November 2010
1 post
WatchWatch Calexico Front-Man Give National Geographic a Tour Of Tucson - INDIEBLOGHEAVEN
September 2010
3 posts
WatchV MAGAZINE / SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
“There are only two mantras, yum and yuck. Mine is yum.”
– Tom Robbins (via still-searching)
February 2010
1 post
newspeedwayboogie:
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial...
December 2009
1 post
Suggested Dialogue Revisions to Original...
REESE: There was a nuclear war. All this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it.
SARAH: You saw the war?
REESE: No. I grew up after. In the ruins. Starving. Hiding from H-K's.
SARAH: H-K's?
REESE: Hunter-Killers. Aerial and ground patrol machines built in automated factories.
SARAH: I thought they were called Terminators.
REESE: No, no, Terminators are...well, they're a sub-category of Hunter-Killer.
SARAH: The sub-category typified by what characteristic? The human shape?
REESE: Well, no, because, there's also moto-terminators, those are like motorcycles -
SARAH: I'm sorry, "moto-terminators?" Please tell me the computer named them.
REESE: Can I finish?
SARAH: Yeah, and just so you know, if I ask questions, it's BECAUSE I'm engaged, because the story you're telling me has a primal resonance. Except for the moto-terminators, that threw me. But before that, I was picturing the last of our species taking cover behind hills of charred skulls from armies of bullet-proof metal skeletons -
REESE: Yeah, and snakes, metal snakes in the water.
SARAH: Um. Sure. Okay. What are those called, boat-bots?
REESE: Hydro...bots, but it's -
SARAH: God, it's so weird, parts of what you're describing are so elegantly simple and confident and then other parts make me feel like I'm locked in an elevator with a spoiled, unimaginative child.
REESE: I'm sorry the HOLOCAUST of our species isn't entertaining you!
SARAH: See, get back to THAT energy. The mythical energies. Metal skeletons. I know it must feel like you need more than that, but I'm sitting here telling you, you don't. Nuclear devastation, then the computer that caused it trying to root out the last of humanity. And metal skeletons makes sense, because after the bombs don't kill everyone, the first thing the computer's going to say is, "well, I need to be able to climb stairs and crawl through fox holes." Shit like that. Which leads to these amazing, unintentionally symbolic skeletons made of bullet proof metal marching across a wasteland, batting clean-up. And it's still not working, because human beings find their weaknesses, maybe even reprogram them and send them back with bombs in their chests, and so, the chess game continues, it escalates, and the computer starts trying to find ways to study and infiltrate humanity.
REESE: That's what happened!
SARAH: Okay, good, then we're on the same page. Did they try using rubber skin, but you could spot them right away? Oh my God, just picturing that, the hair on my neck is -
REESE: I never really saw one with rubber skin. The first terminator I ever met was a death row inmate who had donated his body to science, and whose memories and feelings were so intact, he didn't even know he was a robot, and when he found out, he cried and screamed in anguish. Then he saved my life. He was a hero and a friend.
SARAH: I'm sorry, what?
REESE: Yes, that's right, ironically, it was the first terminator ever that was the most human, and that saved our entire species.
SARAH: That's not ironic, that's distracting and confusing. Why the fuck? What?
REESE: He had a human heart. And, in the end, he donated that heart to the leader of the resistance, who was YOUR SON, SARAH. Your SON!
SARAH: Uh, huh. Well, the son thing sounds neat. Um. But then there's an army of metal skeletons, right?
REESE: No! I mean, listen, stuff like that may sound "cool" to you, and I guess it would be for a minute or two, but believe me, that's it.
SARAH: Yeah. But add some moto-bots and boat-bots and you've got the new Huck Finn. Sorry, maybe we come from two different schools of thought. I'd rather hear about the war between the people and the robot skeletons for ninety minutes. If I found it lacked something, I'd have you add layers of conflict between the human characters, or you could get specific about the weapons, but all this other nonsense just sounds like "Blade Runner for Kids." It sounds like a writer that doesn't know he's not smart teamed up with a director that doesn't know he's not cool.
REESE: He's your SON, Sarah! John Conner is your son!
SARAH: I just hope you're not supposed to turn out to be the father, because even though that would be neat, after this conversation, I wouldn't fuck you with my roommate's pussy.
October 2009
3 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
The Big Pink (89)
Rykarda Parasol (66)
The Avett Brothers (52)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2)
Santogold (2)
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September 2009
1 post
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →
Mew (18)
The Avett Brothers (13)
Bitter:Sweet (1)
Neko Case (1)
My Morning Jacket (1)
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August 2009
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Jeff Buckley (4)
The Black Ghosts (3)
Handsome Boy Modeling School (3)
Revolving Paint Dream (2)
The Zombies (2)
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July 2009
5 posts
“You let me live under your roof with Heather after I was back from LAMDA, even...”
– Facebook wall post from my best friend to my dad.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19) →
The Dead Weather (45)
Tori Amos (3)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2)
Shearwater (2)
Paco (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-12) →
Murder by Death (14)
Old 97’s (13)
Placebo (13)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (13)
Great Lake Swimmers (12)
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June 2009
15 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
The Horrors (43)
Jarvis Cocker (24)
The Church (20)
Placebo (16)
Great Lake Swimmers (14)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Placebo (13)
Jarvis Cocker (11)
The Veils (10)
The Horrors (10)
Santogold (8)
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oh, and also.
Amoeba’s clearance section is better than most shops’ regular used run. This is what I purchased from the clearance section:
Gersey No Satellites
All India Radio Fall
Gotye Like Drawing Blood
Augie March Moo, You Bloody Choir (advance)
Killing Joke Killing Joke (2003)
Two That Petrol Emotion LPs
= $16.
The last four I already have downloaded but wanted hard copies of. The...
honestly!
Favorite moment of Church tour adventures: Running into my friend Stephen (of Second Motion Records) and Marty Willson-Piper (of the Church) at Amoeba on Sunset while we were all record-shopping. As Stephen and I threw recs at each other (we both had CDs hooked around each arm), we were both lamenting the change in our music consumption habits, specifically the fact that I have to be almost...
WatchThe Church on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic this past Thursday. Set list: Day 5, Block, Pangaea, You Took, and North South East West.
Peter Koppes on You Took = jaw-dropping. So glad I was able to catch the first two nights of the tour this week.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
The Church (11)
Ketch Harbour Wolves (11)
Revolving Paint Dream (9)
Dead Confederate (6)
Queens of the Stone Age (6)
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“Actor and martial arts master David Carradine, 72, was found dead today in his...”
– Awesome comment by TylerDFC at Pajiba’s post on Carradine’s death, and probably how we all would prefer to THINK Mr. Carradine went out: http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/david-carradine-1936-2009.php (via orlyeh)
BrightestYoungThings: It’s Over Johnny: The... →
Lets get one thing straight – I love The Clash. I love The Sex Pistols. I love Leonard Cohen and I love 90% of the work by The Strokes and Springsteen. These are the artist’s eMusic CEO and Chairman Danny Stein trotted out to brace current subscribers on the upcoming changes to their existing plans. (I thought it odd that he failed to mention Alicia Keys and the Dixie Chicks, despite their...
May 2009
13 posts
If The Characters on 'Lost' Told the Truth |... →
Hurley’s entry:
What’s up, Journal?
Everybody here is so into their personal drama. It’s pretty weird, I guess. There’s no room for a fat guy in all that stuff, though. Oh no, the fat guy can’t be involved in any romantic love triangles; he’d just drag everything down, right? It’d be like, an isosceles love triangle if you put fatty on one end. Speaking of, why have I even gained weight...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-17) →
The Church (29)
Queens of the Stone Age (13)
Jaydiohead (10)
Orisha (2)
Jennifer Liles (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-3) →
Great Lake Swimmers (12)
O+S (10)
Department of Eagles (7)
Revolving Paint Dream (5)
Echo & The Bunnymen (4)
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April 2009
21 posts
Effortless Anthropologie: Catharsis: Imagining the... →
Anthropologie is suing Forever 21 charging blatant rip-offism, charging lower pricesism and general brand quality degradationism. And I would normally quote a news article and be all professional here but frickin Women’s Wear Daily is charging to read the entire article. And that has pushed me off the deep end into delirium. So instead I present my completely made-up reimagining of the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Ducker (36)
The Boxer Rebellion (13)
Black Mountain (12)
The Black Angels (12)
White Hinterland (7)
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Opening Bloom Sequence on Hulu! →
brothersbloom:
The first 7 minutes of our movie is up on Hulu. Share and enjoy!