MGMT - Little Dark Age

posted October 17, 2017 #

the song is solid, the video is great but the HAIR

The Gay Architects of Classic Rock

posted October 17, 2017 #

fascinating (also sad to learn of Nilsson's homophobia)

posted October 17, 2017 #

I respect & believe women. I'm not posting anything re: #metoo (aside from this) because now seems like a good time to shut up/listen/learn.

Kandyland

posted October 17, 2017 #

Back in the winter of 2016, Thelma and the Sleaze embarked on a 31-show, 29-day "intra-city tour" in which they played sets everywhere from proper venues to McDonalds to snowy parking lots. The entire experience is captured in the Seth Graves documentary Kandyland. The trailer gives you a good idea of the antics and hardships involved. Despite never leaving one city, there's an entertaining road movie vibe to the whole thing as the band tackles different opportunities, vehicle breakdowns and band politics.

There's a few versions of the movie - depending on how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go.

John Karborn

posted October 17, 2017 #

John Karborn, creator of The Evidence of Time Travel series that I have posted about plenty of times, recently relaunched his site to properly document his full body of fine art works. The Oil Paint Gold Print Paper Glass pieces are my favorite among them but the monochromatic She Dreams of Sisyphus and massive archive of miscellaneous pieces should not be missed.

Robert Beatty

posted October 17, 2017 #

I recently felt awe struck by the cover for Mister Heavenly's latest and discovered that Robert Beatty was responsible for its creation. If you weren't aware, he also did Kesha's latest, Dent May's latest, Ariel Pink's latest and works for Thee Oh Sees and Tame Impala. There's a plethora of work from bands I'm less familiar with but the artwork is every bit as astounding. I hadn't been consciously looking out for his work previously but I absolutely will be now.

posted October 17, 2017 #

I love Michael Fassbender more than I feel comfortable with. But The Snowman looks terrible.

posted October 17, 2017 #

By & large, this website blows but I'm v thankful 4 the ability to read the perspectives of people I may not encounter often IRL

We Own This Town - Volume 95

posted October 16, 2017 #

After the one-two punch of Glossary episodes, I wanted to get back to basics for Volume 95 of the We Own This Town podcast (that's the Nashville area focused podcast I've been running for ten years).

Serendipity led me to place Yon Ort and ONLY back to back - a track that claims "What you feel, isn't real" followed by a track that claims "we all die!" It's a haphazard goodness that I can't take credit for but I'm happy to bring to you.

Yon Ort - What You Feel
ONLY - July
Charlie and the Evil Mothers - Strings
TV Sisters - Motivate Me
Butthole - I Went to High School and Graduated
Boyscott - Sinking Down
Save MacCauley - Skulls (The Misfits)
Makeup and Vanity Set - Iridescent

Dirty John

posted October 16, 2017 #

The Los Angeles Times is following in the footsteps of Serial and Missing Richard Simmons with their episodic podcast series Dirty John. I wouldn't want to give a single thing away by discussing any of the details (seeing a photo of the subject is probably more than enough) but it's a compelling listen filled with questionable decisions and alarming twists.

Episode 1 is embedded below but I suggest firing up your favorite Podcast app and subscribing for the full six episodes.

Vac-tastic Plastic

posted October 16, 2017 #

Vintage Halloween is, inarguably, the Best Halloween so it's great to see Retro-a-go-go! keeping the vibe alive with their Vac-Tastic Plastic Masks designed by Doug P'gosh. Each of these retro looking masks is about 2 feet tall, which means wearing them will be awkward and bizarre - aka perfectly weird. I love that the designs range from a Mars Attack alien to a Zombie Astronaut to a suave Dracula. A little something for everybody.

via Jessica.

posted October 15, 2017 #

A weird part of toxic masculinity is not knowing how to poop properly. https://t.co/P3ilrIGsxT

posted October 15, 2017 #

here is a rabbit playing in leaves to brighten your day https://t.co/Sa8AMK1nJX

Graham Linehan off Twitter

posted October 15, 2017 #

Twitter is broken and people are starting to leave

Mister Heavenly - Boxing the Moonlight

posted October 14, 2017 #

to listen

Friday Videos - Oct 13th, 2017

posted October 13, 2017 #

It's Friday the 13th! The world is already plenty strange so maybe don't go too nuts in celebration but maybe just stare at this page for awhile and remember the good things.

Have you seen the #ThisSongWillChangeYourLife meme? It's pretty wonderful and I hope it makes its way to YouTube.

Curse Walk + KXVO Pumpkin Dance - Paul made this Shaboi / Pumpkin Dance mashup a few years ago and while it's not technically perfect, it's pretty damn perfect.
Alex Jones explains Twin Peaks - I can't believe I'm saying this but this works unbelievably well.
The Last Fry (SNL) - a digital short with Gal Gadot that was cut for time. It's unfortunate because it's some of their best work.
Grizzly Bear - Mourning Sound - have you seen this video yet? It's refreshing to see men get objectified in a video, particularly in a non-kitschy way.
American Psycho - #ThisSongWillChangeYourLife - it's a long clip and you see it coming but it still works.
No Pomegranates - have you seen this teacher losing her mind? My only hope is that there is a story behind this that makes it amusing, otherwise it's just terrifyingly weird.
Floppy Disk - this isn't from Tim & Eric but if you like Tim & Eric, you will love this.
Corgi Troll - have a great weekend.

Shaboi, 2017

posted October 13, 2017 #

Eight years ago on this day, Friday, October 13th, 2008, the one and only release from Shaboi was unleashed on the world. Curse Walk is ten songs of Halloween tales spanning an absurd number of genres - country folk, rap, electronic instrumentals, spoken word cautionary tales and even an R&B lament for spiritual freedom.

Given that it's mid-October, now is the perfect time to dive back in. It's streaming everywhere or you can buy the digital version if you're looking to throw some appreciation towards the ghoul responsible for it all.

posted October 12, 2017 #

@AshSpurge Which means the "good" are mediocre at best so, sorry guys you're all pretty terrible.

posted October 12, 2017 #

the good 25% of men are just now learning the other 75% are bad

posted October 12, 2017 #

Hi everyone I wanted to tell you that Chuck Norris memes are 10x funnier when you crop out the bottom caption https://t.co/g56xY6dt4H