Archive for October, 2008

31Oct08

What Would Don Draper Do?


1. Bryan Ferry’s head is too big.
2. So is his hair.
3. And his upper body, generally.
4. And he is too old.
5. And his voice is too effing weird.
6. And yet…


VOTE.

30Oct08

The official sample list for Girl Talk’s excellent album Feed the Animals is up, online.  A reminder: Girl Talk is the dude that cobbles together samples of music from the last 40 years or so to produce album length sound scapes that simultaneously have the effect of transporting you back to your Junior Prom (and [...]


Ba donk a donk

29Oct08

Speaking for me, personally, I’d like to see John do the Worm.


You act like Jay-Z is Jay-Z.  This Jay-Z.

But he ain’t.  He’s this Jay-Z.  Later, he becomes your Jay-Z.  So who’s the real Jay-Z?

Answer: no Jay-Z.  Jay-Z’s empty, filled by action.  Old action = old authority system.  New action = new system.  Keep up.
h/t GrandGood.


One of the songs I’ve been listening to a thousand and one times: Me llaman Calle.  I first heard the song while watching the excellent film Princesas which documents a few days in the life of a Spanish street prostitute.  Watch it on my recommendation, and because scores of Spanish reviewers and award juries (including [...]


Elemental

27Oct08

Cast yourself back to the time when you were inspired.  Was this that moment?


Element

27Oct08

I actually have exactly no evidence that any of my readers enjoy the rap stuff I post, but I am compelled to proceed.  Listen to some three minutes of “Flutebloxing” by Nathan Lee.*

*But teh other dude, not so much, m’kay?


Halloween approaches and for those of you unChristian enough to celebrate and those of you unAmerican enough to vote for Obama, here is a link to a site where you can find some punkin’ stencils.