Isn’t she lovely?

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Mary’s Bianchi Pista Via Brera

4:19 pm  •  14 May 2012  •  6 notes

Something must have been lost in Internet translation because that man in the green glow ain’t Girl Talk. It’s Jarvis from Pulp.

Despite its correctness in the click-through, someone has to be an annoying know-it-all. For now it is me.

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The Big Picture: Coachella 2012

Coachella music fans dance as DJ Girl Talk (aka Gregg Michael Gillis) performs during Day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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8:18 pm  •  23 April 2012  •  12 notes

On March 30th I announced to Facebook that I want to sing in a band. Friends were supportive, liking my status and occasionally writing a comment. One comment was, “So do it!” Trouble is, I’m not sure how to begin. If I knew how to do it, wouldn’t I already be doing it?

I am now making the announcement again to the Internet as a whole. I have a way with words, an appreciation for the music of language. My obstacle, outside of deeply personal barriers, is that I am not musically inclined. I do not have a way with instruments. The only music I hear in my head already exists. This leads me to believe I need to establish a writing partnership. Jagger/Richards-style, perhaps? We’ll find out.

3:08 pm  •  21 April 2012  •  1 note

I wanted to write about books. But I’m exhausted, so enjoy this Pavement jam until I get around to Graham Greene.

9:31 pm  •  20 April 2012  •  3 notes

I read a lot of books this winter. Some great, some less so, all worthy. I will now attempt to regularly post my insights on each one. Perhaps a few titles on my winter reading list will find their way to your summer list.

WINTER READING LIST

Title No. 1: I’m with the Band by Pamela Des Barres

I’m in a book club. There are three members, including myself. We only read Rock and Roll autobiographies.

After a concerted, but ultimately failed, effort to read an exhaustive Keith Moon biography, we unanimously agreed to select something less intense for our next foray into Rock history. We chose I’m with the Band because of its change in perspective and decreased number of pages.

Most of the titles we read are written by rock stars themselves. Des Barres’s book documents the transition of fan turned friend, lover, and muse. She references excerpts from her diaries to support her teenage recollections. Given that photographic evidence and video footage of the screaming girl-fans of the 60’s is endless, Des Barres’s written documentation is the book’s strength. 

I breezed through this book, but I can’t say that I loved it. I liked it. I liked reading all the gossip, all the stories. What I didn’t like was that the book didn’t go anywhere. I wanted the clean resolution of fiction to swoop in and give the book a purpose or at least an ending. It didn’t go nowhere, it just kept going. I wanted the story to go somewhere, to be an inspiration, to offer some feminist hope. It didn’t.

And, to be honest, I related to Pamela too much. An avid friend and lover of musicians myself, her ups and downs hit close to home. I questioned her decisions instead of simply accepting them. I was too judgmental of her in the same way that I am too judgmental of myself. 

With that said, read the book anyway. It’s short and sweet and does transport you to another era. Play a game where you guess who Des Barres will encounter next. 

5:00 pm  •  13 April 2012

Too true not to share.

(Source: ricksantorumhandgestures, via worstfuckingideas)

11:20 am  •  9 March 2012  •  1,265 notes

The Adverts - Love Songs

(Special thanks to Andy Bones for sending this song my way.)

8:07 pm  •  29 February 2012

The Dismemberment Plan - What Do You Want Me to Say?

8:02 pm  •  28 February 2012  •  1 note

Eleanor Friedberger - One Month Marathon

8:02 pm  •  27 February 2012

Modest Mouse - Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In

8:00 pm  •  26 February 2012  •  1 note