December 2010
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“Fiya”, however, a song in part about the difficulty of desire when you...”
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Pitchfork: Resonant Frequency: Resonant Frequency #66
I didn’t catch this essay by Mark Richardson comparing Tune-Yards’ “Fiya” and Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” until just now, but it is easily one of my favorite pieces of music criticism that I have read this year. Please read the entire...
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On Meeting Johnny Marr at the Supermarket →
I wrote a piece for the “illuminating and informative” online magazine Thought Catalog™ about what it’s like to meet one of your idols at the supermarket. If you follow this Tumblr, you might notice that this piece is basically just an expanded and revised version of this post from earlier this year. A Tumblr post fit to (digitally) print! What a time to be alive.
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“The sleuths at Public Knowledge have commandeered AT&T’s distribution...”
– “Technology policy” and “fun” are rarely uttered in the same breath but there are always exceptions. Hence: Cupcakegate! While it’s true that the easiest way to bribe me is with cupcakes, my favorite part of all this is that we, in some small way, are responsible for...
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WatchI wish that R. Kelly’s new record was nearly as good as this video of him performing “Ignition (Remix)” with the Roots on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” last week. Kells’ delivery here is so damn smooth that it 1.) makes you momentarily forget that this song is built around a single clumsy, extended sex metaphor; 2.) makes you realize why people can’t seem...
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“Although most people report having music-induced chills sometimes, some people...”
– I’ve always wondered about this! While this University of North Carolina at Greensboro psychology study doesn’t seem to arrive at anything resembling a conclusion, it’s good to know that there are scienticians out there looking into this very important matter. Something I wish the...
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“i tell Himanshu that their pitchfork review was like a 1000-word review of...”
– While we’re having a laugh at Deborah Solomon’s amazing interview with Das Racist (or is it Das Racist’s amazing interview with Deborah Solomon?) in today’s New York Times Magazine, I’d just like to remind y’all that David “Pitchfork Reviews Reviews”...
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WikiLeaks.org, Coica and the game of internet... →
What do Wikileaks, Kanye West and the Department of Homeland Security have in common? I would advise you to read my latest piece for The Guardian, if you would like to find out!
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A Small Request, Haanh?
perpetua:
I’ve been meaning to ask this for a week now, but it keeps slipping my mind: Would someone out there please put together a “super cut” of every time Kanye West goes “huh?” on a track? It’s very distinctive, he typically pronounces it with a strong A sound, like “haaanh?” He does this at least seven hundred times on the new album alone.
At the moment, Kanye West is one of the only...