May 2011
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Would you be offended if I were to argue that the Beastie Boys were more black...
– Convo from last night with Janine McCargo
Lily: What’s the nice word for selfish?
Marshall: Independent.
– HIMYM
The simple fact of the matter is that trying to be perfectly likable is...
– Alright Franzen, we’re cool for now.
The New Inquiry: Heroine: Ellen Willis on Rock... →
thenewinquiry:
A review of Out of the Vinyl Deeps
By Helena Fitzgerald
Ellen Willis writes, in the opening line of her 1969 article on The Rolling Stones, ‘The Big Ones,’: “It’s my theory that rock and roll happens between fans and stars, rather than between listeners and musicians—that you have…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-22) →
Elvis Costello & The Attractions (54)
The Hold Steady (34)
Beastie Boys (26)
Violent Femmes (21)
Kanye West (21)
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Every age makes its own kind of genius. For hints of what the cultural giants of...
– This is pretty much why I don’t care about any style of art that only people over the age of 40 care about anymore [NYTimes]
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Gerard: So judging by your brilliant press release you guys aren’t part of...
– via Chunklet, Conflct Zine Interview with Pussy Galore, 1986
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“Well according to my data, economists are the rapiest profession going.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-15) →
Beastie Boys (37)
The Hold Steady (17)
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (15)
Minutemen (14)
Bob Dylan (11)
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For practical purposes, I think about the Minutemen often when Titus Andronicus...
– Patrick Stickles [Sound of The City]
A crude but often revealing method of assessing male bias in lyrics is to take a...
– Ellen Willis
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Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more...
– Steve Coogan (as Tony Wilson), 24 Hour Party People.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Billy Bragg (55)
Bob Dylan (48)
Beastie Boys (37)
The Vaselines (19)
Kanye West (16)
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This would be my pickup line forever.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-1) →
The Replacements (81)
Beastie Boys (74)
Neutral Milk Hotel (22)
N.W.A (18)
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (15)
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He needs to pitch in a higher league, if there is one. Ban him from [major...
– Former Twins manager Tom Kelly on Mariano Rivera, after seeing him pitch once, 1996. [NYTimes]
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In which Norm Maconald pulls off the first funny Polish joke of the 21st century.
oldjewstellingjokes:
Milt Keiles, “Good Samaritan”
Milt Keiles is a master-certified barbecue judge and has judged barbecue contests from New York to Las Vegas.
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I like that sitcoms were better equipped to predict the housing market collapse than Wall Street.