January 2012
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Top 50 Songs of 2011
Spotify Playlist of the Top 50 Spotify Playlist of More That I Loved but Didn’t Have Room for—check back, I’m still adding 50. Lil’ Wayne feat. Cory Gunz- “6’7’” 49. Cold Cave- “The Great Pan Is Dead” 48. Real Estate- “It’s Real” 47. 1, 2, 3- “Work” 46. Cults- “You Know What I Mean” 45. Shabazz...
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"Screenwriters Lecture: Charlie Kaufman"- BAFTA... →
December 2011
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"You Say You Want a Devolution?"- Kurt Andersen-... →
“Why is this happening? In some large measure, I think, it’s an unconscious collective reaction to all the profound nonstop newness we’re experiencing on the tech and geopolitical and economic fronts. People have a limited capacity to embrace flux and strangeness and dissatisfaction, and right now we’re maxed out. So as the Web and artificially intelligent smartphones and the rise of China...
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Riff Raff- “Marc Jacob” From his...
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T-Pain- “Default Picture” From his...
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Predicting Pitchfork: Results
Pitchfork released its top albums of the year today, and their picks varied from my predictions quite a bit. This is their order. In parentheses is where I thought that album would be. (While we’re on the subject, I would recommend Eric Harvey’s note on sales figures for these albums, which is always an interesting way of showing how small this tiny alt-verse really is.) 1. Bon Iver-...
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Watch“We’re Going to Need a Bigger Spielberg Face” by Kevin B. Lee
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Predicting Pitchfork's Top Albums of the Year
It’s that time again. Pitchfork releases their top albums of the year tomorrow, and, based on the past year’s reviews and their overall tendencies, I handicap the order. Play along in the comments. 1. Girls- Father, Son, Holy Ghost- When doing this, you have to remember how scores are tabulated. All the critics—who have different tastes and specialties—rank their albums,...
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"Take Me to the River"- Tom Ewing- Pitchfork →
In his final Poptimist column, Tom Ewing is predictably perceptive and articulate about what he refers to as the nanoculture:
“But what gets made, and who controls it? In a series of posts several years ago on ‘spreadable media,’ the academic Henry Jenkins put his finger on the great faultline in nanoculture— its equivalent of ‘major label vs. indie,’ except...
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Can People Stop Saying: "No Regrets"?
As you already know, I can’t stop watching MTV’s The Real World. Last night, this year’s fey sociopath, Frank, who is like the spiritual hate-child of Ignatius J. Reilly and Blanche DuBois, cheated on his boyfriend out of promiscuity and lack of self-control. Although he claims that he loves this boyfriend, he also “doesn’t know what it’s like to be in a...