21
May
Crushes: Annie Clark
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Annie Clark, the phenomenal guitar/multi-instrumentalist who named her debut record after an Arrested Development catchphrase, is better known as St. Vincent.
She is also known as the woman I’ll be seeing perform on Wednesday while surrounded by countless other lonely, pining slobs.
Here she is on a bed in France:
18
May
In B Flat
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To be filed both under “Why Didn’t I Think Of This” and “Reasons I Love The Internet” is In B Flat. From the site’s description:
In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls. The videos can be played simultaneously — the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders.
For me, more interestingly than adjusting levels is varying each clip’s starting points. I’ve done three go-rounds with this so far and each have been absolutely beautiful. I love bringing in the bass towards the middle and dropping the vocal track right before it. And the horns always round things out.
1
May
Afghan Whigs, “Come See About Me”
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26
Apr
Ever since the internet came along and totally destroyed the way we used to listen to and discover music, I’ve been without that incredible feeling of picking up a record at random and finding it to be totally amazing once I got it home.
I think part of me has been unconsciously trying to recapture that. I’ve made a point to go record shopping every single weekend over the last month and pad my safer music purchases with a couple of “I’m not so sure about these.” And I’ve pretty much failed miserably. In my collection now resides unlistenable drone, tons of schreeeeeching sounds, and just a bunch of nonsense. Read more
15
Apr
R. Kelly, “Real Talk”
Filed Under Comedy, Music, Nostalgia, Staying Single, Video | 3 Comments
For some reason, the sleeper hit of Summer ’07 is making its rounds amongst my friends again. And when I think about it, it all starts to make sense. I mean, who doesn’t need a little REAL TALK in their lives right now?
I just wasn’t prepared for how REAL things get at the end of this “behind the scenes.” Too much tweakin! Not enough turning the camera off! And who gets to keep the Bedazzler in the break up?