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2010
Jan
06
40: Iggy Pop's The Idiot (1977)
41: Gang of Four's Entertainment! (1979)
This American Infographic
Airbag - Bipolar.
“I mean, if they can produce work of that caliber because they are free from ...”
Xiu Xiu "Dear God ... "
Flat-Packed 3D Postcards
The year in food: changing tastes
“While nobody was paying attention, food quietly assumed the place in youth culture that used ...”
Owle iPhone AV Rig
PTMK
An All-Ikea Meal
“That is perhaps the true essence of Scandinavian eating: food that can last longer than ...”
Split Infinitives, What you have here is a chronicle of the worst...
“"What you have here is a chronicle of the worst decade in movie history. If ...”
THE INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY: The Real Top Gen X Classics
“What these books all share are those iconic hallmarks of Gen X: sarcasm, hope ...”
kottke.org's best links of 2009
“This list of Kottke's best links of the year should keep you busy for a ...”
Interesting Letterhead Designs | Letterheady
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Screen: Indie Filmmakers Find Alternatives to the Multiplex
“In 2008, less than half of the films submitted to Sundance saw US theatrical deals, ...”
Screen: Indie Filmmakers Find Alternatives to the Multiplex
“In 2008, less than half of the films submitted to Sundance saw US theatrical deals, ...”
10 Great New Single-Serving Tumblrs
“Tumblr is quickly becoming the blogging platform of choice for some of the most entertaining ...”
How to say stupid things about social media
“There are plenty of things to worry about when it comes to social media. They ...”
Mobile-phone culture: The Apparatgeist calls
“Americans won’t shut up. Their average monthly talk-time is a whopping 788 minutes, though some ...”
From Spotify to Bookify: how playlists could revolutionize the books market
“Let's imagine an online lending service - I'll call it Bookify. On payment of a ...”
From Spotify to Bookify: how playlists could revolutionize the books market
“Let's imagine an online lending service - I'll call it Bookify. On payment of a ...”
04
Knowing How to Pick a Fight
“The Population Bomb has been a lightning rod for complaints that environmentalists are more concerned ...”
Artists in Action #552
“Oh, Leonard B. How dapper you were. LINK”
Repertory Theatre’s Brad Graham dies
“Brad L. Graham, a theater publicist and social networking pioneer who is credited with coining ...”
Repertory Theatre’s Brad Graham dies
“Brad L. Graham, a theater publicist and social networking pioneer who is credited with coining ...”
How I Learned To Love You From So Far Away
“How I Learned To Love You From So Far Away is a collection of stories ...”
A Decade In History of Online Video
“Coinciding with the election of 2004 was the prevalence of broadband speeds, and with half ...”
Top 50 Artists & Bands of 2009 / The Hype Machine
“The Top 50 Artists of 2009 according to how frequently the blogs listed on The ...”
Booked Up, with Seth Colter Walls: An Incredibly Un-Fun Misreading of David Foster Wallace that Katie Roiphe Should Never Do Again
“Glad I'm not the foot that's currently in Miss Roiphe's mouth. LINK”
Booked Up, with Seth Colter Walls: An Incredibly Un-Fun Misreading of David Foster Wallace that Katie Roiphe Should Never Do Again
“Glad I'm not the foot that's currently in Miss Roiphe's mouth. LINK”
Panel: Special diets don't fight autism
“Painful digestive problems can trigger problem behavior in children with autism and should be treated ...”
Untitled Geometries
“Untitled Geometries: Booleay from zeitguised on Vimeo.”
03
10 YEARS IN 20 RECORDS | themilkfactory
“The last ten years have delivered their fair share of hits and misses, and this ...”
Mixtape: Fade Dub
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2009
Dec
31
Seth's Blog: Seven years gone
“But on a micro level, on a personal level, this was a decade filled with ...”
Lou Reed's iPhone App
“With Lou Zoom, your contacts have never been this beautiful—or this huge and legible! Each ...”
Wipe The Slate Clean For 2010, Commit Web 2.0 Suicide
“Warning: This will really delete your online presence and is irrevocable). Just put in your ...”
New York Music - The Decade in Music Genre Hype
“Thanks to high-speed connections and low expectations, this scenario has played itself out over and ...”
10 Albums from the Past Decade You Should Own... But Probably Don't
“"I decided to compile a list of ten records that I feel didn’t get the ...”
The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway
“Why was Helvetica not chosen originally? What was chosen in its place? Why is Helvetica ...”
15 Masterful Directors with Films in 2010 (Paste)
“Even the best actors will occasionally take a paycheck from a film they know is ...”
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Ustream Makes History With First Live Broadcaster for iPhone in App Store
“Today we are thrilled to announce the availability of the Ustream Live Broadcaster for the ...”
22
Convert Cassettes to MP3
“Witness the resurgence of LPs, which have a warmer sound than digital tracks, and often ...”
Criterion Adds Thirty-Five Films to Stream via Netflix
“For years, the Criterion Collection has been around to provide one of the best film ...”
A Decade In Music: The Rise And Rise Of The Cover Version
“If the Noughties really was the decade where pop railed against its history – the ...”
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Feathered Dinosaurs Were Venomous Predators
“Analysis of skulls belonging to different species of Sinornithosaurus, a group of feathered predatory theropods ...”
Camp Movie Camp: He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special (1987)
“Watch as Skeletor learns about the true meaning of Christmas...Jesus....I'm serious. LINK”
Look at This Fucking Cat v Dog Video of the Day
“Pussy Pitbull Sharky gets bitchslapped by Roomba-riding badass, Max-Arthur. LINK”
Amazon Buying Tricks: Find the web giant’s secret bargain basement...
“This is a hidden rulebook for giant web store Amazon. Find out how to uncover ...”
Lost Formats - Experimental Jetset
“Lost Formats December 2000 Lost Formats Preservation Society The society was founded in 2000 with the design of ...”
Behind The New York Times Magazine's Redesign with DD Arem Duplessis
“In June of this year, The New York Times unveiled a major redesign of their ...”
The Known Universe Scientifically Rendered For All to See
“After hovering over Mount Everest and the gorges that plunge to the Ganges, you are ...”
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Watch This: 70-Minute Video Review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
““Your life is about to change. This is astounding film making. Watch ALL of it.” ...”
17
Alice's adventures in algebra: Wonderland solved
“The 19th century was a turbulent time for mathematics, with many new and controversial concepts, ...”
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The Golden Girls: How One TV Show Turned A Generation Of American Boys Into Homosexuals
“The most unexpected segment of this show’s fanbase was America’s young men. In the 80s, ...”
The Vicious Kind (2009) Trailer
“Adam Scott looks delicious. LINK”
Weekly Tape Deck
“Their favorite songs of 2009 - great list! LINK”
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Yes, We Are Still Missing DFW: Part II
“In the last few years of his life, though, this changed and he did start ...”
The Millions: Some Choice DFW Links
“GQ offers an insightful interview with The New Yorker’s Deborah Treisman on the subject of ...”
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MySpace Music Agrees to Stream Indie Bands
“Artists will simply pay a small flat fee for inclusion in the on-demand MySpace Music ...”
THIRD AND DELAWARE
“Fashion highlights from every single episode of "Roseanne." Awesome! LINK”
The best books of 2009
“2009 was the year that saw a spate of books about Darwin and evolution, celebrating ...”
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
“The historical map collection has over 21,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on ...”
Letters of Note: Holden Caulfield is unactable
“Not to mention, God help us all, the immeasurably risky business of using actors. Have ...”
A Documentary is Just a Feature Film In Disguise: An Interview with Werner Herzog
“The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, a madman’s delusional romp and bayou fever-dream ...”
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Retro: Mailer and McLuhan
“Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan expound on violence, alienation and the electronic envelope. The clash ...”
12
Defining The The Sorcerer's Apprentice Debate - Trailer - Videogum
“I'm also sure that the wig budget for this movie was less than the Bagel ...”
Snackr: an RSS ticker for Windows/Mac/Linux built using Adobe AIR and Flex.
“What's Snackr? It's an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls ...”
MySpace/Imeem Deal Leaves Thousands of Artists Unpaid
“MySpace Music bought “certain assets” from imeem, and they do not include imeem’s liability to ...”
The Disintegration of the Music Industry and the Road to Distributism
“Technological advances are rendering large record companies and their record deals superfluous. They cannot sustain ...”
The Best Music Books of The Decade
“The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of ...”
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Where are they now: Girl from Danzig's "Mother" video
“Although I never found the two girls to be all that great looking, I often ...”
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The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies
“A massive underground sensation, The Big Lebowski has been hailed as the first cult film ...”
The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas
“Once again, The Times Magazine looks back on the past year from our favored perch: ...”
Mixtape: Made In the Dark
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Rumored Cap’n Jazz and Owls Reunions
“Indie Rock Reviews have posted information regarding a rumor that beloved Chicago emo acts Cap’n ...”
Rumored Cap’n Jazz and Owls Reunions
“Indie Rock Reviews have posted information regarding a rumor that beloved Chicago emo acts Cap’n ...”
MIXTAPE VII – THE FANTASTIC SYMPHONY
“It’s unclear what was imagined first – the band name, the music, or the artwork ...”
09
Small Black "Dispicable Dogs"
“Small Black: Despicable Dogs from Yoonha Park on Vimeo.”
08
All the lonely people
“What's a good way to keep from getting lonely in this high holy season of ...”
Flux-Rad Top 20 of 2009
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William Basinski releases new album, 'Vivian & Ondine'
“The highly-regarded ambient composer, best known for his 2002-3 series The Disintegration Loops (one of ...”
Artists Paid: The Residents
“"Commercial Album (1980) consisted of 40 songs, each consisting of a verse and a chorus ...”
07
Best Of The Decade | The A.V. Club
“Lots of great lists to browse here, even the orphans! LINK”
Apple's Lala purchase forecasts browser access to iTunes content
“Apple's acquisition of the streaming music service Lala could pave the way for iTunes content ...”
OVER THE EDGE - An Oral History of the Greatest Teen Rebellion Movie of All Time
“In the spring of 1979, a small-budget movie with a somewhat corny-sounding name was released ...”
All That by David Foster Wallace
“Once when I was a little boy I received as a gift a toy cement ...”
The Greatest Velvet Paintings Of Science-Fiction Icons!
“It's true, these are the greatest (thanks Joe). LINK”
Trolley Scooter von Samsonite und Micro
“Kevin definitely needs this awesome travel scooter for tour next year. LINK”
THE STYLUS DECADE IS COMING.
“So glad to see some kind of reformation coming from these guys .... LINK”
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Simon Reynolds's Notes on the noughties: The musically fragmented decade
“The cheapness of home studio and digital audio workstation recording, combined with the wealth of ...”
Olimpia Zagnoli
The Major Works of Counterintuitive Thought From the Past Decade
“In the aughts, the shocking hidden side of everything became the only side of anything ...”
10 Easy Ways To Improve Your Cooking
“Here's 10 easy things you can do to improve your cooking. I've touched upon a ...”
Brock Davis Illustrations
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Burgess McDowell: Clockwork Orange (Video)
“Anthony Burgess und Darsteller Malcolm McDowell discuss A Clockwork Orange LINK”
04
Print: Applying Quantitative Analysis to Classic Lit
“If Google has its way, all of English literature will one day exist as searchable ...”
In Radiolab We Trust
“In Radiolab We Trust is a limited, affordable set of prints by five international artists, ...”
The Kubrick Site: Kubrick on 'Words and Movies'
“The perfect novel from which to make a movie is, I think, not the novel ...”
Grammar Challenge: Answers and Explanations
“The answers to the other night’s grammar challenge appear haphazardly throughout that post’s comments section, ...”
03
Feeding Birds Could Create New Species
“Central European blackcap warblers that spend the winter in the birdfeeder-rich United Kingdom are on ...”
A 42-Year-Old Letter From David Bowie [PIC]
“David Bowie hand-typed this letter to respond to his first piece of American fan mail. ...”
chuck klosterman at 17 dots
“"I think that for whatever reason, during the period I was writing this book, I ...”
Jarvis Cocker "Further Complications"
“Yep, he's still got it. LINK”
Cassette Tape Notebook
Said the Gramophone: BEST SONGS OF 2009
“Tons of gems in here, from the obvious hits to the low-flying surprises. LINK”
Cincinnati: A Midwest Conundrum
“Yet, I’m always befuddled as well as I puzzle a great conundrum: if Cincinnati is ...”
Mixtape: Summerlong Moonraker
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Fluxtumblr - If you wanted to watch a couple dapper handsome...
“If you wanted to watch a couple dapper handsome men speak intelligently about rock music, ...”
Classic Interview With Freddie Mercury From Rock's Backpages
“"Darling, if everything you read in the press about me was true then I wouldn't ...”
Films that inspired directors
“"I saw the film when it came out. I was in my early twenties. The ...”
Apple - Movie Trailers - Saint John of Las Vegas
“After a run of bad luck, John (Steve Buscemi), a compulsive gambler, runs away from ...”
Pavement: New Material 'Inevitable'
“Founding member of Pavement Scott Kannberg has told an Australian newspaper that new material from ...”
Pavement: New Material 'Inevitable'
“Founding member of Pavement Scott Kannberg has told an Australian newspaper that new material from ...”
Shearwater – First MP3 from The Golden Archipelago, preorder, dossier, tour dates
““The Golden Archipelago”?is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious ...”
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A giant stingray
“It is one of the rarest giants of the ocean, and it has been caught ...”
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Helveticons
Ogling: Dust & Grooves
Ted Leo to Pitchfork ...
“Hey - I got nothing against what I know about The Gaslight Anthem, Pitchfork - ...”
Are People Just Fatigued of Your Brand?
“Saying “no” to a speaking engagement, event, or networking event does not mean you’ll disappear ...”
Artist Managers Must Understand Their Role Is Now Business Development
“Today, for the vast majority of managers, their principal role is different. No longer should ...”
Nov
30
Elizabeth Fraser talks about why she finds it too difficult to even think about her old Cocteau Twins bandmates
“Fraser is still furious with herself for staying in the band for two years (and ...”
Birdie
“Bird Necklace by Ingrid Montoya. LINK”
Brian Eno: The death of uncool
“We’re living in a stylistic tropics. There’s a whole generation of people able to access ...”
Babies (2010) Trailer
“Simultaneously follows four babies around the world -- from birth to first steps. The children ...”
Nature Rocker
An end to Technics 1200?
“There's some chatter on the internets about a move by Panasonic that will end production ...”
Mew's Jonas Bjerre teams up with Coldplay and A-Ha members to form supergroup
“The band is a collaboration between Mew lead singer Bjerre, Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman and ...”
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iTunes tagging goes live on Absolute Radio
“Listeners of Absolute Radio, on 105.8 FM in London, who use the nano’s built-in radio ...”
Glann Branca: The End of Music
“In this case the paradigm shift may not be a shift but a dead stop. ...”
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The Seed Salon | Noam Chomsky + Robert Trivers
“In the 1970s, a Harvard class taught by Robert Trivers ignited a controversy that would ...”
The best books of the ’00s
“I can heartily recommend The Corrections, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night ...”
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The Velvet Underground of Churches and Other Blatant Blasphemies
“I wonder who is the Velvet Underground of the animal kingdom… I vote for the ...”
25
Cormac McCarthy on The Road
“"Your future gets shorter and you recognize that. In recent years, I have had no ...”
Your Favorite TED Talk Ever?
“What’s the best TED Talk ever? That’s the little debate taking place on Reddit.com, and ...”
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The Road Takes Desolate Journey From Page to Screen
“Novelist Cormac McCarthy sets up grim stakes early on in his post-apocalyptic parable The Road. ...”
Nerd Boyfriend
“I just spent way too much time looking at men in rad clothes. LINK”
On Self-Promotion – Jeffrey Zeldman
“Marketing is not bragging, and touting one’s wares is not evil. The baker in the ...”
10 Amazing Quotes From Coolio's New Cookbook, Cookin' with Coolio, Which, Yes, Really Exists
“"This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. ...”
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My Parents Were Awesome…But Their Decor Was Not
“By now many of you might have heard of the recent website flavor of the ...”
Shearwater: The Golden Archipelago
“Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago from KMS on Vimeo.”
The Little Red Hen
“Illustrated by Andy Warhol. LINK”
A Journey Round My Skull: The Holy Mountain of Contemporary Polish Posters
“Lots to be inspired by here, contemporary artists inspired by 70s design. LINK”
NASA Images
Native American Prints from the Pennington Photo Studio Photos
“In the early 1900s, William Pennington and Lisle Updike spent most days traveling the four ...”
Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
“An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On ...”
Cute New Chameleon Discovered While Being Eaten by Snake
“Differentiated from other species by the pattern of scales on its head and the flat ...”
Vinyl Frame Displays [Play & Display Flip Frames von Art Vinyl]
Roku Adds Channel Store with Facebook, Flickr, Pandora, and More
“Coming to the new “App Store (App Store)“-style store are popular video providers blip.tv, independent ...”
Shouts & Murmurs: I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
“It was with great pride, then that I learned my son had chosen George, a ...”
Mew to release live album in December
“Danish art-rockers Mew are to release a live album in December, taken from a performance ...”
The Ultimate Collective: How Broken Social Scene Changed the Communal Aspect of Music
“More structured than simple impromptu jam sessions, in transitioning from a solid unit to a ...”
Dirty Three and Josh T. Pearson at Queen Elizabeth Hall
“Australian instrumental trio Dirty Three, who’ve built up a strong live reputation over the last ...”
Them Crooked Photo Contracts
“I think artist’s management seem to think that photographers are getting rich off their image ...”
Death + Taxes Magazine: Goodnight Keith Moon
“Check out this sweet retelling of classic kid’s book, Goodnight Moon in which the “Moon” ...”
120 Minutes Archive
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iA » Links in Print: Story of a Beautiful Failure
“In January 2009 we were invited to take part in a paid pitch for the ...”
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Polaroid Ring by Yellowgoat
“What a fun design! Just in time for holiday gift giving too. LINK”
Facebook’s iPhone App Is Broken. Who Will Fix It?
“The Facebook iPhone app is broken , and has been for a while now. Every ...”
Science Is Interesting
“Richard Dawkins (with some help from Rather Good) wants to sing to you about how ...”
Cat holds fox hostage and starts licking
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is why the internet was invented. Thank you Al Gore. LINK”
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Netflix and IFC Team Up for Streaming Indies
“Now Netflix and IFC have sealed the deal for a partnership that gives Netflix access ...”
50 practical tips to save you half a lifetime
“There’s usually a reason why friendless people lack friends. Non-ferrous metals don’t trigger most security ...”
John Cleese - The Source Of Creativity
“What truly inspired me was to become aware (again) of the fact that we have ...”
The Uncollected Stories of JD Salinger
“Aside from his Nine Stories, JD Salinger published twenty-two stories in various magazines which remain ...”
November reading list
“Continuing a tradition, here are half a dozen or so books worth a look. Of ...”
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MySpace Music Charts: Billboard for a New Generation
“The global music charts product is like a Billboard, version 2.0, and builds on MySpace’s ...”
Blown Away by a "Landslide"
““I took my love. Took it down,” she began softly. I couldn’t make sense of ...”
Birth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists
“On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles ...”
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In Cold Blood, 50 years Later
“On November 15, 1959, Herb and Bonnie Clutter and two of their four children were ...”
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10 Definitive Tips for Writing Captivating Emails
“Emails are a great way to reach people, to keep reminding them that your site ...”
Photoshop in movie posters and ads.
“It’s fun to try to find the duplications, and other hidden actions on Photoshop in ...”
Barry Lyndon
“So much of Kubrick's film is a symphony played larghissimo, lamentando-the Duel between Redmond Barry ...”
Four Tet reveals album art
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Slowmotions - Quick Potions - yk 005
“Long Story Short: New album from Slowmotions available right now as an entirely free download ...”
Roundtable Discussion: The Role Of The Record Label
“Mac McCaughan: The Internet allows you access to all the music you could want, and ...”
Dusted Reviews: Erik Satie - 42 Vexations (1893)
“The composition, which consists of the same short phrase played on the piano 840 times, ...”
We Live In Public - A Warhol For Our Times?
“Harris was a poster boy for the notorious Dot Com Bubble - a commercial boom ...”
Vinyl Envy
Steve Albini on Recording 2,000 Albums, Nirvana, How Geffen Tried to Put Him Out of Business, & Disregarding the Listening Audience... 'I’ll Literally Work With Anybody'...
“Steve Albini is likely your favorite rock band’s favorite producer. However, you better not call ...”
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Creative Review - Art Vinyl's sleeves of the year
“There's only a couple on here that I'd vote for ... what are your choices? ...”
The Prisoner: An All-Star Appreciation
““Before Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles were going to do another full movie like Help, ...”
2000s (decade) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The decade has been dominated by several wide-ranging topics, including international trade and a growing ...”
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Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing?
“Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing? This is the graph the ...”
Rock Music Goes The Way Of The Beard
“What we need is more contemporary rock music that addresses or mirrors the chaos, the ...”
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Labels may be losing money, but artists are making more than ever
“The Times Labs blog takes a hard look at the data on music sales and ...”
Jello Biafra Says Major Labels Deserve to Be Ripped Off
“The outspoken punk icon is realistic about what's causing the problems. "The horrible economy and ...”
Overlooked Albums from the 1970s
“et me preface this ambitious undertaking by laying down some ground rules. First, it’s by ...”
Artists Paid
“For better or worse, popular music depends upon the existence of casual fans. Back when ...”
Lambchop - Give It
“Lambchop - Give It from Merge Records on Vimeo. Lambchop is releasing a live album! ”
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New Brain Cells May Knock Out Old Memories
“A new rodent study shows that newborn neurons destabilize established connections among existing brain cells ...”
Ryuichi Sakamoto to curate first ever Japanese Meltdown festival
“Sakamoto played with his pioneering electro-pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra at the Massive Attack-curated Meltdown ...”
Underdog Planet: Why We Love Pluto
“For such a small member of the solar system, about which relatively little is known, ...”
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Newsweek Presents The Decade In Seven Minutes
“Newsweek has produced a video that recaps the last decade in seven minutes. It’s part ...”
Shark bite results in shock 'caesarean' birth
“A pregnant shark gave birth by a surprise 'caesarean' -- when another shark attacked it ...”
The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming Home Soldiers
“To commemorate Veterans Day, here are some overjoyed dogs greeting returning soldiers. LINK”
The Prisoner - Salon.com
“Things only get more confusing from there. Just like the 1960s British cult classic that ...”
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Why Retweet works the way it does
“This week on Twitter, we're rolling a feature we've been working on for a while ...”
The Daily What
“Interesting Find of the Day: In this clip from an early 90s episode of Sesame ...”
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Really Bad
“I've been really bad about updating because of Fun Fest, but I promise I'll return ...”
06
Artists Paid
“Photo of Arthur Russell playing cello on the beach. Gorgeous. LINK”
05
WAXIN' AND MILKIN'
“Bill Murray and basketball. What else do you need? LINK”
04
Mixtape: No Mirrors, No Masters
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Hulu - Before the Music Dies
“Watch the entire film, an excellent status update on the world of music. LINK”
Jim O’Rourke
“There was no special relation to music. It didn’t have anything to do with anybody ...”
Fluxtumblr - Jonathan Ames’ Bored To Death is my favorite show...
“If you were wondering what was actually in that editorial last Sunday ... LINK”
02
WAXIN' AND MILKIN'
“Kurt Russell’s Star Wars audition for Han Solo. One can only imagine how Han Solo ...”
Titus Andronicus: The VICE Halloween Party is Decadent and Depraved
“Last night, our band played at the VICE Magazine 15th Anniversary/Halloween party, which took place ...”
Juggalo Furries
“This is what happens when worlds collide. Horrible, horrible worlds. LINK”
Google Music and the New Payola - some things never change
“Cell phone companies don’t charge by the call, they sell buckets of minutes and all ...”
CRITERION’S LITTLE FUCK-UPS
“The Ten Most Dubious Films included in the Criterion Collection LINK”
Trailer: 36 Stairs
“36stairs trailer from grzegorz jonkajtys on Vimeo.”
Oct
31
The Worst Disguise Ever: The Permanent Marker Disguise
“This has got to be the worst disguise ever LINK”
Why the Media Is Taking So Long to Die
“It’s our job to cut to the chase. It’s actually the sweetest part of doing ...”
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New Speedway Boogie
“With all due respect, definitive version of the Lennon song. LINK”
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Hey Jude Flowchart
BETWEEN - A SHORT FILM BY TIM BOLLINGER
“Incredible LINK”
The Wilco Loft
“For the past ten years, behind the brick walls of an industrial building in the ...”
Official Google Blog: Making search more musical
“Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more ...”
Fascinated
“Songkick has a cool app/company timeline in their new space. This is great, all small ...”
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Sound Advice 23: We Love You So
“We are pleased to present our 23rd installment of Sound Advice featuring We Love You ...”
Matador Records – “Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010”
“Matador revives the concept of the “regional compilation” (their first since 1990’s New York Eye ...”
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Hello, This Is Nick Dreamer (Our New YouTube Obsession)
“"Hello, this is me." So begins nearly every video by Nick Dreamer, YouTuber hitmanbreakeroftheye, a ...”
Sleigh Bells "Crown on the Ground"
“So far, everything Sleigh Bells does is totally awesome. LINK”
Autistic Artist Draws NYC From Memory
“Stephen Wiltshire can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately ...”
wetoku
“Very cool new tool for conducting and sharing interviews online. LINK”
19th Century Dust Jackets
“Beautiful images of - you guessed it - 19th century dustjackets. LINK”
Found Thing of the Day
“Matt or Chase? Life is so hard. LINK”
IBM Debuts Food Traceability iPhone App
“The as yet unreleased iPhone app is called Breadcrumbs and it will give consumers access ...”
Numbers Don’t Lie: Derek Jeter is a Horrible Shortstop
“New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez batted a .286 in 2009. That’s .283 on ...”
Akron/Family: 'River'
“Taken from lovely current album Set ‘em Wild, Set ‘em Free, 'River' is rather more ...”
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Kurt Vile - Classic Rock Meets Indie in the Ether
“In his songs Mr. Viles avant-garde tendencies coexist with a fondness for blockbuster classic rock. ...”
23
Chuck Klosterman book gets the screenplay treatment -- from Hold Steady frontman
“The lead singer of literate bar-rockers The Hold Steady, Craig Finn, is teaming up with ...”
22
Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves
“An art form combining the skills of a DJ with the intimacy of a letter, ...”
Three Mile Pilots Sci-Fi Art-Rock Readies for Relaunch
“Merging sci-fi, horror, military manuals and vintage videogame Star Control, Three Mile Pilots challenging art-punk ...”
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A Writing Revolution
“Nearly everyone reads. Soon, nearly everyone will publish. Before 1455, books were handwritten, and it ...”
Tracing
“What kind of changes prompt people to jump up and say things like Theres no ...”
Don't Get Snipped and Sold: The Music Data Problem
“Note that quality is hyperefficient and falls almost entirely on the artist. Even the best ...”
ATP The Movie
Creative Review - Rory Sutherland at TED
“In his witty talk, titled Life Lessons From An Ad Man, Sutherland comes up with ...”
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Make a Local Backup Of Your Gmail Account
“However, using a service like Gmail means you don't have a local backup of your ...”
Keith's Wool Tie Emporium
“Keith is serious about wool ties. LINK”
The Song Decoders at Pandora
“On first listen, some things grab you for their off-kilter novelty. Like the story of ...”
Jelli: A pretty novel social music experience on the radio
“Jelli, a San Mateo-based startup, is trying to be that space. Its like Total Request ...”
Interview: Jonathan Ames
“Jonathan Ames is a Brooklyn-based writer, an occasional boxer, and the creator of the new ...”
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Jay-Z, Freddie Gibbs, and the end of hip-hop
“If I had to pick a year for hip-hop’s demise, though, I would choose 2009, ...”
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Chuck Klosterman, Out With a New Essay Collection, Talks Seriously About Laugh Tracks
“Well, I’ve never been good at fake laughing. But the filler laugh I can’t control. ...”
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A Gentle Reminder: Shaboi
“As you embark on your weekend, please remember that if you haven't procured the new ...”
New Speedway Boogie
“Waylon Jennings - Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac cover) LINK”
The Millions: The Mommy Problem
“There is much naked self-revelation in Stephen Elliott’s sharp and yet consoling short memoir, “Why ...”
Scientists hail a thoughtful future with ‘brain-to-brain communication’
“Christopher James, who worked with colleagues at the University of Southampton, said that his experiments ...”
Will the music industry ever extract real value from digital?
“I love Spotify as much as the next music fan, but its struggle to extract ...”
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Awkward Beauty
“The complicated relationship between science and art. LINK”
XX: Basic Space
“the xx :: basic space (live) from gorillavsbear.net on Vimeo.”
Rare Interview with Alfred Hitchcock Now Online
“Jason Kottke has unearthed a rare and lengthy interview with the great director, Alfred Hitchcock. ...”
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Cook the Book: Paula Deen's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes
“This is the only Paula Deen recipe I've ever made and every year I do, ...”
Polaroid instant film to make comeback
“Polaroid instant film will make a comeback sometime next year, through a deal between a ...”
The Millions: New DeLillo
“Details are just now starting to trickle out about a new Don DeLillo book out ...”
44: Television's Marquee Moon (1977)
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45: The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead
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From Cocteau Twins to Carousel, Guitarist Robin Guthrie Mesmerizes
““I’m 47 years old and was born into the analog age,” he said. “I remember ...”
Don’t want to pay $10,000 to have an iTunes LP version of your album? Make your own
“Apple was nice enough to make the format rather basic. It turns out anyone versed ...”
Edgar Allen Pillow
“Comes complete with secret compartment for any tell-tale hearts you need to stash on the ...”
David Sylvian Interview: From Japan To Manofon, The Man Revealed
“Since the late seventies, when he raged about "identity" on Japan's debut album, Adolescent Sex, ...”
Ryan Gosling's Band Is on Tour!
“ This is really too adorable. Oh did I say adorable? I meant brilliant marketing idea. ...”
50-years-exploration-huge.jpg
“50 years of space exploration condensed into one rather beautiful image. Make sure that you ...”
Wikiphonia - The Headphone Wiki
“If you love headphones and learning more about the technology behind them, check out Wikiphonia. ...”
Modern Hitchcock Poster Series
46: Yes' Fragile (1972)
The Album Covers of Brian Eno
“Brian Eno started his career in art school, originally intending to be a painter, and ...”
47: Chicago's Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
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Mixtape: The '90s Revisited
The Chain Drive Mixes
Gimme Something Better, A History of San Francisco Bay Area Punk Rock
“Gimme Something Better brings this outrageous and influential punk scene to life, from the notorious ...”
ASCII by Jason Scott / Archive Team: Under Construction
“There are stories here; stories of why people felt the need to do Under Construction ...”
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Obama got the Nobel because he's a game changer
“Barack Obama was given the prize because he is a game changer. Obama has dedicated ...”
So this Bullet Runs Into an Egg
“Science photographer Ted Kinsman remarks that he has very few chances to use his shortest ...”
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Pavement curating/playing ATP in the UK in May
“I know what I'm doing in May. LINK”
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Evernote & Our Home Renovation
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TV Squad Ten: best Twilight Zone episodes
“Friday marked the 50th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone's debut on CBS. The first episode ...”
Watch William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Trailer
“Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical ...”
48: Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love & Hate (1971)
49: Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run (1975)
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10+ WordPress plugins for developers
“An absolute must-have for anyone working in Wordpress. LINK”
Beyond Rip It Up: Towards A New Definition Of Post Punk?
“So why does post-punk work so well as a brand when its content remains amorphous? ...”
50: Red House Painters' Songs for a Blue Guitar (1996)
51: Todd Rundgren's Something / Anything? (1972)
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists
“We'll always want to use music as part of our social fabric: to congregate at ...”
FD Footnotes Plugin for WordPress
“This plugin provides an extremely easy way to add elegant looking footnotes to your posts. ...”
Sunny Day Real Estate by Public School's Justin Cox
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14 Practical Ways to Use Evernote
“Simple ways to make the most of a great app. LINK”
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Work Less, Get More Done
“This is a pity, because you can’t improve what you don’t measure. Web analytics ...”
Why Music Still Needs the Underground
“It remains to be seen if the internet will be enough to kill underground music ...”
Mad Men on Sesame Street
“Sesame Street does a spoof of the popular TV show Mad Men, including teaching kids ...”
"Afterschool": Death comes to YouTube
“Maybe one of the film's questions is whether this school, which so spectacularly failed the ...”
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100 Punks – A Parade Of Dusty Old Record Sleeves Special
“Quite impressive visual history of punk rock, and there's some I've never seen before. LINK”
Apple - Trailers - Up In the Air
“Looks good. LINK”
Finding the fear and love of God inside the brain
“Why do some embrace religion and others reject it outright? For a long time, scientists ...”
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Post Mortem For A Dead Newspaper
“John Temple, the former editor, president and publisher of the now shuttered Rocky Mountain News, ...”
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Renewable Music: On the Impossibility of Imagining the Erotic Charge of the Classical Minuet
“The sense of the contrast between the more discursive sonata movements with the song-like slow ...”
Andrew Bird by Spike Press
David Bowie preps live album; 'Space Oddity' re-issued
“Can't say we've bothered to listen to a single post-1980 Davie Bowie album, unless you ...”
Final Fantasy provides directions to Heartland
“But the new album is finally done and will arrive on January 12 complete with ...”
Stop Alien Abductions
“I have been abducted by aliens for years and found stopabductions.com by a happy coincidence. ...”
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'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' Cupcakes
“If the movie adaptation of the classic children's book didn't quite do it for you, ...”
rot13.com
“sbe erny. LINK”
15 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter
“Here are 15 podcasts in particular that will make you a smarter, more well rounded, ...”
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Why The Internet Has No Business Plan
“Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain shows us that the internet is made up of millions of ...”
WordPress › Scissors « WordPress Plugins
“This plugin adds cropping, resizing, and rotating functionality to Wordpress' image upload and management dialogs. ...”
Nightmare Trailer
“First official teaser trailer for Samuel Bayer’s A Nightmare on Elm Street remake/franchise reboot. LINK”
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“The best movies of all time, in map form. LINK”
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World of Found: KAFKA AND NABOKOV
“Well, not of interest to everyone, but this is the corrected text of master writer ...”
20 best: Post-Punk
“This 20 Best for FACT focuses on singles from that era which not only seem ...”
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Dave Mustaine's Wigs & Attitude: Going Out of Business
“Wigs are our business...and business is UNSUSTAINABLE! PC faggots aren't buying our wigs in this ...”
Dusted Reviews: Henry Cow - The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set
“"Henry Cow’s 10-year existence and that of its various offshoots are well documented and won’t ...”
Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Caravan (live)
“Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Caravan (live) from Leaf Label on Vimeo.”
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54: Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade (1984)
55: The Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight (1980)
56: Pixies' Doolittle (1989)
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iConcertCal
“iConcertCal is a free iTunes plug-in that monitors your music library and generates a personalized ...”
Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mack Cross Stitch
“I need this! LINK”
Mew "Repeaterbeater"
thebestcamera.com - iPhone App
“Best Camera allows you to creatively edit and share your iPhone images more simply than ...”
Chase Jarvis Photography
“The best camera is the one that's with you. LINK”
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The birth of Born To Run
“Springsteen knew that the stakes for the third album were high. Garry Tallent, the bassist ...”
Jedi Thrown Out of Grocery Store
“I didn't know Jedis have to cover their heads in public. LINK”
Afterschool Trailer
“Very unnerving, making a note to keep up with this release. LINK”
57: Rites of Spring - End on End (1991)
58: Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary (1994)
Velvet Underground the subject of first ever rock monograph
“The book focuses on the band's early years, when they were at their most radical ...”
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OK Genius by Giles Turnbull - The Morning News
“You have much to learn, little Genius. If you’d got it right, you’d have included ...”
Helvetimail
“See also Helvetical and Helvitireader. LINK”
Case Study: NPR.org — AIGA
“I hope everyone at public radio station reads this. LINK”
The music industry should learn from #MusicHackday
“This is a new type of event for the music industry. Sessions are focussed on ...”
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Discovery: Lost River/Old River
Video: Neon Indian – “Mi Viejo” (Live for Fader)
“I hear this fellow is gaining popularity. LINK”
Music Industry Wants Royalties From iTunes 30 Second Samples
“Music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are harassing online music stores such as iTunes to ...”
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60: Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
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61: Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Why the White House is Hiring a Social Media Archivist
“Although policies and procedures have been in place for years for preserving and archiving paper ...”
Things Very Rich People and Very Poor People Have in Common
“Depression, outdoor bathing. LINK”
Letters of Note
“"I appreciate your letter about the market on Kennedy signatures. It is hard to believe ...”
5 Apps Tap the Internet's Infinite Playlist
“It used to be you needed a ginormous hard drive to build and store your ...”
Three Words: Dave Matthews Band
“This is also my favorite thing on the internet today. Who puts a violin and ...”
1996 In Advertising
“Via Boing Boing: a collection of commercials from 1996 including bits by AOL, Sony Walkman, ...”
Cirque Du Freak : The Vampire's Assistant
The Apartment Of A Star Wars Fan
“What 20 years of complete obsession looks like. LINK”
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iTwinge is the World’s First iPhone Keyboard (For Real?)
Warmer, Fuzzier - The Refreshed Logo
“Behold the new breed of corporate logo — non-threatening, reassuring, playful, even child-like. Not emblems ...”
Why Being a Tour Manager Is Like Running a Startup
“"The title may be a little tongue-in-cheek, but looking back, I found there are many ...”
Philadelphia Libraries Closing October 2nd - All Of Them
“What the hell is wrong with Philadelphia? LINK”
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xkcd Book Tour & Room to Read Fundraiser
“xkcd: volume 0, the first xkcd book has just been published by BreadPig and xkcd ...”
62: Euphone's Euphone
Du-Uh-Ohs: Bring Back the Bass Players!
“"The most disturbing trend with these new school duos is the lack of respect shown ...”
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: In Case My New Young-Adult Novel Doesn't Sell, Here Are My Backup Ideas.
“"A sexy vampire wants to know when she will get her period, which is never, ...”
Portal to a 1970s Glasgow Elevator (Carpeted)
“God fuck you I can’t wait till I get my UK work visa I’ma go ...”
Spending Some Time With Virb
The Wire @ Amazon: There's No Excuse
“Amazon is running all 5 seasons (60 episodes) for 90 bones. Yeah, that's like $160 ...”
Pavement to reform? No...Really!
“"According to reliable sources, it's finally happening in 2010! There will be multiple, possibly four, ...”
Mint.com: Nurtured by Super-Angel VCs
“Intuit's purchase of Mint.com was a big win for Mint CEO Aaron Patzer and the ...”
Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space (again)
“Spiritualized's 1997 masterpiece Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space is to be reissued ...”
Part Chimp: South London Noise Mongers Are Off The Wall
“Youthfulness expressed through music can be great, of course. Yet when a record or a ...”
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826LA: Store: Sundries
“The Echo Park Time Travel Mart has joined together with the Federation for the Advancement ...”
Computers...
“Those amazing machines. LINK”
63: Paul McCartney's Ram (1971)
Jawbreaker Nerds Rejoice
64: The Stooges' Fun House (1970)
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GameSetWatch - I Love The 80s: Especially Llamasoft's 80s Computer Show VIdeos
“Jeff Minter (Gridrunner series, Space Giraffe) has posted nearly an hour's worth of footage from ...”
If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers
“Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I ...”
Todd Rundgren Interview: Talking With The Wizard & True Star
“It's been a busy few years that's seen Todd join up for a tour with ...”
65: The Clash's London Calling (1979)
66: The Psychedelic Furs' Talk Talk Talk (1981)
Records iPhone App
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Bicycle Diaries
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All Tomorrow’s Parties: Sasha Frere-Jones
“"Sound is one reason I find it hard to love music festivals. The other reason ...”
Nico and Lou Reed - These Days (Bedroom Tapes) ...
“The beginning forty seconds are just Lou and Nico talking about playing the song, which ...”
Origin Story « Perfect Lines
“"But there are plenty of bands that “filled in those years.” Just on Dischord there ...”
Nicholson Baker’s ‘The Anthologist’
“Writer Nicholson Baker has taken on phone sex, Adolf Hitler, John Updike, and presidential assassination. ...”
John Moe: I Did Not Read Infinite Jest This Summer
“"I’m still upset at the author for being a thief. Ever been robbed? Like had ...”
Mixtape: Holy Holy Holy
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Matt Griswold
“"Traditional agencies tend to see themselves as guardians of the brand, while interactive agencies approach ...”
Friday Feeling: Asthmatic Kitty Want You to MS Paint Their Album Art
“"Remember that fun game you can play with album art? Y'know, the one where someone ...”
Kurt Vile Live for Yours Truly
“VILLLLLLLE from Yours Truly on Vimeo. via.”
67: Tortoise's Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Goldmine's Recording Grading Webinar Sept. 16
“The presenter for this webinar is Goldmine's own Stephen Braitman, a veteran appraiser from San ...”
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Logitech Squeezebox Makes Internet Radio Stylish and Portable
“The Squeezebox Radio brings your personal music collection, free Internet radio stations and subscription services, ...”
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50 States Project
Helvet...
70: Heavy Vegetable's Frisbee (1995)
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71: Slint Spiderland (1991)
To gossip is fundamental to being human
““In fact it is gossip that sets us apart from other animals. It is fundamental ...”
Baseball Venn Diagram (Team Names)
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The 46 essential rock reads
“Do rock and books go together? That's a question we asked in August, and after ...”
72: My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (1991)
73: Guns 'N Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
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Jim O’Rourke, Once an Insider, Worked Alone and on the Outside for ‘The Visitor’
“The trombone, for example, which comes in after about 20 minutes, took six months of ...”
Google Algorithm Predicts When Species Will Go 404, Not Found
“Scientists have long known that the extinction of key species in a food web can ...”
Trailer for Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
“ Looks promising, assuming no movie can capture the despair, hilarity and altogether confusing nature of ...”
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WordPress Just Made Millions of Blogs Real-Time With RSSCloud
“All blogs on the WordPress.com platform and any WordPress.org blogs that opt-in (using this plug-in) ...”
Flashback
Helvetical Turns Google Calendar Into a Thing of Beauty
“Helvetical has a very similar design aesthetic to previously mentioned Helvetireader, a Helvetica-themed Google Reader ...”
Black Sox: Shoeless Joe Innocent?
“This article examines the research and interviews that played an integral part in Asinof’s creation ...”
Warp's Steve Beckett: New Aphex Twin Album?
“"How to describe Aphex Twin? I don't know. I call him an English eccentric - ...”
Nick Hornby on the liberating effect of MP3 blogs
“"Perhaps one of the paradoxes of music on the internet is that it's perfect for ...”
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British Library unleashes 2000 hours of free audio
“Good news for sample-hunters and connoisseurs of the weird: The British Library has made no ...”
74: Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque (1991)
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75: T Rex's Electric Warrior (1971)
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Wu-Censorship
“"The Wu, though, somehow manages to distance itself from actual violence in Raekwon’s new video. ...”
Bumbershoot: America’s Next Long Winters Drummer
“"It's only when you sit down to play indie rock that you discover its molecular ...”
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Fantastic Mr Fox Featurette
Bertrand Russell: The Thinking Person's Superhero
“"The subject of the newest comic-strip sensation, though, might still raise eyebrows: it's the story ...”
76: Nation of Ulysses' Plays Pretty For Baby (1992)
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Downlo(d) « Perfect Lines
“"A handful of weeks ago, I discovered an excellent MediaFire folder through last.fm, and it ...”
Jim O'Rourke: The Visitor
“"So classic does The Visitor sound, you're naturally inclined to assume that there are lots ...”
Why Digital Is Good for Music
“"Yes, people need to hear the music before they want to purchase, before they want ...”
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Spiral Stairs Album & Single Details
“"Spiral Stairs, the solo project from former Preston School of Industry and Pavement singer Scott ...”
77: Mew's ...And the Glass-Handed Kites (2005)
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My Milky Way Arms
78: Prince's Purple Rain (1984)
Contest: Beatles Lithograph
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How the Brain Localizes Sounds
“In an April study, neuroscientists led by Sasha Devore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...”
Data Deluge Swamps Science Historians
“"Scientists who collaborate via email, Google, YouTube, Flickr and Facebook are leaving fewer paper trails, ...”
Everyone’s a Critic: Fandom and Subculture
“"Just as the record industry was rendered out-of-date and is now increasingly in the hands ...”
79: Jawbreaker's Unfun (1990)
CliffsNotes to the food revolution
“The solution is to make sure that the household work is distributed more equitably. And ...”
'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter
“"Reading Rainbow comes to the end of its 26-year run on Friday; it has won ...”
Cargo
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80: Smog's Red Apple Falls (1997)
Wild Beasts "Hooting & Howling"
“ I wrote about this record recently, and the video for my favorite song (and obvious ...”
Dithering: The Sound of Sound
“Economic and technological forces are forcing certain media (magnetic tape, vinyl) off the table. New ...”
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New Order - 5 8 6 (SFPS 001, 1986)
“Just. Wow. Incredible minimalist rework of New Order’s track off their Power, Corruption & Lies ...”
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Ebullition Diary
“Yesterday Lisa has had her baby. This is Brett and Lisa's second child. Their first ...”
Pluto, David Bowie, and the Flu
“The planet’s first Martian rock god, David Bowie, got a bit of unsolicited songwriting help ...”
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Dominick Dunne: trash from the top drawer
“Our desire for scandal and salacity from the lives of the rich and famous is ...”
Digital music's bad boy was right
“Where Real missed out is this counterintuitive notion where you have to give up control ...”
The Millions: T.V. Party Tonight!
“Indie as a term of production might be losing its relevance, but there still exists ...”
Papercraft Keyboard Cat
On Central Market
“Tyondai Braxton's Central Market is bizarre, self-indulgent ("Platinum Rows" is over ten minutes long and ...”
incidentals and accidentals - Reading Pitchfork’s re-review of Kid A
“"Whether it’s actually the best record, qualitatively speaking, of the decade is beside the point. ...”
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The Pirate Bay regarding Stockholms Tingsfel
“Even though large parts of Internets and many old and famous trackers have fallen or ...”
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Pitchfork: Articles: The Social History of the MP3
“"Considering all the new music we have to sort through so far in the 21st ...”
Part Chimp announce UK Autumn
“Rock Action signed noise-merchants Part Chimp are off an a grand-old tour of the UK ...”
12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists
“In celebration of It Might Get Loud, a riff on some of our favorite women ...”
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A Manifesto for Slow Communication
“We will die, that much is certain; and everyone we have ever loved and cared ...”
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Massive Record Collections
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‘Afternöön Röck Blöck,’ Mixed by The Harvey Girls (2009)
“"After a long absence from Musicophilia, I’m very happy to be (almost) fully back to ...”
How XML Threatens Big Data
“In its natural habitat, data lives in relational databases or as data structures in programs. ...”
The Truth: What’s Really Going On With Apple, Google, AT&T And The FCC
“Apple has responded to the FCC’s request for information around its rejection of various Google ...”
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Human Ingredients T-Shirt
Johnny Dee picks his favourite one-star reviews from Amazon
“"This book is pathetic. Many people called it a 'classic'. It's the book that killed ...”
Words of Wisdom From Jim Coudal
TwoFold: The Portable Laptop Stand and Sleeve
Katherine Sherwood
Sexy Son Hypothesis
“The sexy son hypothesis is a concept from evolutionary biology, proposed by P. J. Weatherhead ...”
Hardcore for Nerds: You Made Me Realise
““…You could hardly call MBV punk, yet their earlier efforts are more straightforwardly rocky, not ...”
Cassette Tape 4-port USB 2.0 Hub
82: Nick Drake's Pink Moon (1972)
Curt Smith (Tears for Fears) on "the value of musical sharing"
“"I got my first record deal when I was 18 years old--next year that will ...”
Jello Biafra Of The Dead Kennedys Interview
“Why do I want to spend all this time quarrelling over the past when I ...”
Pitchfork: The Books Spill Details of Highly Anticipated New Album
“It's been four years since sound collagists the Books released their last proper LP, 2005's ...”
MediaShift . What Will Record Labels Look Like in the Future?
“First, regardless of what is being sold or where the fans are, every artist needs ...”
Lazy Journalists Love Pictures of Abandoned Stuff
“For a while James was getting four to five calls a week from outside journalists ...”
Some Velvet Blog: Attention Music Biz Losers: My Dick Is Bigger Than Yours
“"So, why is it that the blogs keep getting some music before radio does? What ...”
Scientists Create Fake DNA
“Fortunately, the company offers a solution: one particular methyl group appears in naturally-occuring DNA, but ...”
Hordes of Chords
“Titties. You know they're down there. LINK”
Insound.com: Insound 10 Classic
Lombard Street To Become Giant Candyland Game Wednesday
“The world's most crooked street is getting a makeover Wednesday to honor the 60th anniversary ...”
The Daily Death: When A Celebrity Dies Every 15 Minutes
“In the future, a famous person will die every fifteen minutes. Already it’s happening. The ...”
Friction from Your Mouse Can Keep Coffee Hot
“Are you a workaholic? A coffee-holic? Are you both?! Wouldn't it be great if your ...”
Sherwood Cryer, Gilley's Co-Founder and Ornery Cuss, Dies at 83
“Sherwood Cryer, who co-founded legendary super-size Pasadena honky-tonk Gilley's and watched it rocket to worldwide ...”
Online Advertising: Factors That Influence Customer Experience
“Unfortunately, most companies provide a generic experience to all customers rather than relying on customer ...”
FAC73
“Fuck Yeah Blue Monday is a blog entirely about one song. Brilliant. LINK ”
Ponyo: A Role Model For Kids With Autism?
“A realistic portrayal of autism spectrum disorders, in all their variety, is almost nonexistent in ...”
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95: End of the Line's End of the Line (1993)
Mixtape: I'm Your Dolly
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Balmorhea "Harm & Boon"
Pterodactyl "No Sugar"
“Pterodactyl--"No Sugar" Music Video from Pterodactyl on Vimeo. I'm really into Pterodactyl's record, Worldwild (Jagjaguwar). They ...”
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The HiCan Bed
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Donald
98: Lindsey Buckingham's Law & Order (1981)
Mixtape: Death & Texas
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Video: Akron/Family by Vincent Moon
“Fiume Night 09 _ Akron Family _ williamsburgh, march 2009 from vincent moon / temporary ...”
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99: Home's Elf: Gulf Bore Waltz (1996)
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Baby Bands Getting Fucked Up
“ For the most part, I agree with cindy's rant. It seems like there's a handful ...”
100: Evergreen's Seven Songs LP (1994)
We'll Go Machete
Scaruffi
“I've spent another long evening with Scaruffi and feel like I want to re-do my ...”
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Robin Pecknold Live Bits
“I know that this version of "Two Headed Boy" is a big deal, and Pecknold's ...”
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Missing It
“"I am starting to think that 90's indie rock nostalgia is way more boring/offensive than ...”
Townes Van Zandt: Be Here To Love Me
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Austinites: Spoon Tickets [Giveaways]
“Over at Austinist.com, we're giving away tickets to Spoon's July 11th show at Stubb's. ”
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Austin Alert: Brazos "Mary Jo:
“ACL Stage Left - Brazos - Mary Jo from klru tv on Vimeo.”
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It's On.
James Petralli from White Denim "IEIEIE" in an Elevator
“White Denim - (behind) closed doors, Paradisolift, 14-11-2008 from VPRO 3VOOR12 on Vimeo.”
Hungry Hungry Ghost
“ Hungry, Hungry Ghost is re-releasing their Sleeping English album, and if you buy it on ...”
That Sounds About Right
Phoenix Set to Release 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix', Video for "1901" Directed by Bogstandard for Dazed Digital
Video: AsDSSka "Hold On" (Directed by Spike Jones)
“ Asdsska is a duo consisting of Aska Matsumiya (The Sads, Moonrats) and David Scott Stone ...”
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One a Day: Big Star
Trailer: Herb & Dorothy
“ "He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple ...”
Bolder Is Online (An IBM Slideshow, 1975)
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Video: Just Landed - 36 Hours
“Just Landed - 36 Hours from blprnt on Vimeo. "This piece looks for tweets containing the ...”
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The Story of Anvil
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Top iPhone Apps for People With Kids
Oh Dear Lord (Spreadtweet Formats Twitter as Excel Spreadsheet for Work)
Coppola Trailer: Tetro
“ Tetro: Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdu, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Carmen Maura. ”
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One a Day While You're Away: Prefab Sprout
5 comments
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One a Day While You're Away: Fleetwood Mac
Defining the Music Industry Crisis
“"Internet radio is the future yet providers can not sustain growth due to growing taxes ...”
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Trailer: Where the Wild Things Are
“ Am I lame because I have had tears in my eyes all three times I've ...”
2 comments
Google Labs
“I can't seem to get the Flickr preview lab option to work (I end up ...”
09
05
Feb
24
Evernote
“You know what's rad? Putting recipes in Evernote then having a grocery list in my ...”
1 comments
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Preview Akron/Family's Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Free
“No. 7: Akron/Family "They Will Appear, Behold" from Retread Sessions on Vimeo. "They Will Appear Behold" ...”
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Iphone/wp
1 comments
12
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On Burning Bridges
“Only Arcade Fire could have the entire Internet ablaze with buzz about an (old) song, ...”
3 comments
2008
“So far so good!”
Dec
31
Thom Hell
“Here's someone who should have been a lot more popular in 2008. Thom Hell”
27
Genesis Primer
2 comments
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Twyla Tharp on the Subject of Motivation and Creativity
“ I think that her experience as a creative that also understands how to direct people ...”
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Nov
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Confession
“I can't bring myself to remove Stylus from my newsreader. ”
4 comments
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Not Forgotten
“...just busy and distracted by yes we can. return to semi-regular form next week. ”
2 comments
Oct
24
The Death of High Fidelity
2 comments
AC/DC Video Distributed as Excel File
“ This is actually pretty cool, but I'm a geek so maybe it's just me. Phil ...”
4 comments
19
Mixtape: Flux-Rad 2008, Pt. 1
7 comments
SNL Booking
“Perpetua: "So who should they be booking?" I'd throw Okkervil River into the ring. And ...”
1 comments
18
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Update on a Regular Joe Sixpack, err, Joe the Plumber
“"Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert ...”
3 comments
14
I am 31
“today. eek. i will have something meaningful to say about something (i swear) soon. until ...”
10 comments
09
Mates of State "My Only Offer"
“ Mates of State "My Only Offer" from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.”
2 comments
07
02
Tired of Being Pulled By the Girl Strings
“Sarah Palin Pity Party: Sarah Palin is no wilting flower. She is a politician who ...”
Sep
23
#10: Look at Me
4 comments
22
Though It Should Be Said ...
“The further down the shithole this country goes, the more we can justify being hopeful ...”
2 comments
20
#9: Am I a Good Man?
1 comments
#8: Bitters End
3 comments
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#6: You Left the Water Running
“There's no photo with today's installment of One a Day, I just didn't have time. ...”
3 comments
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Get Your Hands Off My Barracuda
Retread Sessions B-Side: "Internet Song" by Akron/Family
“ Akron/Family -- Internet Song from Retread Sessions on Vimeo. During SXSW back in March, we recorded ...”
1 comments
#2: Jardim de Infancia
Fragments of a Cale Season
10
#1: Blue Tulip
1 comments
Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the Earth Yet?
“Check here. via PGWP, who also has a nice end of the world mix up. More ...”
1 comments
09
Misfits & Legends
4 comments
Muxtape, Copyright & You
“The demise of Muxtape is one of the classic situations where the gelatinous, ethereal evil ...”
2 comments
03
Slightly More Political: Palin, Continued
“Oh I see. She's a huge bitch. ”
3 comments
Seriously?
2 comments
Foodie Crumble: Anthony Bourdain's Blog
3 comments
02
Stained Zurich's Album of the Week
1 comments
The Unexpected, Nay, Expected
“I might actually pick up Austinite Mary K. Moore’s The Unexpected When You’re Expecting: Clear, ...”
Aug
28
Live Blogging the Democratic Convention (Just Kidding Guys)
“But seriously, if you're watching it, Sheryl Crow is performing two major hits (one is ...”
3 comments
MySpace Alert: Human Milk
Foodie Crumble: First Look at Jet Blue's Food Court @ JFK
1 comments
27
Ajax Woes
“You might have noticed that I've changed some things around here. It's still a work ...”
2 comments
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On David Byrne & Brian Eno's "Everything That Happens ... "
“Fact Magazine reviews the new collaboration, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: The suspicion grows, ...”
2 comments
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On Fleet Foxes, Sparing Doses & Fringe Indie
“I still have some unfinished business to write about, but I'll need to feel inspired ...”
8 comments
Jul
31
Pigs They Tend to Wiggle When They Walk
“Reading an old New Yorker piece by Alex Ross about Pavement just after Brighten the ...”
3 comments
24
The Idiot
1 comments
22
Dancing About Architecture
“Over at Rock Critics, they posted a handful of great quotes from some equally great ...”
3 comments
13
Nightlife / The Dream of Your Own Paparazzi
“PGWP's tumblr post brought my attention to some commentary about Brooklyn Vegan that I found ...”
2 comments
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07
01
Top Lines by Lester Bangs
““On New Year’s Eve of 1972 I attended a great party thrown by someone I ...”
Jun
29
24
Girl Talk
“I'm already getting shit over at Austinist for such a glowing review of Feed the ...”
5 comments
23
Girl Talk Lends Macbook Air Some Cool Points
“ Girl Talk + Apple from Andrew Pile on Vimeo.”
1 comments
Mixtape: Viewfinder
3 comments
Mixtape: Nosedive
2 comments
09
Francis Bacon on Children
“"Children sweeten labors, but they make misfortunes more bitter. They increase the cares of life, ...”
School of Language "Marine Life"
“ School of Language "Marine Life" from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.”
Hey You Guys ...
May
28
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Print: One Leg Leads to Another
Kenyan Mobs Taking Out Witches
“AP: "A group of up to 300 young men have burned to death 11 people ...”
3 comments
21
Amazing Invention of Design: The Ramen Spork
1 comments
Scarlett Johansson's Waits Take
“What's more appealing than a beautiful girl singing Tom Waits songs? For some, nothing. Though ...”
09
06
Jonathan Meiburg - Searching for Johnny Rook
“ Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater gives a tour of the Falkland Islands. On behalf of the ...”
2 comments
Hollis Brown Thornton
1 comments
Apr
24
In Case You'd Been Keeping Score
“Here is the world's most boring use of a high school marching band for self-indulgent ...”
3 comments
Did You Know? -Booth, Lincoln Edition
2 comments
23
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New Retread Sessions: Akron/Family
“You can also view these in HD at our Vimeo page. No. 7: Akron/Family "They ...”
1 comments
21
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Apiary News
“My friend Adam is counting down his Top 100 albums, go check it out! ”
15
Neurodiversity
“As the parent of a diagnosed Asperger's child, I try to do due diligence keeping ...”
14
Pop Matters by Nikolay Saveliev
You're a Class Act, Boston
“If you're a Red Sox fan, you already know who Bill Buckner is. If you ...”
4 comments
13
Newsreader Logic, Getting Things Done
“I totally agree with this. I subscribe to way more in my newsreader (Net News ...”
2 comments
The New Year
2 comments
09
03
Best (and hardest) April Fool's Joke?
“Writing four paragraphs of boring and mildly complimentary things about this pointless heap of garbage. Sorry.”
Bacon Cups
4 comments
02
piero scaruffi's best rock albums of all time
“The Best Rock Albums 1960-1999: I have to say, this is a exhaustingly thorough and ...”
1 comments
More Innovations in Making Money Off Bands in the Digital Age
“Can you say "corporate sponsorship"? "It's been 20 years since Neil Young famously declared that ...”
Stem Releases/Radiohead
“Speaking of innovative ways to make money as a band without a record label: The ...”
Topspin Media
“Welcome to the new generation of record label aversions: Topspin Media. "We envision a future ...”
Mar
30
Mae Shi
5 comments
27
Jakarta on Dead Child
“Last Plane to Jakarta on Authenticity and Dead Child: Demanding authenticity from artists is a ...”
What's the Deal with Dan Bejar?
“I'm hesitant to go to the mats on this one, as I really enjoyed Rubies ...”
8 comments
17
Shearwater, NPR
“I hope to write more thoughtfully about my SXSW experience this year (maybe a little ...”
11
10
4x4
“Yewknee pinged me for this, so hold on tight (should you be ready and willing ...”
3 comments
Shining Interview
“I interviewed Shining (avant jazz outfit from Oslo) for Austinist this week, they're awesome, and ...”
1 comments
07
Flashing Lights
3 comments
Scout Tufankjian
“Holy shit, Scout Tufankjian's photos of Barack Obama are bringing me to tears. She's been ...”
2 comments
05
One Thing Hillary Has Taught Me ...
“Almost nothing is worse than being a single mom. ”
1 comments
03
Feb
29
Unfortunate but True.
“As I've mentioned before (a lot, for years and years), I love Malkmus. I think ...”
2 comments
27
Bringing Back the Top 100?
“I don't know about going all the way back to update my Top 100 Albums ...”
5 comments
25
19
February Mix
7 comments
13
10
Jesse Winchester
1 comments
08
Bye Bye
2 comments
07
04
More on Guilty Pleasures and/or Liking the Bad
“Mike Barthel on Vampire Weekend, but here specifically about the unavoidable goodness of some songs ...”
03
The Decline of the Guilty Pleasure
“A few weeks ago we were sitting around listening to one of my favorite records, ...”
4 comments
Jan
25
Bill Callahan "Vessel in Vain"
“ Bill Callahan -- "Vessel in Vain" from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.”
2 comments
24
Iron & Wine @ NPR
2 comments
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The Party
3 comments
06
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Call to Mind
1 comments
2007
Dec
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Noa Bembibre
McSweeney's
“Maybe I've been doing computer / design / usability jobs for too long, but is ...”
14
All I Need Is
1 comments
12
Fun Fun Fun Fest Video Recap by Super!Alright!
“ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Even if you didn't go, don't ...”
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Oct
30
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IRC The Night Oink Was Caught
“smartface> did they actually question you? OiNK> of course, for hours OiNK> the police had very limited ...”
24
Photos By Annie Ray
3 comments
21
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Austin Photographers: Did You See Kimya?
“If you're an Austin photographer and was shooting at the Kimya Dawson show at the ...”
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Four Four & ANTM
“I don't even watch Americas Next Top Model, but I read Four Four's show recaps ...”
1 comments
09
07
Hitchens Checks In
1 comments
04
McLaggan Smith Mugs
1 comments
03
02
New Dove Ad
“ Have you seen this yet? I'm not sure there's a better approach for a beauty ...”
5 comments
Writer's Rooms
Non Metronomic Beauty @ Motel de Moka
Sep
28
Allergy Report
1 comments
27
24
Suicide By Slowly Inserted Ballpoint Pen
“More reasons to try to understand the human mind (via): A 25-year-old schizophrenic man shoved ...”
3 comments
Wiseacre on Re-Branding
“Speaking of unfortunate re-brandings (scroll down for the aside I made about the Photoshop logo ...”
23
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Google Eats
3 comments
New Photoshop Logo
3 comments
18
Pet Peeve
“#405: People who leave personal comments to musicians' MySpace accounts. I'm sure their PR person's ...”
17
ACL 2007 Slideshow Part 2
ACL 2007 Slideshow
“ These were taken by Josh Huck for Austinist ”
2 comments
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Aug
29
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Modern Lamp Shopping @ Target
3 comments
LOL Vogue
5 comments
Home On a Pole, By Poles
1 comments
Leonard Bernstein's Young People Concerts
“ Taken from his concert with the New York Philharmonic titled "What Does Music Mean?" for ...”
27
Chasing Memory
2 comments
26
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Updated Mixtape Page
“I have updated the mixtape area of Flux=Rad to include my most recent mix, the ...”
2 comments
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Stage Names
1 comments
08
Summer Boat Party With White Denim
“ Man, summer on a boat. ”
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Harrell Fletcher's Problem of Possible Redemption
“Harrell Fletcher has adapted Joyce's Ulysses: the video "The Problem of Possible Redemption" (2003), shot ...”
This Is Why I'm Hot
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"Ginormous" Is Totally a Word
“Scrabble enthusiasts take note: Ginormous & crunk are both legitimate dictionary entries. I wonder if ...”
1 comments
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Return of the Nonist
“The Nonist has been awfully quiet the last several months, and I'm glad to report ...”
'80s Apple Tshirts
05
Summer Mixes!
“I've started working on my summer mix for Yewknee, have you?”
3 comments
What Is Killing the Album?
“Sales of digital music can't stop, won't stop. The upward trend keeps on headin' up, ...”
1 comments
Baby Cthulhu 5
1 comments
Big Dreams
These cats are both LOL & Shocking
“Shocking Cats @ YTMND I love LOL cats, and who doesn't really, but these cats at ...”
1 comments
04
A Little Better
“I'll continue to tweak this over the coming weeks - at least you don't have ...”
3 comments
mess!
“excuse this mess, i'm taking the holiday to figure it out. happy fourth of july. ...”
03
Jun
27
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Texas Monthly Redesigns
“Texas Monthly has launched their new website redesign. I have to say, it's pretty ...”
1 comments
18
Paul Thomas Anderson 'There Will Be Blood'
“ I was just wondering when the next PT Anderson film would surface. I'd actually heard ...”
1 comments
/Talk
“If you are a visitor at my message board, Talk, you're probably sad. Just hang ...”
10 comments
15
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Cormac McCarthy Gives First Television Interview to Oprah
“Pulitzer Prize winning author and limelight inept Cormac McCarthy gave Oprah an interview this week, ...”
6 comments
04
Good Hodgkins: Better Than Good, Here's Why
“Good Hodgkins' post about the retardation that can sometimes overtake bloggers is worth re-posting in ...”
iTunes' Higher Bit Rate: Can You Tell the Difference?
“Most of us already heard about iTunes' announcement last week that it would begin selling ...”
8 comments
May
31
Having Fun @ Work
“ These kids single-handedly made me a) sort of like that song and b) feel good ...”
14 comments
29
25
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Reinventing Legos
Battles Mirrored
“I reviewed Battles' Mirrored today for New Release Tuesday, and if you have any interest ...”
20
Absence of Camels
“DeVille's audition for NPR's talent quest is pretty great, you should go vote for him. ...”
18
Yewknee's New Sax Mix!
“Finally, Yewknee has posted the companion to his first saxophone mix, Sax On the Beach: ...”
1 comments
Friday Tunes: Three Mile Pilot & Brian Eno
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Bill Callahan & Friends Live on KUT 90.5 fm
“Today at KUT in Studio 1A, Bill Callahan performed with his band (Jeff Johnston on ...”
14
Reminder: Virb Is Pretty Awesome.
2 comments
Christopher Hitchens
“Christopher Hitchens and Marvin Olasky will debate religion and politics tonight at the LBJ library ...”
11
The Bad Plus & Prog
1 comments
07
03
<3 lolcats/loltrek
2 comments
02
Apr
28
25
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Feist's "1,2,3,4" Video (In Case You're Under a Rock)
“ You've probably seen it, but I want to share. Notice how the entire video ...”
3 comments
20
Yewknee's Mixtape!
3 comments
17
Fuck Yoga
1 comments
16
11
10
New Release Tuesday
“If any of you are interested, my New Release Tuesday column is up at Austinist, ...”
09
07
02
01
My Sister's Boss' Brother Is Awesome (Karaoke Guided By Voices)
“ I had a big camcorder when I was a kid, or my parents did rather, ...”
3 comments
Mar
30
29
Anal Cunt @ Emo's & Overheards
“I went to see Anal Cunt last night at Emo's and wrote a review/overheards piece ...”
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Ezekiel Honig "Concrete & Plastic"
“ Ezekiel Honig is a New York based artist and musician that is probably best described ...”
When Pigs Fly Is Not About 9/11
3 comments
23
Roseanne World!
“In her never-ending effort to be almost as batshit insane as Tom Cruise, Roseanne has ...”
3 comments
20
15
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Welcome to Austin, Come See Our Bands
“Zykos "Wipeout" White Denim The Lemurs "Breakin' You Down" ”
1 comments
13
Austin's Rock N Romp Recap
“On Sunday we had our special SXSW edition of Rock N Romp at the Mohawk ...”
3 comments
09
08
The Latest Reason to Hate Oprah: "The Secret"
“I can't watch Oprah, but I do keep tabs on her scams. The Spirit ...”
14 comments
05
The Swoon Situation, or, When I Write About Music
“If you've been coming here for a while you probably know that I was writing ...”
6 comments
02
Battles "Atlas" Video
“ I wasn't thinking too hard about the new Battles album, Mirrored, until this week when ...”
6 comments
MySpace Cool New People: I'm Doubtful
6 comments
Feb
27
Neal Pollack on Hipster Parenting
32 comments
Flux=Rad Feed
“I recently re-did the layout here, and though I'd like to make a few more ...”
26
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More Virb
2 comments
13
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Barack 2.0
“Barack Obama's website is incredibly rad. Not only can you watch embedded videos, read ...”
2 comments
LOL Cats
“...are taking over my life. ”
08
06
Andrew Bird Is Dr Strings, Google Webmasters & PDF Magazines
1 comments
Don Henley & The Eagles Makeout All Night With Wal-Mart
“The Eagles are set to release their first album of new material since 1979 and ...”
1 comments
Arcade Fire's Impromtu Foyer Performance, Coldplay & Security Guards
“ Well that's a fire hazard if I ever saw one. Oh look, Chris Martin! Going ...”
05
Junior Boys "Like a Child" Video
“Junior Boys "Like a Child" (video) Well, having seen them live, I can attest to ...”
Recycled Messenger Bag How-To
Wordpress Theme: Redoable
2 comments
Jan
31
You Need To Look At Yourself For What Is the Matter
“Some people have been more than concerned about my current away message. All I ...”
30
Little Things: Buckingham Review, NRT & Interviews
“With SXSW creeping up on us, the music section at Austinist has been crazy busy. ...”
5 comments
29
It's a Virb.
“I got an invitation to the supposed hot new social network, the very 2.0 Virb. ...”
14 comments
27
25
The "Visualize" Bat
“For Almost Anyone Who Ever Had a Job Where They Had Ideas But probably mostly ...”
1 comments
Lindsey? Lindsey. Yes.
4 comments
Sparrow House "When I Am Gone"
“I've mentioned Voxtrot guitarist/keyboardist Jared Van Fleet's solo thing, Sparrow House. Here he is performing ...”
1 comments
24
MTV News: Austinist Is a Badass
“Austinist featured on MTV news for its coverage of SXSW. Responding to the report, writers ...”
3 comments
23
New Releases for Tues., Jan. 23 & 340 Bands That Are Playing SXSW
“My new release column is up at Austinist, and a ton of stuff came out ...”
22
Menomena "Cough Coughing"
“I forgot how much I love this video. ”
1 comments
Flux-Rad Mixtape "Memories I Ain't Got"
7 comments
19
SFist Isn't Fond of David Cross, Austinist Remembers Demetri Martin
“SFist recently wrote an article about their recent experience at a David Cross stand up ...”
4 comments
18
Yes, Yes, Yes
1 comments
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65daysofstatic "Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here"
“ This song kicks my ass. ”
3 comments
15
Smattering of Chan Gems
3 comments
Hypno-Marketing: This May Speed Up the Brainwashing Process
1 comments
Free Banksy Prints
“I'm probably the last person to know this but Banksy is combating Ebay jerks by ...”
1 comments
12
Barry Bonds & Amphetamines: I Guess He Could Say He's Narcoleptic?
“I suppose this isn't too terribly shocking, and while I've never been a huge fan ...”
7 comments
11
10
09
Don't It Just Break Your Heart
6 comments
Completely Different: Cutest Alphabet Book Ever
2 comments
Saving the Overhead Projector
“Monochrom wants to save the overhead projector. Apparently, the best way to do this ...”
5 comments
08
Arcade Fire Reinventing Music Promotion
“ You've probably already seen it, but combined with the telephone line samples, charity releases, "proper" ...”
2 comments
Baby Rock Records
“Attention Parents: Baby Rock Records is awesome. I'm listening to the lullaby version of "No ...”
1 comments
Embedded YouTube
“If you'd like, you can browse some of my favorite YouTube vidoes in-site now, thanks ...”
05
Local Music Stuff - Austin Has Way Too Many Bands
All the Music on YouTube ... Like, Ever
“I imagine there are ways in which this "comprehensive" list of all the music videos ...”
Open Music Encyclopedia
“Musipedia is an open music encyclopedia that lets you "play" tunes that you've got hammered ...”
1 comments
2006
Dec
28
26
Super!Alright! & SXSW
Full Disclosure: Dawkins & The Virus of Faith
“It's the day after Christmas, I thought it might be appropriate to acknowledge the fear ...”
2 comments
25
oh yeah, merry christmas y'all
Woebot Is Allowed to Use the Internet,
“but that might be the beginning of a very short list. Woebot TV ”
24
Daytrotter & Shearwater: Free Songs
“Shearwater's Daytrotter Session: Jonathan Meiberg listened to the songs from this session the other day, after ...”
21
Austinist's Top 15 of 2006
“I'm proud of all of our music writers for putting together this awesome Top 15 ...”
Holiday Romp & Craig, the Scary Penguin
7 comments
20
Pulp's "Like a Friend"
1 comments
Donny Hathaway at Swoon
“I wrote a little something about Donny Hathaway (and Roberta Flack) over at Swoon: One year ...”
1 comments
Jazz & Improvisation, 1970-1990
“Is there a writer who can take on the project of an unbiased overview of ...”
Marathonpacks' Year End List
“Marathonpacks' Top 19 of 2006 list is a really good read. There are a couple ...”
2 comments
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18
ACL Festival Memories c/o Austinist & Super!Alright!
“ We had a party! Um, several months ago! Thank you Super!Alright!”
Flux Rad 2006 Ist Rad Mixtape Vol III
7 comments
14
2006 Ist Rad Top Ten Albums
7 comments
Frank Miller's "300" Trailer
“ 300 won't be out until '07 but I'm not ashamed to squirm with excitement over ...”
7 comments
13
Smeltery Fonts: Free Typography
“In my never-ending hunt for pretty (and useful) free fonts and typography resources, I came ...”
4 comments
Favorite Album Art of 2006
7 comments
12
Gifts 2006
“Thom Yorke Spitting Feathers, 5 B-Sides and 2 Videos Japanese release features 6 tracks ...”
1 comments
Watch Every Heroes (NBC) Episode on the Web
2 comments
Best Albums of 2006 30-11
8 comments
09
How Can I Tell You
“ I saw this commercial a couple weeks ago and initially thought, "Wow, what a manipulative ...”
10 comments
06
04
Death Row Radio
2 comments
01
Nov
30
The Over-Arching Paradigm
“Before I went insane (that's like, a double Lindsey reference, y'all), I wrote a little ...”
6 comments
Second Hand News
2 comments
Street Drums
“Street Drum - video powered by Metacafe Thanks Justin!”
2 comments
29
Peek!
“For my friends without cable (Or maybe just those of you who pretend to hate ...”
5 comments
Open Source Gift Giving
2 comments
Zombies Call ACLU
1 comments
28
It's Me
9 comments
Live Music & Austin
“Though the New York Times considers Austin one of the most attractive and alluring locations ...”
26
24
TubePress
“For those of you who use WordPress, I've stumbled across a neat plugin: Tubepress. It ...”
1 comments
Long Weekends
“It's Friday morning and while I should be enjoying the beginning of a long weekend, ...”
3 comments
21
Adem, Kozelek & Austin
“My first piece on Swoon since the redesign is up It's about Adem and The Beach ...”
8 comments
20
That Shit, Microsoft & Chavez
“ I Fucking Hate That Shit "Fifty Four. Feeling guilty about enjoying fast food." Can Microsoft ever be ...”
3 comments
19
What, exactly,
“is wrong with me?”
6 comments
17
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15
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They're Not Joking
“Click here for more on "Essentials of Trance Dance"”
4 comments
Newsom's Ys
10 comments
13
10
something i don't like
“I don't like it when people take a photo of their cat, then the title ...”
6 comments
Marije Riesewijk's Verbandgenoten
09
+/- "Let's Build a Fire" Video
“When "Let's Build a Fire" begins, you hear the crackling sound of an old gramophone ...”
1 comments
Odds & Ends: Verbatim, Zag & Camo
1 comments
08
07
oh. george.
2 comments
Jill Greenberg's End Times
4 comments
oh lol
2 comments
06
05
sufjan sunday
12 comments
04
family
2 comments
03
01
Oct
31
Dou Wei, FM3
6 comments
(Slutty) Halloweeeeen.
9 comments
27
Yes v. Boston
“Now here's an argument I can really sink my teeth into. Rhino's "Reissue Rumble" is ...”
6 comments
26
Flickr: Wtf.
1 comments
Sharing My Life
“Whenever I feel bad or worried about my life and the paths I've chosen (or ...”
3 comments
25
09
A Conversation
“We've been having this conversation over at SWOON about indie music being a lot like ...”
2 comments
08
06
Listen List, 3 Etc.
9 comments
04
02
Sep
29
How Do You Feel?
“When you're sad, do you want to listen to sad music? Or do you try ...”
12 comments
Jawbreaker "Want" 1994
“ Man, 1994. Sometimes I just want to go back to my Arkansas bedroom and have ...”
7 comments
28
Punishment and Seamus Heaney
8 comments
It's a Baby, Y'all
“My dear friend Ian and his wife recently welcomed Quinn Mei to their lives, and ...”
1 comments
27
Zach Booth, Austin Artist
“DIGITAL ART INSTALLATION: "Mariposa" (Butterflies). Watch as the children stand in front of the ...”
26
25
Ahem
“I hate to do this, but I'm hoping that those of you who are kind ...”
3 comments
Mick, Have You Got Balls?
“ FLEETWOOD MAC reel from Rumours, featuring Lindsey Buckingham without a shirt on, very very high. ...”
Music Notes
Westerberg Poised Precariously Atop Slippery Slope
“In a bold, mainstream-pointed move not seen since the Singles soundtrack, Paul Westerberg has composed ...”
2 comments
22
Odds & Ends: Sandstorms, Big Brothers, Poo Clouds Oh My!
“Vitaly Friedman's Notebook: 25 Best Free Fonts They're all really hot, especially Just Old Fashion and ...”
2 comments
'77
“So I've spent the last couple of days working on a new design for ole ...”
10 comments
21
Horns of a Rabbit
“Don't you love the name Wildcat? Say so, please. Judging your friends by their Netflix ...”
Design Woes
“There is no reason why, in this day and age, I should not be able ...”
1 comments
20
I Got Promoted, Y'all
23 comments
19
Listen List, 1
3 comments
Marathonpacks on Music Fans and Blogging
“This is precisely the kind of thing I love: music writers who take a few ...”
5 comments
Photo: ACL Feet
18
Whoops
“So the nice people at Jaguar PC were trying to charge me for my hosting ...”
2 comments
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Hit With a Dog
“Wentzville woman found guilty of assault with dead Chihuahua: A Wentzville woman could get up to ...”
1 comments
Swoon Update: Sissy v Margot Mixtape Challenge
1 comments
Braniff International: The Supersonic Future
“ Braniff International produced this 2 minute commercial in 1975 as a glimpse of the future ...”
2 comments
Douchebag Crush of the Week: Johnny Knoxville
15 comments
12
Pinker, Rock Star of Psychology
Breaking: Lindsey Buckingham Tours, Skips Austin
“WTF, Linds? ”
8 comments
New Release Tuesday
“Today's New Release Tuesday post is jam-packed with mp3s, videos, and information on all this ...”
1 comments
Grizzly Bear "Yellow House"
“If you're interested in what I have to say about Grizzly Bear's Yellow House (out ...”
1 comments
Xiu Xiu "Boy Soprano"
“ Xiu Xiu's new album, The Airforce is out today, and I just stumbled across the ...”
2 comments
Houser Stock Photo
“Houser is preparing to launch his Stock Photo site, go take a look and add ...”
3 comments
10
Oh Hi.
4 comments
08
Amelie de Beauffort
2 comments
07
White White White
“Bear with me over the next few days as I put some finishing touches on ...”
2 comments
Top 5 Albums By a Duo
“I'm still working on my final list, but feel free to throw your suggestions my ...”
15 comments
06
05
01
Aug
31
Fox Testing
“If you feel like testing Firefox 2 Beta 2, head on over to Mozilla and ...”
3 comments
29
Romp Round Up
2 comments
New Release Tuesday
“My New Release Tuesday post is up at Austinist if you're in need of the ...”
1 comments
28
I've Had a Day
“My grandma used to say that when she was really busy. "I've had a ...”
1 comments
25
Friday Mix
1978
11 comments
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Swoon
“Until I finish the mix, you can check out some sweet tunes over at Swoon, ...”
SoaP
“I went to see Snakes on a Plane last Friday, and as many of you ...”
4 comments
21
So This is Goodbye
4 comments
20
Buckingham Desktop
1 comments
18
17
Summer Freckles
3 comments
Quick Hits, Etc.
6 comments
16
The Gang Treads All Over Charlie
“If you're not already watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on FX, I implore you ...”
1 comments
Self-Aggregating
4 comments
15
Rascal
10 comments
12
11
10
Alternate Titles for My Theater Fire CD Review
“I reviewed a Theater Fire record called Everybody Has a Dark Side, one of the ...”
8 comments
09
08
Snack Update
5 comments
Flickr Policy
“Your account will also be terminated if it is used for hosting graphic elements of ...”
17 comments
07
An Open Letter to Pedestrians
“Dear Pedestrians, For years I didn't have a car, and walked everywhere I had to ...”
16 comments
06
04
03
Rompin Rounds
“So the first Rock N Romp was a huge success. We had our appearance ...”
6 comments
02
Junior Boys Tour
2 comments
01
Fox Morning Show
10 comments
Jul
27
Sexy Back, Douchebag Crush of the Week
“ Ok, I'm only a little ashamed to admit that I could watch little JT scoot ...”
4 comments
26
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Rock N Romp Facelift
5 comments
Rock N Romp
“I forgot to mention it, but the Rock N Romp site is back up and ...”
Thank You Baby, For It All
1 comments
24
Media Darlings
It's Monday, It's Pink
“Check it out, it's pink y'all. I know, I know, it's hard on the ...”
11 comments
22
Welcome Showers
5 comments
21
Happy Friday
“Don't click on the Austin Rock n Romp link until I update you - we've ...”
1 comments
20
Racism Still Exists
3 comments
19
Channel 101 Pilot
“ Adorable basic cable network VH-1 has tapped the Los Angeles digital video guerillas at Channel ...”
Cocteau Twins, from Treasure
1 comments
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My Favorite Albums Evar: 10-1
19 comments
Dorkbot
1 comments
09
08
06
My Favorite Albums Evar: 30-21
16 comments
Loggins, Y'all
10 comments
Quick Hits
“I'm being friended by a wide variety of Flickr skanks. You know Flickr skanks? The ...”
7 comments
05
04
03
02
01
Jun
30
29
Art Imitating Album Art
8 comments
My Favorite Albums Evar: 70-61
4 comments
DCist Rock-n-Romp Goodness
“You probably know that Austin's Rock-n-Romp was born from the D.C. idea, but did you ...”
5 comments
28
My Favorite Albums Evar: 80-71
17 comments
Oops!
“As you probably noticed, the site was all kinds of borked today. Looks like ...”
27
Hot Chip "Over and Over"
“If you like Hot Chip this isn't a new thing for you or anything, but ...”
12 comments
My Favorite Albums Evar: 90-81
14 comments
26
25
5 comments
23
Odds & Ends
“Sweet Juniper's "Children's Books You Wish Celebrities Would Write: 'The Flood' by Johnny Cash" Aquarium ...”
Lastfm, Flux=Rad, More.
“So, this site isn't even really "miss domestic" anymore (have I explained that? I will ...”
5 comments
Friday Five, I Turn Off the Lights When I Think About You Edition
8 comments
21
20
A Busy Girl
“Maguire interviews Daniel Suss of the Lovely Feathers for Austinist "Oh, I'm going to bring my ...”
6 comments
Asides Will Return
“You Know You're From Austin When... Cheesy I know, but quite a few of those are ...”
11 comments
19
Constantines
Lastfuckup
“What the hell is up with Lastfm being totally fucked up all last week, promising ...”
4 comments
Saville and a Long List
5 comments
18
16
Five for Friday, 6/16 Edition
3 comments
Odds & Ends
“Finally? Official Pitchfork Feeds "At the time of print, none of the official feeds are valid ...”
15
14
Odds & Ends
2 comments
Shudder to Think
7 comments
08
Aziz on Yorke's Eraser
“I miss asides. Aziz (the guy behind the shitty mixtape challenge) has a track by ...”
1 comments
Bumper Sticker Minds
7 comments
07
Babiez
1 comments
Wednesday Misc.
9 comments
06
Is it Time?
11 comments
Thunder Road
4 comments
05
More About Songs
3 comments
Shitty Mixtape Results
13 comments
04
Stalk My iTunez
“I'm sharing some of my external hard drive's music via iTunes today, if you're into ...”
1 comments
03
thelongwinters
2 comments
02
Friday Ten: "I've Made a Huge Mistake" Edition
“Have a great weekend, everyone. The winner of the Shitty Mix Contest will be officially ...”
7 comments
Like a Dog
“I am trying to get at something so simple / that I have to talk ...”
2 comments
01
America, We Stand as One
6 comments
Odds and Ends
7 comments
May
31
Top Five
“So it's almost Thursday, voting ends Friday afternoon-ish, and I've got to break down this ...”
14 comments
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Etc.
4 comments
26
Friday Ten, Mixtapes
“Weird playlist today, I think iTunes has something against me some days. All great ...”
2 comments
Fucking Righteous
4 comments
25
Soul Patrol
8 comments
24
Austin Rock N Romp
“Oh yeah, you're not dreaming: Austin Rock-n-Romp has a MySpace. Wanna be friends? ”
1 comments
Love/Hate
4 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-05-24
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Mew, An Island in the Sun
4 comments
Shittiest Mix Tape Reminder
“Don't forget about the Shitty Mix Tape Challenge, inspired by Aziz. Xiobhan has already submitted ...”
25 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-05-22
19
Friday Ten
“ 01 Rollerskate Skinny: Bella 02 Waylon Jennings: Luckerbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) 03 ...”
3 comments
18
Demetri Martin
7 comments
17
Coppola's Antoinette
4 comments
Lansing-Dreiden Video: A Line You Can Cross
“I know a couple of people really into this song/album, so here's the video for ...”
16
Reclaiming Your Record Collection
“Is it possible to reclaim music your relationships have ruined? Link”
Music Puzzle
“How many references to bands can you find in this image? Warning, highly addictive. Link ...”
1 comments
Found in Flickr's "Lovers" Pool
“This photo from Flickr's "Lovers" pool needs to be a poster or album cover or ...”
What I'm Liking
1 comments
15
The Eraser
“Thom Yorke's not-solo solo project: Link ”
New @ Swoon!
“Greg contributes a feature piece about his drinking experience with Klosterman: Link I write up ...”
HBO <3s God, Deadwood
“Between episodes of the Sopranos' last season, I've been drooling over the previews for ...”
2 comments
Kottke = Good for Links
“Good for links - Kottke t-shirt Link”
The Origin of Boo
“"The first written record comes from ancient Greece. At the annual Festival of Dionysia in ...”
1 comments
Will Google Eat Itself?
“"The friendly-looking search engine and advertising company is again under attack by activist artists. The ...”
14
Little Listener
3 comments
Organization
“One of the most difficult things about being a parent, for me anyway, is always ...”
2 comments
11
Take a Break!
1 comments
“"Let's begin with an exercise. First, name the eight most important people in your life ...”
I've Been Feeling Selfish
1 comments
10
Flickritis
“My addiction with Flickr is resurfacing. In the last few days I've found some great ...”
1 comments
On Novelty Songs
“"A few other thoughts about novelty songs, a bit more more broad-view this time. Note: ...”
The Company I Keep
2 comments
New Swoon Content
“"Beyond the message, however, there is a universality to the lyrics that allow them to ...”
09
Vice Collective
“From the pages of the Sin on Wheels journal, which has become the only place ...”
2 comments
Sideblog Plugin
“Sideblog is a plugin for Wordpress Blog Platform. It is one way of implementing “Asides” ...”
1 comments
On Hating Kobe Bryant
“"The true source of my rage is much, much deeper: I hate Kobe Bryant's rotten ...”
Teach Your Children Well
“Ten Songs About Masturbation (for your children) via Chag Link ”
04
03
New Workspace, Man.
3 comments
Quick Hits
“Swoon has a ton of new stuff up, including reflections on our favorites of the ...”
3 comments
02
Reggie Evans Grabbed Chris Kaman
Kill Christ
“"This parody of the Passion of the Christ trailer was created by a NYU student ...”
Sarah Silverman Music Video
Islands of Such Great Complexity
9 comments
01
Oh Paige
“Get that crybaby shit off your main page. In happier news, I'm going to the ...”
1 comments
On Pitchfork
“"Sowley says Pitchfork's writing is 'smarmy and not always about the music and it's not ...”
Everything Hits at Once
9 comments
Music Videos at YouTube
“A pretty comprehensive link list of videos at YouTube: Link ”
Death Metal
“Anders on death metal: "Its complexity rewards careful study in the same sort of way ...”
Josh Rouse: Quiet Town Video
“I give up. Despite my feeble attempts to limit the number of singer/songwriters on my ...”
Apr
28
Swoon Content
“Swoon content: The Swimmers, Glenn Fucking Frey, Rob Crow.”
The Old Guitar
“I found what appears to be the exact guitar I used to have, years ago, ...”
4 comments
Mahna Mahna
27
Band of Horses: The Funeral
“Video: Band of Horses, The Funeral (mov)”
1 comments
Mocking Music's Confession
“"Ashlee Simpson is something I'd hear at work, where a co-worker and close friend was ...”
My First Austinist Review
“"As ever, Mogwai manage to blend unadulterated post-rock weight to their shoegazer tendencies with tracks ...”
50 Worst Things to Happen to Music
“Blender recently collected a list of the "50 Worst Things to Happen to Music", and ...”
7 comments
26
Am I Boring You?
“"Most of all the world is a place where parts of wholes are described whithin an overarching ...”
3 comments
25
Wes Anderson's American Express Commercial
“Wes Anderson's American Express Commercial: Link ”
1 comments
75 Things We Love About Texas
“75 Things We Love About Texas, via Texas Monthly: Link (See also: 'You forgot the ...”
24
Don't Mess With Texas
“Socially Awkward Situations During Which It Would Be Acceptable to Mess With Texas.Link”
21
Swooning, Again
“Lots of new content up at Swoon. If you wanna. ”
1 comments
Fahlstad
“Fahlstad WP Themes ”
20
Dane Cook: What's Not to Love?
Steven Seagal's Energy Drink
“ Steven Seagal has an energy drink called "Lightning Bolt". His advertisement boasts, "There is ...”
5 comments
Palinode's Worst of the 80s
“"I've been ranting some. Here's my contribution to the hate - the worst songs of ...”
2 comments
19
Iva on Men and Dating After 30
“"After a certain age, people don't seem to fall for someone anymore. It becomes all ...”
1 comments
John Vanderslice Video
“John Vanderslice: Trance Manual (.mov) You are the flag of a dangerous nation. ”
Glenn Kotche's Drum Set Up
“If you aren't a fan of Wilco and Glenn Kotche already, take a gander at ...”
Guest Writer: Ian from InternetSensation.com
4 comments
18
Have a Mint
“Do you use Mint? If so, can you tell me if you recommend it?”
Mortimer Ford on Easter, Christ and Stonehenge
“"So, somewhere between Emperor Constantine's mouth and Pope John Paul's rectum things have gone terribly ...”
Metroblogging: How's That Beard Treating You?
“"We're in the middle of a beard resurgence not seen since the mid-'70s or the ...”
1 comments
The The, Dusk
“"Why can't love ever touch my heart like fear does?" The The, Dusk ”
Midlake, The Trials of Van Occupanther
1 comments
Now Playing on Swoon
“I have some new content up at Swoon, if you're interested in reading me ramble ...”
3 comments
Silver Jews in Cambridge, Live
“"As DC Berman said from the stage when he and his Silver Jews came to ...”
17
Sweet Juniper Monday Morning Mix: Handclaps
“Dutch's Monday Mix: Handclaps. I was just talking to someone the other day about how ...”
1 comments
Take Note
“If you say "me thinks..." followed by combination of words in the English language, we ...”
4 comments
Voltron: Giant Robot Mortgage Broker, at your service.
“"I admit it, and may God damn your troubled soul for it, The 1980’s, because ...”
1 comments
Squiblin'
“Wasn't that grey just a little depressing for spring? I've been working on a re-design ...”
24 comments
Bubble Gum
4 comments
People Who Watch
“With the latest crop of videos, a new style has emerged, though, one that is ...”
Tree Sweater
“Outside our building is a sorry little sidewalk tree. At the height of summer, it ...”
Feist: Live in Chicago
“Rbally has a great live recording of Feist in Chicago, featuring "Fighting Away the Tears", ...”
We'll Learn What They Are Together
“Asides!”
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More Songs Your Kids Should Hear Today
5 comments
Failing at Success
“I was excited at the prospect of moving back to Texas from Germany primarily because ...”
5 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-13
12
Oh So Thoughtful
2 comments
See You On the Moon!
“If you're cool, and you're a parent, you probably already know about See You On ...”
1 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-12
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Field Music, Your Children.
“Speaking of great music you should play for your kids, my favorite pop sweethearts, Field ...”
2 comments
Feel Good
“I've been busy, and when I get busy I tend to stress even though I ...”
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-10
1 comments
07
06
What is the Deal With Swoon?
“I created Swoon because I was thinking that I have always got so much to ...”
6 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-06
05
Collapsing 69 Love Songs
2 comments
Fucking John Mayer
“Ten Things I'm Probably Only Going to Listen to if I'm in a Starbucks: 10. ...”
8 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-05
04
I Turn My Camera On
2 comments
Austin Rock-n-Romp
“If you're in the D.C. or Baltimore area, you might already be familiar with my ...”
2 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-04
03
Austin City Limits Festival
“I suppose it's never too early for Austinites to get nuts over their upcoming music ...”
1 comments
Shplftr
“I went to Best Buy yesterday to get a few things, and wound up a) ...”
6 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-03
02
New Theme
“I'm trying a new theme: Emire by Phu. I've only made minimal changes to it ...”
4 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-04-02
1 comments
01
Mar
31
Mew and the Zookeeper's Boy
Petroville
“My sweet friend Melissa at Sarcomical has presented Part One in a Series of Things ...”
2 comments
Douchebag Crush of the Week
5 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-31
30
What.
5 comments
All the Lonely People, East Austin Edition
“I love my neighborhood, even when I'm trying to talk on the phone and buses ...”
3 comments
Nintendo Sixtyfoooooouuuuuur
“ Thanks, Caz. ”
2 comments
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The Rise and Fall of Lil Frankie
“One of the things I miss most about high school (it's a very short list) ...”
3 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-28
3 comments
27
Spring
3 comments
Century 21
“I've been watching the news today, working on a few different projects, and the same ...”
6 comments
9 Pins
“My brother in law, Dan, is a really talented skier, and recently had an accident ...”
5 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-27
1 comments
24
Self Portrait at 28
“I love this poem. If you don't already read or enjoy David Berman, get on ...”
2 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-24
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Home
5 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-21
3 comments
18
Departure
“I've said goodbye like 12 times, right? Having an afternoon flight isn't all that great. ...”
4 comments
17
Freckles
4 comments
Three Things
“I've been tagged by the amazing Deb, my good twin, and I can't deny her. ...”
2 comments
I Will Pretend I'm There
“I've never been on vacation. Once, in college, I went to the Bahamas with some ...”
4 comments
Fox and the City
“Don't forget to check out my darling Ragan's podcast. The link above takes you to ...”
2 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-17
1 comments
16
Pretty Cool
“You can now get here by going to http://flux-rad.com, too. Neat, huh? Change your bookmarks ...”
12 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-16
1 comments
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13
Favorite Song of the Moment
“Midlake: Roscoe Nothing new, but I'm loving it this week. If you're in Austin for SXSW, ...”
Sunday's Keynote With Kottke and Armstrong
1 comments
Sin on Wheels Journal: "IRL"
1 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-13
12
11
Various Etc.
“1. I'm going to see slam poetry tonight. 2. There is a "Bloggers in Love" panel ...”
8 comments
Sin on Wheels
1 comments
What I've Learned So Far, SXSW 2006 Edition
“Everyone else has cards. I need a card. I also need some sort of title ...”
8 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-11
10
Brunch With Jake
3 comments
Participating
“You : Bread :: O'Keefe : Vaginas at My Other Blog. What can I say? ...”
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-10
1 comments
09
Swooning
“Marianas on Swoon: "“Hunting and Pecking” is one of the greatest instrumental songs I’ve heard in ...”
Part One in a Series of Things I'm Terrified Of But Would Probably Check Out Anyway
22 comments
Odds & Ends for 2006-03-09
1 comments
08
Gay Cowboy Jokes Punishable By Death
“I didn't get to blog the Oscars (don't cry) because of computer troubles, but I ...”
8 comments
07
SXSW Digs
“I'm managing a property near downtown Austin and we have rooms for rent this weekend. ...”
5 comments
Morning Mix!
6 comments
06
Oh Hello
11 comments
05
04
One Stop WTF For the Oscars
“Everywhere you need to be on the web before the red carpet walks begin: Roger ...”
Oscar Fever
“Would anyone be interested in an Oscar chatroom extravaganza with me on Sunday night? Leave ...”
4 comments
03
Today on Swoon
“Hot Chip are two words, used together, that must be in your vocabulary if you ...”
3 comments
Queens of Cyber Space
2 comments
02
Stupid Technology
11 comments
01
My Humps
“Since I've been too busy to actually write anything here today, I give you this. ...”
4 comments
Blogmarks
“You've probably noticed Blogmarks going bonkers here, and I apologize. Something is wrong with the ...”
Feb
28
Jesus I Love You
3 comments
Trillian Pro
“If you use Trillian Pro can you email me and let me know if it's ...”
Feeling
“One of the saddest moments during each day as a mother comes when my son ...”
8 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-28
1 comments
27
Freebie List
20 comments
26
Loose Fur Born Again in the USA
“A brief review and a couple mp3s for Jeff Tweedy and Jim O'Rourke's upcoming Loose ...”
1 comments
American Beauty
“Feel like crying a little bit? It's a good cry, I promise. You'll smile and ...”
12 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-26
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What a Difference
“I've been so tired the last week or so, no matter how much sleep I ...”
14 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-24
23
American Idol Rejects, More Later
4 comments
An Open Letter to the Guy Who Was Whistling In Whole Foods Yesterday
“Dear Guy Who Was Whistling in Whole Foods Yesterday, Boy, can you whistle! Yesterday, as ...”
10 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-23
2 comments
22
MySpace Madness
“Kristen pointed me towards Derek's MySpace DIV Overlay, and I've been tinkering with it all ...”
7 comments
Taylor and PodBop Get Props
“Taylor's mashup project, Podbop (as featured here in a Blogmarks link last week) won the ...”
blogmarks for 2006-02-22
1 comments
Pro Tip
“Don't fall asleep with the TV on the USA network, because you'll wake up to ...”
5 comments
21
It's About That Time
“I'm making a mix for Jess that will feature some of the best tunes from ...”
7 comments
Thoughts on Pregnant People
“You ever notice how the world gets pregnant all at once? After 9/11, a ton ...”
10 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-21
1 comments
20
Thank you, Deb!
4 comments
19
Pack & Unpack
“I think I'm just about finished unapacking all the boxes, and I'm finally sleeping in ...”
4 comments
18
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Without ice cream, life and fame are meaningless
“After three hours of following movers around to make sure all the boxes were accounted ...”
4 comments
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15
Gold Lion Feeding Frenzy Continues, Video Stream Available
“Stream the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Gold Lion" video here. I swear, I'm not posting. ”
1 comments
Balancing the Scales
“I didn't get anything written here today because of other obligations and general stress, but ...”
7 comments
My Ass is Kicked
“This week is kicking my ass. I need a couple days to get myself together, ...”
4 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-15
14
Music Video Contest
“Are any of you talented enough to throw your hat into this ring? Make a ...”
1 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-14
2 comments
13
Pizza Chalet
“So tonight Dash and I ordered pizza from our favorite chain. As always we got ...”
3 comments
How Annoying is THAT?
14 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-13
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Site Junk
“I just finished moving everything that was on thesymposium.us over to flux-rad.com, so if you've ...”
5 comments
09
Did You Ever Notice...
“Did you ever notice that most of the women who post before Oprah comes on ...”
9 comments
New Mates of State, The Editors, Aloha
2 comments
Vday Cards
5 comments
Realizations
“Dear Paige, Life doesn't stop simply because you decide to take on a Fuck the ...”
1 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-09
08
Honesty Couched in Lies
“Last night, I wrote a lengthy piece for this blog and left it open on ...”
9 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-08
07
Music Round Up: Yeahs, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Alec Ounsworth
“Buy t-shirts for Blogher. Submit your suggestions for t-shirt slogans by emailing me. I've ...”
2 comments
blogmarks for 2006-02-07
My Other Blog
“Alan over at Because I'm Your Father has had My Other Blog on hand for ...”
3 comments
06
05
03
What Happened to Andrae?
“FourFour's Project Runway recaps are the greatest. I think Tracey first showed me the hilarity ...”
4 comments
The Mystery of Kidz Bop
8 comments
Four Things - Because I'm Fairly Sure You Need to Know About my Favorite Foods
“And because Debbie tagged me. And because I know you won't be able to sleep ...”
7 comments
02
01
Catpower Cingular Commercial
“Luckily for me, Stereogum located the Cingular commercial featuring Catpower. I like Catpower and ...”
5 comments
Lunch - 15 Minutes
6 comments
Feed Me
“I think I've tried just about every feed delivery service there is, or at least ...”
10 comments
Jan
31
30
House Update
8 comments
Blogher Beta 1 Live
“Check out the Blogher beta site, which I've been writing for here. ”
2 comments
29
Ads!
“I decided to try out Adbrite, and yes, I realize it's annoying. I'm going to ...”
7 comments
27
It's a Boy
“Congratulations, SJ! ”
2 comments
26
In the Fryer
16 comments
You Might Need to Go to the Hospital, Lady
“Yesterday was Dash's first day at school here in Austin, and after spending the morning ...”
8 comments
24
It Really Lasts Too Long
“ Please watch Kevin Federline "jam" to his song "Popozao". Please?”
22 comments
23
I Trust Your Judgement
“The nominees for the 2006 Bloggies are all really talented and inspiring (yes, they all ...”
9 comments
22
Out in the Shed
“When Mike's and my relationship was still new, and we spent night after night laying ...”
8 comments
21
20
The Contributing Editor Has a Request
“*cough* I haven't made an official post about it, but I have been chosen as ...”
12 comments
blogmarks for 2006-01-20
3 comments
19
Love & Marriage
“Some people say marriage is about patience. They're liars. If marriage was as easy ...”
16 comments
blogmarks for 2006-01-19
18
I've Been Told I Have Some 'Splainin' To Do
“Most of you have noticed my link (via my Blogmarks and sidebar) advertising my new ...”
26 comments
blogmarks for 2006-01-18
5 comments
16
Starting the Circle Jerk Early
“On the way back from Beaumont to see my brother and his brand new daughter, ...”
11 comments
Happy Birthday, Ava
4 comments
13
12
11
Retriever
“Sophie's flight arrived at 8 p.m., and I was a good 30 minutes early simply ...”
10 comments
blogmarks for 2006-01-11
1 comments
10
Britney <3's Kevin
9 comments
Seven Things Meme - I've Been Tagged!
“Melissa tagged me for this Seven Things meme, and invited Sophie to play along to ...”
2 comments
blogmarks for 2006-01-10
Bloggie Votes
“Don't Forget to Vote for all the Assumed Winners! ”
09
08
07
On Mommy Blogging
“SL connection timeout1There is a e-trail of clues behind how I got back to Sweetney's ...”
25 comments
06
Music: Margot, The Divorce, Chosen Darkness
3 comments
Guys?
“I am married, but I have seen personal ads before. No, I'm not shopping ...”
05
House Hunting
“I've been back in the States for a couple weeks now, catching up with family ...”
4 comments
Hook Em Horns
“I'll be honest: normally I don't give two shits about football. But this particular night ...”
03
Look Y'all
12 comments
Apology
“To those of you subscribing to my feed (the one that includes Flickr stuff), I'm ...”
1 comments
Videos!
“Silver Jews: How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down? Most Serene Republic: ...”
1 comments
02
Happy New Year!
2 comments
2005
Dec
30
29
Christmas Food and Recipes
2 comments
Bonkers!
“Around 2 a.m. this morning, I felt positive Daschel had (another) awful ear infection. ...”
6 comments
27
Down With the Sickness
“I had big plans to write about Christmas, food, Texas Hold Em and Rachel Ray, ...”
5 comments
Austin Sky, Complete With Bar and Grill
26
Merry!
“I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I'm still recovering from way too much food, ...”
1 comments
23
22
21
20
Best of Blogs Awards
“Nominate your favorite "lesser known" blogs at Best of Blogs. I have to organize myself ...”
6 comments
I Have a Problem With the Words
“Mike called this morning from Germany and let me know that everything has been packed ...”
9 comments
Glimpse of Austin Sky
19
It's All About the Hamiltons, Baby
“Please tell me you've seen this. Normally I'd just stick something like that in my ...”
5 comments
Olivia!
2 comments
17
Oh Crap
“Yesterday was Friday, and I totally forgot to post some music. In my defense, ...”
2 comments
15
I Should Have Just Said it Was His "Job"
“We went over to Austin's new, huge and totally intimidating Whole Foods Market this afternoon ...”
20 comments
I Got Thirsy
3 comments
13
12
Where It's At
“I am very much in Texas. It's beautiful. ”
8 comments
08
Christmas Mix
5 comments
Overheard on an Airplane / Never Overheard on an Airplane
“Overheard on an Airplane: "Did I mention I had surgery on my bowels twice?" "You know how ...”
07
06
Internet? I Have a Favor-
“The only thing more annoying than the mass-emailing phenomenon is the recipient that chooses "reply ...”
7 comments
Favorite Albums of 2005 (14-6)
1 comments
04
Wtf Ear?
“I've had a sinus infection for days, and just when I thought I was getting ...”
5 comments
02
We Aren't All About Poop
“Since I'm obviously not above embarassing myself on the internet, here is my son and ...”
5 comments
01
Nov
30
29
Oh Sophie
13 comments
28
One Leg at a Time
“You know, as often as Dash gets dressed by himself now -- which I encourage ...”
4 comments
25
Friday Tunes 6
“Hallo. For Thanksgiving, I'm featuring a band that I'm thankful for: Home. They don't ...”
2 comments
Turkey Day sides, Recipes
10 comments
23
22
Shouts
“If you're landing here via Stereogum's link, and happen to wander through old Friday Tunes ...”
1 comments
Wonder Years
7 comments
WordPress Plugins/Hacks in Use
“This post will be updated as I try and remove various plugins for WordPress. Collapsable ...”
5 comments
21
Moving to Kubrick
“Well, it's really late, but I have the site functional using Kubrick's theme, which is ...”
4 comments
Keywords
“One the most hilarious things I ever read on a blog was one woman's collection ...”
4 comments
18
Lost Thoughts
“Onatopp pointed this link out to me, and I've been deep in thought ever since. ...”
4 comments
Friday Tunes 5
8 comments
17
The Hour Grows Late
“I'm a pretty impatient person. I anticipate things and get stressed out, worried and ...”
4 comments
16
behaving
“You know, I've been on my best behavior for the better part of this year ...”
9 comments
15
This Shit is Bananas
“One of the only drawbacks to listening to "Holla Back Girl" repeatedly with my three ...”
9 comments
Come Together
“Sharon Stone's "Come Together" video honors the victims from one of America's most devastating tragedies ...”
3 comments
14
In Case You Don't Check My Flickr, I Still Look the Same
3 comments
Whoops
“I didn't forget about this place, I've just been distracted and dealing with a DSL-less ...”
07
Vincent Gallo's Sperm
“A friend sent this to me this morning, joking that if I "find out that ...”
3 comments
04
Friday Tunes: 4
2 comments
03
inconsistent
“Quick body news: my labs at the doctor's office showed my hormone levels as being ...”
22 comments
02
I'll admit it
“Dooce's new design startled me, too. Not simply because of the ads (yeah there's a ...”
8 comments
01
Oct
31
I hate Halloween
14 comments
30
Kids Flicks
“If you are like me and have a bajillion DVDs and VHS tapes that your ...”
27
Fall Mix, Promised
9 comments
26
25
Puppies
“I spoke to my mom last night for the first time since I realized what ...”
7 comments
24
Purse Meme
4 comments
More on Not Being Pregnant
4 comments
23
Christmas
“I think I will send holiday cards this year. If I get addresses in ...”
21
Friday Tunes 3
3 comments
20
Weird
“So apparently this baptist preacher thinks Dash should not wear my shoes: HUH More soon, ...”
2 comments
Big Shoes to Fill
9 comments
19
Blargh!
“I have been so sick the last two days, I could barely get out of ...”
2 comments
17
The Creature that Shits All Over My House Once a Year
2 comments
More Poop, Birthday Wrap-Up
“As you probably noticed, I never did get around to that birthday song post I ...”
2 comments
14
13
I Don't Like Sufjan Stevens
21 comments
Friends
“My friend Caz is so awesome, she records episodes of Lost and sends them to ...”
4 comments
12
Fuck, I'm a Grown Up
“What is it about birthdays that make you evaluate your entire life and what you've ...”
10 comments
11
10
07
One More Thing...
“As I settle in to watch the Red Sox / White Sox game, I have ...”
15 comments
Friday Tunes: 2
06
Dear Daschel
4 comments
05
Kozelek Does Songs for a Used Guitar
“When I'm not watching The View, I'm listening to Mark Kozelek. It just ...”
5 comments
"I Have Ten Minutes Left With Joy Behar"
16 comments
03
Meme's Vacation, Music
“Well, my half-assed attempts to give Meme a nice vacation managed to score me inclusion ...”
2 comments
02
01
What October is For
8 comments
Sep
30
29
Is it Just Me?
“Or does Martha Stewart look pretty damn good for her age? I wonder if ...”
8 comments
28
So, What do You Want?
“I've always loved the fact that my birthday falls right in the middle of the ...”
5 comments
27
Sucking Out the Feeling
“If you've been checking my Flickr account, you've probably noticed that Dash has found ...”
12 comments
26
25
A True WTF
“Since I've been scouring my logs for spam trying to fight off poker-bots this evening, ...”
11 comments
24
Spam etc.
“I've installed a couple WordPress plugins in an attempt to fight some referer and ...”
8 comments
23
On a Lighter Note ... TUNA!
3 comments
A Formal Function
“Yesterday I spoke with my parents, who are racing around Austin trying to find gas, ...”
1 comments
22
Crispers Full of Feces
“Quite a few people told me that if I waited patiently, my son would one ...”
5 comments
19
So...
“What's your favorite recipe or cooking blog? ”
11 comments
16
Somebody Get This Guy the Award for Most Cliches in a 14 Minute Demonstration
“Talk about second-hand embarrassment. You're so so awesome. I'm so so lucky. You're the best ever, ...”
5 comments
15
Vote Arcade Fire for President
“I took a minute to watch part of a Letterman rerun today because he promised ...”
9 comments
14
On Loving Women, Balls Out
“I'm reading this book called The Friend Who Got Away, and it has had me ...”
14 comments
13
A, I, D, S!
“While absent-mindedly flipping through a copy of New Parent in the waiting room at the ...”
4 comments
12
The Longest Yard
“It's been rainy and dark all day, and such weather makes me want to crawl ...”
5 comments
QOOP Flickr Photo Printer
“I can't wait to try this. Have you? ”
1 comments
09
Revenge of the Staggering Genius
“This entire week has gone by in a haze. Between getting Dash to school, ...”
4 comments
08
Update
“Update: the RSS/Atom is fixed. Whatever you had before needs to be changed to ...”
11 comments
Well, look at me
“Bear with me the next few days as I finish up the transfer to Wordpress. ...”
2 comments
07
Wordpress, comments etc.
“Pmachine Pro has served me well but I'm seriously considering moving to Wordpress this week ...”
5 comments
Getting gas with the slow bastard
“Mike went to awards ceremony last week, and wound up walking out with a handful ...”
4 comments
06
The balls this kid has
On point
“Many, many thanks to MB for all her help of late with Del.icio.us link sharing. ...”
05
First day of school
“This morning, we all got up at 6:30 a.m. to take Dash to his first ...”
4 comments
02
Interdictor
“My old LJ friend, Interdictor, is posting from New Orleans and sharing some serious insight ...”
2 comments
01
First bike ride
“ I was pretty sure he'd never come home again, but eventually he got tired, ...”
1 comments
After effects of PMS posting
“Don't let the menstruating lady near the keyboard! Thank you so much to everyone for ...”
Aug
31
You want something real
“I'm sick to death. I'm sick of working hard, being nice, reaching out to people, ...”
24 comments
Slow Moves
“What can I say? When I have nothing to write about except my inability ...”
3 comments
The Lake, Tweaking
“Still playing with the site a bit, so for now all you get is a ...”
1 comments
30
Whoops
“I'm working on the website tonight so if you stop by and it looks wonky, ...”
29
Katrina
“Katrina is flooding (that's not a bad pun, or is it?) the news over here ...”
Weekend Recap
“I didn't watch the Mtv VMA show because it came on German Mtv really late ...”
1 comments
25
Bad Parents
“Bad Parents Not bad at all, in fact, I've already done something remarkably similar to this. ...”
4 comments
8 months and counting
“We've been trying to get pregnant for about eight months now, and for the first ...”
8 comments
Dash vs. the Fountain
24
The Bon Jovi Car
“ ”
4 comments
Oh no, an extra five steps!
“So, the people on the fourth floor of our building moved out months ago, and ...”
1 comments
23
Will I Make It?
“I'm behind on music posts, y'all! Good thing I stumbled upon good news this ...”
2 comments
22
Photo
“I'm not feeling well today, so here's a photo! ”
2 comments
21
Angebot
Del.icio.us (Test)
“ Mental Drippings - 10 Worst Album Covers of all Time I Park Like An Idiot - ...”
1 comments
New Look
“I want to thank M. Evil for designing this header for me. She is ...”
3 comments
19
Dash waits for Indian food
“ ”
3 comments
Teh Smart
“I thought I was really smart until I tried to post my Del.icio.us links to ...”
2 comments
18
Fillings, but not the kind you find in donuts
“I'll tell you something about myself: I fucking hate the dentist. I hate ...”
3 comments
17
Stuffz
“I'll probably regret this, but you can reach me on AIM by clicking that link. ...”
Sick for anonymity, and the Boston accent
“A friend of mine was talking about the irresistible nature of Boston accents yesterday, and ...”
4 comments
16
I forgive you
“I forgive him for sitting inside the fridge to eat strawberry cream cheese with his ...”
15
Pockidal
“The first half of summer found me totally consumed by bubbles. Every trip to ...”
5 comments
12
Conversations with mom
“"Send me an email to my website." "My mom has a website? What are you talking ...”
3 comments
Passion Parties
“Many of you remember the wine tasting my neighbor had several months ago, and most ...”
8 comments
Back to the sun
“ ”
2 comments
Triumphant return
“After nearly a full seven days without my internet service , I'm glad to be ...”
1 comments
04
Fear of ducks
“ ”
1 comments
"Feel-Good Tips"
“In the spirit of Rich Parent Condescension, Parents magazine offers stay-at-home moms some tips for ...”
6 comments
03
Tidbits
“When Delivr is up and running without glitches, it's going to be pretty neat. ...”
1 comments
02
A series of unfortunate events
“Never count your chickens before they've hatched. That is one of those things that, ...”
3 comments
Happily destroyed
“I have my husband home on leave for 27 days. I know it's really ...”
2 comments
01
One more little thing
“Download Bloc Party Live in Concert here. The show was on June 16, 2005 ...”
It's not like he was hiding out at a seedy motel, changing the plates on a stolen car
“When Bunny was missing, we searched everywhere we thought it could possibly be. I ...”
Texas on Germany
“ ”
Hello, Monday
“Seriously: strawberry cream cheese is for eating, not for wiping on face and hands ...”
Jul
31
30
C'mon, have babies / Blogher
“Being a parent sort of snuck up on me. Between deciding on who I ...”
7 comments
28
Bunny Found, Details at 11
“ ”
5 comments
27
The Blue Field
“ ”
2 comments
The one where she fumes about television
“The Armed Forces Network Europe offers us a variety of shitty reruns ...”
2 comments
26
Off to Georgia?
“ We got some good news today regarding M.'s application to OCS. Apparently he could ...”
9 comments
25
Pants off
“ ”
4 comments
APB: Bunny has fled the coop
“When I was born, my dad's mother's sister gave me a teddy bear. ...”
4 comments
22
Getting closer
“Every day is a new step in the potty training department. I've received tons ...”
5 comments
Fetch
“ ”
21
Weekend music
“I have this memory of watching Karate play with Chisel at Bryn Mawr sometime ...”
5 comments
Not that anyone's counting, but that lotion was like 11 Euro, and yes, it's all over my book
“ Visit my Flickr page to see the rest of this catastrophe. ”
3 comments
20
My Mysteriously Infertile Crotch Cave
“Today was the first day in a year that I have reconsidered having another child. ...”
3 comments
He rides bitch
“ The birthday party was a success. ”
2 comments
19
"A shiner like a diamond"
“So my friend drove me home shortly before Mike's softball game tonight to change, in ...”
7 comments
Dollars and sense
“Dash has finally realized that going to the convenience store and choosing items involves this ...”
18
Denise Mihalik
3 comments
Love me or hate me
“ As each day passes and things look more and more like home, I remember how ...”
2 comments
14
New rules, or what the last week has taught me
“You aren't allowed to call yourself a parent until you've inserted your hand into a ...”
5 comments
Heidelberg
“ ”
2 comments
13
Love & Marriage
“Some people say marriage is about patience. They're liars. If marriage was as ...”
8 comments
12
11
Dora vs. Steve, a corporate America showdown
“If I was running a Fortune 500 business and I had a crucial upper management ...”
4 comments
The Boys
“ ”
08
Is there time to run?
“Dash's birthday party is tomorrow at 2 pm: is there still time to ...”
4 comments
07
Graffiti
Drowning in Urine
“Dash has made it perfectly clear, through a series of disrobings and streakings, that he ...”
7 comments
06
New Playlist for July
“Well, I finally have a new playlist up in the Soundblox. I tell ya, ...”
Moments before he decided that his urine-soaked briefs belonged in the crisper
“ ”
1 comments
05
my burn, baby (if you're eating, set it down)
“So I tried to be a badass a couple weeks ago by going for a ...”
4 comments
almost there
“ This was almost as good as La Hacienda off Dairy Ashford in the Memorial area ...”
02
bubble tea
“I will be enjoying this exercise in total cuteness as soon as possible. I just ...”
1 comments
01
Ragan Fox, Best Podcaster on the Planet
“Ok, so I'm just now getting into Podcast Alley, and it's all thanks to my ...”
1 comments
friday music: headphones, clap your hands say yeah!
“Headphones is a Pedro the Lion side project that reminds a lot of Low and ...”
5 comments
Jun
30
'don't you forget about me', the butt said to the pants
“ Somehow playing in a big pile of dirt helps him forget his ass is ...”
2 comments
you : bread :: o'keefe : vaginas?
“I could go on for days about the ways in which Germany is different from ...”
4 comments
29
little things, internet, little things
“* My Flickr thing on the menu is hypnotizing. I can't stop looking at ...”
7 comments
h8
“This story will make my friend Jon very happy. Daschel has started writing letters. ...”
2 comments
28
fish, returned to water
“ Yes, he's free-balling it. If you have a problem with that - ESPECIALLY ...”
2 comments
Postsecret Speaks to Me
“I swear, I didn't send this postcard in to PostSecret. ”
4 comments
27
we're trying to get pregnant, or excuse us while we go have scheduled intercourse
“Mike and I have been trying to get pregnant again for about six months. ...”
7 comments
Iron & wine
“I've really been enjoying the new Iron & Wine EP (well, relatively new) Woman ...”
3 comments
24
Flickr
“Apparently today is the day for organizational bullshit. I've used Gallery for a long ...”
3 comments
shitting around the internet
“I updated my links list this morning, and finally got around to putting everyone's feeds ...”
23
friendster might be the end of the world
“When I first made a Friendster profile a couple years ago, I was amazed at ...”
6 comments
16
The damn dog
“I trimmed Sophie's hair a bit today. It happened like this: Sophie is an ...”
4 comments
Batman Begins for the Reluctant Fan
“ Apparently, I'm going to have to see this movie. I don't mind, ...”
15
attn.: family members in the u.s.!
“The Monster is turning three on June 21st, and we've put together a wish list ...”
4 comments
14
the light at the end of the tunnel is a train
“Last week Dash woke up and actually went #1 on the potty. He even ...”
1 comments
EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
“I want to thank the incomparable Kottke for sharing a link to EFF. The ...”
13
Gimme fiction
“Because the truth is too damned boring. Dash came home from school today doing his ...”
2 comments
12
salad days
“My high school was a small, off-white square situated in the heart of Pearcy, Arkansas. ...”
3 comments
11
Farmer's Market
“ ”
4 comments
08
gossip
“I have some really juicy Army base gossip for you: My husband has had ...”
2 comments
07
"D"
“ ”
2 comments
Are you telling me to see the sign?
“My friend and I took the kids to the mall today. She needed shoes, ...”
2 comments
Once Bitten, Twice in a Rage
“Last Friday, I got a phone call from the day care center early in the ...”
11 comments
06
His Name is on a Shotgun Shell
“ ”
1 comments
05
Audioscrobbler
“I finally gave in to Audioscrobbler. There's nothing in the way of songs ...”
04
to blox or not to blox
“Something is fucked up with my Soundblox, and it's pissing me off. I will fix ...”
1 comments
02
Foot and What?
“It's been two weeks since Dash started day care here on base, and as expected, ...”
3 comments
01
May
27
g r o w i n g u p
“My best friend in the States wrote about her son and his experiences at their ...”
3 comments
25
Lyla
“Oasis' "Lyla" single was premiered back in April and released this month, but has only ...”
23
Was the sun actually out?
Dancing Queen
“My two year old son is in his room, standing on his bed with his ...”
20
Don't Be Shocked
“Several layout glitches have come to my attention this week but I've been too busy ...”
3 comments
19
He Has Survived
“By all accounts Dash has survived week one of day care. I have no ...”
1 comments
18
More Updates on My Boobs
“We killed a spider last week in the laundry room. It was long and ...”
17
It's so cold in this house
“When the Mommy has a good solid hour alone in the house, she tends to ...”
3 comments
16
Can't Keep My Hands Off of You
“Apparently I'm layout crazy - just days after creating the cowboy theme, I come up ...”
2 comments
I Forget Myself
“I nearly killed myself trying to make sure Dash was totally prepared for school, and ...”
1 comments
14
Half_Assed Weekend Update
“There is new music up on the Soundblox, just look under Playlists/More Currents. Additionally, Daschel's ...”
1 comments
13
Self Portrait Day
“Look who is on Self Portrait Day! Hint: It's me. ”
2 comments
12
The Castle
“ ”
2 comments
Under Advice
“I start my new job next week. For those of you who don't know, I've ...”
2 comments
09
They just made a huge mistake
“You are reading the blog of a teacher. I started last week, and so ...”
3 comments
08
I'm Jumping Up and Down, Waving My Arms in the Air
“Hey hey look at me! I'm jumping up and down, waving my arms in the ...”
Happy Mom Day
“It's a good thing I don't put too much stock in Mother's Day, or I'd ...”
1 comments
05
God Bless "Creativity"
“Staring at the mural scribbled across Dash's wall, armed with only a rag and Lysol ...”
Weekend Cookout
“ ”
3 comments
Apr
25
Spring
“ ”
3 comments
24
Potty Training Take 3
“Step 1: Put on briefs and set up potty in the bathroom. Step 2: Ask ...”
2 comments
Censorship
“I know most of you that read this fairly often are used to an update ...”
3 comments
This is usually when I forget about it
“Typically I lose my strength and cut my hair as soon as it starts getting ...”
1 comments
18
Good Times
“New Rule: Mommy can not fold laundry (or do anything else, for that matter) if ...”
2 comments
14
Dinner Party Blues
“We had a dinner party last night for some friends that are heading back to ...”
2 comments
12
All things being equal
“I have very little patience when it come to bullshit. I can smell it ...”
15 comments
11
The Fine Art of Cursing and Pickles
“Dash has always been able to entertain himself, which I have usually considered a good ...”
1 comments
09
I'm no Calamity Jane
“Two beers, one whiskey shot = leaning on friends to walk home? Since when, Paige, ...”
4 comments
07
Beautiful beautiful beautiful, beautiful boy
“ This afternoon, Rosengarten park was empty and rain-soaked, but Dash managed to find a ...”
1 comments
Mar
31
Mommy, I Farted!
“At the fair, my friends and I decided to let the kids go on one ...”
4 comments
29
Purple Crayons are People, they're [i]PEOPLE![/i]
“Those of you who know Daschel in person know that he is a hoarder. ...”
3 comments
28
Easter, in an Eggshell
“Early last week we realized that Easter was upon us. Not at all prepared, ...”
1 comments
The Fair
“ ”
3 comments
24
Dear Daschel
“Hello son, this is just a friendly reminder that your bookshelf is not designed to ...”
4 comments
23
Vocabulary Lesson
“If you could take one word out of your child's vocabulary, what would it be? ...”
5 comments
21
19
Flattery & Promotion
“Yours truly is featured in a side project by the fabulous Julie Elephante in her ...”
15
Back from a Brief Hiatus
“I had an unexpected DSL disconnection last week, but I'm back. Thanks to everyone ...”
14 comments
08
Dancing on his tip-toes, waving his hands in the air: this is not a work-out video, this is snack time
“One big downside to staying at home with your toddler every day is that eventually, ...”
3 comments
The Wine Tasting
“A few weeks ago, I was invited to a wine tasting party. A couple ...”
5 comments
07
Redux
“Look who got fancy with a new design! Let me know if you have any ...”
7 comments
06
Date With Ikea
“ ”
2 comments
05
But it's just so damned cute
“Just like a million (give or take) other parents around the world, my Tuesday was ...”
3 comments
01
Things that are Awesome
“When twenty-somethings think of awesome, naturally one of the first things that comes to mind ...”
1 comments
What, am I Six Years Old?
“I woke up this morning to the God Awful sound of ringing in my ears. ...”
Feb
28
Say You're Sorry
“Over the weekend Dash probably said the word "sorry" a thousand times. On Friday, ...”
1 comments
27
Our Parents Had a Lot of Stuff Right
“Like so many other moms, I sometimes find myself bogged down with petty and obnoxious ...”
3 comments
24
Why I'm seriously considering never throwing another birthday party EVER
“Daschel is invited to a birthday party tomorrow, and I'm seriously considering running away from ...”
2 comments
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22
Reason to Cheer
“Just because my last entry was a tad ... emotional, I've decided to relay a ...”
6 comments
19
Snow Angel
“ Yes, he was kissing the snow man. ”
17
My Late Valentine
“ This week has been hectic and stressful, and apparently my husband noticed because tonight ...”
16
That is One Happy Kid
“ He still looks like an angel, just a very devious one. ”
15
Potty Party
“Today was Dash's first official Potty Party. Riley came down and we set up ...”
2 comments
14
I Can't See Past You
“"I've never had feelings like this before....I need to get them into....some kind of....order." ---Jeremy ...”
Just in Time for Softball Season
“Thanks to my amazing father, Daschel has his very own baseball glove. It arrived ...”
10
Putting on the Ritz
“Few things are cuter than Daschel entering the room, noticing a box of Ritz crackers ...”
2 comments
07
What Goes Around...
“Last week, everyone was telling me they were sick. Being the pillar of strength ...”
3 comments
Update
“I'm going to be working on some layout revisions here over the next few days, ...”
1 comments
02
Red rum?
“Ever since I cut Dash's hair, strange things have been happening to me: neighborhood drama, ...”
1 comments
01
Want to go to highschool with me?
“If you got a ride from me during my senior year of high school, chances ...”
True but depressing facts of adulthood
“1. There is no Sorry? Congratulations? on your abortion card at the grocery store. ...”
3 comments
Jan
31
Revealing
“I needed a pick-me-up today, so I decided to marvel at how bad my son's ...”
3 comments
30
Get over it
“I just committed the worst possible sin against my son. I cut his hair. I'm ...”
2 comments
27
Business
“If you were having trouble commenting before, it should be resolved now. You do ...”
The Great Zoe
“Among other things, I have been puppy-sitting: Zoe My neighbor C. had been wanting a puppy ...”
3 comments
26
Your Horoscope
“I just started reading my horoscope lately, and I really don't know why I never ...”
2 comments
25
Guess, go on, guess!
“Daschel is spending the afternoon at a friend's house, and I absolutely have no idea ...”
24
Candy & Toy Machines
“Dear Person Who Invented Candy and Toy Machines in the Front of the Grocery Store: ...”
1 comments
23
First Love
“ Approach, disarm, mount. ”
2 comments
22
Reading
“I am getting addicted to Supafine, written by a young woman in Baltimore who just ...”
20
Diminish Signs of Aging
“I consider myself a 'young' 27 in many ways. Much of my self-imposed youthfulness ...”
8 comments
Worse Than Morning Sickness
“The only thing worse than morning sickness is realizing that the upset stomach and nausea ...”
4 comments
18
Love Love Love Them
“ The New Pornographers: All For Swinging You Around Yeah it's been out for a while, but ...”
15
Like a Mugshot Gone Wrong
“ ”
8 comments
13
The Real Reason I Don't Watch Oprah
“For years I made fun of my mom for watching Oprah. The few moments ...”
9 comments
Well it was an episode starring Lisa so...
“ They fell asleep watching The Simpson's tonight. ”
2 comments
11
Finally!
“My Google ads are "Child Behavior Problems Solved" and "Tame Your Defiant Toddler" instead of ...”
3 comments
Dear Daschel,
“Hello son. You might find it strange that I would write you a letter ...”
6 comments
10
The Super-Highway of Pissing Me Off, Husband Edition
“Just as I'm starting to sit down to enjoy my hot tea, say, "Hot tea? ...”
4 comments
The Shock of Nice Weather
“ This photo was taken seconds before Bunny met her afternoon fate: a nosedive ...”
07
On the Bright Side
“After getting his ass kicked this morning, Dash took a relaxing bubble bath, and even ...”
2 comments
06
Giving Up the Ghost
“This afternoon, I have an appointment with the Child Development Center regarding my son's enrollment ...”
3 comments
04
Music: Pavement's [i]Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins[/i]
“ Pavement: All My Friends I'm just Posty McPosterson today! But seriously get this album, even if ...”
Slowly Becoming Her
“Most of my first lessons on family were learned by experience; having been raised by ...”
2 comments
Feeling a Bit Better About the Shoe Situation
“Remember the difficulty I was having getting rid of Dash's old shoes? Today I ...”
03
Another Flashback
“ ”
1 comments
02
Big Sigh and . . . [i]Awww[/i]
“ This is my brother and his fabulous girlfriend, M. I totally didn't ask ...”
6 comments
01
Totally Absorbed
“ Happy New Year from Daschel Auden and Dora, every toddler's perfect woman. ”
1 comments
Obligatory Happy New Year's Post
“The Germans get really excited about the new year, and I should know, because not ...”
2 comments
2004
Dec
31
More From Nuremberg
“ Just re-visiting that day a month ago or so that the sun was out ...”
30
The New Trend: Food Sucks
“The next time some smug parent looks at me and says, "Oh, it's just a ...”
4 comments
End of an Era
“Everywhere I go people are saying, "Happy New Year". I realize that it's fast ...”
2 comments
29
I Got This One
“ Since Daschel learned how to rewind his own Baby Einstein videos, he has come ...”
Who Invented Sick Days, and Why Wasn't I Invited?
“Well it turns out Dash's cold is more of a sinus infection coupled with a ...”
1 comments
More Than Decorations
“At V.'s, Christmas evening, Daschel took two decorative Christmas ornament balls and put them under ...”
2 comments
26
Music: Blanket Music
“ Blanket Music: You Shouldn't Have Said That Blanket Music sound like a baby created ...”
2 comments
Favorite Places
“Expect a long update from me tomorrow, though I must warn you I have almost ...”
Spoil Them Rotten
“ You know your parents love you when you get Dora and your own bath poof ...”
24
Happy Non-Denominational Holiday Season Wish!
“After years of hating Christmas, its packaging and its pressures, I gave up on my ...”
3 comments
23
Before He Grew Horns
“ This picture of Daschel laying peacefully on our bed was taken when he was ...”
5 comments
22
An Open Letter to the Nikon D70
“ Dear Nikon D70, You know I want you, yet you remain at an unreachable ...”
3 comments
The Church in Nuremberg
“ The cathedral looms above the square in Nuremberg. ”
1 comments
Three Years
“This morning I woke up to the sounds of my husband shuffling around the bedroom, ...”
5 comments
21
Secrets
“Don't tell anyone, but I watched AI for the first time tonight and cried. Yes, ...”
1 comments
In Retrospect...
“I really shouldn't have attempted to go shopping yesterday, but I did it anyway. ...”
A New, Beautiful Face
“I was gall-darned sick of looking at all that Christmas crap, and my code was ...”
6 comments
20
Bizarre & Disgusting Places I Have Found Sophie's Hair, 2004
“1. The silverware drawer 2. The toilet seat 3. In between the buttons ...”
1 comments
19
The Lion in the Square
“ Taken in Rosengarten Square, Mannheim. ”
17
Andrew Bird
“ Andrew Bird: Lull See Songs: Ohia, Palace (Will Oldham), and maybe even a bit of the ...”
Running on Empty
“I probably don't expend as much energy as Daschel does every day, and yet when ...”
12 comments
16
Oldie But Goodie
“ Taken by Mike, in East Boston, 2003.”
2 comments
Christmas Shopping Attempt #242190a
“Standing in the shopping center today, staring at a wall of what I thought were ...”
6 comments
15
Mommy Butt
“Standing at the bathroom counter this morning, innocently brushing my teeth, I suddenly felt two ...”
9 comments
13
Outgrowing MTV
“I have the most vivid memory of watching MTV as a young adult and thinking ...”
2 comments
Christmas Markt
“ ”
12
The Bourne Nap
“Mike fell asleep on the couch after watching The Bourne Supremacy yesterday right before dinner ...”
1 comments
10
Haircut for the Monster
“ Faux hawks are the best. View the rest in Dash's gallery, you must know ...”
2 comments
08
Music of the Day: Aloha
“Luckily, Epitonic dot com has Jesse Ashlock to make every shitty band sound like the ...”
2 comments
07
Don't Forget the Gloom
“ This photo was taken over a month ago, but the weather is exactly the same. ...”
2 comments
06
The Problem With Mikey
“Every year when Christmas rolls around, I get nervous and worried anticipating buying a gift ...”
4 comments
Remind Me to Bronze Them
“Today Daschel and I retired our favorite sneakers in an emotional trip to the thrift ...”
3 comments
05
Season's Greetings
“I'd like to thank my ridiculously patient husband for keeping small animals and children away ...”
1 comments
04
Today's Music
“I'm on Nostalgia Avenue this week, listening to all the old LPs and CDs I ...”
3 comments
02
Images
“When I was on my way to the hospital, water broken, overnight bag half-packed, my ...”
2 comments
A Minor Forest
“If you've never listened to A Minor Forest before, I suggest you follow the link ...”
01
An Overload of Me
“In case you can't get enough, my column over at Shiny Gun is up!. ”
Our First Attempt at Christmas Pictures
“...featuring Daschel's friend, Riley. ”
1 comments
Nov
29
You Must Be Joking
“The other night my husband and I started talking about having another baby. We ...”
3 comments
28
To Give Thanks
“Thanksgiving came and went with such a quickness, I hardly had any time to actually ...”
24
Scenes from the German Mall
“ Just chillin' with some Zorn, a bunny and some kind of bizarre poodle-balloon.”
23
Why Do I Do This?
“I think I am officially certifiable. I've invited people over for drinks and dinner tomorrow ...”
2 comments
Gilmore Girls
“ Seriously, is there any reason I shouldn't hate these people? The conversations rival Dawson's ...”
6 comments
22
The Kids are Alright
“It's no secret to anyone that knows me: music has always been a huge ...”
3 comments
20
I'm Always Behind. Damnit.
“Last weekend at the grocery store I commented to Mike, "Wow, why are all these ...”
19
You and Your Evil Spawn
“Our first weekend in East Boston is a blurry memory for me and Michael, but ...”
5 comments
18
Sometimes, a Mommy Playdate Takes Precedence
“ This morning I took Daschel out to the playground for a bit, letting Sophie ...”
3 comments
17
Off to the races!
“Mike's first basketball game is tonight, and then on Sunday he goes to practice with ...”
1 comments
16
New, Amazing Idea
“According to my friend Tom, I really need to write a book about what kind ...”
Missing Home
“Oddly enough, when Mike plays college football on the Xbox, I really miss home. ...”
15
Ten Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Pregnant
“1. Stashing Nestle Crunch and Sour Patch Kids under your pillow is always a good ...”
1 comments
Tagesmamma
“Mike and I have decided to look into finding a tagesmamma for Daschel a ...”
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On Nas, and My Horrible Singing
“ME: All I need is one mic... HIM: Babe in your case, you might ...”
1 comments
11
The Mind of a Two Year Old
“Today I asked Daschel as he ate a turkey sub, in that way that mothers ...”
3 comments
Comments
“My friend Nicole is having trouble commenting to the site - she is getting an ...”
2 comments
10
My Family (dot) Com
“What could be worse for families than My Family Dot Com? Ever since a relative ...”
Mannheim's First Snow of 2004
“ Believe it or not, she's playing. Nicely. ”
08
Playdates and Poop
“So Dash's friend Riley came over today for his regular play date, and after he ...”
1 comments
07
Out into the Woods
“Today we ventured out into the woods behind the bike trails here in Mannheim. It's ...”
2 comments
06
New Stuff
“The Symposium is the same website, I've just parked a new name on top of ...”
4 comments
In all forms, goodness.
05
Daschel Update
“Today at Zorn we practiced 'please & thank you'. It's become a ritual: I say ...”
1 comments
01
On [i]The Perfect Storm[/i]
“"MAYDAY MAYDAY: this storm has been officially upgraded to ... PERFECT!" My husband was feeling ...”
Writing and the Curse of the 20-Something Dullard
“If you don't already visit Shiny Gun, you should start immediately. I have lovingly inserted ...”
Oct
28
A Mommy & a Bunny
“ Since Dash was 11 months old, he's been saying "Daddy" with some regularity. ...”
6 comments
May
29
The Corner Office vs. the Cubicle
“Since the 80's, we have been bombarded with movies, television shows and commercials that go ...”
4 comments
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