Links for 31 August 2006

30 Aug 2006 — 1 min read

In the Haze of a Magazine’s Fund-Raiser, Someone Absconds With the Funds Raised – August 30, 2006 – The New York Sun

Someone jacked $3,000 from an N+1 fundraiser.
Drug Calculator Money Cost

Calculate what you could have spent your cash on (vacations, DVD players, laptops, etc), instead of cigarettes, drinks, needles, eight balls, crack, skunkweed, whatever. I say, get the DVD player anyway, and pawn it when times get tight. Best of both worlds.
brooklynvegan: Dinosaur Jr.’s gear stolen in Queens after Brooklyn show

Dinosaur Jr.’s gear was stolen last night after a show in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Vegan posts the list of stuff: Rickenbackers, half-century old Fenders, custom pedal boards. Awful.
Pitchfork Media MP3: The Decemberists : Summersong

Pitchfork hooks up patient, law abiding, non-file-trading jerks with an exclusive mp3 from The Decemberists’ upcoming album, The Crane Wife. [Pitchforkmeda]
So What Do You Do, Michael Ian Black? – mediabistro.com Content

Michael Ian Black (the first interview I ever did, for my State fanzine in middle school) is editor-at-large for Cracked. Media Bistro asks him about this and Stella: “I think the show is terrific. Unfortunately, America did not agree with me.”
The New Yorker: “Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews

A book review, but also sort of a review of Dylan the interview subject.
nthposition online magazine: The novel, Left Behind
Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Girl Talk
Pitchfork: Afternoon Penis: Love Among the Stacks

Track review of Afternoon Penis. The name is almost enough.

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I've been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. And soon...

I'v been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. And soon after I started watching I started thinking I really like the dude who plays Felix Gaeta. Then I started thinking. It would be awesome to meet him. Later: â€œI bet I could meet him at like, some

I'v been watching a lot of Battlestar Galactica. And soon after I started watching I started thinking I really like the dude who plays Felix Gaeta. Then I started thinking. It would be awesome to meet him. Later: â€œI bet I could meet him at like, some sort of event. Next thing I know I'm looking up sci-fi conventions featuring Galactica panels and photo sessions. So that's how it starts, I guess, and it ends with me posing with a pissed off Alessandro Juliani in front of a speckled blue backdrop.

28 Aug 2014

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Selected Entries From My Pitchfork Half-Decade Ballot

Albums 5. Wild Beasts: Present Tense 6. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints 8. WU LYF: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain 12. Ciara: Ciara 16. Swans: The Seer 19. Sharon Van Etten: Tramp 25. Pusha T: My Name Is My Name 26. Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern 33. Childish Gambino: Camp

Albums

5. Wild Beasts: Present Tense
6. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints
8. WU LYF: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
12. Ciara: Ciara
16. Swans: The Seer
19. Sharon Van Etten: Tramp
25. Pusha T: My Name Is My Name
26. Marnie Stern: Marnie Stern
33. Childish Gambino: Camp
37. Maria Minerva: Will Happiness Find Me?
43. Schoolboy Q: Habits & Contradictions

Tracks

1. Beyoncé: “Halo”
17. Beyoncé: “Countdown”
32. Beyoncé: “Drunk in Love”
38. Beyoncé: “Blow”
43. Man Man: “Head On”

I wrote about “Ride” and “212” for Pitchfork’s tracks list.

17 Feb 2014

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New pieces: rollingstone.com and Pitchfork

I’m writing again! I had a bit of a break because I was employed by publications that didn’t want me doing music writing for other places, which was a bummer. But that’s a common part of full-time staff life. Anyway, I wrote my first little bits for

I’m writing again! I had a bit of a break because I was employed by publications that didn’t want me doing music writing for other places, which was a bummer. But that’s a common part of full-time staff life. Anyway, I wrote my first little bits for rollingstone.com and a new review for Pitchfork — my first review for them in four years. Links over on my clips page.