I Woke Up Today in a Very Simple Way

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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:03:36 -0400

mightyflynn: “The new ownership of the Dodgers has revitalized...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:55:12 -0400

“The new ownership of the Dodgers has revitalized the city, the team, the fans and myself. I am so convinced of their great purpose and leadership that I eagerly look forward to joining them in pursuit of the next Dodgers championship.”

- Vin Scully announcing his intent to return to the booth in 2013

(AP photo/The Orange County Register)

thedailywhat: Lights Out: Nothing like a 10-patty cheeseburger...

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:17:19 -0400

thedailywhat:

Lights Out: Nothing like a 10-patty cheeseburger on the beaches of freedom to honor American independence.

Enjoy the fireworks!

[obviouswinner]

azizisbored: I don’t care what this article is, that photo is...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:02:38 -0400

azizisbored:

I don’t care what this article is, that photo is getting reTumbl’d.

gq:

Nick Offerman’s List of the 25 Most American Things You Can Do Today

(That You Can’t Do in Socialist Europe or Some Other Backwater)

explodingdog: Today is going to be different.

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:37:20 -0400

explodingdog:

Today is going to be different.

companypants: Song To Get You Through Your Goddamn Life...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:05:47 -0400

companypants:

Song To Get You Through Your Goddamn Life #001:

The Wrens: “Everyone Choose Sides”

(Real quick: Yes, it’s another new feature.)

It’s hard to believe that almost ten years have passed since The Wrens so graciously dropped The Meadowlands on us and shocked a small (at the time) generation of Pitchfork readers. As a whole, the record is a stunning achievement; a bracing, introspective look into the perils of entering your thirties with no money, no job skills, no career prospects and a dim outlook on love and friendship.

Released in 2003, The Meadowlands predates the almost overnight shift of the musical landscape by what seems like mere seconds; a shift from artists relying on major record labels to provide exposure for them to a world where artists create their own exposure and build their own hype from the ground up. But despite the record’s advancing age, the songs themselves and the ideas that are formed within them feel more relevant now than ever before.

It’s a miracle that a song like “Everyone Choose Sides” can even exist. Each line adds an angrier, more prominent “fuck you” to an ever-growing list of grievances. The dead-end nine to five job. The town you grew up in. The record label that dumped you. The money. The guy standing right next to you in the band. But through all of it’s expressed exasperation, the song reveals the personal triumph that can arrive with examining your doubts, expressing your anger and focusing your pursuits.

“I’ve walked away from more than you imagine and I sleep just fine.”

[The Meadowlands is available on Absolutely Kosher]

And now I’m thinking about The Wrens 20 year anniversary show at Maxwells in Hoboken where they played all of Meadowlands. I’m going to listen to that album so much tomorrow.

Love this new feature from Company Pants already. Nostalgia galore.

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Father John Misty playing for 30 minutes on KEXP

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:15:20 -0400

Father John Misty playing for 30 minutes on KEXP

Best Coast - The Only Place (On Letterman) Never want to leave...

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:38:52 -0400

Best Coast - The Only Place (On Letterman)

Never want to leave California.

Gold & Youth - Time to Kill

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:40:29 -0400

Gold & Youth - Time to Kill

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theavc: frollospeaks: theavc: We don’t know how to tell you...

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:00:38 -0400

theavc:

frollospeaks:

theavc:

We don’t know how to tell you this, so we’re just going to come right out and say it: Next week is going to be Police Academy Week on The A.V Club. Interviews, retrospectives, you name it. Police. Academy. Week. We’re still trying to accept that this is a real thing that is happening instead of just a joke in an edit meeting.

I really hope this is really real because the Police Academy movies are important to me in a way that I can’t explain to anybody without them making a disgusted face.

Why would we possibly joke about this?

So freaking excited for this.

Jhameel - White Lie

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:50:43 -0400

Jhameel - White Lie

Father John Misty - Only Son of the Ladies Man (Live on...

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:26:47 -0400

Father John Misty - Only Son of the Ladies Man (Live on Letterman)

Favorite song from my favorite album released so far this year. And look at those moves from J. Tillman!

Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:51:20 -0400

Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless

So. Freaking. Magical. A Nine Year Olds Cardboard Arcade. Via...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:47:36 -0400

So. Freaking. Magical. A Nine Year Olds Cardboard Arcade. Via Boing Boing.

Walter Sobcek - Miami

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:05:03 -0400

Walter Sobcek - Miami

companypants: Alt-J: “Breezeblocks”(directed by Ellis...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:40:10 -0400

companypants:

Alt-J: “Breezeblocks”
(directed by Ellis Bahl)

Despite the rage that might build up deep inside of your chest at the beginning of this video, please, please watch this one until the bitter end.

[An Awesome Wave drops May 28, 2012 on Infectious Music]

yvynyl: Jonquil - History of Headaches Look, if you’re not...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:25:56 -0500

yvynyl:

Jonquil - History of Headaches

Look, if you’re not picking up with Hugo Manuel (aka Chad Valley) is putting down, you’re already behind the curve. Dude’s got them pipes that shiver me timbers - he’s the real deal. Here, he’s leading his outfit of buds - Sam Scott, Robin McDiarmid, Dominic Hand - from Oxford, UK doing a brilliant take away performance of their newest single. Gotta get past the 3 minute mark, too. Big payoff thru the bridge.

The new Point of Go LP is out on Dovecote Records in the US this week and Blessing Force in the UK next week.

SO GOOD.