December 2007
Movie time
In the past week, Whit and I have seen five movies: Eastern Promises, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, The Savages and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. These flims ranged from good to amazing. I hope to put up my reviews tomorrow sometime. I know you can’t wait.
Ah, context clues
Jubblies: So my boyfriend just spent a months rent on football tickets.
Mindy: Football chickens?
He Directed That? →
Every once in a while a director will throw us for a loop and make a film that is inconsistent with his or her other work. Here’s a compilation that has been brewing in my head for a long time – a list of the most famous cinematic anomalies from great directors. — nostrich
This is “Action” from Oh No’s...
WatchSee all the stuff you miss when you leave town.
1500 Cinematic Explosions →
“The whitest frame from 1500 different cinematic explosions has been taken and compiled together to make a minute long white flickering movie the sound track has become an agitated micro sound due to the editing process.” Pretty crazy, the sound especially.
Stereogum's Records of 2008 Preview →
As loathe as i am to direct traffic towards Stereogum these days, this is a pretty handy guide for what’s supposed to be coming out next year. After a quick look at the list, I’m looking forward to the new albums by Girl Talk, Hot Chip, Los Campesinos, Icy Demons, Man Man, M83 and Gnarls Barkley. Which isn’t a lot. Let’s hope for a lot of surprises, like this year. And...
Home from the Holidays
So Whit and i just got back from our trip down South. I haven’t been on the Internet since Saturday morning, which means i’m years behind. I’ve got fifteen pages of Tumblr posts to sift through and over a thousand things in my reader. Hopefully i be caught up by tomorrow.
Just like they are with The State, MTV is sitting...
Tumblr's Brilliance
I think one of the brilliant things about Tumblr is that it has found a way around the blog gentrification problem. Whenever I have a blog or a website that I regularly post to I like to feel that my posts are getting more intelligent. I feel like I have a duty not to waste my reader’s time. And as the quality improves, the readers increase. The end result is that my standards become...
Holidays are here again
So in three minutes, i’m (basically) off work till Jan. 2nd. This is fantastic for me, but for those of you who have come to depend on this blog as a source of distracting during the working hours, i’m afraid you might not be able to count on it as much. I’ll still be making posts, but the 5/6 a day pace i’ve been keeping up is going to suffer. I’m sure you’ll...
“Like, on Christmas I don’t want any food that tastes white. And when I go to...”
– Kanye West, quote machine (via Goldenfiddle)
Best Blogs of 2007 That You (Maybe) Aren't Reading →
Rex’s annual list of blogs of note. This is one of my favorite year-end lists cause i always find out about a few awesome new sites to follow. I’m also pleased when he mentions ones i’ve already been reading (silly, i know).
“Nothing since Brit’s sister being preggo has made me happier.”
– Mindy, on finding out that she and B-Unit were going to be in Chicago at the same time.
The Onion AV Club's Year in Film 2007 →
Always an interesting read. I’m glad they showed Once some year end love, as i feel it’s been absent from a lot of critic lists.
“Disneyland announces plans to close the “It’s a Small World” attraction to...”
– Yahoo News (thanks, Vertigo)
Abstinence-only education takes another hit →
You couldn’t have picked a more white trash family if you tried.
Katy: my mom is bringing lily a christmas present
me: that's sweet
Katy: yes she is a nice grandmother to her
me: i don't think my mom got carl anything, but i don't know what she'd get him
Katy: hmm
me: Alissa got him some toys a few days ago and, like a brat, he refuses to play with them
Katy: haha!!
me: does he ever play with toys?
Katy: kinda
me: he's get real disinterested pretty quickly, though
Katy: yeah
me: he loves playing with pens
Katy: lol
me: he wont stop
Katy: hes like a poor kid
me: yeah
me: she should've saved the ten bucks and got him a couple of boxes of Bics
No Country for Old Men essay topics →
At first i thought these were going to be jokey, but they’re actually really well thought out and gave me a lot to think about. I might just have to see it a third time.
Bangers & Cash (Spank Rock and Benny Blanco) - Loose This beat is fucking magma (thanks Mindy) and the video is just as hot. It’s also extremely NSFW, unless perhaps if you work at Hustler.
Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2007 →
Here it is, the day the whole internet has been waiting for. It’s a pretty good list, no huge surprises (although 8 Diagrams over Big Doe Rehab is a little crazy). Shame they didn’t get the memo that mixtapes aren’t albums, though. And i guess it’s a good thing Jackie finished his list when he did, or he would’ve looked pretty silly.
Boomshine →
I had totally forgotten about this game. It’s a fantastic way to spend an afternoon. — gtmcknight
An Extra Hour of Halloween Daylight? Thank... →
Who knew that candy manufactures had their own lobby? Or that they were so powerful?
How many five year olds could you take in a fight? →
I could take 25, apparently.
Carl cranks out some of the best sports commentary today. He’s pissed and you need to listen to him.
The Problem With Music by Steve Albini →
— gtmcknight The record industry can’t die soon enough.
No one knows the answer to that question
You can learn a lot of interesting things from this year’s Google Zeitgeist. The most interesting: that the sixth most searched “who is” question is “who is buckethead”. If only we knew.
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My Top 13 Albums of 2007 - Recap
Here’s my top albums list all together, complete with links to the original posts. 1. The National - Boxer 2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 3. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime 4. R Kelly - Double Up 5. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 6. Kanye West - Graduation 7. Feist - The Reminder 8. Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War 9. M.I.A. - Kala 10. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends 11....
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