By Kevin J. Dickerson
Play loudly and throw darts at posters of Nixon or whoever.
16. Jupiter Is Busy, Take Mars
By Kevin J. Dickerson
Helicopter
Deerhunter made a wavey spacey black and white video for “Helicopter,” which will be on Halcyon Digest (9/28 via 4AD.) The video has Bradford Cox’s face and some mist or something and some visual junk all over.
I can’t decide if I like it, or if I’m not amazed at all. What do you think?
By Kevin J. Dickerson
Photo: NBC / Mitchell Haaseth
The Tonight Show is having its worst summer ever. Why do you think that is? Do you think it has bad ratings because Jay Leno is a show-stealing un-funny jerk, or do you think people aren’t watching TV the way they used to? Do you think Jay Leno is a nice guy who is funny? (Does anyone who reads blogs think Jay Leno is funny, or are they all adults?)
Are people watching too many other shows, like a CSI or vampire movies?
Get to AV Club to read about the Tonight Show’s moribunditude.
By Kevin J. Dickerson
Vetiver and Fruit Bats covered I Must Be in a Good Place Now by Bobby Charles. They made a sweet rendition that’s maybe even more mellow than the original.
By Kevin J. Dickerson
Big Star bassist Andy Hummel died at 59 in Weatherstone, Texas after a two-year battle with cancer.
By Tom Williams
Making a good summer mixtape can be one of the most important things a man does with his life. A good summer mix has legs, it is still good years after you make it. I still have one on cassette that I made during the summer of 1993 that I still pull out every once in a while and, if I still had a cassette player, would pop in and jam out to.
CONTINUE READING 15. The Art of Summer Mixtapin’ →
By chrisoftheinterwebs
FUGAZI – Bed for the Scraping.
For the few non-consecutive months I’ve been employed in my life, I was not a happy person. It’s not a pleasant thing for me to admit that while I might be good at a lot of unprofitable things, most of America values me at about eight bucks an hour. Like most people, it takes a little extra push above and beyond the dangling paycheck at the end of every two weeks to convince me that getting out of bed before three in the afternoon and shlubbing through another day is worth it. Some people like to reward themselves after a day’s work my mixing up a rum and coke or five on the bus ride home. Other folks get a kick out of television, massage parlors, or even, weirdly enough, the gym. For me, it’s songs. There’s nothing like an old standby from my ‘feel good’ playlist to get me through another day of anonymity. The verdict isn’t in on which song I’ll forever associate with the spring of 2010, although “Bodysnatchers” is making a pretty strong case for itself. So instead I’ll leave with with the Chris Lee Official Pick-Me-Up song of 2009. I used to throw this one on before going to work at that restaurant that fired me, and it was the only thing that kept me from shoving the nickels right back up the really cheap customers’ asses. Enjoy.
By Kevin J. Dickerson
I used to listen to Quasi all the time and now I’m happy to see them doing more stuff. Like this video. Running bears are funny enough, but when black bears fight horses it’s even better! Sneaky bears.
By chrisoftheinterwebs
It’s been reported this evening that Poison lead singer and front man for more trash television programing than you can shake a stick at has been rushed to an emergency room after suffering a “massive” brain hemorrhage. There have been the requisite “he’s dead” rumors floating around the interwebs, but as of now it appears that these are false. He is currently listed in critical conditioning and under (I would assume. I mean, come on, the guy’s rich.) close supervision by doctors and other hospital bigwigs and so-and-so’s. Strippers and drunk-guys-in-their-40′s-who-have-been-on-disability-for-the-past-three-years the world over have attempted to express their sympathy and concern, but the message has been mostly garbled due to the difficulty of speaking coherently while eight days deep into a meth binge.
Read the full story at Yahoo News.
