“Hott Sects”?
Posted on October 27, 2006 - Filed Under
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WikipediaEverybody’s favorite emoha band, Cursive, has launched a remix contest at http://www.badsects.com/
Cursive will listen to all of the submitted remixes and post some of their favorites on this site. In early 2007, we will announce the winners of the contest. Prizes for the contest are:
1 Grand Prize:
The winning remix will be used as a b-side [...]
Ad Wizards
Posted on October 27, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentFrom today’s Sports Guy column:
George in Chicago: “What is your problem with the ‘This is Our Country‘ Chevy truck ads? Whoever thought that Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War, Watergate, western wildfires, Hurricane Katrina, and 9/11 should be bunched together to sell a truck is a genius! When Chevy opens a new ad [...]
Dave Dondero Boots
Posted on October 27, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentDo people even call them boots anymore?
Anyway, I stumbled across a new-to-me music blog, LulllaByes, that has a nice collection of high-quality live recordings. Right now, I am really enjoying a semi-recent David Dondero show in Houston*. I also see see some Britt Daniel, Robert Pollard and a very healthy dose of Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis [...]
How do you say “Greasy”? … and MORE!!!
Posted on October 26, 2006 - Filed Under
| 2 CommentsOne of the spoils of married life is a re-acquisition of Cable Television — something I’d gone a few years without. Couple that with Tivo and I have a nice stash of shows for rainy days.
To get to the point, lately I have been watching a lot of one of my favorite shows, Good [...]
Can’t Hear it on the Radio
Posted on October 26, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentOn the one hand, writers:
The real writers, you don’t even know them. The only writers that you hear about are fake fucks. All those guys are real peanut. Most writers that are real won’t take shit from no one. In other words, we’re free. In order to be a real artist, you have to be [...]
and they didn’t so he died
Posted on October 25, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentBy way of Books, Inq, I see today is the late John Berryman’s birthday. Since Sgt. Schultz knows more about poets than I do, I admit not knowing about him until a Hold Steady show in San Diego last year. But better late than never, no?
the devil and john berryman took a walk together
they ended [...]
Spray, Magic Spray
Posted on October 24, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentPrepare yourselves for this shocker: “FIFA have revealed that more than half [58%] of the players treated on the pitch during this summer’s World Cup were not actually injured.”
Pete Lit revisits the Six Word Stories.
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at SF’s Tenderloin. Without a login, I can’t read more than this:
In San Francisco’s [...]
Read More..>>Squatters
Posted on October 24, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentFavorite blog comment section of the week!
Read More..>>Dubious Statistic of the Day
Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under
| 2 Comments“There are 0 people in the U.S. with the first name Tito.” {via}
Read More..>>???
Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“The Cog Factory was a really elite crowd for a while“
Read More..>>Clicks and Hisses
Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe Hold Steady’s Craig Finn in an interview at the Star Tribune:
being a Saul Bellow fan, I was drawn to the fact that Bellow called him [John Berryman] America’s greatest writer,” Finn said. “He became Minneapolis’ most famous suicide. He also had converted to Catholicism before his death. In my mind, all that added up [...]
Taking Sides
Posted on October 19, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentOn the one hand, a cocksure Mark Cuban:
Music videos are just commercials for the sale of CDs ? Right? Wrong. That notion is “so last century” to paraphrase some commentators these days. The days of Music Video as commercial ended when Ipod added video.
On the other hand:
Saddle Creek Records exec Robb Nansel likes YouTube. “It [...]
Wilco - Live On The Internets Tonight
Posted on October 19, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentWilco’s show at the Black Cat this evening will be broadcast over the web thanks to the good folks at NPR.
Read More..>>Massive Nights
Posted on October 18, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI saw the Hold Steady last night for the second time (previously in San Diego). I may get to a longer write up, but for now I don’t want to spoil it with words. In the meantime, check out this interview at The Onion AV Club
the first time I heard The Replacements. I got Hootenanny, [...]
Paperback Novel Blog/Website?
Posted on October 17, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentSince 3 seconds of googling didn’t turn anything up…..
Does anybody know of a blog/website mostly devoted to new fiction paperbacks? There are number of new novels I’ve been anxious to read but have been waiting for the paperback release. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be quite the review/ad blitz heralding these red-headed stepchildren of the [...]
Top Movie Music
Posted on October 16, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentThis listing of the top 40 use of songs in movies, via Stereogum, has got me working on my own top 10. I expect this list to change. Off the top, I am not including any Cameron Crowe or Wes Anderson because I said so.
Goodfellas - Layla (Derek and the Dominoes). Also, often a handy [...]
Read More..>>Monday, Monday
Posted on October 16, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentMiami football game breaks out at Houston Two Gallants concert.
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Johansson sings Waits, which is all well and good, but I would have gone for Johansson sings Nilsson sings Newman … I’m just sayin’. {via}
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New Yorkers have no sack.
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I’ll be seeing Cursive in a few days. Here’s a review of their Philadelphia show.
Kasher’s drunkenness is only [...]
Posted on October 10, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe Hollywood Librarian
The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society, now in production, will be the first full-length film to focus on the work and lives of librarians in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies.
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Pete (of Lit fame), happens upon Ambrose Bierce street in San Francisco.
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At the AV Club, Weird Al on Courtney [...]
But on the other other hand
Posted on October 9, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“It should be noted that the broadcast network news stories about the presidential election were significantly shorter, on average, than were The Daily Show with Jon Stewart stories,” she added. “The argument could be made that while the amount of substance per story was not significantly different, the proportion of each story devoted to substance [...]
Read More..>>Buck O’Neil
Posted on October 9, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe Kansas City Star has put together a special section (available online) in their Sunday edition in memory of Buck O’Neil who passed away this weekend. MLB.com also has some multi-media links.
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