April 2009
78 posts
“Sometimes the poetry is in the silly thing, the funny thing, the offhand thing;...”
– Jim Jarmusch (via)
How to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only... →
“It may be very bad, it may be good. It will be beer.
You are now the most popular person on the boat. Enjoy.”
Might as well post two Jens Lekman songs in one...
Jens Lekman covers Scout Niblett’s...
Some boo Bill Nye for saying moon reflects light →
Trouble started when the children’s entertainer brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: “God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars,” and pointed out that the lesser light was actually a reflector. At this point, several people in the audience stormed out, including woman with three small...
“A young kid (Macaulay Culkin) is playing loud music in his bedroom at night, and...”
– Wikipedia’s summary of the intro to the video for Michael Jackson’s “Black or White.”
A woman named Marijuana plays it straight - and... →
Police years ago pulled over a young woman who rushed through an amber traffic light. “I’m about to arrest this person right now,” the irritated officer radioed to a dispatcher. “She’s telling me her name is Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.” It’s the truth. Marijuana and Pepsi are her legal first and middle names, and the Beloit woman embraces them as a symbol of...
Tiny Mix Tapes' Compilation for Darfur On Sale Now →
We are extremely excited to announce the release of our first benefit compilation, Tiny Mix Tapes Vol. 1: Darfur, an 11-track album full of exclusive tracks from some of our favorite artists. 100% of the profits from this comp will be donated to the International Rescue Committee, who are currently working in the Sudan region to aid refugees.
I might not be as active in the TMT community as I...
“This song owned the minds of all children. Nothing could’ve been more...”
– Dan Deacon, on what song he was obsessed with at age 10. (Via Pitchfork)
“Mode” by Audacity.
I can’t...
“The real investment is in brand-new 180+ gram LP reissues of sought-after...”
– Andrew Earles’ “Record Flipping Tip of the Day”. (via)
“Kanye West hasn’t really done anything worthwhile—except maybe...”
– Ian Svenonius , to the Village Voice. (Or, perhaps more accurately, to Evan.)
Bill Murray's Errant Tee Shot Sends Woman to... →
Actor Bill Murray hooked a tee shot so badly during a Pro-Am event on Friday that the ball sailed across a street next to the hole and hit a woman in her front yard. She was knocked to the ground and had to go to the hospital.
I love this universe. I love it.
“We can’t pay and we wouldn’t pay. Even if I had the money I would rather burn...”
– Peter Sunde of Pirate Bay
“A few years ago, I saw the NME one day and it said, ‘Who’s the new...”
– Art Brut’s Eddy Argos. (via)
In Which George F. Will Protests America's... →
This is awesome. I wear jeans and play video games every single day, but it’s op-eds like this that restore an element of fun to American bipartisanship. Sure, Will thinks I’m a shabby longhair and have no regard for personal standards, while I think Will is an increasingly irrelevant and careerist moron. At the end of the day, though, it is so fucking fun to terrorize the other side...
Yo La Tengo - The Story Of Yo La Tengo
(via...
“It’s always kind of depressing to realize this is not possible and that is not...”
– Physicist Michio Kaku. (Via)
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Legendary music...
Tall Dwarfs - All My Hollowness to You
Inspired...
“I have to admit that I’m one of those people that still thinks the dishwasher is...”
– Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (via)
Fred Schneider - Sugar in My Hog
In which...
“Web In Front” by the Archers of Loaf,...
“basically hannah the pop star is getting way too cocky for a secret identity so...”
– Excerpt from the NYT’s review of the Hannah Montana movie. This sort of gimmick seems more like a floundering publication grasping at straws than any kind of worthwhile put-down of the movie, but I’m willing to laugh at this sort of thing the first couple times it’s tried. Not...