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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Chrissy Murderbot's "Year of Mixtapes" -- Week 21, "90's Dance Pop"

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Fifteen years ago, the idea of me writing a post like this would have been unthinkable. Ten years ago, even. The 90's were a weird decad...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Grading the season premiere of "Glee"

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"Empire State of Mind". Grade: D . Who thought that it would be a good idea to give all the glee club guys turns at aping Jay...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Jonsi, "Go"; No Age, "Everything In Between"

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One really nice thing about writing random reviews on your blog is that you can choose to write or not write about something for all sorts o...
Friday, September 03, 2010

Rapid fire comments on Pitchfork's Best 200 Tracks of the 90's

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First of all, I'm not here to hate on the list (that's a link to the top 20). Overall I liked the selections and enjoyed the blur...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

"Berghain vol 4" compiled by Ben Klock; Ladytron, "Live at London Astoria 16-07-08"

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This is an excerpt from the release notes to "Berghain vol. 4": "Literally, Ben Klock's debut mixed CD is a cornucopia of...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Wavves, "King of the Beach"; Arcade Fire, "The Suburbs"

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Sometimes you press play and you know within seconds that you're listening to a great album. That couldn't have been more true the...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Dixon, Matthew Dear: House/Techno all-nighter @Haoman 17

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Sometimes, you time things just right. It certainly didn't seem that way at first. After having flown in from abroad the previous day, ...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Arcade Fire Live at Madison Square Garden

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This concert was streamed live on Youtube earlier this evening. Is it an exaggeration to say that the size of the potential viewing audienc...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Summer of "Glee"

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This has been a horrible summer for me in terms of keeping up with music news and new releases. Traveling always takes me out of my usual r...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Love Parade 2010

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I would really hate for the Love Parade to be remembered as the backdrop of a stampede in Duisburg, although at the moment, it feels callous...
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