Video: The National - Alligator [2005] Mr. November

I worship at the church of karaoke. The parishoners and I are there to confess and meditate, to feel welcomed by a community, to hear a good sermon or two, to perchance see someone speak in tongues and have the words of the Lord Bon Jovi be channeled through a mere mortal. And, of course, to have some drinks and venture to make complete fools out of ourselves. Karaoke exists in a vacuum of taste, where anomalies and exceptions always seem to arise and mess with my preconceptions. Maybe, like me, this is the only time you can really tolerate a Billy [...]

Die 78s-Redaktion blickt auf die auslaufende Dekade zurück und präsentiert ihre besten Songs der 00er Jahre. Heute von Autorin Sabrina Stallone. Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes (2005, The Mysterious Production of Eggs) Meine meist-gepfiffene Geigenmelodie. Ein Palindrom ist eine Zeichenkette, die von vorn und hinten gelesen gleich bleibt. In diesem kurzen Meisterstück bleibt aber nichts gleich. Der [...]

So I went to pitchfork again this year. This time around it was a bit different for me as I pretty much flew completely solo for most of the 4 days I was in Chicago. Of course my main man in Chi-town, Mauricio put me up for the 3rd year in a row and we did hang a bit. Otherwise I was a loner and it was really great. Okay, so first day I get to Chicago and jump on the El over to Wicker Park area where Mauricio lives. He is there with his [...]

Pretty cool night. I realize not everyone reading this shares the same views, but it was pretty cool to walk down to the washington monument in mt vernon tonight and see the crowd shouting and cheering on cars as they went by.  I've never seen anything like it, that many people so excited about an election.   I'm pretty cynical and I was even getting into it a little bit.  It felt pretty good to be an american for once in a long time (Rock, flag and Eaaaaaagle!). Beck "Loser" [...]

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