the rich girls are weeping: Archive

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26) →

The Weakerthans (26) Yeasayer (19) Billy Currington (16) Neko Case (13) Mates of State (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz Yes, that’s right — Billy Currington! At least five or six of those listens was “I’m Pretty Good at Drinking Beer” on repeat for an hour.

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3quarksdaily: Are our writers as lousy as our... →

I’d take this piece more seriously, maybe, if it wasn’t fraught with typos and grammatical errors.

Sep 29th

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Sep 28th

Seriously, is this NPR story about women in pop music actually happening? Ugh.

Sep 28th

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Sep 28th

Brow Beat : Who Is the Bearded Hippie in the... →

The author of the piece linked above is clearly not a regular reader of The Fashionisto or partial to the dudes in the Red Models stable, I guess. Will Lewis has been pretty ubiquitous in boy model land the past few seasons; glad to see him making the leap to big national campaigns. That being said, I read him more as hot viking than hippie, but ymmv. (He also does neo-Victorian rather well,...

Sep 28th

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Sep 27th

Watch

desnoise: PSL / / A sad and pathetic failure (Prat Med: LCD Soundsystem) Wait for this to load. Though I’ve already felt this way for a long time, and have probably even said so in this very space — this interview really cements my belief that Mr. Murphy is probably the most qualified individual to be a spokesperson for a particular demographic segment of my generation.

Sep 27th

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Sep 21st

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19) →

Elliott Smith (36) Sam Cooke (30) Weezer (29) The Boy Least Likely To (27) Neko Case (26) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz Oh, look. Who doesn’t totally hate the new Weezer record? That would be me.

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Sep 17th

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Friday Morning Subway Love Connection

Are you looking at me oh god you are looking at me Stop stop stop looking My hair mussed from tunnel drafts My lipstick smudged from coffee mug sips Cat fur that missed the lint brush Clings, Unsightly Perhaps your head is just tilted that way but oh! your eyes I feel them Perhaps my quickening pulse has caught your notice Can you see it from where you stand? Edge my fingertip along...

Sep 17th

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fairest: Morrissey - The World is Full of...

Sep 17th

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Sep 17th

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Copywriter for @20x200 + other projects

jenbee: Love art? Writing? Are you the best-est of proofreaders? @sldistin + I are looking for a copywriter to help us with all the writing that we do for 20x200 + myriad other Jen Bekman Projects. Maybe you were the EIC of your school paper. Perhaps you have a creative, well-tended blog, Tumblr or Twitter feed — high marks go to ones that mix sparkling prose with stunning visuals. If you piss...

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