August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
2 tags
Why not? →
April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
7 posts
moving slowly: Sun Kil Moon - Duk Koo Kim →
slowcore:
In Sun Kil Moon’s magnum opus, the death of Duk Koo Kim is related back to the transience of life and eventually, the fact that we’re all mortal beings; heroism is pitted against fallibility through a microscope. It’s an infinite series of contrasts, and the length…
Do yourself a favor, and never allow this song to inspire you to look up the Ray Mancini/Duk Koo Kim...
February 2011
9 posts
The American Analog Set
“Come Home Baby Julie, Come Home”
Promise of Love
2000
This is a good album for a Sunday morning.
1 tag
January 2011
18 posts
Quiet Lights
Listen to them.
I like the idea of hopelessness and I like the idea of music, and if they should...
– Dan Bejar of Destroyer, talking to Pitchfork
“There will be NO free downloads. There will be NO bonus tracks. There will be...
– but there will be a new portishead album, which is the important thing (via maura)
And yet, this announcement was made via Twitter?
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
8 posts
1 tag
Well...
It’s Friday night, I’m too broke to go out and I’ve had a Four Loko (Blue Raspberry) and I’m listening to the Replacements. Now would probably be a good time to ask a question.
Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving (2002)
swirldye:
This song scares the crap out of me.
October 2010
9 posts
…the soft authenticity of real explosions viewed at a safe distance.
– David Roth in the Awl.
The best explain-our-whole-general-situation-by-talking-about-how-certain-people’s-faces-look-like-certain-kinds-of-meat writer working today. Also features Toonces the Driving Cat.