Crouching Tiger, Hidden Fuckwit
In an exquisite ballet of a slow-motion asskickage, Rachel Maddow delicately eviscerates a cocknoggin who's raking in money off of homophobic lies. A tour de force.
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For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Jawbox reunited for a one-off exclusive performance on Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night. They performed "Savory" on air, plus "68" and "FF=66" off-air, to promote the re-release of their 1994 album, For Your Own Special Sweetheart. My fellow Gen-Xers, put your emo pants on...now.
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Keep it in your pocket, supergeek
Thanks to the kind folks at Gizmodo, you too can know when it's OK to use your iPhone and when it'll be a knee to the groin of your relationship. Me? My iPhone is my significant other.
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Being a Creepy Stalker: There's an App for That
Instantly one of my fave things ever. h/t B Karasik, who keeps me well stocked in Clooney & hilarity on Twitter.
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Twilight: New Moon as Performed by LOL Catz
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Keyboard Cat? Waitaminute... my review has been hi-jacked! I guess we're doing this again...New Moon!
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This Is Not a Fugazi Montage
James Burns has created a 40-minute montage of Fugazi's stage banter. It's such a kickass treat. Hear & download it right here (just scroll down below the photo).
And don't let me see your MTV-generation ass crowd-surfing, or you can take your $5 and get the fuck outta here.
Having Fun On Stage With Fugazi by Fugazi
Click here to download the mp3
(Thanks to the lovely and talented Michael Calore, who publishes the extra-groovy rocknroll-flavoured blog called Snackfight, for the heads-up on this nugglet of awesomeness.)
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Handsome Devil
I'm loving these cheap deals on music happening on Amazon lately. Another incredibly affordable exquisite sonic delicacy: AA Bondy's When The Devil's Loose for only $5. This record's way at the top of my Best of 2009 list. And Bondy's way at the top of my RILF list. So it's a win-win.
When The Devil's Loose by Aa Bondy
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My iPhone is alive.
No, really. OK, so you know how there's an iPod built into the iPhone? Yeah, mine's alive.
So I'm in the shower the other night, listening to some music on the iPhone/iPod. (Through the stereo, not through headphones, smartass.) Got it on 'shuffle.' Not long after I shampoo & condition, it becomes completely obvious that my iPhone has come to life. It's sentient. It's self-aware. It's aware of *me.* I'm sure of it. Here's how I know.
I'm soaped up, scrubbing away, and a Son Volt song from the 'American Central Dust' album comes on. Guess I was particularly in the mood for some Son Volt, because when the song finishes, I say kinda under my breath, "Good stuff."
Yes, I sometimes talk out loud to no one when I'm alone and naked. You know you do it, too.
Flash forward less than 2 seconds. The iPhone plays another Son Volt song. From the same album. Now, before you start with your cockamamie "theories" about how my iPhone "isn't really alive" and how that's "not possible," let me be assure you
that I have over 100 artists on my iPhone/iPod thingy. Almost 500 songs.
Sure, that's not that many songs compared to how many could fit on there, but still. When it's on 'shuffle'? And there are that many artists & songs to choose from? What are the odds that one Son Volt song is gonna be followed IMMEDIATELY by ANOTHER Son Volt song? RIGHT AFTER I EXPRESS MY APPROVAL OF THE FIRST SON VOLT SONG? We all know that mathematics has not yet advanced to the point of being able to calculate these odds.
But OK, I think -- It's just a coincidence. A funny coincidence. Kind of a spooky coincidence, but a coincidence nonetheless. Little co-inky-dink. Amusing. Ha. Yeah.
So when the second Son Volt song ends, just kind of as a joke to myself (because I'm easily entertained and talk alone naked maybe a little too much), I say out loud, "OK, iPod, now play a Nada Surf song."
And, dude, A FUCKING NADA SURF SONG COMES ON.
By now, I'm toweling off and climbing out of the shower. I step out and peek over at my iPhone. It's playing "Armies Walk," from Nada Surf's 'The Weight Is a Gift' album. And I'm pretty sure it's smirking at me.
Now, look. I believe in science and math and the law of averages & all that stuff as much as the next gal. But come ON. There's no other explanation for this phenomenon but that my iPhone is alive and can hear me and respond to my will. None! Also I'm not that comfortable with being naked around it now.
At this point in the story, I'm pretty well creeped out and I choose not to continue this little experiment. So I just back slowly away from the iPhone. After the Nada Surf song finishes, of course. ...Dude, you *know* they're one of my fave bands ever.
And so does my iPhone, apparently.
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This Download Loves You
My pick for the one Cyber Monday deal you gotta get: Amazon has one of the best albums of 2009, Neko Case's Middle Cyclone, for download for only $1.99 today. Don't break my heart, baby -- get this thang now.
This Tornado Loves You by Neko Case
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