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Thanks to Bookishly Fabulous for pointing out that Ben Sollee was recently on NPR's "All Things Considered" (July 5, 2008).
It would be seem that Sollee is looking for a fight with Kanye West, who recently disappointed fans at Bonnaroo for being two hours late (performed at 4:30 am). He made national/internet news by blogging about the venue's inability to setup the lighting and Pearl Jam was already an hour late.
This "open letter" song to Kanye West basically tells off West that "you don't need a light show, just good flow".
You can read more about Ben Sollee on our previous W♥M articles.
Other interesting music news: Facebook's a hotbed of celebrity gossips. Lilly Allen and The Chemical Brothers' Ed Simon are back together. Apparently they both changed their facebook status to "in a relationship" and immediately thousand of fans wrote to congratulate them.
Björk seems to be canceling a few concerts, citing throat ailment. I'm not sure why that's so closely followed by the media, but Ex-Whitesnake guitarist is dead. Does anyone even know his name?
The outrageous headline of "Kylie Minogue Saves Fan from Suicide" makes it sound as if Minogue was there on the rooftop talking that person down. The truth is, the fan was listening to his iPod and her song came on and he suddenly didn't want to stab himself. (Lame, right?)
Also, some idiot stole the headstone to Joy Division's Ian Curtis' grave. I hope his ghost haunts him.
The sad news of the collector's mentality of the CD box sets are on its death bed (hint: maybe it's because it's too expensive). The Yahoo story (written by Ed Christman) paints a picture that "Boxed-set sales have fallen off the cliff; they went from something to nothing".
Even at price slashed to about $29.99 (from the regular $49.98), sales continues to decline. At the end of the article, they mentioned that the limited-edition box for Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts I-IV," ($300) sold really well.
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Scotch was sorting the vinyl this weekend and came across a killer compilation that I bought a while back. We put it on, and this sweet gem got lodged in my head, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I dare you to listen to this and not be feelin' a whole lot better than before!
I'm pretty sure it's a Toots and the Maytals song, though, and the mp3 is just mislabeled. It could have been covered by Byron Lee, as he is awesome, although most of The Dragonaires stuff is sort of new wave synth ska. Thinking about Byron Lee, though, reminded me of this song:
(thanks, as always, goes to I-Luv-Eeyore)
The Terrible:
- Not falling asleep until 3 AM (yes, that counts as Tuesday)
- [self-censored]
- Crawling out of bed to hear 'we've got company!'
The Tepid:
- Mostly missing said company
- I'm sleepy
The Terrific:
Get back to me when I'm more awake.
...But despite the highly detailed graphics, the use of motion-based controls, and the incorporation of mundane tasks in today's video games, none of them truly offer anything even remotely close to an authentic simulation of the real world. In fact, only one game has ever managed to fully and starkly realize the complete futility of human existence in the Western world, and that game is damn near thirty years old. That game is Pac-Man.
Pac-Man runs through a maze mindessly chomping on pellets. If he eats them all, he is given another dot-filled maze to clear. Then another, and another after that. There is no real meaning, there is no higher purpose. Pac-Man's entire existence is defined by a constant state of consumption that only ends with death. YOUR LIFE IS EXACTLY THE SAME. You are hopelessly trapped in a labyrinthian capitalist system, forever enslaved by insurance payments, student loans, cell phone bills, rent, magazine subscriptions, and X-rated internet paysites. No matter how hard you work, you will almost always be in debt. If you somehow manage to climb out of debt, some unforseen expense will come out of nowhere and thrust you back into debt. Maybe your computer will stop working. Maybe your car will get hit by a train. Maybe an exciting new fall fashion line will debut that you just *have* to own. You will spend your entire life earning money to pay for things that you will eventually replace with with newer things, things that you've purchased at excitingly high inflation-adjusted prices due to the rapidly falling international standing of the American dollar. Then you'll die, tired and barely solvent. Unless, of course, you're a member of the wealthiest 1% of society. If you belong to the modern aristocracy, you'll spend your days feigning a social conscious, playing golf, oppressing the proletariat, and producing dimwitted, arrogant offspring.
Read more at http://sydlexia.com/pac-nihilism.htm
Crossposted to LJ, itemid = 918, security = public, mask = 0.
I spent Sunday and Monday in the Outer Banks with my parents, and due to jellyfish and storms, I spent most of the time sitting on my butt reading. It was great!
What made the time even more pleasant was this whimsical debut novel from Lauren Groff. The Monsters of Templeton is about Willie's return to her hometown after a fling with her Ph.D. advisor went awry. She soon finds out that her father is a resident of Templeton who she has known all her life. The book chronicles her search for the identity of her father.
The story goes back and forth between a first person account of the main character's search and stories of her ancestors from their points of view. There are also some journal entries and letters that are used to tell the story. One chapter that consisted of two women's letters back and forth to each other was probably my favorite part of the book. I found her writing style and the unique structure of this story to be engrossing. The characters Groff created are complex and - for the most part - likable. I'm also partial to stories written about small town life so this definitely fit the bill.
I highly recommend this book to anyone, and I will be singing its praises to all of my friends as well!
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to the release of this album next week (?)...
Black Kids are streaming the new album over at their myspace page (Visiting myspace!?!? The things I do for bands i lurve)
You can also hit up their tag in my post to hear a few I've posted....
Here's two from the new (and they'll be in Chapel Hill at the end of September....so over all the bands I want to see playing in Chapel Hill.) They aren't the greatest 'grabs' I've done...but they'll hold me till the album is available. Might need to crank the volume a bit...
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