Rafters - Hope
St. Vincent - Laughing with a mouth full of blood
Skip to the middle if you dont enjoy fred armisen.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Yes. We. Clean.
This video is in a low-p-ski but I really like this track. Its buttery. Wonder why they chose this song...
You guys all want to be like Don Draper, too, right?
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
On a lighter note...
LITCHFIELD, Conn. — Rip Torn was so intoxicated when he broke into a Connecticut bank carrying a loaded gun that he thought he was home, taking off his hat and boots and leaving them by the door, according to court records.
The 78-year-old actor was arraigned yesterday on several charges after spending the weekend in a police holding cell near his hometown of Salisbury, in northwestern Connecticut.
The "Men in Black" actor is accused of breaking into the Litchfield Bancorp branch through a window Friday night in Salisbury, where officers responding to an alarm found him wandering in the lobby and nearly incoherent.
He is expected to enter an alcohol rehabilitation center in New York, his attorney said.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Long Comment in Reply To Kevin's Post
I've made the realization that "success" in music (financial success) isn't always about the music itself. It frequently has to do with the packaging and presentation of the product, which includes many things:
-sex appeal and/or "coolness" of the musician(s), fashionability
-public preconceptions, peer pressure, advertising
-availability, presence, marketing
All these things effect peoples' perceptions of music and their ability or inability to appreciate it.
A metaphor I liken this phenomenon to is Japanese food products.
If you've ever eaten at a Japanese restaurant or bought a Castella cake or even a roll of sushi you know how much attention they pay to the presentation of the food: putting things in neat wrappers and nice containers, usually symmetrical, often colorful and always clean.
The thinking is that your enjoyment of the presentation of the food will add to the overall pleasure of your eating experience, even if the food isn't all that good in the first place... And you know, it works! Presentation can turn simply passable food into a gourmet dining experience.
-sex appeal and/or "coolness" of the musician(s), fashionability
-public preconceptions, peer pressure, advertising
-availability, presence, marketing
All these things effect peoples' perceptions of music and their ability or inability to appreciate it.
A metaphor I liken this phenomenon to is Japanese food products.
If you've ever eaten at a Japanese restaurant or bought a Castella cake or even a roll of sushi you know how much attention they pay to the presentation of the food: putting things in neat wrappers and nice containers, usually symmetrical, often colorful and always clean.
The thinking is that your enjoyment of the presentation of the food will add to the overall pleasure of your eating experience, even if the food isn't all that good in the first place... And you know, it works! Presentation can turn simply passable food into a gourmet dining experience.
(too bad she has a penis)
Capitalism and basically the ability to trick people out of their money rule what society considers to be "art" in today's music market. But its also the want to be a part of something bigger that makes people shell out money for shitty music. People like to pretend that Lady Gaga is their friend and that they are part of some super cool club because they have her CD. Basically they just like her music because they are easily manipulated and haven't really developed tastes of their own.
Its a shame, but that's how the world works, and we have to remember that most people are stupider than us. To any non-member reading this blog, its true. Just accept it.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Bas makes cave in the chest.
"Life is like crawling through a garden of lavender and roses with a knife in your mouth, while the blood trickles down your face and you are slightly aroused." - Bas Rutten, "The Men's Room with Bas and Jeremy," season II
Man Who Enjoys Thing Informed He Is Wrong
January 25, 2010
LOS ANGELES—George Himmelsbaugh, 32, was informed Tuesday that he was incorrect in enjoying a thing he had been deriving pleasure from for many years. Authorities in the field informed Himmelsbaugh that, although he believes his appreciation of the thing to be a matter of subjective personal taste, any positive feelings or satisfaction taken from this are by definition erroneous. Furthermore, sources reported, Himmelsbaugh does not in fact enjoy the thing, but has merely been convinced that he does by the influence of others who also claim to enjoy the thing but who must be insane or developmentally disabled if they actually do. Himmelsbaugh has responded to the information by endeavoring to enjoy the correct things in the future.
Source: www.theonion.com
LOS ANGELES—George Himmelsbaugh, 32, was informed Tuesday that he was incorrect in enjoying a thing he had been deriving pleasure from for many years. Authorities in the field informed Himmelsbaugh that, although he believes his appreciation of the thing to be a matter of subjective personal taste, any positive feelings or satisfaction taken from this are by definition erroneous. Furthermore, sources reported, Himmelsbaugh does not in fact enjoy the thing, but has merely been convinced that he does by the influence of others who also claim to enjoy the thing but who must be insane or developmentally disabled if they actually do. Himmelsbaugh has responded to the information by endeavoring to enjoy the correct things in the future.
Source: www.theonion.com
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