the long grift.

"Tom: You like Superchunk? Geneva: Yeah. Tom: What’s your favorite Superchunk song? Geneva:..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:27:46 -0600

“Tom: You like Superchunk?
Geneva: Yeah.
Tom: What’s your favorite Superchunk song?
Geneva: Hmmm….
Tom: The Logical Song?”

- The Best Show is THE BEST SHOW.

Steve Albini Letter to the Editor 1993

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:00:47 -0500

Steve Albini Letter to the Editor 1993:

Of the responses to Steve, this one rings truest:

“PS: In ten years, when some band you really love cites Liz, Urge, and/or the Pumpkins as major influences, you’re gonna feel low, man. Really low. Just remember that.”

sashafrerejones: Gorillaz f/Andre 3000 and James Murphy,...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:12:57 -0600

sashafrerejones:

Gorillaz f/Andre 3000 and James Murphy, “DoYaThing (full version),” 2012.

The short version doesn’t even make sense after this one.

We are all Generation Exxon Bloopty Bloop.

"You can’t regret your fate, although I do regret my mother didn’t marry a carpenter."

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:38:50 -0600

“You can’t regret your fate, although I do regret my mother didn’t marry a carpenter.”

- Lana Peters, Stalin’s daughter, who died Nov. 22 in Wisconsin. (via washingtonpoststyle)

gottahavemywubs: slimeprince: blameaspartame: r.i.p. OH...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:36:41 -0500

gottahavemywubs:

slimeprince:

blameaspartame:

r.i.p.

OH GOD

The fucker’s taunting them in the end.

“AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU DID IT AGAIN”

Take Away Show - Basia Bulat

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:40:31 -0500

Take Away Show - Basia Bulat

Billy Bragg - Milkman of human kindness - YouTube

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:01:03 -0500

Billy Bragg - Milkman of human kindness - YouTube

Photo

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:19:14 -0500

“One black facemask, one black flat cap, a striped jersey,...

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:58:30 -0500

“One black facemask, one black flat cap, a striped jersey, and a bag marked SWAG.”

Erin McKeown: Rhode Island Is Famous For You & Melody (by...

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:01:09 -0500

Erin McKeown: Rhode Island Is Famous For You & Melody (by MiNDTV35)

I’m a sucker for old jazz standards. And also kind of a sucker for cute lesbians in boy scout uniforms with jazzy voices, but we don’t need to talk about that.

oldbookillustrations: William Strang, frontispiece from The...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:59:41 -0500

oldbookillustrations:

William Strang, frontispiece from The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, London, 1895.

(Source: archive.org)

Deirdre Wilson Tabac - I can’t keep from crying sometimes...

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:05:46 -0500

Deirdre Wilson Tabac - I can’t keep from crying sometimes (by zoodden)

danforth: Reminiscing about a youth well wasted.

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:16:03 -0500

danforth:

Reminiscing about a youth well wasted.

soxiam: Bobby Short’s “I’m In Love Again” scene from Hannah And...

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:48:25 -0500

soxiam:

Bobby Short’s “I’m In Love Again” scene from Hannah And Her Sisters

danmeth: Jon Stewart vs. Vsevolod Mikhailovich GarshinThis...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:12:51 -0500

danmeth:

Jon Stewart vs. Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin
This weekend I was at the Met and was stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this painting by late 19th century Russian realist Ilya Repin. I immediately heard “The Daily Show” theme-song.

This is (was [is still but is two years old]) a big...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:05:00 -0500

This is (was [is still but is two years old]) a big deal.

allthingsjamesbaldwin:

A James Baldwin Tribute: Colm Tóibín with John Edgar Wideman, Manthia Diawara, Farah Jasmine Griffin

James Baldwin was one of the great American prose stylists as well as an acute commentator on matters of race and gender. His collection of essays, The Price of the Ticket, a compendium of nearly fifty years of Baldwin’s powerful nonfiction writing including Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, and The Fire Next Time, makes clear his wisdom and eloquence. In these personal and prophetic works, he speaks to the heart of the experience of race and identity as well as to the social interaction between the races in the United States.

In addition to Baldwin’s praised work, Colm Tóibín, the author of five novels including The Master, has been looking at the large body of Baldwin’s uncollected writing and speeches.

Walton Muyumba will moderate a discussion with Colm Tóibín, John Edgar Wideman, Manthia Diawara, Farah Jasmine Griffin, and Michael Thelwell examining James Baldwin?s lesser known works to cast a new light on his views on writers and writing, his politics, and his vision for the future of the United States.

Roy Orbison - The Comedians (HQ) (by dhowser2008)

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:16:43 -0500

Roy Orbison - The Comedians (HQ) (by dhowser2008)

alisonagosti: Bon Iver - I Can’t Make You Love Me Covering the...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:45:15 -0500

alisonagosti:

Bon Iver - I Can’t Make You Love Me

Covering the Bonnie Raitt classic.

grantimatter: “No matter where I am, every audience gets that.”...

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:12:12 -0500

grantimatter:

“No matter where I am, every audience gets that.” - Bobby McFerrin, neuroscientist, demonstrates how the pentatonic scale is hardwired into our brain.

By playing the audience like a keyboard.

world-shaker: JDRF = Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:06:12 -0500

world-shaker:

JDRF = Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation