January 2011
49 posts
“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare...”
– Bill Watterson (via calvinnhobbes)
Song of the Day: Kosheen - “Blue Eyed...
Uncharted Music Chart | Billboard.com →
An intriguing new music chart - ranking small-time artists not on sales, but on internet popularity/song streams/etc. I’ll be interested to see how the lists develop, and if it ends up having any affect on the careers of some of these artists.
“Now it would seem, as a white man, I’m not personally injured by the failure of...”
– How the Bechdel Test could save the Oscars
This was published last year during Oscar season and I’m revisiting it because I don’t think I ever saw it on Tumblr but also because the critical lauding and Golden Globe wins (which I don’t consider critical lauding, har har) have made me circle back to...
hitRECordJoe: The Social Network & My Generation... →
hitrecordjoe:
The Social Network & My Generation an open letter to my friend Peter Travers Peter, Hey man! So, I finally watched The Social Network the other night, and today I read your review of it, curious about your claim that this film defines my generation. First let me say, I agree that…
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Myth reopening in Maplewood | StarTribune.com →
So excited! There are quite a few tours that seem to have skipped the Twin Cities over the last few years for lack of a decent mid-sized club venue. Myth had its issues, but it was big enough to host crowds for relatively famous acts, had a decent sound system, and the sightlines didn’t suck beyond the telling. (::coughEPICcough:: Seriously, who looked at that venue and thought “hey,...
Song of the day: The Damned Things - “Little...
Kickstarter - Antigone Rising's 23 Red Fun'd! →
I saw Antigone Rising play on the cruise a couple of weeks ago - these ladies are awesome, and I’m really looking forward to hearing their new album! But, like many other artists these days, they don’t have any labels or other corporate backing. So, they’ve started a Kickstarter fun, in hopes of raising $20K for recording, manufacturing, and marketing.
I believe in supporting...
Making Light: Babylon 5: Midnight on the Firing... →
Abi Sutherland of Making Light is re-watching Babylon 5 from the beginning. I may just do so as well - I’ve been meaning to do so for at least the last five years. It remains one of my all-time favorite shows in my memory; I’m curious to see how it holds up now. I think it will hold up well, because of some of the things she points out in this post - J. Michael Straczynski knows all...
The Brain Responds To Music The Same Way As Eating →
… so music really is my anti-drug. :)
geek with curves: Han Solo's in Firefly?! →
Ha! I hadn’t noticed this before, but now I’ll be looking for it the next time I watch Firefly. :)
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Just finished reading Nikki Sixx’s The Heroin Diaries last night. It was slightly less off-putting than Anthony Kedis’ autobiography, only because Nikki seems a little more aware that being a dick isn’t necessarily...
“Something is fundamentally wrong with the female body and it’s natural to be...”
– Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery - The F-Word (via ilovefat) (via definatalie) (via bbwprincess) (via allthechocolatesinthebox) (via sexisnottheenemy) (via allthechocolatesinthebox) (via makingthenoise) (via alittlebifurious) (via phantomwise)
Dot Dot Dot - Animated →
A dramatic reading of a typical internet comment, misspellings and all. :D
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Alt Press | Feature | Expensive White T’s: The... →
A really interesting article on the politics of band merch “price matching.” I can see where it would be a complicated matter for touring bands - once you’re out of a total DIY atmosphere, so many different people are taking cuts of the money you earn that you need to be able to adjust prices to make sure you earn enough to keep going. But, at the same time, there’s no...
Tony Lucca - “Around the Bend”
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