Dogs Play Poker

Change of Address

2010-10-01T09:54:00.002-05:00

I'm sick of this space and its inactivity, so I moved over to tumblr. Same name and everything.

Follow me here:

dogsplaypoker.tumblr.com

More Taylor!

2010-09-02T10:32:00.003-05:00

I like her new single.

I just read a particularly thoguhtful article on her re: gender. Read it!

Rock Fan's Guide to Country Music

2010-07-12T12:29:00.004-05:00

There is a good Sound Opinions this week, in which Chrissie Dickinson, the editor of this sorta publication, comes out in favor of Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson over Uncle Tupelo and the Jayhawks. From a punkish perspective no less!

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I have been a lazy writer recently as my musicianship has become sligthly less lazy.

Because of this laziness, I am thinking about moving this to tumblr, but I don't know yet. I don't want to be a quitter sellout.

In the meantime, I am now part of two new blogs that should keep you interested regarding places and things.

Goodbye, Consumer Guide

2010-07-02T09:05:00.004-05:00

"Barring miracles unlikely to ensue, this is the final edition of
Christgau's Consumer Guide, which MSN will no longer publish following this
month's edition. The CG has generally required a seven-days-a-week time
commitment over the 41 years I've written it, and I'm grateful to MSN for paying
me what the work was worth over the three-and-a-half years I published it here.
But though I always enjoyed the work, work it was, and I've long been aware
there were other things I could be doing with my ears. So while I have every
intention of keeping up with popular music as it evolves, being less
encyclopedic about it will come as a relief as well as a loss."

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Well fuck.

Shoot Out the Lights

2010-06-16T09:59:00.002-05:00

Drunk, I finally worked up the courage to use my $50 in credit in the iTunes store.

First up, Supergrass's "Pumping On Your Stereo." Just the single!

Second, Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights, because I love songs and albums about divorce! Listening to it now. Initial thoughts: Richard Thompson sings like John Cale. ew!

From wiki:

In 1987, Shoot Out the Lights was ranked #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100
Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years" and in 1989 it was ranked #9 on Rolling
Stone's list of the The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. In 2003, the album was
ranked number 333 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of
all time.

Seems like an awful lot of critical fluctuation on this one. Hmmm...

I Skipped May

2010-06-11T21:27:00.002-05:00

Teehee.

Stephen Sondheim on Fresh Air

2010-04-22T18:14:00.002-05:00

Not particularly interested in Broadway, but Sondheim says some interesting things about the nature of creativity and art around 25 minutes into the podcast.

Terry Gross mentions the influence of Jazz on Gershwin, and asks if Sondheim was similarly influenced by Jazz. Sondheim responds that he sees jazz as mostly antithetical to his artistic ideals (lulz). He then explains his interest in structure and order in composition. He says that the only improvisation he does is during the songwriting process, and this improvisation will inevitably go through rounds revision, in contrast to the unadulterated immediacy of solos in jazz. Gross seems taken aback by his proclivity for uptight formalism, spurring Sondheim to argue that the basic communicative intent of all art is to bring order to the chaos of human existence.

The conversation reminded me of the popular archetype of the irrational, exalted artist that makes the average asshole pick primal John over priggish Paul, or Anton Newcombe over Courtney Taylor-Taylor, for that matter. Such is the rock and roll aesthetic.

Anyway, the interview is worth a listen. God knows I love to hear somebody sticking up for us anal folk. Suck it, Longinus.

P.S. Sondheim is a cutie-pie!

More fun with Wikipedia

2010-04-21T21:09:00.002-05:00

"Butterfly" is one of only two No. 1 songs in the Hot 100 era naming an insect in its title (The other being Fireflies by Owl City)

From the Wikipedia entry for "Butterfly" by Crazy Town.

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There's not citation for this little tidbit! Who verified this?!

Heaven is never record store day

2010-04-20T18:44:00.002-05:00

I was fooled again this year. I woke up early and headed on over to Reckless to possibly pick up a copy of the Hold Steady's new album, six hundred copies of which were released three weeks early for Record Store Day. There was, of course, a line waiting to get into the store, and I gave up in favor of breakfast. Now, the record is on ebay for aroudn $130, making me wonder who record store day does anything but galvanize the hard-core collectors (and canny opportunists).

At least the record has now leaked, and I've been listening to a shitty vinyl rip on my iPod. I'm waiting for a higher quality leak to make any real judgement, but that asshole over at Sometimes a Great Blog ain't. Here's a text I recieved today at work:

My thougts on h is w: dissapointing but not terrible. Some songs I do like a
lot, some plain bad songs (ring ring goes the telephone?) and the biggest
problem [begin second text] is that it is sort of bland from start to end

I like it more than that, but want to spend some more time with it before writing about it here. Although, I think most of the reviews will agree with SAGB and decry The Hold Steady's continued wimpiness.

Today's Date

2010-04-20T18:26:00.000-05:00

I've been going to some show Two weeks ago I saw Titus Andronicus, last week I saw Adam Green, and last night I saw Hot Chip, with the xx opening. I very unfortunately missed the xx, as they apparently began performing promptly at 8pm. By the time I got the venue at 8:30 they were leaving the stage. Aw, shucks. Hot Chip lifted my spirits with a surprisingly solid live show. I've never seen them live, but the deluxe edition of Made in the Dark came with a DVD of a very underwhelming live show. The addition of a live drummer filled out the sound quite well, with the band focusing primarily on material from their latest two albums. Lead vocalist Alexis Taylor did some unnecessary Dylanesque reinterpretations of the band's best melodies, and the Rivera Theater's sound was a bit muddy, but damnit I came for fun and fun I had.

My one revelation: concert highlights "Over and Over" and "And I Was a Boy from School" made me remember that The Warning is awesome.

Titus Andronicus two weeks ago at the Bottom Lounge put on a great show, making the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" rock quite credibly. The band was rounded out by a piano and violin and some songs, which suited the Civil War shtick perfectly. They were much tighter than I expected, and sometimes overwhelming way that drums are mixed in most live settings suited their faster material better than the murky drum mixes from their albums. The most satisfying live show I've seen in a while. If you haven't yet, give The Monitor a listen.

As for Adam Green, he was less cracked out then when I saw him in the fall--not necessarily a good thing. The best moment of the show came early when, after the openers Dead Trees dissed Kansas City, I yelled out a request Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" in some sort of protest. The lead singer got through about a half a verse before giving up. A rousing success!

On the Boss

2010-04-09T17:10:00.000-05:00

Starved for new Hold Steady, I've spending quite a bit of time with Bruce Springsteen's first several album, hence my LFTR PLR allusion on Twitter. "BRUCE BENDER", I believe it said.

Previously, I've written off Springsteen as overly dramatic and overly sentimental in his epic mythologizing of youth and young manhood in New Jersey. I loved "Born to Run" (the song) for the same reason I love the Killers: for, rather than in spite of, grandiosity bordering on silliness. And "Born to Run" was about all the Bruce I needed, until Craig Finn, Titus Andronicus, and even Brandon Flowers finally convinced me I should get serious about the Boss. So, I did. Here are my thoughts on his 70s and 80s output:

Greetings from Asbury Park [1973]
The latest Dylan hedges his bets on whether "Desolation Row" was a joke, splitting his time between absurdist fun and obnoxiously earnest ballads. Too ramshackle to produce any hits. Key line: "Go-Kart Mozart was checkin out the weather charts." Indeed.

The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle [1973]
The playing is again too wild for true cohesion, the characters begin to lose their innocence, and the E Street Band shuffles for the last time before the introduction of metronomic Max Weinberg. Transitional for sure, but a definite improvement as Bruce escapes from Dylan's shadow.

Born to Run [1975]
The lyrics, production, and playing are tight to the brink of joylessness. Bruce more explicitly reveals his formula of referencing rock and roll to further his lyrical themes of nostalgia. It makes the whole thing feel insincere in a way that the populist production of Born in the USA doesn't. Some great tunes, nevertheless.

Darkness on the Edge of Town [1978]
Dark, slightly difficult follow-up to a commercial breakthrough. The songwriting keeps getting sharper, more definitively "Springsteen".

The River [1980]
Double albums should of course never be. Radio hit "Hungry Heart" takes nostalgic formalism to new heights, but "The River" is possibly the Springsteen-iest song ever.

Nebraska [1982]
Goddamn, if this isn't a bleak album. A bit too much so musically. But lyrically this might be his most consistently solid record.

Born in the USA [1984]
A commercial and critical smash that rivals the contemporary Purple Rain. By far my favorite of all of his albums, where the pop hits are up to par with the character sketches. John Landau pushed him the right direction and we are all better for it.

Tunnel of Love [1987]
Springsteen's Blood on the Tracks is bogged down by too much synth and not enough E Street band. Plus, I'm not all that interested in hearing about his story, per se.

Best 18 Weeks Ever

2010-04-06T17:11:00.000-05:00

(This caused a rare phenomenon – Purple Rain and Born in the U.S.A. remained at #1 and #2 respectively during 18 consecutive weeks, marking the longest period with a static Top 2 in the history of the Billboard 200.) (Born in the U.S.A. replaced Purple Rain on the top on January 19, 1985, remaining at #1 for three further weeks.)

[from Wikipedia]

The Evitable CD Revival

2010-04-05T00:17:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the last post, maybe it will tie in:

Don't know if any of you read Tom Ewing over at Pitchfork–he's like their pop guy or whatever. Consistently great. Inspired by Marc Hogan's "excellent piece" on the current cassette culture, Ewing wrote an excellent Orwell-type look into the future of music as physical product. "Shiny, Shiny: A Future History of the CD Revival" is eerily insightful, not just about CD-Rs, but especially regarding the nature of the ever-growing cloud.

Read the Hogan piece first, then check out Ewing's, I'm guessing he's not too far off.

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T23:57:00.001-05:00

Showing newest posts with label Copy+Pasting. Show older posts

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Year-End Crap: Eulogy for Copy+Pasting

Facebook is our friends. our cliques. our classes. our days. our lives. Our generation.

We are coming of age at the dawn of a technology-centric digital era. We are bombarded by media: email, text messages, phone calls, wall posts, and friend requests. Cutting and Pasting is a meditation on communication--words, meaning, and time. The mantra-like repetition of seemingly inane words and phrases takes the shape of something larger, a new manifesto for our times--a howl of those isolated by our 'capatlisit' society, united by the outlet it fostered.

With these few words, hastily written on the cardboard of a french fry box at Burger King (back before they were called "frypods"), a movement was crystallized. For some time, copy+pasting had existed--first on personal walls, and ultimately in the public space of the network wall--as a diversion, its practitioners vaguely aware of its discursive power. And with the manifesto, the movement was real, the seemingly meaningless words and phrases repeated enough lost their meaning as arbitrary signifiers, but became something infinitely more important. Repeated, they were to become the mantra of the zeitgeist, ushered in by a fresh crop of writers and artists (who would of course never stoop to using such hopelessly outdated terms in describing their work) who had stumbled upon what has become the defining work of their generation.

The Truman State Network wall was their Greenwich Village, their Walden, and everything in between: a public space to share ideas to create without inhibitions. Of the Network Wall had no real precedent, as it was not a physical, but a virtual space, carved into the forgotten corners of the prevalent social networking site for young academics.

In the tradition of Andy Warhol, the copy+pasting community provided commentary on the monotony and oppressive symmetry of post-9/11 America. As Facebook's meta-text became integrated into the artists' own expression, one's sense of self was both symbolically and literally eroded, reflecting the complexity and instability of the production of self in communicating both traditionally and through the new mediums of the 21st Century. Often the art was too unflinching and accurate in its portrayal of the struggle and ennui of contemporary humanity, as antagonistic critics such as Steve Kainz and, most notably, Kenny Capps loudly decried the painfully naked exactness of what copy+pasting revealed about the human condition. Of course this criticism was a necessary part of the work and eventually was integrated into the whole, with the critics become unwitting (and eventually, in the case of Capps, willing) participants in the creative process.

But as the wall post's 1,000 character limit showed us, everything is finite, even the seemingly eternal beauty of copy+pasting. As Facebook geared up for a facelift, the Network Wall was made to be accessible only through obscure links and was eventually shut down completely. Vestiges of copy+pasting remain in various groups and inboxes, but they are only sad remnants of a dead movement. Copy+pasting was a candle burning at both ends, something so exquisite and true, like the rare beauty of an orchid that may bloom but once in a lifetime, is destined to end. 2008 will be remembered as the final year for copy+pasting. But let us not mourn our less, let us instead celebrate the transcendent sublimity to which to which we were lucky enough to be privy.

Below I am proud to display, for the first time, the raw primordial explosion of the first seven days of the copy+pasting movement from April 11 to April 17, 2008. From Mark Couch's opening salvo to Chris "Big Bear" Barnes' groundbreaking social commentary through the "Jokin' Chris" series, we are lucky enough to have this painfully short glimpse of what once was. As I press Ctrl+V, pasting this glorious text from the rich text file from which it was originally copy+pasted from the Truman State Network Wall itself, I know they are the keystrokes that end an era. Below is the last true moment of copy+pasting. Let us not forget: Facebook is our friends. our cliques. our classes. our days. our lives. Our generation.

Harry Burson wrote
at 2:49pm on December 16, 2008
Let us not forget: Facebook is our friends. our cliques. our classes. our days. our lives. Our generation.
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[A note on the text: In order to better simulate the experience of the Network Wall, I have italicized all of Facebook's metatext, keeping what was actually copy+pasted in a normal font, and have put the name of each person in the familiar Facebook-blue, which should help clear up confusion as to what is the beginning of an actual post and what is copy+pasted. Additionally, I have inverted the posts. As you recall, the Network Wall was organized like a blog, with the most recent post appearing first, and the oldest post appearing last. In order to show the artistic growth, I have started with the oldest post (Mark Couch's opening salvo) and went on from there. The original appearance will of course be reflected in the actual copy+pasting. Enjoy!]

Truman State's Wall
Displaying posts April 11-17, 2007
By Harry Burson

--Mark Couch wrote
at 9:10am on April 11th, 2007
Hey first to post on the Truman wall. This is our commons space for everyone on the Truman network.
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am on April 11th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Updated 2 hours ago

Profile

Networks:
Truman State '08
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
September 23, 1985
Hometown:
Kansas City
Religious Views:
Everready (The Religion)
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--Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:22am on April 11th, 2007
wie schˆn das du geboren bist!
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--Rory Rhorerton (Missouri) wrote
at 10:53am on April 11th, 2007
Hey, no Kraut speak on this wall!

Achtung, keine Krautsprache am deiser Mauer.
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--Matt Hente wrote
at 11:26am on April 11th, 2007
Whats up Truman State?
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--Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 12:22pm on April 11th, 2007
wall post number 6? sweet!
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--Katelyn Boschert wrote
at 1:43pm on April 11th, 2007
actually I'm wall post number 6!
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--Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 2:28pm on April 11th, 2007
no you aren't, it only shows 5 at a time.
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--Zach Minute wrote
at 2:50pm on April 11th, 2007
wall post number 6!! just kidding, i couldnt help myself
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--Nick Hopkins wrote
at 3:15pm on April 11th, 2007
Damn, and 6 is my lucky number...
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:00pm on April 11th, 2007
Nick Hopkins wrote
at 3:15pm
Damn, and 6 is my lucky number...
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Zach Minute wrote
at 2:50pm
wall post number 6!! just kidding, i couldnt help myself
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Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 2:28pm
no you aren't, it only shows 5 at a time.
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Katelyn Boschert wrote
at 1:43pm
actually I'm wall post number 6!
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Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 12:22pm
wall post number 6? sweet!
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Matt Hente wrote
at 11:26am
Whats up Truman State?
Message - Report

Rory Rhorerton (Missouri) wrote
at 10:53am
Hey, no Kraut speak on this wall!

Achtung, keine Krautsprache am deiser Mauer.
Message - Report

Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:22am
wie schˆn das du geboren bist!
Message - Report

Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Updated 2 hours ago

Profile

Networks:
Truman State '08
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
September 23, 1985
Hometown:
Kansas City
Religious Views:
Everready (The Religion)
Message - Report
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:04pm on April 11th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:00pm
Nick Hopkins wrote
at 3:15pm
Damn, and 6 is my lucky number...
Message - Report

Zach Minute wrote
at 2:50pm
wall post number 6!! just kidding, i couldnt help myself
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 2:28pm
no you aren't, it only shows 5 at a time.
Message - Report

Katelyn Boschert wrote
at 1:43pm
actually I'm wall post number 6!
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 12:22pm
wall post number 6? sweet!
Message - Report

Matt Hente wrote
at 11:26am
Whats up Truman State?
Message - Report

Rory Rhorerton (Missouri) wrote
at 10:53am
Hey, no Kraut speak on this wall!

Achtung, keine Krautsprache am deiser Mauer.
Message - Report

Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:22am
wie schˆn das du geboren bist!
Message - Report

Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Updated 2 hours ago

Profile

Networks:
Truman State '08
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
September 23, 198
Message - Report

--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:05pm on April 11th, 2007
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:04pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:00pm
Nick Hopkins wrote
at 3:15pm
Damn, and 6 is my lucky number...
Message - Report

Zach Minute wrote
at 2:50pm
wall post number 6!! just kidding, i couldnt help myself
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 2:28pm
no you aren't, it only shows 5 at a time.
Message - Report

Katelyn Boschert wrote
at 1:43pm
actually I'm wall post number 6!
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 12:22pm
wall post number 6? sweet!
Message - Report

Matt Hente wrote
at 11:26am
Whats up Truman State?
Message - Report

Rory Rhorerton (Missouri) wrote
at 10:53am
Hey, no Kraut speak on this wall!

Achtung, keine Krautsprache am deiser Mauer.
Message - Report

Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:22am
wie schˆn das du geboren bist!
Message - Report

Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Updated 2 hours ago

Profile

Networks:
Truman State '08
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
September 23, 198
Message - Report

--Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:05pm on April 11th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:05pm
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:04pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:00pm
Nick Hopkins wrote
at 3:15pm
Damn, and 6 is my lucky number...
Message - Report

Zach Minute wrote
at 2:50pm
wall post number 6!! just kidding, i couldnt help myself
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 2:28pm
no you aren't, it only shows 5 at a time.
Message - Report

Katelyn Boschert wrote
at 1:43pm
actually I'm wall post number 6!
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 12:22pm
wall post number 6? sweet!
Message - Report

Matt Hente wrote
at 11:26am
Whats up Truman State?
Message - Report

Rory Rhorerton (Missouri) wrote
at 10:53am
Hey, no Kraut speak on this wall!

Achtung, keine Krautsprache am deiser Mauer.
Message - Report

Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:22am
wie schˆn das du geboren bist!
Message - Report

Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Updated 2 hours ago

Profile

Networks:
Truman State '08
Sex:
Male
Message - Report

--Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
Report

--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:23pm on April 11th, 2007
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:05pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:05pm
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:04pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 8:00pm
Nick Hopkins wrote
at 3:15pm
Damn, and 6 is my lucky number...
Message - Report

Zach Minute wrote
at 2:50pm
wall post number 6!! just kidding, i couldnt help myself
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 2:28pm
no you aren't, it only shows 5 at a time.
Message - Report

Katelyn Boschert wrote
at 1:43pm
actually I'm wall post number 6!
Message - Report

Jeremy Hellwig wrote
at 12:22pm
wall post number 6? sweet!
Message - Report

Matt Hente wrote
at 11:26am
Whats up Truman State?
Message - Report

Rory Rhorerton (Missouri) wrote
at 10:53am
Hey, no Kraut speak on this wall!

Achtung, keine Krautsprache am deiser Mauer.
Message - Report

Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:22am
wie schˆn das du geboren bist!
Message - Report

Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Message - Report

--Wendy Morgan wrote
at 10:49pm on April 11th, 2007
The musical "Bat Boy" was really awesome!
I just wanted to tell the cast that they did an amazing job...
especially Joanna Bess and Ricky Whitby, Jr!!
WCS represent!! :)
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--Josh Kappel wrote
at 12:01am on April 12th, 2007
hey help make some changes on campus vote matt szewczyk for president of the student body! http://vote.truman.edu he's pround to actually represent the student body anyway they vote on the athletic fee.
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am on April 12th, 2007
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am on April 12th, 2007
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
at 2:00pm on April 12th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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--Shaun G. wrote
at 2:57pm on April 12th, 2007
Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
at 2:00pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 3:02pm on April 12th, 2007
Shaun G. wrote
at 2:57pm
Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
at 2:00pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
Message - Report
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
at 2:00pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
Message - Report
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:51am
Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:34am
Karianne Jones wrote
at 9:43pm on April 11th, 2007
butts
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--Harry Burson wrote
at 3:48pm on April 12th, 2007
Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:18am on April 11th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes
is reunited with his ipod.
Updated 2 hours ago

Profile

Networks:
Truman State '08
Sex:
Male
Birthday:
September 23, 1985
Hometown:
Kansas City
Religious Views:
Everready (The Religion)
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Delete

--Harry Burson wrote
at 3:49pm on April 12th, 2007
i'm rick james, bitch!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!!
Delete

--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 4:10pm on April 12th, 2007
so I thought I would post a dirty joke If you get offended don't read it and if you like it comment and I will add more as I find them

A man married a woman who'd divorced 7 husband. On their wedding night, she told her husband, "Be gentle I'm a virgin" "What?" Said the groom. "But you've been married 7 times!î

"Well husband 1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me
how great it's going to be

2 was in Software Services he was never sure how it functioned, but he said he'd look into it and get back to me

3 was from Field Services he said everything checked out but he just couldn't get the system up

4 was in Marketing although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it

5 was a psychiatrist all he ever did was talk about it

6 was a gynecologist all he did was look at it

7 was a stamp collector all he ever did was God I miss him!

But now that I've married you, I'm so excited!"
"Good" said the husband "but why?"
"You're a Tax ManÖI know Im gonna get screwed!
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 4:15pm on April 12th, 2007
Daniel Curtis wrote
at 12:30pm
Tyson Brown (Marietta) wrote
at 9:29pm on April 11th, 2007
WHAM
Wall-to-Wall - Write on Tyson's Wall - Message - Delete
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Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
at 8:36am on February 13th, 2007
That cocksucker.
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--Harry Burson wrote
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 4:10pm
so I thought I would post a dirty joke If you get offended don't read it and if you like it comment and I will add more as I find them

A man married a woman who'd divorced 7 husband. On their wedding night, she told her husband, "Be gentle I'm a virgin" "What?" Said the groom. "But you've been married 7 times!î

"Well husband 1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me
how great it's going to be

2 was in Software Services he was never sure how it functioned, but he said he'd look into it and get back to me

3 was from Field Services he said everything checked out but he just couldn't get the system up

4 was in Marketing although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it

5 was a psychiatrist all he ever did was talk about it

6 was a gynecologist all he did was look at it

7 was a stamp collector all he ever did was God I miss him!

But now that I've married you, I'm so excited!"
"crewed!
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
at 1:45am on April 13th, 2007
Network Statistics
Top Music
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Jack Johnson
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Ben Folds
3
The Fray
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Coldplay
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The Beatles
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Incubus
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John Mayer
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The Killers
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Rascal Flatts
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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Harry Burson wrote
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i'm rick james, bitch!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!!
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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Topic: hey
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Post #1
Harry Burson wrote 6 hours ago
everybody should join my Napoleaaan Dyn-o-mite group if you like that movie.

its flippin sweeeeeet!!!

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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 9:12am on April 13th, 2007
hey, i don't know if you guys have heard this song, but it's f*cking awesome. it's "pieces" by rascal flatts, here are the lyrics... i love this song!

From the moment that we met
My world was turned around
Upside down
To some degree I still regret
My memory for keeping you around
Girl I thought that you were mine
But my broken hearts been shattered
One too many times
And I don't want to see you anymore
I'm just not that strong
I love it when you're here,
But I'm better when you're gone
I'm certain that I've given and oh how you can take
There's no use in you looking
There's nothing left for you to break
Baby please release me
Let my heart rest in pieces
Someone let you down again
So you turn to me
Your convenient friend
Oh but I know what you're doing
And what you hope to find
I've seen it a thousand times
Oh the fire we had before
Are now just bitter ashes
Left scattered on the floor
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 10:24am on April 13th, 2007
Ryan Dalton wrote
at 1:45am
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at 3:49pm
i'm rick james, bitch!!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!!!!!!!
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 10:32am on April 13th, 2007
Relationship Status

31% In a Relationship
30% Single
22% None Listed
8% Married
6% Engaged
2% It's Complicated
1% In an Open Relationship
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
at 11:12am on April 13th, 2007
hey chris, i like that song too, lol...

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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
at 11:21am on April 13th, 2007
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Female
37%
Male
10%
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 12:53pm on April 13th, 2007
ryan, 21/m/KCMO, how bout u?

you guys seem pretty cool, we should hang out sometime together, maybe start some sort of school group or something for us to all be a part of
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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--Harry Burson wrote
at 1:12pm on April 13th, 2007
good idea chris! do you guys live on campus? maybe we could meet for coffee in the SUB sometime?
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--Chris Braddock wrote
at 1:16pm on April 13th, 2007
ryan, facebook is not a tool for sexual exploits, its a networking tool which should be taken seriously and if abused your rights as a user will be taken away.
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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--Harry Burson wrote
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way to kill the party, Chris
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
at 2:42pm on April 13th, 2007
wow, 'big bear' (teehee), im 21/m too! we have so much in common we should totally meet!

oh, and chris braddock is a sexual predator posing as a facebook monitor. you can see his registered status here:

http://www.jewsdidwtc.com/
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
at 2:42pm on April 13th, 2007
wow, 'big bear' (teehee), im 21/m too! we have so much in common we should totally meet!

oh, and chris braddock is a sexual predator posing as a facebook monitor. you can see his registered status here:

http://www.jewsdidwtc.com/
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
at 2:48pm on April 13th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 1:00pm
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at 10:24am
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at 1:45am
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at 3:49pm
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Ryan Dalton wrote
at 2:48pm
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at 1:00pm
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at 10:24am
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at 1:45am
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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at 1:00pm
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at 1:45am
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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at 1:00pm
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 2:50pm on April 13th, 2007
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 2:50pm on April 13th, 2007
Ryan Dalton wrote
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at 2:48pm
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at 2:48pm
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at 1:00pm
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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at 1:00pm
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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at 2:48pm
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at 2:48pm
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at 1:00pm
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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at 1:00pm
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at 10:24am
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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at 1:00pm
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at 10:24am
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at 1:45am
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at 1:00pm
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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at 1:00pm
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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at 1:00pm
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 2:54pm on April 13th, 2007
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
at 2:55pm on April 13th, 2007
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 2:55pm on April 13th, 2007
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 3:06pm on April 13th, 2007
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 9:12am
hey, i don't know if you guys have heard this song, but it's f*cking awesome. it's "pieces" by rascal flatts, here are the lyrics... i love this song!

From the moment that we met
My world was turned around
Upside down
To some degree I still regret
My memory for keeping you around
Girl I thought that you were mine
But my broken hearts been shattered
One too many times
And I don't want to see you anymore
I'm just not that strong
I love it when you're here,
But I'm better when you're gone
I'm certain that I've given and oh how you can take
There's no use in you looking
There's nothing left for you to break
Baby please release me
Let my heart rest in pieces
Someone let you down again
So you turn to me
Your convenient friend
Oh but I know what you're doing
And what you hope to find
I've seen it a thousand times
Oh the fire we had before
Are now just bitter ashes
Left scattered on the floor
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--Stephanie Hiatt wrote
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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--Harry Burson wrote
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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at 3:52am
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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Harry Burson wrote
at 4:12pm
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at 3:31pm
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at 3:52am
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at 2:21am
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 4:16pm
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at 4:12pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 3:31pm
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at 3:52am
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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at 4:35pm
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at 4:16pm
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at 4:12pm
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 3:31pm
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at 3:52am
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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I ?WEINERZ
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--Harry Burson wrote
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at 4:39pm
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at 4:35pm
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at 4:16pm
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at 4:12pm
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at 3:52am
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--Steve Kainz wrote
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this annoys me a lot

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--Harry Burson wrote
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stop hatin' man we're juzt doin r thing
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stop hatin' man we're juzt doin r thing
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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Harry Burson wrote
at 1:45am
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stop hatin' man we're juzt doin r thing
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this annoys me a lot
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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hey steve kainz, how about you stop drinkin that haterade!!!
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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steve kainz + dudes = boners
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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hey steve kainz, how about you stop drinkin that haterade!!!
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Franklin Cline wrote
at 4:22am
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hey steve kainz, how about you stop drinkin that haterade!!!
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steve kainz + dudes = boners
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Steve Kainz
is the odd man out.
Updated 10 hours ago
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Steve Kainz
is the odd man out.
Updated 10 hours ago
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Franklin Cline wrote
at 4:22am
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at 4:22am
Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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hey steve kainz, how about you stop drinkin that haterade!!!
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steve kainz + dudes = boners
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at 2:23am
hey steve kainz, how about you stop drinkin that haterade!!!
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steve kainz + dudes = boners
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at 2:23am
hey steve kainz, how about you stop drinkin that haterade!!!
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Harry Burson wrote
at 1:45am
Harry Burson wrote
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stop hatin' man we're juzt doin r thing
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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it sucks but it's free!

*

it sucks but it's free!
by kim waddell
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
at 5:49pm on April 15th, 2007
hey, it's jokin' chris, back with another dirty joke! you know the rules, if you get offended easily, don't read it, but otherwise, let me know what you think and i'll post some more!!

The young parents used code words when discussing sex in front of their children. The terms for intercourse was "washing machine". They were lying in bed one night when he said to her, "Darling, washing machine."
"Not now, I've got a headache", she replied.
An hour later, he ran his hand down her leg and said, "Darling, washing machine, please! washing machine."
"I've got a headache!", she complained.
An hour later, feeling sorry for him, she turned to him and said, "O.K. washing machine."
"Don't worry", he replied, "it was a small load so I did it by hand."
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 6:13pm on April 15th, 2007
lol jokin chris. u r really funny! u could be at an sab event
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--Marisa Butler wrote
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jokin' chris is the shit! lol!!
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--Walter 'Joe Bananas' Stokely wrote
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i hear jokin chris gives HJs on the quad for a nickel a piece.
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--Harry Burson wrote
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what is a HJ?
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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what is a HJ?
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i hear jokin chris gives HJs on the quad for a nickel a piece.
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Marisa Butler wrote
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jokin' chris is the shit! lol!!
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lol jokin chris. u r really funny! u could be at an sab event
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Kenny Capps replied to Harry's post 10 hours ago
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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--John McDonough wrote
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--Sarah Ehrhard wrote
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everyone should check out my new facebook group http://truman.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2291669433
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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wait, so you are not going to shave? GROSS! i would never support that!
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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My roommates have decided that they can take no more and formed a facebook group trying to convince all the mindless drones that it is okay to submit to the corporate reigns of our capatlisit society
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--Christopher Stone wrote
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that's probably the most interesting spelling of 'capitalist' i've ever seen.
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--Harry Burson wrote
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xtreme spelling skillz!!!!

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Harry Burson wrote
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xtreme spelling skillz!!!!
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that's probably the most interesting spelling of 'capitalist' i've ever seen.
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Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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wait, so you are not going to shave? GROSS! i would never support that!
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--Harry Burson wrote
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Franklin Cline
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Harry Burson wrote
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xtreme spelling skillz!!!!
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that's probably the most interesting spelling of 'capitalist' i've ever seen.
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--Harry Burson wrote
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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Theo Estes wrote
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JUST SAY NO TO PATRIARCHY!
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you all are so awesome!! way to support!
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Jenifer Calandra wrote
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you SO won't have to shave. look at all of those people who don't want you to!
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Christina Johnson (Ball State) wrote
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i went 4 months! do ur thing! =)
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That's right!!! EVERYONE INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS
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YEAH! Stick it to the MANNNNN!
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No one can tell you not to shave!
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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Stephanie Hiatt wrote
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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hey guys, we had talked earlier about maybe all hanging out, so if you aren't busy this week, maybe we could go to the sub and get a couple sodas and talk or something!

also, if you're like me and not interested in going out and getting WaStEd and hitting on a bunch of drunk girls like everyone else seems to want to do, i've got an xbox 360 AND a wii that always need company on friday and saturday nights ;) ;)
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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at 1:09pm
xtreme spelling skillz!!!!
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at 1:13pm
Harry Burson wrote
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--Ben Never-Say-Die Wesselschmidt wrote
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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--Harry Burson wrote
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Favorite Music:
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Music Videos
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The Sound and the Fury--Faulkner, Doctor Faustus--Mann, Faust--Goethe, Butts --Franklin Cline, The Birth of Tragedy--Nietzsche, In Our Time--Hemingway, The King James Bible
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"At afternoon funerals, wear a frock coat and butt hat. Should the funeral be your own, the hat may be dispensed with."

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--Harry Burson wrote
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sounds awesome Chris!!!!!

want to get a smoothie or something on friday after classes?
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--Franklin Cline wrote
at 8:29pm on April 16th, 2007
Harry Burson wrote
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Interests:
Radical anti-religious, anti-truth, anti-meaning, butts, materialist thought
Favorite Music:
The Rolling Stones, Faure, Lightin' Hopkins, Sonny Boy Williamson, Verdi, Adrian Leverkuhn, Butts, Son House, Jonny Numbercruncher & His Moist-Eyed Mothers
Favorite TV Shows:
Music Videos
Favorite Movies:
Bridge on the River Kwai, Once Upon a Time in the West, MASH, Father Justice, Butts, Lawrence of Arabia, Chinatown, Machete
Favorite Books:
The Sound and the Fury--Faulkner, Doctor Faustus--Mann, Faust--Goethe, Butts --Franklin Cline, The Birth of Tragedy--Nietzsche, In Our Time--Hemingway, The King James Bible
Favorite Quotes:
"At afternoon funerals, wear a frock coat and butt hat. Should the funeral be your own, the hat may be dispensed with."

-The Cynic's Rules of Conduct. 1905
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--Chris 'Big Bear' Barnes wrote
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sounds like a plan, harry!

by the way, have u ever played halo 2 in high def? now THAT is a party!
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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no way halo 2 sux. the wii is the best system ever, but nexus is really where it's at, duh!!
so i see u guys are going to the banana peels party that iz going to be r0x0rz!!!111 maybe i will c u their and we can dance ;)
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--Ryan Dalton wrote
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--Franklin Cline wrote
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Matt Szewczyk wrote on Apr 14, 2007 at 9:11 PM
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i lick my own nuts
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Whats up Truman State?
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Record day is a bust and all...

2010-03-18T17:11:00.000-05:00

But I want this so bad.

Might have to get up extra early for crushing dissapointment this year.

In other news: Separation Sunday is the album of the decade! I said it.

Turntable Cres

2010-03-15T22:19:00.005-05:00

A Radiolab-type documentary about Daft Punk's "Digital Love" from a blog promising "Interviews, Mashups, Remixes, Radio Shows, Etc." An evocative, meandering journey through the inspiration and creation of a great song.

Not sure who the guy who is that made it, or if he's done anything else. Nevertheless, I heartily recommend. Well worth the hour - better than most of the podcasts I listen to.

Somebody tell Mark.

Pazz+Jop Ballot

2010-03-14T22:56:00.004-05:00

I really meant to post this months ago, but you know how it is. Here it is with little fanfare or commentary, except to say that I wish I would have included Jeremih's "Birthday Sex", and that Cobra Starship single is underrated. Also, I don't really like Drake or Lil Wayne all that much, but "Every Girl" is unarguably an inevitable and great song, and "Successful" is way more mesmerizing than it has any right to be. And I make no apologies for the GADPY presence, GAD sux, PY are fine.
Also, I doubt I will get a chance to vote again any time soon.

Ballots — Harry Burson

Albums
1	Lily Allen, It's Not Me, It's You EMI	Points: 20
2	The xx, xx Young Turks	Points: 20
3	Serengeti, Conversations With Kenny/Legacy of Lee Golden Floyd	Points: 10
4	Art Brut, Art Brut vs. Satan Cooking Vinyl	Points: 10
5	St. Vincent, Actor 4AD	Points: 10
6	R. Kelly, Untitled Jive	Points: 10
7	Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Glassnote	Points: 5
8	Eels, Hombre Lobo Vagrant	Points: 5
9	The Juan MacLean, The Future WIll Come DFA	Points: 5
10	Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz! DGC/Interscope	Points: 5
Singles
1	Lil Wayne (ft. Young Money), "Every Girl" Cash Money
2	Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me" Big Machine
3	Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi" Streamline/Interscope
4	Drake (ft. Trey Songz and Lil Wayne), "Successful" Universal
5	Jay-Z, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" Roc Nation
6	Das Racist, "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" Das Racist
7	Julian Casablancas, "11th Dimension" RCA
8	Cobra Starship (ft. Leighton Meester), "Good Girls Go Bad" Fueled by Ramen
9	Pet Shop Boys, "Love, Etc." Parlophone
10	Flight of the Conchords, "Carol Brown" Subpop

Lazy Post

2010-03-14T22:44:00.004-05:00

I bought the new Hot Chip album on vinyl. It is a two record set for a 49 minute album, whatever. Most annoying, on Side B the running order is (by track number): 3) "Brothers" 4) "One Life Stand" 5) "I Feel Better". If you are familiar with the album, you may notice that tracks three and five are switched, making the cloying "Brothers" throw off the album before it gets a chance to pick up steam. The track list is the same on the sleeve as it is on the CD, so I can only assume that this snafu is a manufacturing mistake, mot a vinyl-only Easter egg. One day this first edition pressing mistake will be worth millions! Further complications: when I bought the album, they accidentally gave me the records for The Warning, so I had to go back to the store and trade them out. What a day!

The album is fine. As usual, there are some weak tracks. On the whole, it is a bit too even, not enough highs or lows. I know they were going for consistency, but I think they over-did it.

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Item: I saw that White Stripes movie at a midnight screening. The band seemed to have too much editorial control. Nothing was revealed, just more self-mythologizing bullshit. And sweet guitar solos. Eh, take what you can get. Best moment: the opening "one note show". Worst moment: Meg crying while Jack played some shitty song on the piano. Some sort of confused, overly affected climax. Confused and overly affected being par for the course for anything Jack White, amirite?

Boy am I pooped.

An open letter

2010-03-01T22:18:00.002-06:00

Dearest Frankie,

Last night I had a dream, you were in it, and I was in it with you. Some SAB-type nerds organizing Truman Week were rounding up groups of musicians to play at a freshmen meet-and-greet. The idea was to show incoming students the diversity of the music scene in Kirksville by allowing various groups to play a song or two on acoustic guitars. Naturally, we were tapped.

During sets of predictably boring singer-songwriter acoustic pap, we were busy trying to determine the silliest song to play on acoustic guitars in order to bewilder, confuse, and entertain the incoming students. I remember very vividly that as we sat down on stage I had a revelation as to the perfect song to perform. That is to say, I was aware of an impending revelation. I caught a glimpse of the perfect song, without really being aware of its exact form. I exerted all of my mental energy into cognizing the hazy inkling of an idea, similar to the way a person to match a name to the vaguely familiar face of an acquaintance or minor celebrity. At this point in time, on the precipice of cognition, you burst into the chorus of Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”, which we then proceeded to repeat ad nauseum.

I woke myself up from laughing so hard.

The point is, I am fairly sure the song I was reaching for was not in fact “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” but something slightly less funny. I cannot understand how, while exerting all of my faculties searching for the perfect song, I could effectively interrupt myself with such a perfect, elegant solution. I must credit your comedic prowess, assuming that its imprint upon my subconscious provided me with a moment of great levity in these dark times.

Seriously, I had trouble falling back asleep from fighting off the giggles.

Yours,

Fairy Mary Gurlson

PS. I might put this letter on my blog.

Gaga RT

2010-02-26T17:08:00.000-06:00

I've been wondering about this for some time. Finally a little clarity from chart geek Chris Molanphy:

• How many No. 1 hits has Lady Gaga had? If you follow the mass media, you might think the answer is a staggering five, rather than the actual two she’s scored on the Hot 100: “Just Dance” and “Poker Face.” This inaccuracy has been annoying me for months now, and Billboard itself is largely to blame.

For a little less than two decades, the magazine has published a Pop Songs chart – in addition to and separate from the Hot 100 – that’s limited to Top 40 radio airplay. This makes Pop Songs a purer representation of what a “pop” station would play – but it doesn’t have the history, clout, sales data or all-genre ecumenicalism of the 51-year-old Hot 100, which whatever its faults is a pop-music fan’s standard-bearer. (I mean, I see the value in Wall Street guys following an index that’s limited to banks or oil companies, but that doesn’t make it the Dow.)

Since her breakthrough in early ’09 with “Just Dance,” every track Gaga has released has topped Pop Songs – including, more recently, “LoveGame,” “Paparazzi” and “Bad Romance,” all songs that failed to top the Hot 100 (her sixth single “Telephone” is on its way up Pop Songs as we speak). That’s an unprecedented track record on the Pop Songs chart, and Billboard has trumpeted this feat extensively in its news coverage of Gaga. But as you can imagine, newspaper and other MSM reporters with little chart-geek knowledge are picking up this data point and reporting “five No. 1 hits” as if they’re on the iconic Hot 100.

The reasons Billboard’s smaller charts exist, when you get right down to it, are twofold: (1) as a valid yardstick for industry people who focus on this or that subgenre to do their work; and (2) as a shameless grab for extra bragging rights, by giving more charts for a wider range of acts to top. (Yanni may be a punchline to the wider world, but on the Top New Age list he’s a demigod.) It’s Billboard’s job to provide these lists as tools for the industry, but it’s also their job to clarify for the media how big a feat “five straight No. 1’s on the Pop Songs list” is.

For Gaga, it’s a solid accomplishment, sure – and honestly, if it were up to me, I’d rather the superb “Paparazzi” and “Bad Romance” had topped the Hot 100 rather than some of her songs that did – but let’s not get carried away. Gaga isn’t one-quarter of the way to equaling the Beatles’ or Mariah Carey’s record-setting lists of actual Hot 100 chart-toppers. She’s a strong pop act who’s topped the big chart twice. Period.

Tumbling

2010-02-26T00:07:00.002-06:00

Boy howdy am I a lazy blogger!

Work has really taken it out of me. But, damnit blogosphere, I have not forsaken ye. So let me write some quick notes once before I move along:

the new Yeasayer album is awesome - extremely catchy, I heartily recommend the song "O.N.E". I, of course, have not heard their previous album, but I don't care too. Re: the reviews: it is mystifying and fairly obnoxious/sad that, by virtue of the group's home of Brooklyn, they are described as an indie or art-pop group. This is a pop record. Compare them to Lady Gaga if you have to, not TV on the fucking Radio. Jesus.
I have started another blog where I list the media I have consumed daily: Media I Have Consumed. Please note it is a tumblr, you know, like hipster puppies. I don't necessarily recommend it, but what the hell, you know?
Have I mentioned that I had the opportunity to vote in the Village Voice's Pazz N Jop poll this year? I did! Wiki it if you don't know. Founded by Xgau himself. I will post the list here soon with commentary. Seriously, I am not lying.

Boy am I pooped.

Post-Birthday Blog

2010-02-11T17:43:00.000-06:00

Birthday promise: Blogosphere, I have not forsaken thee.

Anyone who has read this space in the past year or so is probably aware of my pro-Taylor sentiments. I was won over by Fearless long before “You Belong With Me” was released as a single, so you know I'm leigt. I dug the straightforward, hooky songwriting way before the blogosphere took notice after the VMAs. And I am obviously not alone in this. Fearless was the best-selling album of 2009. People enjoy the music.

After Taylor took home the best album Grammy, the building backlash hit in earnest. Critics damned her for her irrelevantly weak voice, citing poor television performances as a case against her album. Critics damned her looks, ignoring the equal beauty of fellow nominees Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Critics damned her politics, both in her determined vanilla public persona and her supposedly anti-feminist romantic lyrics. Every aspect of Taylor Swift and her art was picked apart, regardless of her lack of dissimilarity compared to the rest of popular music.

Enough has written attacking and defending her. But, I will say that too many attacks focus on “Love Story” without recognizing the contradiction of “White Horse”. Also, heartache is not a particularly feminine or teenage condition. Finally, regarding the album of the year brouhaha, Taylor easily had the best record of the group nominated, and probably of any album that sold more than a million copies in 2009, which, let’s face it, is essentially a requirement to be nominated. The production is bland, the songs are great, get over it.

Finally, I apologize for blogging like two weeks after the fact. Been lazy.

Grammy related: Despite what you heard - Jamie Foxx, T-Pain, and Slash were the best part of the night.

Boy am I pooped!

The decade that was

2010-01-26T23:16:00.001-06:00

Remember when these guys saved rock and roll? That was awesome!

Sorry Sean...

2010-01-25T19:05:00.003-06:00

Not sure if this will show up in my writer's feed or not, since there's a bunch of other writers on it.

This just in: I love that Lily Allen album.

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Something or other on Pazz and Jop soon. Been lazy! Ask anybody. Boy am I pooped.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-07T17:36:00.000-06:00

Top selling albums of 2009:
1 “Fearless,” Taylor Swift: 3,217,0002
2 “I Dreamed a Dream,” Susan Boyle: 3,104,0003
3 “Number Ones,” Michael Jackson: 2,355,0004
4 “Fame,” Lady Gaga: 2,238,0005
5 “My Christmas,” Andrea Bocelli: 2,207,0006
6 “Hannah” movie soundtrack, Hannah Montana: 1,823,0007
7 “E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies),” Black Eyed Peas: 1,787,0008
8 “Relapse,” Eminem: 1,735,0009
9 “Blueprint 3,” Jay-Z: 1,515,00010
10 "Only by the Night,” Kings of Leon: 1,398,000

Top selling albums of decade:
1 “Beatles 1,” Beatles: 11,564,0002
2 “No Strings Attached,” N’Sync: 11,113,0003
3 “Come Away With Me,” Norah Jones: 10,579,0004
4 “Marshall Mathers LP,” Eminem: 10,216,0005
5 "Eminem Show,” Eminem: 9,818,0006
6 “Confessions,” Usher: 9,730,0007
7 “Hybrid Theory,” Linkin Park: 9,697,0008
8 “Human Clay,” Creed: 9,495,0009
9 “Oops!...I Did It Again,” Britney Spears: 9,185,00010
10 “Country Grammar,” Nelly: 8,464,000

At least all of the 2009 albums went platinum, amirite?

Bob Seger gets his due

2009-12-21T19:48:00.001-06:00

Fuck yeah.

I prefer Seger to Floyd and Marley. I went there.

Ashley Tisdale - Gulity Pleasure

2009-12-17T13:01:00.001-06:00

In which I make my second reference to Disney Television in a PopMatters review.

Proud of this one!

You Belong WIth Me

2009-12-13T13:51:00.010-06:00

Here's that Taylor Swift post I've been promising.

Back in June, I began recording a full-album cover of Taylor's Fearless. The above video is my cover of my favorite song from the album, current single "You Belong With Me".

I recorded this pre-ImmaLetYouFinish-gate, before there was so much attention directed toward Taylor. Now this cover seems sorta lame and exploitative, cashing in on all of the hooplah around the song. Obviously, any cover of a Top 40 song can easily sink into Dynamite Hack parody territory, but I assure you, I am a fan of her music. Her songs are well-written, despite the MOR production. My original idea was to record these great songs in a manner that indie kids might find more palatable. Not trying to condescend, just get the kids to listen to her songs with unbiased ears.

You can download the song here.

Share my song and make me go viral so I can be like an internet celebrity and be featured in the next Weezer video. Boy am I pooped!

EDIT: This just in, it's Taylor's 20th birthday. What a coincidence. The Lord truly does work in mysterious ways.

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P.S. Remember last November when I got excited about Kanye, the Killers, and G&R? What a fool I was for overlooking Taylor. Fearless: the most important record of November 2008.

Richard Carpenter on Fresh Air

2009-12-04T18:12:00.002-06:00

I downloaded something like 70 podcasts yesterday. On November 25, Ms. Gross interviewed Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters, promoting some new compilation or something. When comparing the Carpenters' original version of "Superstar" to Sonic Youth's (ultimately chart-topping via Juno) version, he said he did not understand or care for the band's rendition. He also calls anyone who thinks the Carpenters are cheesy "ignoramuses". He claims the Carpenters are purveyors of classic American popular music. I concede the Carpenters' version is superior.

For more on the evolution of popular music styles, how Richard might fail to understand Thurston, and how the totally trad Carpenters and Sonic Youth fit into the history of American popular music, I heartily recommend How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll by Elijah Wald. Illuminating stuff, that barely touches on the Beatles, tracing the history of the most popular musicians and recordings that have been (rightfully?) ignored by critics. A whole bunch on Paul Whiteman. Populist without being apologetic or critically compromising. Quite a read.

Also, I recommend Fresh Air.

I swear the Taylor Swift post is coming. Boy, am I pooped.

Michael Jackson - The Defintive Collection

2009-12-04T18:10:00.000-06:00

Hiatus over. Another review.

Yet Another Killers Christmas

2009-12-03T00:05:00.005-06:00

Finally, the fourth Killers Christmas song. Picking up where "Don't Shoot Me Santa" left off, appropriately ignoring the unfortunately forgettable Elton John/Neil Tennant colab from last year.

The video is a sequel of sorts to "When You Were Young", keeping with the Southwest imagery dating all the way back to "All These Things I've Done". Also, it stars Luke Perry.

They never cease to excite. Brandon Flowers is a velvet painting brought to life. Somebody buy me that damn live DVD.

What is this A video blog? I promise some real posts soon. Probably about Taylor Swift.

Not a Taylor Swift Cover

2009-12-01T21:41:00.001-06:00

But still awesome.

From what I can tell, the rest of what they did was sorta reggae. Enjoy.

Genesis is back together

2009-11-22T12:23:00.007-06:00

From last night's supposedly decent SNL. I think Jason Sudeikis is probs my favorite.

I’d get a thousand hugs/From ten thousand lightning bugs

2009-11-22T12:04:00.004-06:00

After learning that Owl City had somehow reached the top spot on Billboard, I've become sort of obsessed. How the hell did a Postal Service ripoff with what are probably the worst lyrics ever, become a pop phenomenon? Opportunism, that's how! Here's an bit from an article in the NYT (via Maura):

Critics and bloggers have been nearly unanimous in comparing Owl City’s sound, favorably or not, to that of the Postal Service, a Death Cab for Cutie side project whose 2003 album “Give Up” became a surprise hit yet hasn’t released another record. When asked about the similarity, Mr. Young said the Postal Service was never a model yet he considered the comparisons an honor.

But he also wasn’t too shy to note that he has profited from the other band’s recent absence. “They released a record in 2003, and that was it,” he said. “There was really nothing to compare it to until some one else came along and wrote the next chapter. Maybe that’s this record. Maybe that’s this band.”
As with any new band that strikes it big with one song — on the radio, MySpace, in a movie soundtrack — the big question is whether Mr. Young can repeat his success. He is already cultivating a global audience: this week he left for an Asian tour, and has dates booked into March as far as Europe and Australia. But for now, Mr. Young said, the weirdest thing about fame is simply all the new friends who have come out of the woodwork back home.
“People I remember making fun of me back in high school want to hang out and go to Applebee’s,” he said. “I’m happy to do it.”

Apparently his fame is as "weird" as his hatred for goodbyes! Also:

The first time Owl City played in New York, at the 575-capacity Bowery Ballroom in May, the buzz was strong, but the show didn’t sell out; by the time he returned in September, at the same club, there were lines around the block, and Taylor Swift showed up.

Taylor, no!

Listomania Redux

2009-11-20T18:15:00.003-06:00

Here's some further meta-commentary on NPR's year-end lists, making this my most meta post ever.

In related news: Jody Rosen is a dude? what? Huh, maybe that explains that stupid Lily Allen review.

***

Two reactions to the original Rosen piece: Christgau contributes music review, and he's into populism (albeit self-consciously academic populism for decades). Also, I dig Sound Opinions, even if they brought on Grizzly Bear as a musical guest. Of course, Bob "Blazes" Boylan is still a jackass.

Listomania

2009-11-19T21:34:00.010-06:00

Have you heard the decade is ending? Lots of media outlets have begun rolling out their best-album-of-the-decade lists. Here's three random lists I have read.

NPR's (in alphabetical order):

01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
03. The Arcade Fire: Funeral
04. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas
05. Beyonce: Dangerously In Love
06. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
07. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
08. Burial: Untrue
09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: S/T
10. Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway
11. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
12. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album
13. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism
14. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
15. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
16. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
17. Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión Segun San Marcos (Saint Mark’s Passion)
18. Green Day: American Idiot
19. Iron And Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days
20. Jay-Z: The Blueprint
21. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me
22. Juanes: Fijate Bien
23. LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver
24. Lil’ Wayne: Tha Carter III
25. Little Brother: The Listening
26. M.I.A.: Kala
27. Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
28. Mastodon: Leviathan
29. Jason Moran: Black Stars
30. OutKast: Stankonia
31. Brad Paisley: 5th Gear
32. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
33. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
34. The Postal Service: Give Up
35. Radiohead: In Rainbows
36. Radiohead: Kid A
37. Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
38. Sigur Ros: ( )
39. Britney Spears: In The Zone
40. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
41. The Strokes: Is This It
42. The Swell Season: Once Soundtrack
43. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart Of The Moon
44. TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain
45. Various: Garden State Soundtrack
46. Various: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
47. Kanye West: The College Dropout
48. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
49. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
50. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black

Less indie than I expected considering those Fleet Fox-hugging wimps from "All" Songs Considered. I heard a piece about this on the radio after work, in which Tom Moon explained that In the Zone was on the list purebly because "Toxic" was so great. Agreed, but why not go with Greatest Hits: My Prerogative? Oh, right.

Next, the Onion AV Club's list (starting with the best):

1. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2. Kanye West - The College Dropout
3. Radiohead - Kid A
4. Outkast - Stankonia
5. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
7. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
8. Arcade Fire - Funeral
9. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
10. The National - Alligator
11. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
12. MIA - Kala
13. Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
14. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
15. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
16. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
17. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
18. Pheonix - Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix
19. The Strokes - Is This It
20. Daft Punk - Discovery
21. New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
22. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
23. Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive
24. Beck - Sea Change
25. Madvillian -Madvilliany

This one surprised me, (I feel) skewing way more indie than their typical review page. (The list goes on beyond the top 25, by the way). Animal Collective in the top 25? The Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse in the top ten? What is this ...

Pitchfork's almighty list:

1. Radiohead - Kid A
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Daft Punk - Discovery
4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
5. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
6. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
7. The Strokes - Is This It
8. Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
10. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
11. Ghostaface Killah - Supreme Clientele
12. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
13. Outkast - Stankonia
14. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
15. The Knife - Silent Shout
16. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
17. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
18. Kanye West - Late Registration
19. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
20. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

This one's just about right for Pitchfork. Remember when Kid A came out and Radiohead was the biggest band in the world? The album was sort of controversial! Nick Hornby thought they were pulling the ole Self Portrait/Metal Machine Music trick, trying to alienate their record label and fans in an attempt to diffuse the massive success of OK Computer. Listen to the two albums successively, it is pretty amazing how Radiohead completely abandoned songcraft in favor of studio experimentation. More on that...

Here's Stephen Holden on songcraft from the original Rolling Stone review of Fleetwood Mac's similarly controversial album Tusk, released on the heels of the massive success of Rumors (bear with me):

McVie's "Brown Eyes," the blending of voices, guitars and keyboards into a plaintive "sha-la-la" bridge builds a mere scrap of a song into a magnificent castle in the air. "Brown Eyes" sounds as it if were invented for the production, rather than nice versa.

That's always been my take on Kid A, scraps of songs invented to showcase studio invention. Magnificent gloss over little substance (unless of course you find lyrics like "Everyone/Everyone around here/Everyone is so near/What's going on?/What's going on?" to be particularly evocative. I don't). Kid A is an excellent pick for album of the decade for the Pitchfork set, as it paved the way for ten years of indie music in which stylistic signifiers have become increasingly more important than content or songcraft. As long as a record sound sorta cool, who cares if it's durable? There will be thirty more new bands in my reader tomorrow whose music I can totes score for free. God bless the internet! And blogs! And (unintended) irony!

You know, honestly Kid A is probably my favorite Radiohead album, but only because I think their actual attempts at songwriting are generally corny in their U2-like bombast. Plus, I find Yorke's vague Luddite obsessions trite. But what a cutie!

This picture makes it look like he's fantasizing about himself.

Another on Serengeti - Urging You to Give Him Your Money

2009-11-18T00:03:00.006-06:00

A bit of a follow-up.

I found a longer piece on Chicagoa rapper MC, in which Christgau writes up his entire discography, and offers some stray thoughts on some of the albums I wrote about the other day.

Give it a read, and then listen to both of the Kenny albums (make sure you get Dennehy: Lights, Camera, Action, not the original album, simply titled Dennehy).
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Done? Great.

As insightful as he is, Christgau mishears/misinterprets/misrepresents the plot of the sequel Conversations with Kenny/Legacy of LEE album. Serengeti's Scotty character is gone completely, confusingly replaced by the nearly identical persona of the album's producer Tony Trimm. A misstep, as the relationship between Scotty and Kenny was one of the most endearing parts of the Dennehy: Lights, Camera, Action album. Also, the deletion of a character eschews the sort of Gideon/Hollie/Charlemagne mythology that Craig Finn has erected over four albums. (Yes, Dennehy: Lights, Camera, Action reminds me quite a bit of Separation Sunday, don't let it deter you.)

And finally, this picture. Because it cracks me up

State of Shock

2009-11-16T16:58:00.003-06:00

Forgive me if I'm late to the party, but were you aware that the Jackson 5's last Top Ten single was a duet with Mick Jagger from 1984? (Yes, that is indeed two years after "The Girl is Mine").

"State of Shock" from the beautifully-illustrated Victory album.

I am apparently late to the party, according to these vague stats from the above-linked YouTube video:

Honors:
#84-most discussed-(this month)-people & blogs
#19-top favourites-(this month)-people & blogs
#41-top rated-(this month)-people & blogs

Hmm. Those statistics leave me in a state of, uh, .... ugh. I feel gross. I've reached a new low after that "Owl Shitty" post. Speaking of which, boy am I pooped!

Harold Burson Blog

2009-11-15T19:21:00.004-06:00

Googling one's name is something that people do. Even me. Unlike you, perhaps, my name is very rare, hence my sweet gmail address. In one of my frequent Google searches of my own name I came across one "Harold Burson" (note: my name is Harry, but it's close enough), who founded the Burson-Marsteller, "one of the oldest public relations agencies in the world." Here is his picture:

He appears to be one of the few living people who (sorta) share my name. Also, according to Wiki and the Unabomber, his company is relatively evil. He has a blog too. I subscribe. Here is a post about Mary of Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Doing the name proud, Harold, doing the name proud.

Fun with Serengeti

2009-11-15T16:37:00.006-06:00

More from October. Soon after the move, I discovered Chicago rapper Serengeti via two Christgau reviews. Haven't found much coverage of him except from Christgau, so DPP is finally falling in step with the rest of the indie music blogosphere re: obscure shit. Here we go!

On Serengeti's best albums, Dennehy: Lights, Camera, Action and Conversations with Kenny he adopts the persona of a working-class, middle-aged Chicagoan named Kenny, complete with a George Wendt-worthy accent. Serengeti avoids sinking into camp thanks to the love for the character, and a general unwillingness to treat him as a joke. Also present are two aspiring rappers, Scotty and Lee, the former of whom is an apparent proxy for Serengeti in the fictional world. The first album, Dennehy: Lights, Camera, Action, is a messy mix of Kenny and Scotty songs, advancing a vague narrative with some fairly incongruous freestyles on art and Chicago from Serengeti. It's great.

The recently-released sequel, Conversations with Kenny/Legacy of LEE finds Serengeti seemingly dropping the Scotty character in favor of the somewhat grating, pitch-shifted Lee. Elsewhere, Kenny battle-raps the disc's producer, Tony Trimm, but maybe I haven't parsed out the meaning of the lyrics yet (I haven't). It's vaguely disappointing, as sequels tend to be, in that Serengeti necessarily messes with the winning formula of Dennehy. Got to keep things fresh, you know. I strongly recommend tracking down a copy of Dennehy: Lights, Camera, Action, and moving on to Conversations with Kenny if you dig. That may be difficult, as the album is currently only available via Serengeti's website. Still no iTunes, despite promises.

Soon after discovering Serengeti, I got a chance to catch him at the Hideout, with the underwhelming Kid Static (opening for Warren G soon) and the godawful Big Bang TV (they were from Brooklyn, and had a possibly ironic turntableist, OMG!). He was performing with local producer Polyphonic, and the pair played cuts exclusively from their two collaborative albums, the most recent of which was recently released on Anticon. Glitchy electronica with the vocals mixed real low -- pretty entertaining for a too-short thirty-five-minute set, but monotonous for an entire record. The albums are fine in short bursts, but, with like nine albums in the past three years or something, Serengeti risks spreading himself too thin. Hopefully, he'll get some more notice soon, the guy deserves it.

Full disclosure: I submitted two entries for this and haven't heard anything back yet. :'(

Owl Shitty

2009-11-15T01:35:00.002-06:00

How about that fucking pun?

Have you heard of this? Number one single? When is Postal Service going to return and storm the charts, because this is the most blatant parody/tribute* I have heard since, like, "Dare to Be Stupid." Except "Dare to Be Stupid" is as good as Devo, and "Firflies" is way cornier than Postal Service. That's schlocky!

Also, this is not an improvement over the Peas. Speaking of which, I cannot believe that I leave the internet for only one month and everything falls apart. ugh. I'm just glad I wasn't reading the Voice back in 2006.

*I should mention "Inner City Pressure".

Andrew WK at Lakeshore Theater

2009-11-14T17:21:00.003-06:00

First, don't blame me, blame AT&T. It took those fuckers about a month to get the internet working at my new apartment. In Chicago. Where I now live.

Anywho, I got a backlog of shit to blog about, so let's get the party going.

Back in the heady days of early October, I had the opportunity to see Andrew WK perform a concert (recital?) on piano accompanied by a string quartet.

I saw him twice in high school, on tours supporting I Get Wet and The Wolf respectively. He was supported by three guitarists, and, in the last show, two drummers. It was life-changing and shit. Since then, he released the Japan-only (available in the states only on purple vinyl or something) hot mess of Close Calls with Brick Walls. Also he was on television and made a bunch of weird appearances on college speaking tours. Now, he has a new album of "spontaneous piano improvisations". But you knew all that already.

He's always been an enigma. Is the music ironic? Is his message ironic? Is it all an act? Who knows? The new tour only adds to the confusion. In the days before the concert (which, for the record, took place in a comedy venue), Andrew postponed a other tourdates scheduled to take place in churches or synagogues because of some sort of spiritual crisis. I still don't really know what that was about, I noticed no profound change in the man when I saw him.

At the door, we were given cheap print-outs serving as programs. Like any classical performance, the programs listed the selections and composers for the night's entertainment. The majority of the show was devoted to modern and contemporary art music performed by the Calder Quartet, sometimes with accompaniment from Andrew, sometimes without. There were two unremarkable piano improvisations, and, after the intermission, the meat of the show: piano and string quartet renditions of "Party Hard" and "I Get Wet", with Andrew speaking the verse lyrics in a Dylanesque off-kilter cadence. After "I Get Wet", Andrew resorted to the karaoke shtick that he's been apparently reduced to, changing the lyrics to singing "I love Chicago" over an instrumental mp3 of "I Love New York City".

By then, a throng of fans had awkwardly joined Andrew onstage in a forced attempt to relive their/his glory days. The night finally culminated with the three movements of John Cage's notorious classic "4'33"," in which drunk concertgoers yelled at other drunk concertgoers, alternately suggesting that others shut up, get off the stage, go back to Wicker Park, put on a shirt, etc. One drunk guy stage-dived into some unsuspecting kid and got kicked out. It was a bummer compared to the Christ-like communal positivity of Andrew WK's early rock shows. And unlike his early tours, it seemed suspiciously too much like a put-on.

I'm Back

2009-11-11T12:44:00.003-06:00

Finally got the internet to work at my apartment. Get ready cause I'm gonna make it fucking rain posts on this blogosphere.

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day

2009-10-01T12:02:00.006-05:00

All the talk of a genre forming around this and 808s and Heartbreak is bullshit. Kid Cudi was involved with both, and he's got distinctive style. End of story. Even if Kanye made it work a tad better.

Man on the Moon is a concept album–ignore it–held together by consistently amazing production. Excepting the enjoyably silly Lady Gaga/Kanye collaboration (what does it portend?!) the album is wrapped in a narcotic haze where atmosphere equals substance. Kid Cudi's lazy raps don't show an outright contempt for wordplay (ie. The Knux–teehee), but his direct, plainspoken delivery isn't half as captivating as, say, Lou Reed. More impressive than his lyrics is his conceptual vision, you know, like Thom Yorke.

The strength and unity of this minor masterpiece make me wonder if Cudi has any room to grow: another album of this shtick would be as tiresome as a sequel to 808s and Heartbreak. If there's nowhere to go from here, this lesser companion piece is a great relic to leave behind. Then again, maybe he'll mature in ways no one could predict, you know, like Thom Yorke.

Best track: "Solo Dolo (Nightmare)" four-and-a-half minutes of creepy nonsense. With nary a drum.

Also Ratatat and MGMT show up for maximum blogability. My tags prove this.

Hot Vid

2009-09-28T23:11:00.002-05:00

Have you seen this video? It's really good. One of the best.

What I Like

2009-09-27T01:50:00.006-05:00

Television. I will write in this space more when I stop with the Hulu and the fall premieres already. Also I have a job now.

And a final note on Infinite Jest: instead of clarifying my thoughts (it "suuuuucked"), I found a link to the original NYT book review. The review ends with a fair summation of my feelings about the book [spoiler alrert?]:

At the end, that word machine is simply turned off, leaving the reader - at least the old-fashioned reader who harbors the vaguest expectations of narrative connections and beginnings, middles and ends - suspended in midair and reeling from the random muchness of detail and incident that is "Infinite Jest."

Somewhere in the mess, the reader suspects, are the outlines of a splendid novel, but as it stands the book feels like one of those unfinished Michelangelo sculptures: you can see a godly creature trying to fight its way out of the marble, but it's stuck there, half excavated, unable to break completely free.

Bringing it all back home: Did you know this weblog post is, like, unified and shit? Well it is. John Krasinski, star of The Office, has a new job as the director/scriptwriter of the screen adaptation of DFW's short story collection Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Filmed before the dude up and demapped himself, the film is already out, apparently. As soon as I know where it is playing I will see it.

Judas!

2009-09-14T11:49:00.003-05:00

The funniest Kanye/Joe Wilson comparison I have seen. So far.

By the way

2009-09-13T19:02:00.002-05:00

Infinite Jest suuuuucked.

Stick to essays, asshole.

"Hipster" Reclamation

2009-09-10T21:21:00.004-05:00

Hello blogosphere. I have missed you. I apologize for my semi-prolonged sort-of absence. I have been semi-busy sort-of finding employment. I have been considering important matters.

In August I read this article from the DC Onion AV Club. The author, Matthew Borlik, argues that the word "hipster" is all but meaningless in 2009, and its usage in the Washington Post style section was silly and misguided. Borlik writes:

["Hipster" is] a word that, in the last decade, has been used and misused so often that any concrete definition has been lost in a sea of skinny jeans, Miller High Life jokes, and a complete lack of understanding regarding the concept of irony. Sure, select groups of norms will probably direct hipster comments at anyone wearing a tight T-shirt until the day they die, but you’d think that any person with even the slightest bit of culture in their lives would know better than to commit such an act of ignorance.

Soon after reading this article, I began to notice something of an anti-hipster backlash: various commentators and commenters showing little patience for hipster-bashing warhorses like "Stuff White People Like" or "Look at this F***ing Hipster"*. The easy humor of these sites being invalidated by the obvious fact that the content and page-views come exclusively from the more narcissistic members of the hipster community.

But I digress. I believe the backlash stems from what Borlik sees as the word's overuse and subsequently imprecise definition. From my conversations with friends, I approximate "hipster" in 2009 to have roughly the same meaning as "poser" did about a decade ago. That is: someone outside of a particular subculture or group who (somewhat undeservedly, and definitely inauthentically) appropriates its dress, style, or interests of the group. In the mall in 1999, I was called a "poser" for wearing Vans but not being a skater. In a record store in 2009, I would be called a "hipster" for what? Something like dressing like a bohemian/artist/creative type but not being subsequently bohemian/arty/creative?

Clearly, this would be a silly insult. But even sillier, if "hipster" as derogatory term refers not to those who "falsely" appropriate culture, but to anyone who seems to have any sort of interest in culture**. Like calling a kid in band a nerd.

My point is, as a (mostly harmless) derogatory term, "hipster" is essentially meaningless. So I say we reclaim it. Let's face it, as Borlik points out, to a certain segment of the population (ie. a lot of it) you already are a preening, self-involved hipster. So, like, go with it man. Don't deny it. Accept yourself. You're no better than that jackass with the asymmetrical haircut and the Pavement tee in the record store. Turn a negative into a positive. Reclaim the word. I hear this sort of thing works all the time.

450 words, boy am I pooped!

*(F***ing=Fucking)

**Forgive my confusing/imprecise shift in usage of culture meaning group to culture meaning like art or whatever.

Been Through Hell

2009-09-08T22:38:00.004-05:00

Another short review that I wrote like forever ago.

Watching Bye Bye Birdie on YouTube. Spoiler alert: it's about Elvis!

Ann-Margaret is quite the looker. Thanks for the tip, Mad Men!

UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ

2009-09-07T23:51:00.000-05:00

Another album review here.

Thank you commenters. My point of the last post was Pitchfork was somewhat surprising in its un-indieness in their singles list. I agree with your points.

I have been in Chicago looking for work. Back to blogging soon enough.

The end is here

2009-08-21T09:25:00.004-05:00

According to Pitchfork, it's already time to take stock of the decade. And here I thought I had four more months to enjoy!

But seriously folks. Chronology problems aside, I'm more than a little impressed by Pitchfork's list of the top 20 singles of the decade. Besides a few odd choices (Arcade Fire made one of the best singles of the last decade/LCD Soundsystem made two?, give me a break), the list is full of songs one would here on Top 40 radio. The discrepancy between the artists on the singles list and the artists Pitchfork generally covers is fairly conspicuous. Most likely, the album list will more strictly follow the party line as singles 500-201 do.

What conclusions can we draw from the top 20 list? I don't know. That the general public has okay taste, or that they are just not as good at deluding themselves? Or maybe Top 40 is less disposable than the blogosphere band du jour.

* #1 was not "Hey Ya!", btw.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

2009-08-19T16:08:00.006-05:00

Celebrating something like the five-month anniversary of Leonard Cohen's excellent Live in London CD, both Sasha Frere-Jones and Robert Christgau penned columns on the aging nuck. I've always been way more impressed with his writing (including his songwriting) than his recorded output, so was excited about a 1965 documentary Ladies and Gentlemen, Leonard Cohen that serves as the framing device for Frere-Jones' article. Filmed in 1964, the documentary follows Cohen the author around, before he embarked on a music career. He's utterly charming. Plus, everyone is appropriately dressed like it's 1964, which should put you in the mood for the next episode of Mad Men. Maybe Sal will actually cum this time! [spoiler alert]

You can watch the 45 minute film for free on the website for the National Film Board of Canada. Or you can watch the embed below, what the fuck do I care?

Chuck Berry: The Autobiography - Rock Lit

2009-08-18T20:35:00.000-05:00

I apologize for the extended absence. I was camping.

As I mentioned, I bought Chuck Berry's The Autobiography on the cheap from Amazon. Despite the constant use of passive voice, the book was consistently entertaining. His love of language is apparent throughout, and is mighty impressive for a man who didn't get his high school equivalency until a prison stint in his 30's. On the subject of his legal and sexual transgressions, he is alternately explicit and guarded – devoting lengthy sections to various extramarital affairs, while glossing over his intermittent drug use. Even so, it seemed to be as honest an autobiography as I could expect from a rock and roll superstar. Hard to imagine Jerry Lee Lewis or Little Richard sitting down to write such a graphic memoir. An entertaining book.

After watching the Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll concert film/documentary, I had something of a different impression of Chuck Berry. He was a bit too canny on camera, especially in a particularly self-conscious bit of wistful remembering on location at a former club. He was ornery and cantankerous, sabotaging his own birthday concert because of some obvious resentment toward organizer Keith Richards. In one scene, he cuts an interview with his wife short after only one question from the filmmakers. Made me question the book. Of course, the music's still great.

A fun experience. I plan on continuing through the published work of other musicians, while trying to eschew ghostwriters. I plan on reading those John Lennon books, and re-reading Dylan's Chronicles. If you have any suggestions, let me know.

Jonas Brothers CD Review: Lines, Vines and Trying Times

2009-08-11T10:06:00.004-05:00

This is the third bit of Jonas Brothers product I have reviewed in less than a year. Way to go Disney!

Despite dissing Taylor Swift, I dig this one:

The latest from Bocephus

2009-08-10T10:47:00.003-05:00

Yes, a review.

Btw, this shit is going to get real old in the next few months.

There he goes again, again

2009-08-07T15:40:00.004-05:00

Beck's most recent cover of "There She Goes Again" confirms my theory that he has – at best – a vague disdain, or – at worst – outright contempt, for his fans. And music in general.

Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico "There She Goes Again" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

He is not trying anymore.

Sorta Alrgiht, Still

2009-08-06T17:30:00.003-05:00

It's no secret I am a big fan of Lily Allen's latest. I know! I'm just as surprised as you are. I remember back in 2006 hearing all sorts of Lily hype as the music director for my college radio station. I succumbed to the promoters and put the Alright, Still CD in rotation, but never really got into the groove. She was even easier to ignore as the DJs revolted against the day-glo faux-island production, and Amy Winehouse became the official British diva du jour.

And now in the wake of It's not Me, It's You, I've had the debut on the back burner. Yesterday, at the record store, I came across a vinyl copy of Alright, Still and just now got the opportunity to put it on. It's about what I remembered. The lyrics are as good as Art Brut or Mike Skinner or your other favorite acerbic Brit, but the production is still cloying. I've never had much tolerance for reggae, island, dub, etc. So it goes. Luckily, for me, I've been able to get my Lily fix elsewhere, the F.U.E.P. on iTunes. No idea it existed, two decent b-sides and a "Womanizer" cover that easily beats that shitty thing by Perez Hilton's new French signee.

Also, I just got Chuck Berry's autobiography in the mail. Expect more soon. Sorry I was gone, great to be back.

*No place to mention above, but I've recently become enamored by the new video for "Not Fair", a clip artfully combining my vague attraction to Allen, Nancy Sinatra, and Russ Meyer-style eye makeup. Plus Porter Wagoner! Remember the "Last Nite" video? Me too!

There he goes again

2009-07-31T13:32:00.005-05:00

Been waiting to listen to Beck & co.'s version of "Heroin" all day, but vimeo won't load. Darn!

Nearly two months and over halfway through this inaugural record club, it is fairy apparent that Beck is not really trying, something he's excelled at since, like, Sea Change. Even as something of a Modern Guilt apologist, I must admit that for most of this decade Beck has been aimlessly coasting. His studio albums of late have lacked the verve and creativity of his earlier work. It seems he is going through the motions despite a lack of discernible inspiration.

I understand the concept of the record club, recording an album in one day without rehearsing. And while this explains the lack of quality on the majority of the VU tracks, it seems more like an excuse to be lazy, rather than a compelling starting place for raw, creative discovery. Even with the time constraints, it seems to me that more could have been done with the material than the load of crap that is "Waiting for My Man (sic*)". Hopefully, his forthcoming collaboration with Wilco is less ramshackle, but considering their penchance for self-indulgent crap (see the CD and explanation from The Wilco Book), I'm not holding my breath.

EDIT: Finally found a working video of "Heroin" from Prefix. Um, apparently Beck isn't even involved. Also, it sucks.

*Lou Reed uses this altered title on two live records that I'm aware of: Take No Prisoners and Live in Italy. As far as I know, the only version of "Waiting for the Man" in which Reed sings the "the" of the title instead of the more suggestive "my" is the original 1965 Ludlow Street demo available in the excellent Peel Slowly and See box and numerous bootlegs.

Dig!

2009-07-28T11:47:00.002-05:00

I recently watched the 2004 rock doc Dig! with minimal commercial interruption on Hulu. Generally lauded by the rock press, the film follows the career trajectories of the Dandy Warhols as they attain success, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre as they wallow in obscurity. The bands' leaders (Courtney Taylor-Taylor for the Dandys and Anton Newcombe for the BJM) start out as friends but jealousy and addiction quickly drive Newcombe away as the Dandys receive even the slightest success. Overall an interesting movie, especially in its capturing of record company excess in what turned out to be the recording industry's final era of prosperity.

But what is most compelling about the film is the portrayal of romantic genius in its depiction of BJM leader Anton Newcombe. Literally everyone in Dig! including (Taylor-Taylor) admit that Newcombe is prodigiously talented–a genius–and that Taylor-Taylor's gifts lie mostly in their work ethic. The film's intended irony is that the better Brian Jonestown Massacre fail, only because they are unable to work as hard as the Dandy Warhols, sort of your basic popular-art-is-populated-by-crap-sellouts sort of thing. And again, literally everyone ascribe Newcombe's genius to his mental instability and drug addiction, in keeping with the traditional notion of the divinely-inspired mad genius promoted from Longinus to Pollock.

I acknowledge that Newcombe is likely more talented than Taylor-Taylor, but despite the principals' insistence, it seems his genius operates independently of his vague mental illness. For much of the film, the Brian Jonestown Massacre peddle in a painstaking 60s revivalism that is impossible to recreate by a heroin-addicted meglomaniac, as we see when Newcombe blows his biggest record deal.

A worthwhile music if you are interested in depictions of creativity or mid-90s hipster fashion. Plus Joel Gion:

2009-07-26T11:22:00.006-05:00

When I left town for good, an old friend gave me four ABBA records he no longer wanted. I've already expressed how I feel about ABBA here. At that time, I only had ABBA's Gold, a hearty greatest hits compilation. Now after listening to three of their albums (and an older compilation), I only have greater esteem for those Swedish fuckers - even their throwaway album tracks are sooo catchy. And, no matter how cheesy the production, it fits perfectly, as if they scientifically deduced the only possible correct way to emebelish like "Money, Money, Money". I am humbled by greatness. Damn son.

Slight doubts re: Infinite Jest

2009-07-24T21:14:00.009-05:00

I am about a third of the way through Infinite Jest and am starting to have some doubts. After overly-theoretical dialogue re: American freedom and entertainment, particularly television, I began to feel anxious about the books growing addiction themes. If this turns into any sort of Requiem for a Dream-type trite meditation on addiction re: the American experience, I'm going to be totally let down.

Also, I just read about thirty fucking excruciatingly detailed pages on what was essentially a game of Risk gone terribly awry. I am beginning to worry that DFW does not quite have the knack for fiction, only beautifully written minutia, like his wonderfully charming essays. Not giving up though. Up until page 300 or so, I was on board, and am still determined to see this thing through.

*Re: re:. No stylistic reason for all of the re:'s, just lazy.

Abigail Washburn & the Shanghai Restoration Project - Afterquake

2009-07-23T11:32:00.004-05:00

Quantitatively, the best thing I've reviewed for PopMatters so far.

Also, yesterday marked a full year of this blog. Hooray!

I am soooo Nostalgic apparently

2009-07-22T21:44:00.003-05:00

God bless the New York Times for writing another dimly aware trending piece. The hot new trend: Generation Y nostalgia!!! According to this article, Eminem and Harry Potter are having big years because those of us born roughly between 1980 and SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH are, like, entering the work place during rough economic times and looking back to the simpler days of our youth for comfort. I was not aware that that is what I/we was/were doing, thanks for the tip, NYT!

But seriously, is that really what we're doing? I had no idea.

Okay, no more posts about newspapers for a while. But speaking of nostalgia, how about all these 40th anniversary of the moon landing reports. Fun, huh? I had no idea Neil Armstrong was so curmudgeonly.

Indulging in some baby boomer-type nostalgia, I went to go see Moon, a 2001 (the movie, not the infamous year) homage somewhat competently dealing with complex issues like the instability/uncertainty of identity. Or maybe it was just an escape movie, like Escape from LA, only Escape from the Moon. I don't want to give too much away, but if you like your vintage scifi, give it a try. Also, it was directed by David Bowie's son no joke.

More music later. Been busy writing reviews. Ugh.

*PS. The movie is exactly like this:

Anecdote for future use

2009-07-19T13:53:00.004-05:00

I am sitting in the kitchen eating a sandwich reading the New York Times arts section on my RSS feed. In the middle of a fairly unremarkable article (on the supposed decline of piracy thanks to legal streaming) I had a realization: in order to make space for my laptop on the counter, I had moved the actual, physical copy of the New York Times (my parents subscribe) out of the way.

Just did a little shuffling through the paper to confirm my suspicion: the exact article I was reading is right there, folded and unread.

Perhaps there is some sort of symbolism to be found here.

*I would have included my laptop in this picture to further the dichotomy, but, of course, I used it to take the picture. Also, that is indeed a picture of Demi Lovato, if you were wondering.

The Warlocks* Suck

2009-07-18T01:11:00.005-05:00

Another review on PopMatters.

*unrelated to Velvet Underground or Grateful Dead**

**more like not-Great-ful Dead***

***I am also reading Infinite Jest and have fallen in love with footnotes****

****but I don't know how to type superscript, oh well

Rivers' Pokerface

2009-07-14T20:42:00.002-05:00

It's been a while since I contemplated Weezer. I think I head something about a new album coming out soon, I don't know, maybe. Anywho, Rivers and co. have put together a bizarrely faithful cover of MGMT's "Kids" interpolating the bridge from Lady Gaga's "Pokerface" (the very same bridge that Daughtry excised from his cover). I have never heard Weezer stray so far from their power-pop roots, and doubt this novelty youtube single bodes well for album #7, if that ever comes to pass.

Funkyzeit with das Pomegranates

2009-07-14T16:40:00.002-05:00

Nothing to do with Bruno really, just wanted to type "Funkyzeit".

A review!

Near Genius

2009-07-13T14:13:00.003-05:00

Walking by the Verizon Center on the way to lunch I spotted a horde of young girls in day-glo and wayfarers. Waiting in lines, milling about, could it be? Excitement!

Turning the corner, my suspicions were confirmed, the JoBros tour bus, covered in loving graffiti from the hands of so many young girls. Knowing that I was mere yards from Nick Jonas, I could hardly resist the temptation to skip lunch and wait around for a glimpse of my hero. But I was pretty hungry, read all about it on my twitter.

And so I am

2009-07-12T21:04:00.009-05:00

Driving across half the country without a tape adapter gave me a welcome chance to reacquaint myself with our fine country's Top 40 stations. My RSS feed generally ignores the Top 40 (partially my fault). I rarely listen to the radio in DC. I had some catching up to do.

As I expected the two constants on nearly every contemporary format (excepting Modern Rock or whatever the fuck we're calling it now) were Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas. I am certain I heard "Love Game", "Poker Face", "Boom Boom Pow", or "I Gotta Feeling" at least once an hour. Admirable for their transparent stupidity perhaps, but more so in concept than in practice. Of those four, I'm not sure which is the most cloying.

The absolute worst song I heard repeatedly was "Waking Up in Vegas" by old whatshername, which features the most trite lyrics and overwrought vocal performance of anything I heard. Even worse was the rap-rock reincarnated as nerds with synthesizers shtick of 3OH!3. Their relatively old single "Don't Trust Me" seems to follow the example of Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue," a few thematically tied versus with a vague or nonexistent narrative thread. In this case, the theme is unrepentant, hateful misogyny culminating in a breakdown in which the dudes repeatedly tell their lady friend to shut up. Classy! In a similar vein, Cobra Starship (apparently not just a one-hit novelty act) have an almost identical, slightly less misogynistic ditty featuring America's latest sex tape starlet. That one I actually like, although hearing Lady Gaga, 3OH!3, and Cobra Starship back-to-back-to-back made me sorta wonder when the NY Times are going to write their electro-pop trending piece. Three acts=trend. Google Ricky+JLo+Enrique+"latin explosion".

Speaking of misogyny, the most exciting thing I heard on the radio was the last verse of Young Money's "Every Girl". I was already fairly impressed by a song with a hook as straightforward as "I wish I could fuck every girl in the world," when the third verse began, culminating with Weezy or Drake or whoever (it's Mack Maine[?]) saying:

in about 3 years, holla at me Miley Cyrus
I don't discriminate, no not at all
Kit kat a midget if that ass soft I break her off
I exchange V cards with the retards

I know a classic line when I hear one. Christ, I need to check out their controversial BET Awards performance, the controversy apparently having little do with the lyrics and more to do with underage girls. Upon reflection, the two seem to be somewhat related.

Finally, I was most excited/disappointed by the stupid "pop mix" of Taylor Swift's latest "You Belong With Me". Team Taylor experimented with a pop mix of "Love Story" removing the already negligible vestigial country instrumentation in favor of a bland Kelly Clarkson-sounding guitar heavy remix. Luckily, only about half of the stations went wit the inferior remix. Watching the above video, I begin to empathasize with my man Mack Maine. She plays a nerd and a slut. Hawt! Except I think she's a few years older than Miley – on the right side of the law. So if you're reading this Taylor, holla at me.

I'll be back

2009-07-08T17:11:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the absence from the blogosphere. On an extended vacation, but promise a return to prolific blogging as soon as I get back to DC. So much Top 40 to discuss! For now this could tide you over. Or not.

Virgin Mobile Freefest Bullshit

2009-06-27T09:09:00.007-05:00

I got on fucking Ticketmaster promptly at 10:00am to get tickets for the Virgin Mobile Freefest, selecting the completely free option with will call at DC's 9:30 club. After a loading screen that finished running a bit before 10:01am, the site said the tickets were already sold out. Tried again selecting various "pay" options and nothing worked.

Apparently tickets were offered to Virgin customers first with non-unique passwords being spread via blogs and twitter, so rack this up as another huge fucking disappointment re: Ticketmaster, music festivals, cell phone providers, and my inability to see the Hold Steady.

Checked Ticketmaster's scalper subsidiary Ticketsnow, so far no listings for the "free"-fest, I guess Bruce taught them to be sneakier.

The irony is, living in the area, I would have paid a reasonable amount of money to go to the show. So fuck.

Here is the fucking explanation: Ticketmaster just don't give a fuck!

Michael Jackson STILL ALIVE!!!

2009-06-25T18:00:00.002-05:00

Don't believe those liars in the media! He is still with us! You heard it here first!

Further Dissapointments

2009-06-24T17:51:00.003-05:00

Went here a little over a week ago and bought a couple records. Saw they had a copy of Metal Machine Music for $13. I put it off to buy a GRE study book at Borders. Of course, I go back today and it is gone. Fucking shit, no lock-groove for me. And, of course, here is the cheapest one one ebay, the cover appears to be in the same condition.

Also walked by the new Real World house, don't think they're there yet. Filming starting soon, further updates as that happens. I plan to fuck everyone on the show.

Killers Mania Cont'd

2009-06-24T12:39:00.005-05:00

After I discovered I was a Killers super-fan apparently, I decided to take my fandom to the next level. Since I already owned the "Human" and "Spaceman" singles, I decided I should work on completing the set of silly band-member mosaics (all featured in the Day and Age booklet). I got on ebay and found this, only available in the UK, but shipped to my door in less than a week for <$8. Upon its arrival, I was dissapointed that the b-side, "Joy Ride - Night Version" was strictly 'digital'. Meaning, the b-side was blank, and I had to go online and enter my 'special code' to download the song, which ended up being a shitty, etheral remix of one of the most, er, joyou songs from the album. I suspect my code was not so special, so if you want your own digital b-side, go here and enter in the word "Joyride".

The positive side: my room now has a wall devoted to Killers mosaics (I am now patiently awaiting the release of "Dustland Fairytale" on 7" so I can get me a Mark Stoermer mosaic to complete the set.

In other news, I finished Ulysses last night, in just over a week, plus two critical studies (guides). The task occupied much of my time, I'm glad I'm done. Now I can study for the GRE! For my review of the book, check out twitter (@cryingfordarfur).