May 2009
44 posts
Sponsored Conversations: This is happening
cameronr:
cameronr: This
davidlook: Getting someone to talk about your product doesn’t really do much, especially if they’re already aware of it’s existance, like AX for example. What is the incentive if you read on some blog that American Express is a great card to use to pay for your dinner? It’s really fun to see it swipe?
Now, that being said, if AX was to launch a new website in which...
"Bazooka Joe" Becomes A Film.
The best news you’ll hear all day.
"A challenging, spooked mindfuck..."
review of Nasty On’s Squid in today’s Georgia Straight…
Nasty On
Squid (La-Ti-Da)
By Adrian Mack
Despite much smoother edges, Nasty On’s first release since 2002’s landmark CitySick sits perfectly to the left of Vancouver’s newly celebrated weird punk underground, with the on-hiatus band assuming its position in a line that stretches all the way back to Slow. The songs...
Cani Arrabbiati
aka Rabid Dogs aka Kidnapped aka A Man And A Boy.
Directed in 1974 by Mario Bava (Black Sunday. Baron Blood), and not released until 1997 (the producer died and his estate was seized). It was considered unfinished so Bava’s son, Lamberto, and another producer, Alfredo Leone, added some footage and released it as Kidnapped in ‘97. I watched the original “unfinished” version...
Pop Drones: Thee Expressway goes on air →
towerofsleep:
My man Mark R., proprietor of the excellent Expressway to My Skull, is now live weekly on CITR. I’ll let him fill you in on the details:
It was a long time coming, but Thee Expressway is now on the radio. Every week on Wednesday mornings you can tune in to CiTR 101.9 FM from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM to hear me babble on about the music that keeps me afloat. Genres covered will be...
Avant-conservatism →
towerofsleep:
Not to keep dragging this out, but k-punk hit back at Simon Reynolds and ZST with one last blast of ire against Sonic Youth. Some vicious barbs in here:
“Contra what Seb in Zone’s comments suggests (“I’m … glad to see someone cook up a convincing explanation of K-Punk’s oddly intense enmity towards SY”), it’s not my hostility towards SY that requires explanation - it’s SY’s...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-10) →
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace (15)
Spacemen 3 (14)
Disco Inferno (14)
Felt (11)
Blops (11)
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"How Billy Miller Invented Post-Punk in 1970" →
Nice article by Julian Cope on Billy Miller of Texas psych/garage rockers Cold Sun.
with MP3 stream… must-read/hear!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-3) →
Damon & Naomi (12)
Kurt Vile (11)
Amon Düül (10)
Galaxie 500 (10)
Disco Inferno (7)
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