July 2009
1 post
The King of Pop →
Travis Morrison 1992 - 2009
You had a good innings, kid.
June 2009
2 posts
Constantines live at Music Hall of Williamsburg →
You know the story: band from out of nowhere goes top 10 of all time.
The Purchase
Instead of a Playstation 3, a 30” tall plastic heron.
Sometimes even I wonder about myself.
May 2009
10 posts
The Lineup
Bands I will watch at Glastonbury 2009:
FRIDAY JUNE 26
Q-Tip
British Sea Power
SATURDAY JUNE 27
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Spinal Tap
SUNDAY JUNE 28
Blur
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Brand New
Johnny Foreigner - Feels Like Summer
I guess if...
The Remake
else:
larsenb:
else, Harry Potter books redesigned as classic Penguin books.
for me? Am i else? I know I’m else, but am I the else?
Yes.
The Remake
else,
Harry Potter books redesigned as classic Penguin books.
Are these the old sonic cheats?
else:
“Click On The White Background Of Facebook. Then Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, b, a, Enter, Then Click On The Screen”
It’s the Konami code, obv.
The Comparison
Continuing the trend of just stealing funny things from message boards:
Stephen Malkmus’ musical sidemen/women and their corresponding Wu-Tang member.
S.M. = RZA
Obvious. Leader. Visionary. Distinctive. Restless. Without one the rest are none.
Stairs = Raekwon
Integral to initial success, but can’t shake the feeling that they would rather stay stuck in 1995. Consistant rumors...
The Tip
Just in case any of you were thinking about it: running headlong into a wooden beam is not a good idea.
It hurts and you are reminded of how dumb you are when you look in the mirror.
April 2009
2 posts
Me and the guys FW kind of recorded some new stuff...
The Blank
Everyone knows that Dick Dale’s Misirlou was used in Pulp Fiction but just now, when I heard the song on the radio, I suddenly got flashbacks about it being used in something else.
And I can’t remember what it is at all.
I think it was crime-related and possibly showed footage of a car with the song fading out during the descending piano part but that’s about it.
Ugh. This...
March 2009
10 posts
The D6 Roll →
Nearly every book in the Lone Wolf series of adventure game books, available to read/play online for free.
Seeing this made me feel like I was 13 again.
The Bon Idée (Part 3)
A set of photographs taken with a camera installed in the bottom of a mug.
Based upon the darkened reflection I spy when I drink my tea, this could prove fruitful.
Or at least amusing.
The Addiction
So Peggle is pretty much the best thing ever, huh?
I’m only 2 years late on this.
WatchPC point ‘n’ click Edwardian-era murder mystery, The Last Express, edited by (game creator) Jordan Mechner into a 75-minute feature.
The other parts are available here.
I absolutely love(d) everything about this game.
The (Home) Improvement
I will go back to school this year, 3 years after I thought I got out for good.
In a way, I wish I was still happy to cruise along through life on the minimum effort but aspirations and The Dream and the fact that my future can’t just be about me have challenged that.
A better person, huh?
The Secret
Sure, the tracklisting is amazing (that’s inevitable) but it’s the pacing and playfulness that set it apart.
One of the best, definitely.
The Tyra Mail
ANTM.
Another reason why Monday is actually one of the best days.
The Bon Idée (Part 2)
It is impossible to find an official t-shirt for the singer Seal.
This is required for another great idea, in the same series as the excellent sleeping-lions-rhythm-keeping-audience-interaction-acoustic-percussion game.
February 2009
21 posts
The Wonder
Is it acceptable in modern society to cook a pizza with the express intention of letting it go cold so one can reheat it the following day?
I’m on the brink here.
The City
Now I notice the streetlamp’s hum The ghosts of graffiti they couldn’t quite erase The blank-faced stares on the subway As the people go home
The parks lay empty like my unmade bed The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone And this is where I live But I’ve never felt less at home
But I’m not unsympathetic I see why you left There’s no one to know ...
L'Idiot d'Amour
Who?
Oh.
The Cat
For the second time, Lew, Ben and I accidentally became the owners of a cat.
This was on Friday night, after celebrating a dual-birthday and letting various members of the geriatric gentry and hip students enjoy Metallica’s 1986 classic “Battery”.
Considered a good evening by all involved.
The Enemy Of Love →
Maybe this is old, I don’t know, but that doesn’t make it less incredible.
Like the Whip It Kids video x infinity.
The Gilding
Lew and I are going to see Idlewild perform all of their albums in May.
This means seeing them perform Stay The Same.
This means realising a 7 year old dream.
Good weekend all round.
“Dirty DNA? Isn’t that a Michael Jackson song?”
– Regardless of the set-up being misheard, I still can’t get over this.
Amazing.
The Industry Dinner
Tonight FW are back in the big leagues, playing at the (now) o2 Academy for various men in suits, possibly whilst they eat a 3-course dinner. It remains to be seen whether saying “how’d you like that? That’s a big sound from Farthing Wood” will get chicken drumsticks thrown at us. We’re getting paid though. That’s what matters.
Also, just to re-iterate how...
Mike the Brit
brynnherman:
For the past three days that I’ve worked the lunch shift, you’ve come in and ordered. You’re accent is so adorable and not too thick, like when you say “tuna sandwich” it doesn’t sound like “choonuh” [like the other sassy Brit, Paul, who has major attitude with me]. Sure you’re a little older than me [20 years?] but dammmnnnnnn, boy, yous fine. I work next Tuesday, so please come in...
The Old School*
*title also considered: The Narcissist
A comparison between the musical tastes of David Baptiste circa 2005 - 2007 and David Baptiste circa 2007 - 2009, based upon David Baptiste’s top 15 artists in 2007, as provided by last.fm (formerly audioscrobbler).
15. Biffy Clyro Most popular song in 2007: My Recovery Injection Most popular song in 2009: Get Fucked, Stud = 14. Belle &...
else:
The Hits of New Years Eve 2004.
Your...
The Confusion
I just read that Enya released a new single this week and, in the description, there was no mention of her being dead.
“How odd”, I thought.
I looked her up on Wikipedia and saw there was no mention of her being dead.
“How odd”, I thought.
I then realised that I was thinking of Eva Cassidy.
Last year, at the height of my nefarious days of downloading albums, I...
The Plagiarism
Smiths song titles translated into hip-hop slang:
“UP N YO GRILL N TAKE YO SHIT” (“A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours”) “B REAL NIGGA” (“Accept Yourself”) “WUT?” (“Ask”) “WE OUT” (“Asleep”) “BACK 2 THA HOOD” (“Back to the Old House”) “BACK-N THA DAY IT WUZ...
The Instigator
So Travis Morrison has some new shows for 2009.
A little convenient that he should do this after I said he should.
It’s also a little convenient that the Criterion Contraption should start up again after I mentioned it.
DB gets shit done.
Correction: DB gets other people to get their shit done. DB doesn’t do shit.
Shit shit shit.
Whip it good!
Oh hey, hey Mr. Blue Sky
else:
larsenb:
else:
It’s a new low when E.L.O. are getting you through the early hours of the morning.
This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard today.
It has a vocoder chorus FFS!
Cut the swearing dude. Maybe it was a highlight of my evening actually, it’s was a whole whirlwind of emotions staying up for 40hrs, who knows what I was thinking? i don’t even know now.
Nobody knows what...
Oh hey, hey Mr. Blue Sky
else:
It’s a new low when E.L.O. are getting you through the early hours of the morning.
This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard today.
It has a vocoder chorus FFS!
January 2009
19 posts
The Doppelgänger
As observed by Donald from Invergordon, the drummer from Harvey Danger has been added to The List.
3:12 is the highlight.
The Regret
There truly is nothing worse than realising you’ve made a spelling mistake in something that you can no longer edit.
I don’t strive for perfection but I’ve become accustomed to it.
The Instant Appeal
else:
So I just need one more listen and I’ll be sold? I am 66% convinced.
I don’t think there are enough hours in the day for all the listens it would take to convince you.
Maybe the key difference is how we come across live. It’s a bit more punky and chaotic, mainly because I try my best to upstage everyone.
The Instant Appeal
It seems that it takes 3 times before someone decides “hey! I actually like your band.”
This is based on anecdotal evidence of about 3 people.
I like to equate this to relationships with the analogy being that people don’t lust after us straight away but build up affection for us over time, which (should) lead to a longer and more fruitful relationship.
Which is all well and...