September 2009
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Collecting records
I stopped at Bleeker Street Records yesterday and made a long overdue acquisition.  I picked up a vinyl copy of one of my favorite albums of 2008 that has stayed in heavy rotation throughout 2009.  It got me thinking about my approach to buying records. I don’t keep a huge book collection and I’ve been sparing in my record purchases for the same reason. Books and LPs take up a huge...
Sep 30th
Sep 29th
new Burial :: "fostercare" →
earcandy: [photo] Listen to Burial’s haunted new jam “Fostercare,” taken from the forthcoming 5 Years of Hyperdub comp:
Sep 29th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →
Parts & Labor (34)  Jay-Z (23)  Califone (14)  The Clash (14)  Miike Snow (11)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 28th
ListenThee Oh Sees - Ruby Go Home I picked up Thee Oh...
Sep 28th
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ListenBon Iver - Babys As the sun rises over LA this...
Sep 27th
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ListenInterpol - NYC I just learned that RKR...
Sep 26th
Listen Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of...
Sep 25th
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WatchWatch
2009 MTV VMAs: Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind” [thedailywhat: via] OH. YEAH.  Fall 2009 anthem, anyone?
Sep 25th
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ListenDar Williams - Highway Patrolman (Springsteen...
Sep 25th
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Sep 24th
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ListenMiike Snow - Black & Blue Oooh… so this...
Sep 24th
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ListenParts and Labor - Satellites Parts and...
Sep 23rd
ListenWashed Out - Feel It All Around This is one of my...
Sep 22nd
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20) →
Kings of Leon (1980)  Chicago Public Radio (198)  Kid Cudi (7)  Everest (5)  Ike & Tina Turner (2)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 22nd
Sep 21st
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ListenJose Gonzales - Teardrop (Massive Attack cover) ...
Sep 18th
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ListenJay-Z, Kanye, Rihanna - Run This Town ...
Sep 18th
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Sep 16th
ListenKiD CuDi ft. MGMT & Ratatat - Pursuit of...
Sep 16th
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ListenCalifone - Funeral Singers I have a special place...
Sep 16th
Sep 15th
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Sep 15th
“Little kids shoot marbles where the branches break the sun into graceful...”
– I was mesmerized by The Basketball Diaries as a high school kid. Jim’s tales of independence and excess fascinated and freed me from my conservative suburban surroundings. Here’s to the poet, punk rocker, and author of a truly great coming-of-age memoir that made a deep and lasting...
Sep 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13) →
The Books (12)  Burial (10)  The Antlers (10)  Efterklang (9)  Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 15th
Sep 14th
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ListenJustin Vernon and Aaron Dessner - Big Red Machine ...
Sep 13th
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Sep 13th
ListenMagnetic Fields - Heroes (David Bowie cover) The...
Sep 11th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-6) →
Aretha Franklin (21)  Beastie Boys (19)  A Tribe Called Quest (7)  Beach House (3)  Grizzly Bear (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 11th
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Sep 9th
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ListenJanis Joplin - Piece of my heart Audio via...
Sep 8th
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Sep 4th
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Sep 4th
Sep 3rd
NYC hipsters! Get your picture taken for the LATFH... →
This is hysterical. Good luck, LATFH team. soupsoup: (via lookatthisfuckinghipster) The easy part is getting the book deal. The hard part is getting people to actually agree to represent the content that the deal was based on when you realize the pictures you swiped off the internet are not public domain and unusable in the actual book.
Sep 2nd
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Pano app for iPhone?
You Tumblrs are always posting nice panoromic iPhone photos.  What apps do you use?
Sep 2nd
ListenThe New Pornographers - These Are The Fables ...
Sep 2nd