April 2010
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WatchJanelle Monae ft. Big Boi - Tightrope
Hot business.
(edited because I have some more thoughts about this)
I thought Janelle Monae was America’s next big thing, like, 2 years ago (omg shut up) when she opened for Gnarls Barkley at some free show in New York. SO FAR she hasn’t “made it” made it (made it). But, just, like, look at the way she performs. I’ve seen her...
March 2010
43 posts
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Guess I have to see Greenberg, or else risk...
A poemsentence about today!
WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE (no, like seriously everywhere. the floods everywhere. that possible leak in the ceiling. the thin sheen on every elevator’s floor) BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK (because the management company behind my appy just shut off water to the entire building, adding insult to the injury of not having had gas for 3 months running and thus no use of the stove and oven.)
“Everyone High-Fiving Everyone”
– How Fang Island describes their music on Myspace, which is pretty accurate.
I wish I could stop talking about this band, I really do.
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Eek.
This post is about wanting to write explicitly and revealingly about my life and such, and why I feel compelled to talk about ‘big themes’ like love, and rejection, and the future, or whatever, but that I also realize the pointlessness of that on a small scale, because everyone wants to talk about that stuff, and then we end up talking to ourselves. We shout into echo chambers.
It is...
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Titus Andronicus - To Old Friends and New
While...
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Hey! A 'gay culture' blog that isn't the worst! →
Except for the parts where it sort of is, but all capital-G Gay things have to be a little bit awful.
(PS, I’m late to the game, aren’t I?)
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“Worcester, Massachusetts Scene Report”
– Wait, what? Worcester is a scene now?
(FADER)
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Sarah Palin: Antichrist? →
This is the best. Here, “best” also means “most ridiculous.”
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →
Sleigh Bells (5)
Rhymefest (5)
Dirty Projectors (5)
Yeasayer (5)
Broken Bells (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
crunkcore dilemma: 3OH!3 vs. Brokencyde
agrammar:
Yeah: I am experiencing something over here. “Crunkcore” is pretty obviously not a scene I’m incredibly tapped into, so I’ll be relying on some Tumblr friends to correct me. But man: there are some 3OH!3 choruses that totally grab and fascinate me. You can even set aside the question of whether it’s likable or not, and just consider this: is this music not poking at the edges of...
Write about Tumblr?
Hey yall.
I’m writing a superlong feature story on Tumblr (interviewing everyone involved, and whatnot) and as a sort of experiment I’d like to ask anyone who wants to do so to write thoughts and opinions about Tumblr. Crowdsourced public opinion, you see.
You can describe it as best you can, or write about why you like it so much, or why you don’t like it so much, or just...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7) →
Born Ruffians (9)
Deerhunter (6)
Caribou (5)
The Moth (3)
JANELLE MONÁE (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Usher - Dat Girl Right There (feat. Ludacris)
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A man's domain is his home
I now own (and tumblr on) stevespillman.net, because some bro is sitting on stevespillman.com. I did not choose to own a .net domain, but I humbly accept this fate.
How We Watch Movies
Then:
Now:
Film in question: Outrage (Kirby Dick, 2009). Great so far.
“Editors should just kill themselves. I should just kill them.”
– Overheard in the elevator at 20 Cooper Square.
Consistently, my meanest overheards come from journalism grad students at NYU.
Anonymous asked: Will I marry my bf?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28) →
Sade (10)
Bear in Heaven (10)
Major Lazer (3)
Chicago Public Radio (3)
Born Ruffians (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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A Waitress Took Our Orders
“Breakfast?” the waitress asked. She wiped her left hand on her apron and her right hand across her brow and smirked. Then she scratched the top of her head and contorted her expression somewhat, for a second, then stopped and smirked again.
“Suuuure,” I said, lisping slightly. “I’ll have the, uh, eggs benedict, coffee, and some orange juice.” My...
WatchOwen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
I don’t really know what’s going on in this video, but the song is great and it’s pretty to look at.
