Show and Tell: Sufjan Stevens “Impossible Soul”
Posted by Simon in Music, Show & Tell on 11. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Sufjan Stevens is known for a lot of things: his ambitious goal to record an album for every state in America (he’s currently at 2/50); his unique lilting voice; his use of banjos and horns along with acoustic guitars to craft dreamy mid-western pop-folk melodies; extremely long song titles; a savant level gift for songwriting. [...]
Lil Wayne Smuggles iPod Into Prison
Posted by Simon in Uncategorized on 13. May, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Village Voice reports that rapper Lil Wayne has been caught in possession of illegal contraband at his Rikers Island jail. Wayne was literally caught holding the bag, which in this case contained a charger and earbuds. Corrections officers (who apparently know how these MP3 gizmos work) later found the accompanying iPod in a neighbouring [...]
The Morning Dump: irony, Do Rappers Read The Walrus?, ew Cthulhus, Did Warren Beatty bed Woody Allen?
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 08. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
Don’t snark at me for posting a link from Pitchfork. I’m not the one who goes on there to gather a list of cool bands to check out (or, more likely, name drop). I read the writing. The writing is good. For example, Nitsuh Abebe‘s Why We Fight column, which discusses the finer points of [...]
Show & Tell: The Hood Internet – Decalogue (The Hood Internet vs The 2000s)
Posted by Simon in Show & Tell on 24. Mar, 2010 | 1 Comment
Alright, so I’m about a month slow on this but whatever, I haven’t read a lot about it and it’s worth sharing. Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of The Hood Internet, two guys who mashup hip-hop with indie music. Basically, Girl Talk but eschewing the top-40 sensibility for more of the Pitchfork crowd. [...]
The wtf world of Nicki Minaj
Posted by Jef in Music, Rappers on 29. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
I’m starting to really like Nicki Minaj and I don’t entirely know why. Which is part of her appeal, I guess, even though I know that sounds stupid. What I do know is that there is something intuitive about her approach — in this post-internet world everybody is a fucking performance artist, but Minaj rises [...]
