual outfits.
Rachel: Why?!
Anna: Uh, so they're not scarred for life?
Rachel: Oh, every parent scars their kids.
Anna: That is the stupidest thing you've ever said.

Dec 19th

Saw this bag on the train today.  Hedgehogs taking a...

Dec 19th

Cute Things Falling Asleep

Dec 19th

80 '08 (And Heartbreak) No. 39: Of Montreal...

Dec 18th

500: 32-46

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“Angry monkeys turn on their cruel trainer and beat...

Dec 17th

New York - Live: Fall Out Boy Week Continues...

Dec 17th

Tonight is the night for Momofuku Ko!  I was a little...

Dec 17th

The recession is making studios turn...

So pictures conceived in the bubble were being born as it burst. That is leaving studio executives...

Dec 17th

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An Idol covers Cohen, but not “Hallelujah.”  A lot of Cohen songs are likely Idol...

Dec 17th

Poptimism: My Part In Its Downfall

tomewing: I was thinking this morning about the “pro-pop” critical movement of the early 00s...

Dec 17th

Governor Paterson unveils "fuck the...

peterwknox: cajunboy: You see what happens when SNL makes fun of him and everybody blogs about...

Dec 17th

I have not thought about this game in a good ten years, but...

Dec 17th

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Dec 17th

Yes More Drama: A Blog

Dec 17th

Financial bailout update

Rachel and I spent some time last night trying to figure out what’s going on with the...

Dec 16th

perpetua: An old family favorite by the great John Cei...

Dec 16th

Drunkenfreude

Dec 16th

The Idolator Interview: Butch Walker And...

Dec 16th

Vacancy

Because I am terrible at parking and a grad student on vacation, when it came time to move the car...

Dec 16th

bg5000: Poor Kirby. (via Brawl in the Family) Things I...

Dec 16th

How to shoot down someone who outdrew ya

Dec 16th

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(via rendit) I’ve mentioned I love Heathers, right?  Yeah.  This is great.

Dec 15th

Why We Need More Torture in Videogames

Dec 15th

Creature Comforts: The Stories Behind More...

Dec 15th

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Maybe for one of my “personal statements” I could just turn in the lyrics from this.

Dec 15th

The Knife's Karin Dreijer Won't Be Hammering...

Dec 15th

Kanye West On "Saturday Night Live": In Which...

Dec 15th

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katstevens: Hot Leg - I’ve Met Jesus Justin Hawkins has got himself a new band who are approx 3%...

Dec 14th

Anyway, here’s a baby meerkat.

Dec 14th

On the Iraq reconstruction report

Having read and mulled over the summary article, I think something needs to be emphasized here: just...

Dec 14th

Report Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders

Dec 13th

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I loved this show so much.

Dec 13th

My dad was horrified by this, but my uncle...

Dec 13th

Tess responds re: LA.

Dec 13th

Ugggggh

Dec 13th

Hey, Los Angeles—what’s up with that?  I love...

Dec 13th

Black Hebrew Israelites - Wikipedia

Dec 13th

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pgwp: (via Digital Poetics: Accidental Art / Sonic Youth) I love you Sugar Cane! Sonic Youth...

Dec 12th

thegurglingcod: disgustingthingsihaveeaten: OK guys...

Dec 12th

Follow-ups to recent posts

Chris makes a strong argument for the vampires. You’re all reading katstevens, right?

Dec 12th

nickdouglas: qwantz.com - dinosaur comics - December...

Dec 12th

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tomewing: katstevens: La Roux - Quicksand Reading last year’s Next Big Thing predictions, it was...

Dec 12th

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bmichael: Low Lows - Modern Romance Yo, this is number 4 on Said the Gramaphone’s top songs...

Dec 12th

rendit: IFC is really great for catching things you never would have seen the first go round...

Dec 12th

spookstory: Monsters Need Love Too TRUE

Dec 12th

Mondo Salvo Mix CD 17

mondosalvo: And that’s it for 2008.  This has been a fun experiment, seeing if I could find good...

Dec 11th

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offnotesnotes: productivitydecreaser: Radiohead - Idioteque (live on SNL) As amazing as this...

Dec 11th

“So to recap I am living in a hotel in Salem on a diet of...”
— THE EDDIE ARGOS RESOURCE:...

Dec 11th

jsj: WiiMote wrapped in hemp Aw man, when I first saw this...

Dec 11th

80 '08 (And Heartbreak) No. 65: Mariah Carey,...

Dec 11th

Ko is go

So we were thinking of going to get dumplings or buns somewhere for lunch, and I was checking out...

Dec 11th

Dec 10th

500: 17-31

Dec 10th

Audio/Visual

Dec 10th

hedgieshedgieshedgies: Hedgehog Cones I am aware that there...

Dec 10th

Obama’s Intervention Indirectly Led to Case

Dec 10th

Dec 10th

The perils of home baking

I currently have cookie dough in my eye.  Please don’t ask me how this happened, just keep it...

Dec 9th

Pitchfork's Tastemaking Ability Extends To...

Dec 9th

80 '08 (And Heartbreak) No. 80: Andrew WK,...

Dec 9th

The future of the "free internet"

mikehudack: jayparkinsonmd: So…the NY Times and all the other old school papers are dying. The...

Dec 9th

Falling for the sales pitch

Anna: Jenna, I can’t believe that your phone is pink. Jenna: The girl at the store asked me if...

Dec 9th

WAHT.

For Jay Leno, Same Network, New Time NBC is expected to announce Tuesday that it has signed Jay...

Dec 9th

“If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say...”
— Christopher Morley (via...

Dec 8th

Dec 8th

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itsbedtime: yourkitchensink: The Blow - Parentheses A delightfully charming song, featuring one...

Dec 6th

“The most important person we met at this party was a certain...”
— Jim Newell goes to a party for...

Dec 5th

Uh oh.

Dec 5th

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So uh, it seems weird to say this about a Daily Show segment, but this is what I do with my time...

Dec 5th

tristanjay7: angie608: duplo: Martha Stewart’s new puppy...

Dec 5th

The fringe movement to keep Barack Obama from...

Dec 5th

Is that CAPS ROCK, man? WELL TURN IT...

lastbutnotleast: The above is a quote from The Poor Man’s Institute, as he shares his thoughts after...

Dec 5th

Just Say Yes

Dec 5th

“Why is it that everything that is good for our bodies,...”
— Julia Butterfly Hill (via...

Dec 4th

“Tell us your stories. Blogging about them and your feelings...”
— Arianna Huffington, apparently...

Dec 4th

“A baby puffin is called a puffling.”  Thanks,...

Dec 4th

Karina Longworth at the Revolutionary Road...

Dec 4th

themattsmith: joshacid37: theoisjonesing: now THIS is...

Dec 4th

Tom Ewing reviews the Pitchfork 500 in real...

Dec 4th

I must be doing something right!

Dec 4th

Love Lockdown demos?

Hey—does anyone out there have MP3s of the versions of “Love Lockdown” that Kanye...

Dec 3rd

In re: smelling like ham

Rachel: You could… Me: Tie a ham hock around my neck? Rachel: No, you could… Me: Put a...

Dec 3rd

“We have a scarcity of achievement in this country, not...”
— Malcolm Gladwell (via...

Dec 3rd

“[Feist] tapped into a mainline somewhere between your mom’s...”
— The Reminder: Deluxe Edition |...

Dec 3rd

It’s…a…caaaake!

Dec 2nd

Ugh, I need to shave, I’m looking way more like...

Dec 2nd

System Overload: How Not To Get Ahead In...

Dec 1st

Frank Black Producing Art Brut's New Album |...

Dec 1st

The Big Chart

erikonymous: Go here: http://homepage.mac.com/clintwynn/thebigchart/thebigchart.html Watch. ...

Dec 1st

“So you are a Marxist then? Not that it is going to matter to...”
— Apparently someone from...

Dec 1st

Will Video Games Save The Music Industry?...

Dec 1st

“I feel like I could adopt a child for this much money.”
— Marcy on What Not To Wear,...

Dec 1st

Fuck yeah lunch

Dec 1st

The New Who? Britney's Comeback Is On The...

Dec 1st

filigree: Happy Hydrogen Bomb, Kuras & MacKenzie ...

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