June 2009
32 posts
“The gig run will be named the ‘Doolittle’ tour to mark the 20th...”
– Pixies announce ‘Doolittle’ tour
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28) →
Great Lake Swimmers (4)
The Shins (4)
Yeasayer (3)
Fleet Foxes (3)
Bon Iver (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“And here’s a real stinker ,” says Mark. The Alpha Course: Is It...”
– Jon Ronson on The Alpha Course
In which, Dr Paisley finally speaks some semblance of sense.
“I’m saying the Disneyfication of New York is over, everyone. At the stroke of...”
– Everything Tracy Jordan Said in 30 Rock Season 3
Is Free News Really Worth the Price? →
keighter:
I take issue with this because most of the time, the news doesn’t offer what this author claims.
“Newspapers — old-fashioned, ink-on-dead-tree newspapers — offer the scrutiny that politicians, bankers and diplomats try to obfuscate. They shine light where those in power seek the same darkness that cloaks Tehran.”
Most journalists are Washington insiders and cannot offer the...
“We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.”
– Michael Jackson Dies
Still awaiting proper confirmation, however…
“We’ve just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in...”
– Michael Jackson — Cardiac Arrest
Regardless of outcome, I await the forthcoming inevitable “Jacko’s Dead” meme tidal wave tsunami…
“Proper fucking writer.”
– Warren Ellis - Steven Wells Is Dead
In which, Ellis says it more succinctly than I ever could. Nuff said.
“See, writing about music in 2009 is war. The corporations own rock. The...”
– Steven Wells - Rage In Peace
Unfortunately, these days the corporations also own music journalism too.
As for Swells, I grew up reading him in NME and he was a fantastic writer. It’s a mark of a real music writer that, even though I disagreed with almost every review he ever wrote (a case...
“It is likely that McNicholas has been selected for his new post because of his...”
– Top Gear magazine appoints NME’s Conor McNicholas as editor
Or: Music journo in “top gear” faux pas.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
She & Him (26)
Neil Young (20)
Pavement (17)
The Shins (17)
Blur (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Lower Shankill murals redesigns →
“Dear Max, I am sorry to say that I have secretly found out that Mr. Blume is...”
– Rushmore (1998) - Memorable quotes
Why I love Rushmore. Aside from Bill Murray, obviously.
ubergrid:
I’m suddenly liking the idea of a nightly blog.
It’d have to be nightly in England, of course.
But why would you want to live anywhere else?
For some reason this made me think of the foreword to the V For Vendetta collection where Alan Moore (I’m assuming but can’t remember - it may have been David Lloyd) explains how a dystopian totalitarian future seemed all too...
“After thirty, a man wakes up sad every morning, excepting perhaps five or six,...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via sometimesagreatnotion)
“I don’t have a balanced life, and I don’t want one. I need to be erratic. I need...”
– George Stroumboulopoulos, from a Toronto Life interview with Olivia Stren (via therealkatiewest)
“Blur made their live comeback tonight (June 13), playing an intimate...”
– Blur make live comeback in Essex museum, NME.com
meaghano:
copycats:
Buckets of Rain - Neko Case...
iPhone 3GS price plan angers hardcore fans →
Massive fail by O2, compounded by their dodgy sums for the *real* cost of buying yourself out of a subsidised phone contract. I’d be very surprised if anyone queues *this* year.
