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« Page 9 of 30 »While I applaud Grambo's redesign and the new look and feel of the venerable whatevs dot org blogging behemoth, I can't help but shed a tear for everything that was (apparently) left behind in the move.
And by that I mean the back blogs and all the brilliance held there, specifically for this entry, which I am confident any and all FOW's will agree was the best back blog of. all. time. In it, we debated THE song of the 90's. Peabs nominated "Blue" by the Jayhawks, Grambo repped for the only Britpop song that still matters, I threw my weight behind Underworld's "Born Slippy." Mind grapes were squeezed, many others weighed in and the discussion that ensued was, in a word, classic. It's a shame that the whole exchange was (apparently) lost for future generations of FOW's to read.
I bring all of this up, not to knock Grambo (far from it - I'm glad he's back up and running at full steam) only to reminisce a bit on the good ol' days and also to point you to The Tripwire, where they have the entirety of the BBC special documentary on the making of "Common People." I know what you're thinking, "An hour documentary specifically on the creation of and reaction to a single song?" Yes, and it is just as awesome as it sounds. And since I don't recall a BBC doc on "Born Slippy" I guess Grambo was right.
PS - Have you seen Jarv lately? Total effing rock star.
Shed a tear for Veronica if this is true.
San Francisco, CA: How come Veronica Mars wasn't included on the USA Today "save or axe" survey? Has it's fate already been decided?
Robert Bianco: Yes. According to our reporter Gary Levin, the show has been cancelled. And he's almost always right about such things.
So much for winning the Save One Show poll. Bah.
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If I didn't mention the passing of the great Kurt Vonnegut.
R.I.P.
PS - This is awesome. [via Deadspin]
Express interviews Eddie Izzard.
"I'm like a superhero, like the Human Torch. I can do flame on, flame off." Brilliant.
I still haven't watched this week's episode of The Riches, so don't tell me what happened.
Baseball widgets for your desktop. Go Sox!
Much like most big name touring bands, stupid Chuck Palahniuk appears to be skipping D.C. on his upcoming book tour. I almost fainted when I saw he's doing a reading with Irvine Welsh in NYC and Elmore Leonard in Philly. Jeezy Creezy!
Road trip?
Dan Steinberg is The Hot Pocket. Also, Agent Zero is out for the year. That makes me sad. On the other hand, Paul Pierce and Al Jefferson appear to be done for the year and that makes me very happy.
Who else is excited about the Sly and the Family Stone catalog reissues?
Oasis to record a new version of "Sgt. Pepper"...with the Killers? WTF?
I just scored tickets to see Cloud Cult next week. A while back, Peabs wouldn't shut up about them, so I'm excited to see what all the fuss is about.
Another group I'm liking lately is The Cinematics. The Tripwire has an MP3 you should download. Very Editors-errific.
Have you heard the new Art Brut songs?
Stream "Pump Up The Volume."
Stream "Nag Nag Nag Nag."
30 Rock vanquishes Studio 60 and is renewed for a second season!
This means you should use all of your votes for Veronica! Obvs. Season Four is supposed to be teh awesome.
I hate Florida. Eff them. Although Corey Brewer is the real deal. He can play on the C's any day as far as I'm concerned.
On the other hand, this is totally best. The Seattle Weekly went to a Sonics game with freaking Tom Robbins! Yes, that Tom Robbins. I had no idea he was born in Blowing Rock, NC. Awesome. If you didn't read Another Roadside Attraction in college, you didn't get your money's worth.
That's basically all I got for today. I have a few things going on tonight, depending on how everything shakes out. Ms. Smith and I will hopefully be heading to the Rock n Roll Hotel to peep The Long Winters. But if that falls through, we'll be hanging out down the street from my apartment in Arlington with a bunch of DC United maniacs, taking in the Chivas game.
Also tonight is the Sebadoh show at the 930 Club. Loyal leafblower reader C.C. was aghast at my lack of Sebadoh coverage around these parts. She was even nice enough to offer me a free ticket to tonights gig! Unfortunately for reasons stated above, I can't make it (thanks though!) but I told her I would do my best to let everyone know about the gig. So, consider it done. Also, have you checked out the Sebadoh web page recently? They have a boat load of bootlegs available for downloading. For free.
Morrissey tour dates, onsale and presale details for the upcoming US tour.
So despite threatening to go to 437 shows this week, my total thus far is zero. My Decemberists tickets never materialized on Monday(no big deal, I stayed home and watched The Riches instead - anyone else LOVING this show? Eddie Izzard + Minnie Driver = me watching) and I wasn't supremely motivated to go to the Say Hi To Your Mom show last night. Blah. Ms. Smith and I went and had dinner and drinks instead.
But fear not, I'm kicking it into high gear tonight, assuming my Cold War Kids tickets actually materialize. Tomorrow I now have two shows on the docket, and it's all Frank's fault. He more or less convinced me to go see Dean & Britta (they're playing Luna tunes!!) so I'm going to try and see Love of Diagrams and the first three songs of Ted Leo and then jet over to the Cat to catch D&B. Tune in Friday to see if I'm able to say "I Love it when a plan comes together." Last time I tried to do something like this, it ended up in shambles. But at least The National put on a great show.
Speaking of The National, I'm assuming you've already downloaded their new track, right? It is positively lovely. If not, here it is:
[MP3] The National | Fake Empire
I still have record reviews to come, but has anyone else heard the Albert Hammond Jr. record? I'm seven songs in and it's really fucking good.
Here's an awesome interview with Agent Steinz!
I don’t have a MySpace page. Life is too short to cavort with fake friends.
10 must have Firefox extensions.
Thirty ways to get more out of Gmail.
Yahoo mail to offer unlimited storage.
The human eye is equivalent to a 576 megapixel camera and has a nighttime ISO of 800 (~1 during the daytime). Wow, just think about the kind of storage the iPod (in your mind) has!
I've been doing a whole lot of research lately on the whole Movable Type v. Wordpress argument, mostly because 1) I know a few people that have all but given up on MT and are planning to switch their platforms (although not necessarily to WP) in the next year or so and 2) I am getting the itch to redesign this site. I'm not ready to give up on MT yet, although I could be convinced otherwise. All those themes look cool and it seems like you can do alot with them.
So consider this a plea for help in the redesign. Anyone out there want to lend me a hand? If so, please drop me a line (email address over on the right). I have a very good idea of what I want to do (more or less), I just need help in the execution. I am happy to compensate you for your work, although I would prefer to pay in CD's and concert tickets. Obvs.
Swamped at work today.
Bracket Update:
1st in the blogger battle
3rd in the DCist pool
Tied for ninth in the office pool
Haven't check the Deadspin pool yet.
Not too shabby. Thanks Vandy!
Did you know John Darnielle was on Flickr?
So is Bobby Boswell. I was his first friend. I'm honored. No, really. Bobby B is celebrating his 24th birthday (Youngster!) at Love tomorrow night. I RSVP'ed and figure I'll go check it out before heading over to the Black Cat to catch Mew. Hopefully I'll be able to get some incriminating photos of Kyle Sheldon, my D.C. United doppleganger. If you're in D.C. and want to tag along, all you have to do is click on the link above.
SXSW is finally over! Rejoice! Unfortunately, we'll still have to read about it for the next week. I'll save you some time. This is the only gig worth reading about (which, strangely, no blogger seemed to attend) and you can get everything you need from Central Village's liveblog, Chromewaves recaps and Dan's photos. I lovelovelove this photo. I want a wide lens!
Related: How much should all that free music cost everyone a year? Fifty dollars. Sign me up.
I link to this only because I love revisionist history. I guess the UK press have switched sides again.
Shhhhhhhh...TrueHoop has quietly launched on ESPN's bandwidth.
For fuck's sake. Today is not the day for this crap.
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