February 2012
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“We wanted to play our music, but we were told that we couldn’t play. We had to...”
– Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on why his band is not performing at the Grammys. (via pitchfork)
Jesus fucking Christ, Justin Vernon. “My music is precious and special, like meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”
(via barthel)
WAHHH, I ONLY GOT IN THE POSTER, WAHHHHHHHH
(via maura)
OMG YOU GUYS, I’ve been...
January 2012
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By Mistake Or Design?
katherinestasaph:
The voice. Lana has three. First, a mannered, coquettish soprano, the musical equivalent of squinching her voice into the cadences of a four-year-old to sound sexy. (That’s a line from a Class Actress review; you could criticize her the same way, but somehow nobody is.) Second, sorority-girl rap, which sounds exactly like it always does. Third, a boozy, dull alto; to borrow...
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New York Pazz and Jop Critics: Michaela Drapes →
In case you were wondering how I voted …
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Happy New Year, darlings. Sorry for the radio silence; November and December were, for lack of a better term, a total clusterfuck for me. I even forgot to mark the annual Rich Girls natal day. (This can’t possibly be year seven?! And yet it is…) Anyway, I’m also back at The Singles Jukebox, too — hopefully a bit more regularly now!
December 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Harry Nilsson (40)
Lou Reed (34)
Nico (19)
Katy B (13)
Ben Folds (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Airport listening.
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I told Phil Oakey he had left his lights on
rockandrolltedium:
I was walking along the road and saw a car parked in a drive with the lights on. It looked like it had been left that way accidentally. I rang the doorbell and informed the man who answered the door that he’d left his lights on. He seemed grateful. It was Phil Oakey from the Human League.
From Anon, Sheffield.
This Tumblr is PRICELESS.
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A Williamsburg Penthouse Marked With Memories — On... →
1) Awesome friends are awesome.
2) I’m really thrilled that I can legitimately recuse myself from writing about Lana Del Rey now. (Yay!)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
The Sadies (34)
Evgeny Kissin (28)
Blur (26)
Eighth Blackbird (21)
Robin Thicke (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
THIS IS SO FUCKING RANDOM I CAN’T EVEN TAKE IT. I mean, who the fuck listens to modern classical and Robin Thicke? That … would be me.
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Tallahassee Turns Ten: a Mountain Goats Cover... →
I might be the last one to the party on this one, but …
Masterminded by Jeffrey Lewis and Andrew Jackson Jihad.
1) Donate! Three days left!
2) They still need people to cover these songs — send them a demo by December 20!
First Few Desperate Hours Game Shows Touch Our Lives The House that Dripped Blood Idylls of the King
Seriously considering banging one of these out (a...
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Foster the People | Gilt City National →
Presented without [much] comment: Foster the People presale on Gilt.
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The Rich Girls Are Weeping: December 3, 2006 →
Your pals the Rich Girls have been living in Brooklyn for FIVE YEARS, as of yesterday.
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Attn: New Shearwater! →
New album Animal Joy out on February 14, 2012. Of course it’s amazing, duh. (via lalitree)
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“Each book by Michael Ondaatje is, thrillingly, a departure, in some way...”
– On a Mystery Voyage with Michael Ondaatje by Claire Messud | The New York Review of Books
Usually, I want to tell Claire Messud to STICK A SOCK IN IT with regards to both her own prose and her opinions about other writers, but this nicely said.
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fotzepolitic asked: This is a joke, but would Retromania be more tolerable as an audiobook if Stephen Fry narrated it?
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ALL I WANT
Tom’s mention of Retromania reminded me of what I really want for Christmas this year — namely, for someone to read Retromania for me, and give me the executive summary of the things I would most agree with, and the things that would make me the most frothingly angry and leave out all the exceedingly dull bits. Because every time I pick it up in the store and skim it, my eyes just kind...
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Don't forget....
thesinglesjukebox:
Don’t forget you guys, you only have until the END OF THIS WEEKEND to take part in our splendiferous competition. Win the new Da Capo Best Music Writing book and an Amazon voucher! It’s free to enter and may not require much more than a minute of your time.
Re-blog this post and tell your friends. Winning is quite good, you know.
I have been the worst possible Jukebox...
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Fashion
tomewing:
I wouldn’t say I don’t care about fashion, or at least not with the “look at me!” note of pride some people say it. I would say that I don’t know enough about fashion to make informed fashion choices. I don’t “speak” fashion, if you like. But the devilish thing about fashion is that it’s a language we all speak even if we don’t know it - the unfashionable end up like foreigners, or...
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lilwhy:
Sophie Ellis-Bextor- Rebellion (Lies)...
“Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don’t care, that’s a...”
– Felicity Jones (via Felicity Jones - Actress and Fashion Star - NYTimes.com)
The most concise way of saying this that I’ve ever come across; I always bungle the BUT, WELL, ACTUALLY YOU DO CARE! part. She’s a sharp young lady.
November 2011
Merry Shitmas | Regretsy →
Hideous holiday music to download and share from Helen Killer.
Related: I heard my first “Feliz Navidad” of the season nearly a week before Thanksgiving this year. I generally find this kind of thing to be a very bad omen indeed.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Black Box Recorder (42)
The Magnetic Fields (22)
Pallers (20)
John Maus (11)
Patrick Wolf (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I SMELL A THEME.