December 2009
27 posts
“Somehow a candy bar I hit with a tennis racket so the people on the balcony...”
– This Onion AV Club interview with Gallagher is completely insane. Gallagher has lost his mind.
“The idea was to take something iconic like E.T. and apply how I hate reggae...”
– Harvey Milk bassist Steven Tanner, on the band’s shirt that features “a Steven Spielberg alien drinking, smoking a joint and wearing a shirt reading ‘No Woman No Cry’ on it as the band’s name lauds over him.”
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - Take Up Thy...
“New Zealand has a curious theme in the naming of its national teams. Off the top...”
– There Are No Fours
“In the past, there was a general understanding, a sort of implicit clause in the...”
– Paul Krugman, somehow coming up with the wittiest thing I’ve heard all day.
Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw
Even as a Smog...
“Anything that involves rapping about hitting people in the head with bottles.”
– Unkut’s definition of “Gutter Rap,” as part of their “Unkut Guide To Rap Genres.” A must-read.
“It’s mostly younger men stealing the books. They think it’s an existential rite...”
– Zack Zook, general manager of BookCourt in Brooklyn, to the New York Times.
I spent some time during my salad days as a book shoplifter (thank boredom and Crimethinc’s oddly extreme effect on the older kids I was trying to impress) and, after reading this quote, I realized that the only...
WatchAn Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you’ve ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it.
This is the best thing I’ve seen all week. The song kind of rules, too.
“Yea yea this jacket is tha sh** yo. Mad ladies be all up on my d like what!? And...”
– Urbanoutfitters.com username “Akamine,” on the jacket I swear I was considering purchasing before I even read this.
Jens Lekman - A Man Walks Into a Bar
If...
“It’s part of human nature to wonder what it would be like to crash a fully...”
– “Dinosaurs Sadly Extinct Before Invention Of Bazooka”
“If we’re determined to ignore the tragedy and embrace the spectacle,...”
– Conor Friedersdorf kills it re: the claim that Tiger Woods somehow forfeited his right to privacy by appearing in so many advertisements.
Outkast - Hey Ya
For all my love of nerdy...
So Cow - Runaway (Del Shannon cover)
So Cow put...
