June 2009
40 posts
Mayyors - Deads 12" EP (Hurling Man)
still-single:
If you’re a fan of listening to AmRep-style, throat-hammering noise rock while operating a lawnmower, Sacramento’s Mayyors have been your favorite band for quite a while now. The stories that I’ve heard about the general directive of this band (self-release ten singles and call it a day, suggest a coastal alliance and rarely leave the state of California) points towards a treatise on...
“Certainly, if the city of New York were destined to stand on the side of the...”
– 1811 New York attitude, vis a vis city-planning. (via Slate)
“We worry about preserving the earth, and greening this and greening that, and...”
– Gay Talese, on saving our sartorial selectivity.
“I would gladly enjoy being served by a journalist who has now become a barista...”
– Jason Jones, with a knife, in the NYTimes.
New Terminator Movie Brings J.D. Salinger Out Of... →
“I’m playing songs under 30 seconds so i con’t have to do a goddmaned...”
– Kenny G on WFMU.
"How are your minds today? Are they good? Not... →
“Now, the term “peace be upon them” is invoked by Muslims as a way of...”
– One of Frank Gaffney’s many smoking guns for the Washington Times. ilu, muslim pres.
WatchThe past is the future. And Jimmy Fallon is still not funny.
“Freshman year I learned what bubble tea was. I learned that a huge portion of...”
– Matthew Trammell, Milton Academy graduation speech, a high point in lower education.
“Mr. Weinstein has been advising two brothers in their late 20s who wanted to buy...”
– The end of the line, or, a firestorm to purify.
“Sweden’s pro-file sharing Pirate Party is on its way to Brussels having secured...”
– Swedish news, via Lessig (via faketv)
Lode/Load: June 7, 2009 →
Fell down on the job for the past few weeks. Such is life. This place is to blame. See you there soon. EP’s: Blank Dogs | Waiting b/w Splitting | In the Red | Black Cave Weddings |…
“I ain’t shoot nobody in like…since the early 90’s, man.”
– Ghostface Killah, ladies and gentlemen.
