Corleone Waits for His Man festa from Tim Riley on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
ODENKIRK’S AMOEBA HAUL
Visited this Hollywood Amoeba in September, picked up the new Kelly Hogan album, a Plastic Ono Band Live Peace in Toronto wrapped with original calendar, and a blu-ray edition of Where the Wild Things Are. Odenkirk has good taste, 'cept for perhaps the Shins, who wear a bit thin to me. … [Read more...]
LEFTIE FLYER
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TAME IMPALA: ELEPHANT
Write text here... Related articles By The Numbers: Tame Impala's Lonerism Stream Tame Impala's New Album Lonerism Tame Impala Announce Headlining Australian Tour Tame Impala - Lonerism: album stream Song Premiere: Tame Impala, 'Elephant' (Todd Rundgren Remix) LISTEN: Todd Rundgren … [Read more...]
OBITUARY SHOULDA BEEN
John Lennon at 72 - from the National Beatles | Examiner.com. Related articles John Lennon's Biggest Solo Hits in the US (Mixed Media) 146 Rarely Seen Photos Of The Early Beatles for John Lennon's 72nd Birthday The Antique Circus Poster That Inspired John Lennon to Write 'Being For the … [Read more...]
TAME IMPALA, LONERISM; LENNON
OUT TODAY: Tame Impala's LONERISM (Modular): Also: Reviewed soon in truthdig. George Harrison: It's Johnny's Birthday And this, including a comparative look at Beatle covers: Related articles Stream Tame Impala's New Album Lonerism Tame Impala - … [Read more...]
CHRIS THILE, MACARTHUR FELLOW
Chris Thile — MacArthur Foundation. … [Read more...]
UNDERWATER CROP CIRCLES
Puffer Fish Mating Dance: Underwater crop circle mystery solved | Earth | EarthSky. "Japanese photographer Yoji Ookata captured the photos below while on a dive near Amami Oshima at the southern tip of Japan. He said the rippling geometric sand patterns are nearly six feet in diameter and almost … [Read more...]
DETEROIRATA XII:2
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: Nicholson Baker in the New York Times Book Review: "We're in the middle of a presidential administration in which one man in an office with velvet couches goes down a kill list. Our president has become an assassin. This sickens me and makes me want to stop writing … [Read more...]
GROWIN’ UP
Shame about David Brooks's out-of-touch Op-Ed column, but double-shame on David Remnick for his unctuous, interminable New Yorker profile. Together they spawned a cottage industry of dissent: Robert Christgau hailed the Scandinavian show he caught as "transcendent": "One problem with that Madison … [Read more...]
CROP CIRCLE TURNTABLE: JEREMY JUSTICE
TO CELEBRATE NIXON'S RESIGNATION, 1974: From the New Orleans Times-Picayne: Justice is a long-time fan of old school vinyl records. As a sideline, he built a couple of custom turntables, with handsome rectangular wood bodies. Aesthetically that wasn’t enough. Scanning the Internet, he came across … [Read more...]
LIBERAL PORN SMACKDOWN
So far, very sturdy voices have chimed in against Aaron Sorkin's Newsroom (HBO), including John Powers in Vogue, Jake Tapper in the New Republic, and Tom Carson in GQ. As a journalism teacher, I'm developing pedagogical angles, but his trope of revisiting recent news events quickly wears thin. … [Read more...]
Our Mr. Brooks Born to Run — Esquire
David Brooks Bruce Springsteen Column - Our Mr. Brooks Was Born to Run - Esquire. Related articles We get it, grandpa, you're hip to Springsteen David Brooks Flies to Europe to Bash Cosmopolitanism Bruce Springsteen, The Exhibit: Born To Run Live Batch of … [Read more...]