May 2011
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May 31st
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May 31st
May 31st
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May 30th
“Would you be offended if I were to argue that the Beastie Boys were more black...”
– Convo from last night with Janine McCargo
May 29th
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“Lily: What’s the nice word for selfish? Marshall: Independent.”
– HIMYM
May 29th
“The simple fact of the matter is that trying to be perfectly likable is...”
– Alright Franzen, we’re cool for now.
May 29th
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May 28th
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…
May 28th
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May 27th
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May 25th
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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) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 25th
“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]
May 24th
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May 24th
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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
May 24th
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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“Well according to my data, economists are the rapiest profession going.”
May 20th
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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) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 20th
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“For practical purposes, I think about the Minutemen often when Titus Andronicus...”
– Patrick Stickles [Sound of The City]
May 20th
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May 20th
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May 19th
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“A crude but often revealing method of assessing male bias in lyrics is to take a...”
– Ellen Willis
May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 13th
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May 13th
May 12th
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May 12th
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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.
May 11th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Billy Bragg (55) Bob Dylan (48) Beastie Boys (37) The Vaselines (19) Kanye West (16) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 11th
May 10th
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This would be my pickup line forever.
May 9th
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) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 8th
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ListenIt wouldn’t be me if I didn’t post...
May 8th
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May 8th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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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]
May 7th
May 5th
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May 5th
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In which Norm Maconald pulls off the first funny Polish joke of the 21st century.
May 5th
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oldjewstellingjokes: Milt Keiles, “Good Samaritan” Milt Keiles is a master-certified barbecue judge and has judged barbecue contests from New York to Las Vegas.
May 5th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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I like that sitcoms were better equipped to predict the housing market collapse than Wall Street.
May 4th
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May 2nd
May 2nd
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