June 2009
42 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28) →
The Hospitals (30)
Bunalim (24)
Erkin Koray (20)
Amadou & Mariam (15)
Akron/Family (11)
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“It was a weekend-long party at an isolated mountain cabin in Georgia in the late...”
– Andy’s mention of Gibby reminded me of this story from my friend Robert.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
Dizzee Rascal (16)
Sonic Youth (15)
Gang of Four (15)
Holy Fuck (11)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (7)
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Antony & The Johnsons - All Is Loneliness...
First Party At Ken Kesey's With Hell's Angels
Cool black night thru redwoods cars parked outside in shade behind the gate, stars dim above the ravine, a fire burning by the side porch and a few tired souls hunched over in black leather jackets. In the huge wooden house, a yellow chandelier at 3 A.M. the blast of loudspeakers hi-fi Rolling Stones Ray Charles Beatles Jumping Joe Jackson and twenty youths dancing to the vibration thru the...
Benjamin Biolay - Billy Bob A Raison. chill music...
The Causey Way - Te Como Vivo. Causey Way was a...
“People still think of browsers as applications, but their modern use is more as...”
– interesting post from Google Chrome engineer Evan Martin on deep browser-os integration.
“I realized the only windowed apps I used anymore were terminals and browsers,...”
– Google Chrome engineer Evan Martin
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
The Mummies (102)
The Gories (30)
Oblivians (19)
No-Neck Blues Band (13)
Akron/Family (11)
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Adam Green and Ben Kweller - Kokomo (Beach Boys...
The Mummies - Your Love. The Mummies’ great...
Boris - Akuma No Uta. the two sides of Boris -...
mclusky - to hell with good intentions. my love is...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
Neil Michael Hagerty (45)
Akron/Family (42)
Royal Trux (22)
The Fall (17)
mclusky (16)
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Self-Induced Placebo Effect
thegongshow:
I’m a big fan of placebo effects. If I can feel better without actually affecting my body, why shouldn’t I do that?
I’m in the middle of Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational, and I just got to the section on the power of price. The key takeaway from a particular experiment was that a $0.10 placebo will be perceived as less effective than a $2.50 placebo. I was not surprised...
The Blues Magoos - Gloria (Cover). yeah, how tired...
Deerhoof - Basketball Get Your Groove Back. V:...
Vice interviews Jennifer Herrema
re. the new RTX album, "JJ Got Live RaTX"
vice: I didn’t know you went by “JJ,” like in the title.
jh: It’s great, it’s so good, right?
vice: Yeah, I like it...
jh: It’s like... wait, what did you say?
vice: I said yes, I like it. I like the record.
js: Yeah, OK, [mimicking me] “You like it.” That’s just a lackadaisical verb. If that’s your trip, then I can set you straight.
vice: Jennifer, do you know how many records I DON’T like?
jh: This is a bad time. It’s fuckin’ Armageddon, people are taking the goal to the grave, and they better jam up on it right about now. No, things are not right, things are just not right.
vice: It’s not right! You know what else is not right? Hash.
The Teen Idles - Deadhead. some anti-hippie aggro...
The Fall - Paranoia Man in Cheap Shit Room, from a...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-31) →
Jawbox (26)
Can (25)
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (20)
Fucked Up (11)
The Residents (11)
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