July 2009
78 posts
What did you eat tonight?
Oh you didn’t get a Top Chef winner to cook for you in an amazing backyard party in Chicago’s West Loop? You didn’t have endless Three Floyd’s, and awesome pork, squid and octopus treats?
Bummer for you. Respect for Stepanie Izard’s Drunken Goat! Can’t wait for it to open.
We've lost our quorum: Some context for Peabs and... →
I was just as confused when i saw the Mae Shi play Beat Kitchen earlier this year and it was a shitfest that sounded nothing like their record. Still I’ll remember that train wreck and the one I saw Sunday for a long time.
Effing Perry Farrell. →
I AM A SUCCESSFUL AND IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE... →
Taking Mrs. Metro to the first Wandering Goat Dinner. Thanks Stacey for making me look good.
I hope this is a new thing. →
perpetua:
Pavement “Spit On A Stranger” For some reason, here is “Spit On A Stranger” set to the video of Poison’s “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.”
The Journal Gets Brutal →
Briefcase Full of Guts Indeed
Gang Leader Charged In Scheme To Control Punk Rock →
perpetua:
This story sounds like it could be an anecdote told by a Scharpling & Wurster character. In that context, who do you figure Tom and Jon would select as the “popular recording artist” from Chicago?
Kids at the average Miley concert have better show manners than this pitchfork crowd. People are talking through entire sets. I heard pitchfork didn’t hire union and that’s why the sound is so quiet, but jez just cause people can hear you doesn’t mean you need too.
Thax Douglas Is Hopefully Still With Us -... →
Dear Sierra Games and LucasArts, please release all your old adventure games for the iPhone. I will buy them all.
News Analysis: Legal Experts Unaware People Able... →
the buritto paradox « my ironic mustache →
Born to Choogle: Movin’ with Pig Lib →
perpetua:
Josh Luft wrote a wonderful, thoughtful essay about Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ second album. Highly recommended if you are a fan, but maybe also if you’ve never heard the music before.
A Kiss From Tokyo | The Art of the Title Sequence →
“mi⋅me⋅sis /mɪˈmisɪs/
–noun
1. Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the...”
– mimesis definition | Dictionary.com
The Story Behind The A-Team →
to read later.
[Insert Firewater Joke Here] →
As 1/64th Cherokee American and a potential watcher of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (always number 6 in my Netflicks queue) I feel I understand these people’s suffering enough to allude to making a joke at the expense of these people’s suffering.
Crosshair — Do It Yourself →
Yelp says there is a music venue in the abandon house on my corner.
My favorite videos will always be running around... →
Nobody show Chomsky
I know i’m late to the party on this, but jeez…
Fieldrunners: Basically a “murder refuges that don’t fight back” game. It is like somebody read the Bush doctorine and made it into an iPhone app.
Also I’m addicited to it.
10 Facts About Detroit You Should Know →
fuckyeahdetroit:
leftofsound:
Pretty interesting article that restores at least a little bit of pride
Salt mines, really?
