Links for 10.2.08: Nintendo’s music machine, Clown calendars, KFC rocks…
*Videogames: A next-gen Nintendo DS that takes pictures and plays music is ready to launch in Japan. I almost bought a DS a couple months ago, but I felt like too much of a 12-year-old girl in doing...
View ArticleLinks for 10.3.08: In what respect, Charlie?, Andre 3k and MORE
*Phrases: “In what respect, Charlie?” is this year’s “Heckuva job, Brownie.” I have zero doubt about this. Zero. This is a STRONG BUY. Buzzfeed that, mfers. *Punk: Moby goes punk with the help of a...
View ArticleVideo: VP debate set to song
You should really watch this. And I’m not just saying that because I took the time to post it. [waxy] Tagged: governor palin, joe biden, joe six pack, music, rap, sarah palin, song and dance, vice...
View ArticleLinks for 10.6.08: Bizkit’s back, KISS has shoes, Coolio cooks…
*E pluribus unum: Limp Bizkit is reuniting. Take a lesson from Fred Durst and don’t give up. Don’t ever give up. *Twist and shout: There’s a contest to remix Sarah Palin: “Help Sarah Make Sense.” What...
View ArticleLinks for 10.13.08: M.I.A.’s child, AC/DC’s pop, Beastie votes…
*The circle of life: M.I.A. is pregnant. All of the retirement / engagement / etc. stuff makes sense now. If I may here loosely define “sense.” *Money: AC/DC is second only to the Beatles in album...
View ArticleVideo: Hank Williams Jr. performs “McCain-Palin Tradition”
[buzzfeed] Tagged: country, hank williams, hank williams jr., john mccain, mccain-palin tradition, music, republicans, sarah palin, video, youtube
View ArticleLinks for 10.20.08: iLike pays, Palin winks, Pandora cuts…
*Business models: iLike is going to start paying artists when their music gets listened to. [mashable] *Hustle and/or flow: NPR talks to Terrence Howard, who just put out his first album. “My dream was...
View ArticleLinks for 11.19.08: Palin as poet?, Snoop as chef?, Playgirl R.I.P….
*Politics and literature: Should Sarah Palin be the country’s Poet Laureate? In my opinion, she should not be. [largehearted boy] *Video: Snoop Dogg appears on Martha Stewart, here making a...
View ArticleLinks for 7.29.09: Music mags, rock auctions, Coen films…
*Oft-linked: Slate asks why music magazines are dying. I ask why they are living. (See what I did there?) More on the matter of music magazines from Vulture. You will note that despite being 34 years...
View ArticleLinks for 10.19.09: Dude, Sarah Palin, Bono
*Language: Esquire’s “State of Modern Language for Men” has many points with which I disagree. Firstly, “dude” has not been retired. It has been made so ubiquitous that it’s utility is approaching...
View ArticleLinks for 12.9.09: “Big pimpin’ on B-L-A-Ds”
*Podcasts: I linked to it via Twitter previously, but I can’t recommend enough this Sound of Young America interview with rapper Bun B. This examination of some Jay-Z lyrics from The Awl is pretty...
View ArticleLinks for 12.10.10: The way of all flesh
*Delirium in prose: It seems like there’s been a wealth of compelling writing floating around in front of my eyes in recent days. This thing from Pitchfork Reviews Reviews goes three different ways on...
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