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Aeroplane, "Whispers"
Artists mentioned:Aeroplane, "Whispers" (feat. Kathy Diamond) - As a man who owns up to his own prejudices, I will freely admit that my contempt for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song of the same name kept me from ever investigating Aeroplane before now. (Sadly, this is by no means the stupidest...(read full post)
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But I Was There: The Long Blondes @ the Echo, 6/5/08
Artists mentioned:The Long Blondes, "The Couples" - By all rights, this should have been the most soul-crushingly depressing show in history. Despite my years of unyieldingly vehement advocacy, the Long Blondes have yet to secure the kind of Stateside profile necessary to warrant a headlining gig at the Troubadour; Indie 103...(read full post)
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LET'S GET SOME INDIE-ROCK UP IN THIS BITCH
Artists mentioned:A great band to get drunk toAir Traffic, "Charlotte" - So I suppose I should disclose this right up front: I accidentally got kinda drunk at the show. You know how sometimes you roll up to the club reasonably late and without any cash, and so you head to the...(read full post)
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Quick Update - Air Traffic this weekend
Artists mentioned:1. No, I'm not dead; tax season was a b-word and then work subsequently started a big honking super-mega on-the-rag b-word for the next few weeks. And then of course Phil Collins retired; oh man I was a wreck. Rest assured that I've got two sets and a hilariously loaded...(read full post)
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JUSTICE VAMPIRE WEEKEND LEONA LEWIS LIL WAYNE SOULWAX MSTRKRFT KENNY LOGGINS
Artists mentioned:WELCOME TO THE LOGGINSPHERE, FOOLISH HYPE MACHINERSDinosaur, "Kiss Me Again"Dinosaur, "Kiss Me Again" (version)WARNING: IN BIG-PERSON 320KBut seriously, folks: out of every word that I've ever written in the three-ish years I've been doing this stupid thing, the only ones I still consistently get specific mail about are the ones...(read full post)
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The Lord Works Through My Postman
Artists mentioned:Can't I do one simple GIS for "postman" without being bombarded with mail-on-mail action?All things considered, I had a pretty good week last week. My boss gave me a raise out of the blue; it won't be enough to keep me working at that soul-killing death factory one second longer...(read full post)
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Five Old-Ass Songs
Artists mentioned:actual GIS result for "still not dead"(Editor's Note: Look, I'm knee-deep in a motherfucking banger of a post, but it's nowhere near completion; consequently I figured I might want to look into just posting handfuls of relatively random songs which have had me by the ears lo these many months....(read full post)
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2007: It Was A Year
Artists mentioned:Please do not use thisI'll be honest: even taking the Biblical annoyances which have plagued my music-consumption habits over the last few months - the move, two computers dying, Time Warner being Time Warner, certain harumph cough hack being shut down by the cough blagh hork snxxx, etc - the...(read full post)
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Oh, Right, I Have A Blog
Artists mentioned:It's been a long time; I should'n'a left you/Without a dope beat to step toIt's kinda funny - well, okay, it's not really funny at all, but editing is for pantywaists: At the beginning of the year, I had between three and five writing commitments, depending on who wanted what...(read full post)
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Normal Service Resumes As Temperatures Drop Below "Hotter Than A Shitting Bitch"
Artists mentioned:Hi MomThose of you who've been wondering where I've been for the last two weeks clearly don't live in Los Angeles; up until disarmingly recently it's been like Los Angeles had spent its high-school tenure shoving the sun in a locker, and now the sun was back to make us...(read full post)
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So Some Music Happened
Artists mentioned:more like MADE OF AWESOMEKate Nash, "We Get On" - It figures; I go and write up a big, relatively-personally-authoritative explication of my favorite stuff from the world o' music this year, and then I go and trip ass backwards over a record which may or may not obliterate the...(read full post)
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The Greatest Work Of Criticism I Ever Played
Artists mentioned:I apologize to all girls & non-nerdsChicago, "You're The Inspiration" - My taste in music may (MAY?!?) be impeccable, but even I can't argue with the folks who would characterize my taste in musical reading materials as, in the words of my NorCal brethren, "hella suspect". I am, after all,...(read full post)
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But I Was There: The Wombats/The Squares @ Cinespace, 8/7/07
Artists mentioned:Guaranteed to leave your memory less than "Crystal" clear (GET IT?!??!)The Squares, "Bottle Me Up" (album version) - Long-time readers - a category which, in relation to this site, refers to anyone who's been reading longer than since, like, February - may remember a long, rambly (moreso than usual, even)...(read full post)
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But I Was There: Daft Punk @ the LA Sports Arena, 7/21/07
Artists mentioned:FORESHADOWINGDaft Punk, "Face to Face" - The older I get, the more the world makes it apparent that I perceive the unfolding of history - or at least musical history - in an incalculably skewed sense. It's probably an overwhelmingly obvious point to make, but since I (and, if you're...(read full post)
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But But I I Was Was There There: Vampire Weekend @ the Troubadour, 7/16/07; The Field @ the MOR Bar, 7/19/07
Artists mentioned:Ohmigod, shoesVampire Weekend, "Walcott" - I'd long since come to terms with the fact that Vampire Weekend were a pretty safe pick for the role of Indie-Rock Kids Who Come Clear Out Of Nowhere To Get Featured On Like Episodes Of The Office And Stuff for 2006, but until I...(read full post)
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CATASTROPHIC CONTENT OVERLOAD: Mid-Year-Ish Awards Ish
Artists mentioned:TADAO, BITCHESNaturally you can go ahead and count on the rules being played with in both a fast and loose manner - I don't even want to think about how skimpy these lists would be if I actually restricted myself to 2007-only content. Instead, I'm going with the stuff that's...(read full post)
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But I Was There: The Long Blondes @ the Echo, 6/15/07; Hot Chip @ the Henry Fonda, 6/13/07
Artists mentioned:Sorry, Ms. Jackson, but I am for realThe Long Blondes, "Five Ways To End It" - Ever since the Arcade Fire broke (relatively) huge a couple of years ago, there's been a lot of talk about "record-collection rock", a blanket description for a wildly disparate group of subgenres which all...(read full post)
