April 2012
25 posts
METALLICA Death Magnetic 2010 Sealed RTI Test... →
cant believe u outbid me on this…asshole…
Best part of Ray Liotta's Wikipedia Entry.
howsyrface:
“As part of his contract for starring in In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale as Gallian, Liotta had permission to keep all wizard robes donned for the film.”
“[Reading] David Lee Roth’s autobiography CRAZY FROM THE HEAT back in 1999CE...”
– Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Unsung | Album of the Month | Van Halen - Atomic Punks
Such a great essay. Would “Pasadena Partyslammers” (download) be a better name for a fantasy baseball team, or a bar out by the airport where “things” happen?
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“The statue looks great. It’s got peppers for hair, the Smokehouse barbecue...”
– Robert Griffin III on his uniform number, favorite Redskin and the Caps - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post
DJ Quik Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic... →
somanyshrimp:
I interviewed DJ Quik for over two hours.
“The conservative Traditional Values Coalition, which flagged the...”
– NIH under fire for grants toward creation of homoerotic website | Fox News
lmao if you assholes only knew how good of a website $680,000 buys you these days
Goodbye to a D.C. United legend - DC Sports Bog -... →
I didn’t know Chico very well, but one of my great early Barra memories was showing up early for a tailgate two or three years ago, wandering through lot 8, and abruptly stopping at a car blasting…
Zappa?!
As I’d later learn, of course, Chico was a serious Zappa nerd, but we got talking and drinking, a jokey argument about prog ensued, my friends eventually showed up, we...
“Sunday marks the premiere of Veep, the HBO comedy series that stars Julia...”
– When the Creators of Veep Vetted Magrudergrind - Arts Desk
“The weirdest thing about the response to the shooting of black teenager Trayvon...”
– The Trayvon Martin hoodie trend – a politically correct form of ‘blacking up’ – Telegraph Blogs
You know, I’ve tried to lay off the ASCII middle finger lately in favor of more trenchant commentary, but seriously now,
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“I went to college at Catholic University, which is right next to the National...”
– White Guilt | The end of my white guilt | The Daily Caller
brb, gonna go help this dude find his bike so i can then steal it again my fucking self
“That’s a really postmodern way to eat Mini Kookie Bits, I think!”
– opening line of my upcoming one-man show, “Things I Said Aloud Like A Complete Asshole”
“Here’s Yonder Alonso. You might wonder about the name Yonder and what kind...”
– vin scully is the greatest
My best of 2012, so far. (Spotify link)
I’m sure I won’t be the last person to make a “His Pain”/”They Reminisce Over You” comparison, but it’s an obvious reference point - similar restrained arrangement, similar narrow-focused details, same confused perspective starting off elegiac, gradually stumbling into something darker and more complicated.
It...
