April 2010
Jesus Christ,” snaps Eno. “The second question is about Roxy Music. I knew it....
– Brian Eno (via rocketsandrayguns)
Haha. Maybe? I mean, really, though. People really should stop asking him about that. Lazy journalism!
The Garden
En robe de parade. Samain Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall She walks by the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens, And she is dying piece-meal of a sort of emotional anæmia. And round about there is a rabble Of the filthy, sturdy, unkillable infants of the very poor. They shall inherit the earth. In her is the end of breeding. Her boredom is...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Patsy Cline (51)
Green Day (22)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (16)
New Order (16)
Depeche Mode (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The present? I don’t even know what it is.
When I was in high school, I was a great fan of the Scottish band, Travis, and I...
– Ramesh Srivastava, on the end of Voxtrot
Thanks for the memories, guys. We <3 you.
xoxo, c. hotpoint and pvb
The xx — Islands
Never have I come around about a band as much as I have about The xx. And I’ll be honest with you. It has a lot to do with the aesthetic qualities of the videos for the singles off their self-titled debut. Sexy, sad, resigned, beautiful.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
Natalie Merchant (26)
LCD Soundsystem (20)
Lavender Diamond (13)
Kate Nash (12)
Kaki King (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
God, there’s so much good stuff! I really could go crazy here, buying stuff I...
– Zac Posen at Target in Jersey City — (via New York Magazine)
Why You Can’t Get a Date (Here’s the Math) | Satoshi Kanazawa | Big Think
Hilarious and awesome. Perhaps I should consider moving to Marfa. Or the Maldives. Or something.
xoxo, c. hotpoint
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
Smashing Pumpkins (27)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (27)
Elliott Smith (24)
Amadeus Quartet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus Quartet (24)
The Who (21)
Imported from …
Classic. I was doing a lot of site maintenance at work this week and needed soothing/familar/upbeat stuff.
xoxo, c. hotpoint
Lucky Soul — Oh Billy
From the band:
After blowing our video budget on one too many string sections, we decided to embrace our DIY ethic and shoot one ourselves. Everything from storyboards to sets, lights to animation we did ourselves and the film was shot on a long Saturday in Ali’s front room by guitarist Ivor Sims (who also directed the video for our first single) The video uses...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-4) →
Slow Club (21)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (21)
Django Reinhardt (19)
Lush (17)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Klaus Kinski, in constant rage. Describing himself as a “natural man” who could...
– Roger Ebert x Werner Herzog (via mollylambert) (via sashafrerejones)
OMG, can’t you just hear the tone on that last line? Oh yes.
xoxo, c. hotpoint
Mariachi El Bronx — Holy.
Well, this just made my … life. The mariachi side project of LA punx The Bronx. Playing the MHOW 4/2 & Bowery on 4/6.
xoxo, c. hotpoint