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M.I.A. sneaks in thru da back door...
Artists mentioned:"I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge."-the late Robert GouletThis one's for you, big papa...M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Rene Goulet's Golden Girl...(read full post)
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NY Fashion Week Playlist
Artists mentioned:I’ve heard that fashion is simply the art of buying clothes you don’t need, with money you don’t have, to impress people that you don’t even like. Now if that’s not sexy, I don’t know what is. However I think that this criticism is a bit harsh; after all, I...(read full post)
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I'd live with the bad teeth to be a Brit....
Artists mentioned:Why does it seem that the publishers of American music magazines are of the Jerry's Kids ilk? Because they are, my young patriot. That's why I tune into the Brits for all of the latest dirt. Wanna know how many doodies Pete Dougherty did today? NME (answer: none cos the...(read full post)
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Playlist - Fat Women To Inhale Runways
Artists mentioned:So I went to a birthday party for a skinny model the other day. And guess what? The cake jumped out of the girl. Laugh now, but know that the day of the 80-lb POW look is soon to be kicked to the curb. Well, maybe not kicked…the wind will...(read full post)
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Allow me to wax your earlobes...
Artists mentioned:Girl Talk – Night Ripper (Illegal Art)Don’t you love it when someone comes along with a red hot poker and shoves it straight up the record industry’s pale, wrinkled old keister? Kinda touches a nerve, and as we all know, the nerves are a bit sensitive down there. (C’mon. You...(read full post)
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Music Reviews: July 2006
Artists mentioned:Muse – Black Holes and Revelations (Warner Bros.)This album fucking rocks. Bleep. Oops. All of Muse’s albums deserve an expletive, for they are the rare example of a band that continues to grow hydroponically with each album. Kinda like JC Chasez. On their fourth effort, they deliver a cohesive stroke...(read full post)
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THE NEW TASTEMAKER
Artists mentioned:Everybody’s a DJ, right? Wrong. You see, even if you have the most jacked Ipod in the world, the simple truth is that you can’t buy taste. And even if you do have good taste, we all know that it’s completely subjective, which means you probably wasted your money anyway....(read full post)
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Music Reviews: June 2006
Artists mentioned:One-Two - Love Again (Four Music)Frederic Beucher and Severin Tezenas Du Montcel are the French duo One-Two. True to tradition, they sing in the International Language of Love...English? Au Bon Pain!!??? Fear not, my little flower; while they do sing in English, their French accents add to the playfulness of...(read full post)
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Music Reviews: May 2006
Artists mentioned:Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics (Warner Brothers)Holy shit. Heavenly bowels. Cosmic leftovers. The Flaming Lips have made a career out of twisting peoples knickers into a frenzied state of confused bewilderment. On “At War..” they twist a little harder, leaving skidmarks that must have been the divine...(read full post)
