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In college, I had a friend who was as much cruel and nasty to me...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:33:00 -0400

In college, I had a friend who was as much cruel and nasty to me as he was nice. We were driving around Santa Fe one day and CSNY’s “Ohio” came on the radio. I remarked that, while I thought the guitar part was pretty great, I always tired of the song after about 20 seconds. My friend, driving at that moment, punched me in the shoulder and told me not to be stupid.

About 30 seconds later, he muttered that I was right but didn’t have to be such a bitch about it and asked me to change the station.

On a related note, the Dandy Warhols re-imagined the song as a dirge-like take on “Wicked Game” and I’m more willing to risk physical violence for this version.

ragbag: my dear old mother always warned me not to judge a book...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:47:18 -0400

ragbag:

my dear old mother always warned me not to judge a book by its cover, but the cover of brainland’s book has cats tossing salads—so i judge this book: “worth a long, hard, veiny look.”

you can preorder night terrors via the following internet ecommerce sites. warning: preorders are limited to only 10 books per person, so if the computer messes up and lets you order, say 100 (or 1000), then consider yourself very fortunate to have outfoxed the computer.

Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Books A Million
Indiebound
iTunes

listen to Raynor.

Relapse magazine was nice enough to feature me and my book in...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:11:56 -0400

Relapse magazine was nice enough to feature me and my book in their new issue—the ‘Virgin’ issue. The entire thing is available online, but you can pick one up IRL if you live in New York.

wiparty: We can’t get enough of Dots! Congrats to Patrick...

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:49:48 -0400

wiparty:

We can’t get enough of Dots! Congrats to Patrick (WiP7) whose iPhone game is currently among the TOP 10 Most downloaded apps in apple’s store.

Go forth and connect!

patrickmoberg:

I’m excited to share a little iOS game I made called Dots. Let me know what you think. <3

Grab it here: http://nerdyoctopus.com/dots

Patrick forever.

Penelope Disick (spawn of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick,...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:10:18 -0400

Penelope Disick (spawn of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick, left), Gerald Samson (the Baby with One Eyebrow of Simpsons notoriety)

The Beatles, “The Night Before” I’m friends...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:32:00 -0500

The Beatles, “The Night Before”

I’m friends with a few of those contrarian types who insist the Beatles “just aren’t that good,” or go the extra mile to say that the Beatles are good but simply overrated. I respect them and continue to love them and nod my head to this opinion as if it is a reasonable one but I think even they know they are objectively wrong.

Death From Above 1979, “We Don’t Sleep At...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:35:00 -0500

Death From Above 1979, “We Don’t Sleep At Night”

Whenever pressure starts to mount and things are due and people need stuff from me and I’m expected to perform like a functioning adult in some capacity, I just end up locked in my apartment playing air drums to DFA.

Quite possibly my favorite thing from the internet in years.

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:10:36 -0500

Quite possibly my favorite thing from the internet in years.

juliaheffernan: This is such a sad story! Devastating.

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:16:02 -0500

juliaheffernan:

This is such a sad story!

Devastating.

nic-rad: Here is a painting I made as a part of a project by...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:16:00 -0500

nic-rad:

Here is a painting I made as a part of a project by the artist Tom Sanford, who is opening a show at Bravin Lee Programs on December 31st called 100 Little Deaths

My subject was Joe Paterno
Paterno is the deceased football coach for Penn State University who allegedly stood for sportsmanship and academic integrity
Also he concealed and abated a child rapist, Jerry Sandusky, because Sandusky was a good defensive coordinator
Moral ambiguity is a favorite theme of mine
We Are
State Penn!

Read More

Nic’s entire essay on his remarkable portrait of Joe Paterno—part free association confessional rant, part verse poem—deserves your attention today.

Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:19:21 -0500

Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord:

This piece from the Times is two years old and astonishing:

“Karaoke-related killings are not limited to the Philippines. In the past two years alone, a Malaysian man was fatally stabbed for hogging the microphone at a bar and a Thai man killed eight of his neighbors in a rage after they sang John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads.’ “

The Kinks, “This Strange Effect (Brian Matthew...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:20:31 -0500

The Kinks, “This Strange Effect (Brian Matthew Intro)”

The Kinks never recorded a studio version of this fantastic song (they didn’t even release it first). Thanks for nothing, guys.

If you want to see a cartoonishly sexualized Friedrich Nieztsche...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:51:43 -0400

If you want to see a cartoonishly sexualized Friedrich Nieztsche stuff his/her genitals full of candy for Halloween, have I got a link for you.

Joe Jackson, “Got the Time” My boyfriend just outed...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:15:42 -0400

Joe Jackson, “Got the Time”

My boyfriend just outed himself as only being familiar with the Anthrax version.

Sleater-Kinney, “All Hands on the Bad One” I met a...

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:00:49 -0400

Sleater-Kinney, “All Hands on the Bad One”

I met a person a few weeks ago who insisted that Sleater-Kinney were “mediocre at best” and only marginally popular because people wanted an all-girl band to be good, so that was dumb.

Brian Jonestown Massacre, “Open Heart Surgery” Last...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:36:00 -0400

Brian Jonestown Massacre, “Open Heart Surgery”

Last night at Webster, people were shouting song titles all through the show, as loud people are wont to do. Anton snapped at some point and said that “people who’ve released more than 300 songs shouldn’t take requests. That’s my personal belief.” It was really the only thing he said.

For the best, though: they were so, so good.

Donna Summer, “Lucky” A really fond memory of...

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:49:00 -0400

Donna Summer, “Lucky”

A really fond memory of college is going to my friend Nathaniel’s apartment for dinner. Nathaniel was probably the coolest kid I knew and he looked like a Roman emperor. He had crates of records, stuff you’d expect really cool college kids to like, the Isley Brothers, psychedelic garage rock, etc.

One night he cooked a big dinner (he was a great cook, too) and after we listened to Sign O the Times, he put on Donna Summer’s Bad Girls, this song specifically. I was about 20, and therefore very stupid, so I thought he was being ironic or something. Donna Summer? The disco singer? Then he shook his head and got this far-and-away look and said, “This song was so ahead of its time.” It took me about 30 seconds to agree.

Sorry to be the asshole who offers a personal anecdote when a famous person dies, but this song is awesome.

sexpigeon: Most tasteless parody of “Stayin’ Alive” that I’ve...

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:55:42 -0400

sexpigeon:

Most tasteless parody of “Stayin’ Alive” that I’ve ever seen.

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Fri, 04 May 2012 13:19:26 -0400

I learned yesterday that “muah” is supposed to indicate “giving a kiss.” All...

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:37:25 -0400

I learned yesterday that “muah” is supposed to indicate “giving a kiss.” All this time I (genuinely) thought it indicated “maniacal laughter.” I thought it was a Bond villain thing. I’m serious.

Tangentially, I feel really different about the Kardashians now.