And not only that...They're playing at Coachella.WTF.My love/hate relationship with Goldenvoice is not unlike my resentment/admiration of California as a whole, and The Culture of Cool that permeates every nook and cranny of this goddamn state. I guess it could be worse - I could live in New York City. Ha!Seriously though, every year the Coachella lineup reads more and more like Pitchfork Media's "Best New Music" list and it makes me want to be sick all over myself. The w... Read Full Story
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Johnny-Rotten-Allegedly-InjuresWhile I may not approve of one of Lydon's chronies giving Bloc Party's frontman Kele Okereke a hard time about "his black attitude", which taints the whole thing irreparably for me, I'm not sorry it happened because it's easily the best headline I've read all year. That and I hate Bloc Party. Almost as much as I loathe the Kaiser Chiefs. If they'd only gotten Chris Martin thrown in the mix... Read Full Story
Levi, head hauncho over at The NIN Hotline, recently posted a short and glowing bit of praise on my recent (generally positive) review of Ghosts for TMT. Thanks Levi! I was actually kind of embarrassed at it's ridiculous length, but I'm glad the NIN community has been directed towards it's glorious hugeness as they're probably the only ones who will read it all the way through. Big shoutouts to all my old-school ETS chronies (Exit Domina, Abominari, etc), and to the whole... Read Full Story
I love this show entirely too much. It's actually embarrassing; any semblance of the meager social life with which I occasionally indulge myself is completely dismissed every Tuesday night after I get home from work, the decaying afternoon spent preparing for the show. Joints are smoked and popcorn is popped as I set about soaking up every little bit of information released via the unique online feature Nova hosts on their site for each episode - and tonight, dear reader, you're g... Read Full Story
trent reznor : internet superhero. the amount of blogging done about the new ghosts album is difficult to even comprehend, so i'm going to keep it simple with yet another strong endorsement of the distribution model. i'll be revisiting ghosts I-IV from a critical standpoint once i've had a bit more time with it, of course, but it's definitely a piece of work that takes some serious time and dedication to fully absorb. i will say that it reminds me very much of the new autech... Read Full Story
like you haven't heard about it already. it's dividing opinions about as much as one might expect for a typical Autechre album, most of the talk being about it sounding throwback or what have you - none of it's worth listening to, of course, music doesn't get much more subjective than this and talking about it gets old fast. still, that's not going to keep me from offering the assuredly biased opinion that if you made it to this blog, then there's a good chance this ... Read Full Story
Yes, it's actually real. Well, almost - NASA's announced it, but there's a lot to be done in between deciding to make an MMO and it's eventual completion, and we all know how reliable NASA can be following up on projects...So I've stayed as far away from World Of Warcraft as humanly possible, more or less, not to mention all the dozens of other semi-successful MMORPGs released in the last several years, as I've no to desire to pay my way into some horrible clique of t... Read Full Story
I just thought I'd take some time out to acknowledge one of the most fabulous men ever to live: the illustrious Tim Gunn. A blinding beacon of fashion, etiquette, and general decorum, Tim is a role model for the modern man, regardless of social standing, profession, or attitude (or, ah, orientation) - not to mention a ... Read Full Story
