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Pulling faces

Is this gif more or less mesmerizing than the Beyonce video? I watched the debate on rerun tonight, so I feel less involved than if I had watched it the same way as the other two, as well as the VP debate. Instead of paying attention as much as I

Pulling faces

Is this gif more or less mesmerizing than the Beyonce video?

I watched the debate on rerun tonight, so I feel less involved than if I had watched it the same way as the other two, as well as the VP debate. Instead of paying attention as much as I should have, I couldn’t stop watching McCain’s weird faces. The Face wasn’t always paired with a sarcastic comment, sometimes it just appeared on its own, as if it were on someone holding in a sneeze, or someone trying to blink something out of their eye.

John McCain: Quirks Of Your Next President

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M.I.A. interview part 1 | Pitchfork.tv

I look really eager, don’t I? I told Maya I wore that top because it had a pattern that reminded me of her Kala artwork (it’s why I bought it too), a sort of blue handmade digital design. M.I.A. interview part 1 | Pitchfork.tv.

M.I.A. interview part 1 | Pitchfork.tv

I look really eager, don’t I? I told Maya I wore that top because it had a pattern that reminded me of her Kala artwork (it’s why I bought it too), a sort of blue handmade digital design.

M.I.A. interview part 1 | Pitchfork.tv.

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Out of the 520

I got a call from my old phone number two days ago. It was from a girl who had just been assigned my previous Tucson cell phone number, who wanted to know why the hell she was getting so many calls for me. I had to explain to her that,

Out of the 520

I got a call from my old phone number two days ago. It was from a girl who had just been assigned my previous Tucson cell phone number, who wanted to know why the hell she was getting so many calls for me. I had to explain to her that, defying all logic, T-Mobile had reassigned my old phone number just three months after I had canceled my service. So she’s been getting all my old text messages, including (oops) my bank account balances and spending habits, my new message notices and stuff from people who did not get my new number.

I called and talked to her, she was very nice about it. She also mentioned that I had won tickets to a concert (probably a publicist) and was offered a role in a movie (dubious, but exciting). If this was you, and you’d like to offer me those things, called my 347, please. I’ve left the 520 behind me.

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Oblique Strategies, iPhone ed

Oblique Strategies (subtitled over one hundred worthwhile dilemmas) is a set of published cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt first published in 1975, and now in its fifth edition. Each card contains a phrase or cryptic remark which can be used to break a deadlock or dilemma situation.

Oblique Strategies, iPhone ed


Oblique Strategies (subtitled over one hundred worthwhile dilemmas) is a set of published cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt first published in 1975, and now in its fifth edition. Each card contains a phrase or cryptic remark which can be used to break a deadlock or dilemma situation. [wikipedia]

Oblique Strategies, now available for free on the iPhone.

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I am testing that dream.

Seeing Weezer for me is probably like seeing My Bloody Valentine for a lot of other people–or maybe not. Maybe it’s really like seeing Liz Phair, where you know there’s something great there that got sorta misplaced or deferred or scared out of the person, or maybe

I am testing that dream.

Seeing Weezer for me is probably like seeing My Bloody Valentine for a lot of other people–or maybe not. Maybe it’s really like seeing Liz Phair, where you know there’s something great there that got sorta misplaced or deferred or scared out of the person, or maybe that something great was the flash so there’s nothing really to return to because that was the detour. I talked about the Weezer show last night here, but one other thing I wanted to mention about “El Scorcho” was that Rivers Cuomo did sing the first few lines, but with his hands over his face, half covered, half shielding his eyes so he could gaze at the audience. I don’t know what this means.

Meanwhile, I’m working on some other freelance stuff, thanks to this:

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But it is not free of any cost or obligation.

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I'm back and tired after ATP

I’m going to put up some Flickr photos later today—not of bands, because I didn’t have a photo pass or much of a camera to take photos with—but of Kutsher’s more interesting on-site attractions (rusty playground, pond, golf course). I did a little diary for

I'm back and tired after ATP

I’m going to put up some Flickr photos later today—not of bands, because I didn’t have a photo pass or much of a camera to take photos with—but of Kutsher’s more interesting on-site attractions (rusty playground, pond, golf course).

I did a little diary for Paste, right here.

Each day was full of activities, but not much partying. I have a weird quirk where, when I’m surrounded by people in an unfamiliar place, I don’t like anything as much as sitting in the hotel room alone while everyone else is out having fun. I did this even at Kutsher’s, where the hotel room wasn’t much for sitting and brooding.

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This jacket is blowing my mind, but

I wish they had used Michelle Williams for their lookbook. I don’t think they wanted to re-use her, which is too bad. From what I see in street photos, Williams’ personal style lines up really well with Band Of Outsiders, moreso than Kirstin Dunst’s. I didn’t get

This jacket is blowing my mind, but

I wish they had used Michelle Williams for their lookbook. I don’t think they wanted to re-use her, which is too bad. From what I see in street photos, Williams’ personal style lines up really well with Band Of Outsiders, moreso than Kirstin Dunst’s. I didn’t get to see BOO, but they said they’d send a DVD. DVD! I can finally learn to flashify video.

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Guys, I'm the worst interviewer IN THE WORLD!

Watch worst-interviewer-in-the-world/Pitchfork staff writer Jessica Suarez interview the Black Keys in their hotel room. It is fairly entertaining to see how high they are. If you need an example, they take the people in Oprah’s life and assign them roles as McDonald’s characters. MP3 below.-It Fits

Guys, I'm the worst interviewer IN THE WORLD!

Watch worst-interviewer-in-the-world/Pitchfork staff writer Jessica Suarez interview the Black Keys in their hotel room. It is fairly entertaining to see how high they are. If you need an example, they take the people in Oprah’s life and assign them roles as McDonald’s characters. MP3 below.-It Fits Good

LIKE ANYONE CAN EVEN KNOW THAT.

I never get a lot of writing-related hate mail, and when I do it is mostly from superfans offended over a single mediocre review. I’ve responded to maybe four of them since I started. But this irked me because I’m proud of most of the interviews I’ve done. I’ve salvaged even the worst ones, really loved and cherished the best ones. Now, the Black Keys thing was awkward, I know. What you don’t see in the interview is an hour of “yes” and “no” answers to all my music-related questions. So, the editors cut it and kept in all the tangents and non-sequiturs. It was smart and kind of the Pitchfork.tv staff. I was, of course, a lot less awkward in my Mastodon / Neurosis interview, though most of my questions were cut out to keep the “bands talking to each other” concept consistent.

The above blog doesn’t have any comments except for three people pitching their bands. I don’t want to link to it because I don’t see much point. But for my vanity, here are some of my favorite past interviews:

Kevin Blechdom – Pitchfork Media
Feist – Pitchfork Media
Beck – Nylon (um, I have a clip, no link online though)
Clipse – CMJ New Music Monthly (online somewhere, also in PDF form on my work page)
Gnarls Barkley – CMJ New Music Report (One of my first in-person interviews, Cee-lo called my boots ‘crazy’ — ZANG!)
Islands – Pitchfork Media
Man Man – Pitchfork Media (of course)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Paper Thin Walls

Pitchfork is one of the few places that I’ve done long Q&A’s for. Another place was Rhino online. I had a great new Linda Ronstadt to transcribe. She’s famously brusk but we got along wonderfully. Then my laptop was stolen. Tragedy.

Note: I didn’t say this was the worst blog in the world, because LIKE ANYONE CAN EVEN KNOW THAT. But, I probably do, I have a lot of RSS feeds.

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Hallelujah The Hills, Deerhoof, time management

It seems like ever since I got my iPhone (installed the WordPress application), I haven’t had much to blog about. I am working, as usual (here’s a new Hallelujah The Hills EP review. I like this band but I’m still waiting for…something. I don’t know.

Hallelujah The Hills, Deerhoof, time management

It seems like ever since I got my iPhone (installed the WordPress application), I haven’t had much to blog about. I am working, as usual (here’s a new Hallelujah The Hills EP review. I like this band but I’m still waiting for…something. I don’t know. Their moment’s forthcoming).

On Paper Thin Walls, editors Chris, Kory and I recorded our own version of Deerhoof’s sheet music project. Writer Tom Mallon produced it! My Ableton Live was set wrong (still on DJ mode, which means it warped the beat a little bit), so it meant my keyboard track was almost 10 seconds too fast. Tom kindly recut it. I had never recorded anything to a track before on Ableton. I kind of loved it. I might have to do more of that soon.

That’s also gotten me thinking about projects and dividing up my time. I use GTD, I do a lot of checklists and time tracking. But I’m still wondering how I could better spend my time. I’m spending the rest of the month asking people I know how they read / write / curate shows and exhibits / get to shows so much and still exercize / make dinner / have time to answer questions from me.

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Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, ninnyish noblemen boast in major

The only good anagram I could find for Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson was “ninnyish noblemen boast in major.” I didn’t talk about this with Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, but I did talk to him about his LP Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. The guy was awesome, actually: self-deprecating but super

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, ninnyish noblemen boast in major

The only good anagram I could find for Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson was “ninnyish noblemen boast in major.” I didn’t talk about this with Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, but I did talk to him about his LP Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. The guy was awesome, actually: self-deprecating but super confident, funny and full of stories. There was one I couldn’t include about his grandmother disappearing to follow a traveling tent revival. Or another about how he doesn’t own a computer, but does have a Blackberry. Sometimes talking to a nice guy can make that nice guy’s CD even better, and I don’t know if that’s a good way to form opinions about a record. Luckily, I had formed mine a month or so before.

Possibly the song of the year:
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I’ve also updated my work page with some stuff from Pitchfork, Paper and Paste—I realized I hadn’t put up anything since Sept 2007, which seems to imply I hadn’t worked since then. I most certainly have been working, and for places that don’t start with P, too.

Should I have a tumblr? I registered one a long, long time ago, but didn’t really update, and now it seems like everyone has one, especially people that write. I think that the work/stress of writing all day makes one-button photo/quote publishing extra appealing. And someone told me my blog was very ‘plain’ and ‘texty’ but! I like text, I haven’t gotten tired of text.