February 2012
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An Open Letter to Whoever Stole My Bicycle
backleftlitz:
You know what man? Or woman? I kind of envy you. Sometimes I will see things that belong to other people and think, “I would like to own that.” And then I just, like, start thinking of something else, or maybe even sometimes legally procure a version of ‘that’ from a store, or the internet. But you. You, my friend, understand that the very notion of “ownership” is illusory: We do...
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Why Gary Oldman should've won Best Actor →
hangingfire:
“We’ve both spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another’s systems. Don’t you think it’s time to recognise there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?”
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Emily Mackay & The Quietus vs. Grimes
Here, in order of appearance, are the sixteen other artists Quietus writer Emily Mackay referenced in an attempt to describe Grimes. It works out to an average of two references per paragraph. Bonus points for the neologism, “Prince-via-Burial-via Julee Cruise”.
Aaliyah
Beyonce
Rihanna
Zola Jesus
Cocteau Twins
Dion
Vanity
Dead Can Dance
Salem
Lykke Li
Crystal Castles
The...
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Hollywood: Losing as slowly as possible
Here’s the thing: You wanted to believe that Hollywood saw what happened to the music industry and learned a valuable life lesson. You wanted to believe the lesson Hollywood learned was to embrace digital streaming and a la carte sales as soon as possible.
You couldn’t have been more wrong.
Hollywood saw the precipitous decline of the music industry, got scared as shit, and the...
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nprmusic:
“How can a live SNL appearance in a stale stage space match the ability of Internet-era screenage to conquer time and demographics?”
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Eric Weisbard on Sleigh Bells, Saturday Night Live and blog bands.
Maybe some types of music just don’t work on television? When I heard Sleigh Bells would be on SNL I was wondering how they’d come off? Their music is not suited to...
“One of the more subtle casualties of rockism is the ability to articulate what’s...”
– Nitsuh Abebe, “Why We Fight: Embarrassment Rock” (Pitchfork)
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