You may want to mark the date and time when you read this, because it could be the first, last, and only time I'm gonna say this: I could not wait to hear the new single from Jay-Z. I only very recently heard about this song "D.O.A. – Death of Autotune," which was actually released earlier this month, but right away I knew I had to hear it. I am so sick of these "singers" manipulating their talentless voices. I mean, give me an hour in the studio, a high-priced producer, and an Autotune [...]
from an issue of Granta magazine in the mid-1990s The Case Against Babies by Joy Williams Babies, babies, babies. There's a plague of babies. Too many rabbits or elephants or mustangs or swans brings out the myxomatosis, the culling guns, the sterility drugs, the scientific brigade of egg smashers. Other species can 'strain their environments' or 'overrun their range' or clash with their human 'neighbours', but human babies are always welcome at [...]
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You have to love the still-chugging-along online magazine Slate for its "sorta-smug semi-contrarianism equals clicks" business model. Following in the footsteps of its super-nontroversial Billy Joel takedown that amazingly lit up the blogosphere and its not-really-bold pro-DRM screed , the mag's critic-at-large, Stephen Metcalf , takes on the Boss' halftime show for being just too darn cheery in a piece titled—I am not kidding—"He Should Have Played 'The Wrestler'": Nothing will ever compete for sheer tone-deafness with Paul McCartney playing a zealous Super Bowl rendition of [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Black Lips : "Starting Over" [mp3] from 200 Million Thousand (out February 24th) other Black Lips posts at Largehearted Boy Cut Off Your Hands : "Turn Cold" [mp3] from You & I (out January 20th) other Smiths posts at Largehearted Boy Elvis Perkins in Dearland : [...]
Any remaining regular readers will have noticed the paucity of blog posts in the past month or so. One reason for not putting finger to keyboard in recent weeks has been my discovery of the fantastic website of Ms Fiona Russell Powell . Those of you with long memories may remember Fiona as one of the best reasons to read The Face in its Neville Brody-designed heyday. The site (maintained, seemingly, by La Powell herself) is an archive of her best columns and interviews from The Face, Arena, Loaded, and answers quite a few questions [...]
In late 1982, the group ABC, led by lead singer and former journalist Martin Fry, emerged out of Sheffield, England to become one of the brightest and most promising pop acts of the time. Their debut, The Lexicon Of Love , was a more user-friendly slice of Roxy Music-inspired songs and the album was a critical smash and spawned a number of hit singles in the UK. In the US, ABC's wasn't quite able to reach such heights, but did manage to notch a pair of Top 40 hits with The Look Of Love and [...]
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
