December 2011
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“Hipsters have beards. Or mustaches. Or neither. They wear skinny jeans. Or maybe...”
– Ceci n’est pas un hipster
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
2011 in Music: Sounds →
I tend to fixate on sounds and tones in songs and records. These are my favorite…
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“I remember they had the credits and everything. It says, ‘Music by Angelo...”
– ‘Drive’ composer Cliff Martinez surprised by soundtrack’s success
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
“Where we devote our intelligences to anticipating what cool expects cool to be.”
– Porpoises into the Past: is common ground a word (or just a sound)?
Dec 27th
Dec 27th
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“Yes, music production is overwhelmingly a boy’s club. That’s a...”
– ‘Woman’ is not a genre of music
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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a grammar: i am confused by certain descriptions... →
I love Kaputt, but I’ve spent the year being a little confused by the sales pitch that’s under discussion here — the one where the album is a “transgressive” reclamation of dangerously “uncool” sounds.
Dec 25th
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“In his reading of Roxy’s 1982 opus, Bejar imagines Ferry as a preacher...”
– Lost 11 of 2011 - #1: Destroyer Kaputt
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“This song, with its curious title, “O Superman,” and cold,...”
– Here Come the Planes
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You’re glad someone’s done it but...”
– Brian Eno (via clangandboomandsteam)
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Another Green Sweater →
Dec 21st
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“‘Drive’ is the year’s best long-form music video. That score! Ambient...”
– Alex Pappedemas. (via marathonpacks)
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“Just like Colonel Kurtz and Captain Willard, you can’t tell my story...”
– Oldest Blurb Slave Ever: Ten Or Twelve Years With Rhapsody
Dec 19th
Did I ever tell you about the time.... →
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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“Basically, punk would never have happened without Sly Stallone.”
– Adam Ant
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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“Being told you’re responsible for Sonic Youth… you lose sleep over that.”
– Mark E. Smith (via tommy-wiseaus-bum)
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose has always meant that the constant...”
– You Say You Want a Devolution?
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“Shone is the only member of Author & Punisher, and he personally designed,...”
– Machine Head: Engineer Builds Instruments for One-Man Metal Band
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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WatchWatch
Dec 15th
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“Now that same digital technology is getting deployed to opposite purposes:...”
– Maximal Nation
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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La Polinesia Meridional →
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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