Matthew Perpetua curated a two-disc "greatest hits" for Stereolab. You should download it.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
good walk
TIME lists the 50 Best Websites 2010.
This interview with Bob Stein, founder of The Criterion Collection, is annoyingly formatted but very interesting.
Gawker tells you What to Listen to This Fall, makes you laugh.
From Werner Herzog, 3 DVDs Worth a Close Look (I could listen to this man speak all day long.)
The Playlist lists their All-Time Favorite Heist Movies.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
added pizzazz
AWESOME: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples of All Time
Movie Budget Records is a lot more interesting than it sounds.
Another blog post, another chance for me to promote VBS.tv -- this time it's Inside Iranian Cinema.
Bernard Pras is a French contemporary artist born in 1952. His work is made from junk like dishes, toys or anyhing he can get his hands on. With them he re-creates famous paintings and portraits.
The movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is almost definitely going to rule. So should the soundtrack.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
here comes love
I'm really digging these "Dozens" on eMusic, especially this Kompakt mix by Philip Sherburne.
God bless the internet for inexplicably awesome stuff like this Pulp Fiction infographic.
Caribou, Toro Y Moi In Concert (stream)
This is a little late (the fest ends today), but still -- impress your friends with these Sixteen Films Everyone Will be Talking About at Cannes.
I'm not really a podcast person, but A History of the World in 100 Objects is pretty cool.
I will never stop promoting VBS.tv as long as they keep making things like The Vice Guide to Film: Palestinian Filmmaking.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
kids all jumping bonfires on the heath
NPR is streaming a jeezum TON of music: The Fall's Your Future Our Clutter, Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record, The New Pornographers' Together, The Clientele on World Cafe, and Hot Chip and The xx live in DC!
I'm probably the only person who got excited about this Nashville Taco Truck Roundup.
Ditto this over-analysis of Lady Gaga.
Check out these insane pictures of the volcano eruption in Iceland. Language Log helps us pronounce Eyjafjallajökull.
The Madlib consumer guide is a welcome primer on the prolific producer.
Isabella Rossellini is back with Seduce Me, another series about animal attraction. It is awesome.
Super Mario Bros. Crossover lets you play the NES game with some of your other favorite video game characters.
Time Out New York interviews Daniel Clowes about his new graphic novel.
Trailer - The Complete Metropolis
Sunday, April 18, 2010
please don't confront me with my failures
It turns out that surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky also made surrealist comic strips.
I don't really know how to describe this.
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth covers Burt Bacharach.
Slate continues their effort to shed light on "revolting creatures" with the hyena.
I Love Country is a great blog for someone new to the pleasures of country music.
Preview a few pages of Daniel Clowes' new graphic novel.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
if you refuse me
This periodic table is cool. Please stay friends with me.
American Mensa's "Top 50" Web Sites 2010 (Thanks, Lilla!)
How Hard Did Liquid Liquid Liquid Kill It on Jimmy Fallon? Very hard.
Critics' Picks over at The New York Times are pretty cool. Start with The Seventh Seal.
Caribou - Swim (album stream)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
oh oh ohhhhhhh
An introduction to A Sunny Day in Glasgow, one of my favorite new(ish) bands
Black Tambourine (album stream)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way (album stream)
Check out this fourteen-minute Making of Tremé, the new series by the people behind The Wire.
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love (album stream)
Harlem - "Hippies" (album stream)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
and all the planets are aligning
Gwyneth Paltrow visited Nashville and wants you to check out a bunch of stuff.
Stella Artois has teamed up with The Auteurs to offer free streams of nine Cannes Film Festival selections. I highly recommend Harakiri.
Spike Jonze released a short film on the internet this week.
Metacritic presents The 25 Most Anticipated Albums of the Spring.
Top 25 Most Ancient Historical Photographs (stupid title, great list)
Slate examines why so many colleges are teaching The Wire.
NPR is streaming an absolutely stunning concert with Joanna Newsom.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
you sexy little swine
How the Movie Studios Got Their Logos
Vulture mathematically proves that these were the Most Boring Oscars Ever.
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights (album stream)
Because you care and are interested, these are the movies I want to see at the 2010 Nashville Film Festival: Hoop Dreams, Blue Beard, The Good Heart, Art House, Saturday Night, Do it Again, and Ne Change Rien.
She & Him - Volume Two (album stream)
The New Yorker features new short fiction by Junot Díaz.
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love (album stream)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
some kind of nature
The Morning Benders - Big Echo (album stream)
Have an hour and an interest in survival skills? Heimo's Arctic Refuge is for you.
In anticipation of Swim, his new record out next month, Dan Snaith shares some Caribou mixes and remixes.
It's Oscar night! Here's what I've been rolling around in this week:
Thursday, February 25, 2010
ringer
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (album stream)
This page is dedicated to the character actors collectively known as "That Guy".
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks (album stream)
Oh, and while you're at it -- compare these two FR videos.
Alphabet Shoot is a good time-waster, if there is such a thing.
The Best Music of the Decade at MetaCritic is a good read.
Monday, February 22, 2010
when the sky looks like a road
How to Judge the Best Editing Oscar
Time Out New York names The 50 most-deserving Oscar winners of all time.
Criterion starts their Hulu channel with the first six installments of Zatoichi.
Wolf People - Tidings (album stream)
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself (album stream)
New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together) (mp3)
I could listen to Charlotte Gainsbourg talk about her new record all. day. long.
David Cross, Will Arnett, and Spike Jonze filmed a pilot for British television. Watch it here and tell me if I should.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
circled the earth twice
Yeasayer's track-by-track guide to Odd Blood
Field Music - Measure (album stream)
Yes, these 30 Awesome Rare Movie Star Photos are a hassle to click through, but there are some real gems in there.
Swansea: A Love Story is a six-part documentary about the effects of the major influx of heroin in a Welsh city. Exploitative? Maybe. Gripping? Definitely.
I don't know much about Filastine, but I like his We Are Experiencing Turbulence mix.
Monday, February 8, 2010
fall in fall out fall down get ready
Five (Semi)-Big Snubs & Other 2009 Oscar Facts
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (album stream)
Sight & Sound "introduces 30 key films that illuminated the last 10 years."
I spent more time with this Batman & Robin Comic Generator than one should.
Even if you don't care about them enough to read this interview with Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, you should still click for the picture.
Newsweek's Oscars Roundtable is a decent timekiller.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
enough congratulating each other
The Los Angeles Times put James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels, and Jason Reitman in a room together.
The Magnetic Fields - Realism (album stream)
Passion of the Weiss put together a 2010 Preview that is very necessary.
You and I don't know Nicholas Felton, but Everything Nicholas Felton Did With Other People in 2009 is fascinating.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
the opposition says
The three tributes to Éric Rohmer (1920-2010) that I have enjoyed the most have come from Dana Stevens at Slate, Geoffrey O'Brien at The New York Review of Books, and Wesley Morris at The Boston Globe.
Four Tet - There is Love in You (album stream)
Beach House - Teen Dream (album stream)
Soderbergh, Coppola & The Cycle Of Fogeydom (if none of those excite you, I give this essay my highest recommendation)
Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM (album stream)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
my destination was unknown
Wrapping up my 2009 coverage, Passion of the Weiss offers up a zip file of their 50 favorite songs of 2009.
Oh wait, I forgot my favorite favorite year-end thing -- Slate's Movie Club.
Village Voice welcomes the new decade by saying goodbye to The Decade in Music Genre Hype.
The Economist goes in search of the world's hardest language.
Spoon - Transference (album stream)
The Playlist speculates about the Directors, Actors, and Actresses Who Could Reboot the Spider-Man Franchise.
Owen Pallett - Heartland (album stream)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
i thought i loved you then
Here is the first draft of My Favorite Music 2009. I'd love some feedback.
You Ain't No Picasso hooks us up with Belle & Sebastian's Peel Christmas Party bootleg.
Vulture's Best Performances of 2009 is a fun slideshow.
A.V. Club breaks down one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies, Jean-Luc Godard's A Woman is a Woman.
The Auteurs has been talking Posters of the Decade.
The FADER presents ... Listmania 2009!
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