September 2010
97 posts
“Like, how does a non-alt read an Arcade Fire review?”
– That’s raptoravatar, above, on Nick Sylvester’s piece from last week and this ensuing conversation. ……
(via cureforbedbugs)
Just want to say that the idea that only ‘alts’ could possibly understand a review of arcade fire is dumb & offensive redstate-bluestate bullshit. My parents could read...
“Like, how does a non-alt read an Aracade Fire review?”
– That’s raptoravatar, above, on Nick Sylvester’s piece from last week and this ensuing conversation. ……
(via cureforbedbugs)
Just want to say that the idea that only ‘alts’ could possibly understand a review of arcade fire is dumb & offensive redstate-bluestate bullshit....
Watchyayodancing:
E-40 (feat. Laroo, The DB’z, Droop-E & B-Slimm) - Spend The Night (E1, 2010)
the Bjork-sampling babymaking jam from 40-Water’s Night Shift gets the visual treatment, and features most of the Sick Wid It roster.
Gott damn how many videos are they dropping off this record?
Can’t believe they haven’t made one for “Everyday is a Weekend” yet, that song...
August 2010
70 posts
WatchThis track is better than I remembered. Love the queasiness of the beat.
Point, Counterpoint
Lady Gaga says using drugs like cocaine helped her find her musical identity.
The pop diva made several candid statements about her history of drug use in a recent interview with Q Magazine reprinted by MTV.com Friday.
“Using drugs, I really figured out the art I wanted to make and was inspired,” said Gaga. “Some people find inspiration in dark places. I guess I’m...
Pitchfork's 90s Tracks List →
tomewing:
This was a lot of fun to do as a contributor* - listening to all the different suggestions etc. as much as the actual voting. And the one track per band thing makes a lot of sense - it means this stretch of the list has plenty of interest and variety.
*(I wrote 7 blurbs - one is up so far (#195 - Cutty Ranks’ “Limb By Limb”))
4 of my 5 blurbs are up already (Juvenile Gang Starr...
AustinSurreal: Cypress Hill Live 4/10/92 →
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Watchtxcrew:
Fuerza Bruta (body-slamming/pool excerpt)
In person this was one of the most amazing things i have seen in ever
Watchyayodancing:
Kanye West & Jay-Z (feat. Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) - Monster (Roc-something?, 2010)
This is the first leak off of an upcoming collaboration EP between Kanye Tudda & Young, featuring Ricky and Nicki (who Ye believes to be a monster? Hopefully he was referring to this song with that statement), as well as indie-folk band Bon Iver. The EP’s called Watch The...
Gucci Mane - Jewelry Selection →
somanyshrimp:
I reviewed this for pitchfork. hatersgonnahate.gif
How Chicago Makes Me Feel, Thus Far
rustbelts:
Thinner, more cynical, ambivalent.
Tired.
whinier? :-p
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what is giovanni marks?: hooray, new updates for... →
This song is fucking bonkers. Here’s a guy who started out on No Limit (yes, Master P’s label) then got involved with Cash Money at a transitional point, may have ghostwrote for Lil’ Wayne (among others) and also made up a clothes company/crew that was supposedly stolen from…
rill talk. Anyone who thought the album was a lil underwhelming should really not judge dude by it —...
britticisms:
“First in Line” by James Yuill...
spaceagehustle:
Ike Dola f/ Husalah, Pretty...
dalatu:
It’s Alive -Gucci Mane & Swizz Beatz...
Writing about movies
screwrocknroll:
slutsky:
I recognize that my job is basically telling people how I think they should spend their entertainment dollar every weekend, but what I try to convey, ideally, is my experience of seeing a movie—what it felt like to me, what surprised or excited or dismayed me. The trick is to convey just enough of my own personality without letting the article become about me (I rarely...
Watchmonique-r:
theblackfrankwhite:
dopenightmares:
Gucci Mane X Makin’ Love to the Money
I see Erica, Tamara, Chevy…Lol.
Hol UP! Did we/i/you miss this?
thats some video, but its beyond me why gucci thought we needed to hear him doing fake rick ross songs
