“ The Rolling Stones interviewed The Jonas Brothers and put them on the COVER of the whole magazine! … I don’t know what to think about Kevin grabbing Joe’s shirt. It’s hot to have someone pulling your shirt ‘cuz you get to show skin but I’m not so sure Kevin should have done it. It’s still hot though.
Jimmy Tisdale, my new favorite pre-pubescent gay blogger. Awwww you guys, he thinks Mick and Kieth put together Rolling Stone by themselves every weekend in their den, but is still mature enough to have deep thoughts on uncomfortable photographic hints at incest. This blog is full of gold.
semiserious
Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart’s going to cave in.
It had been a while since I had a home cooked meal.
Sleeper Hit
You know that upcoming film The Rocker? The one that seems like the writer had Jack Black in mind for the main character, until he realized it was basically a two skips and a hop away from the plot of School of Rock. So instead they got Dwight from The Office, who is really good as Dwight from The Office, but I don’t know if I like him enough to want to see him as the lead in a movie. Anyway it doesn’t come out until August 20th, butttttttttttttttttttt the commercial I just saw on the television called it “the sleeper hit of the summer”. Which is just stupid. Because a movie can’t be called a hit until it’s released (unless, I guess, if it’s a critical hit on the festival circuit, but it still has to be screened for an audiance, and I’m not sure if this one has. Maybe test audiances). Anyway a sleeper hit means a movie “that gains unexpected success or recognition.” So this can’t be a sleeper hit yet, and probably won’t be ever. Anyway this movie is dumb and has dumb advertising, and is for dumb people. So sorry Dwight from The Office, but while I’m adressing you and the makers of the movie: you should have worn more shirts in the promo material.
May your hot buttered soul find peace in Scientology heavan.
Sometimes (sadly?) this would be an appropriate theme song to the sitcom of my life.
Sometimes I get into a mood where I just want to listen to one song on repeat for several hours. Get it here. Spin is also exclusivley streaming the original, which is off GGD’s upcoming album. I thought XXXChange must have edited the hell out of it, but the remix is pretty faithful to the original. It’s so poppy for them, and I’m so excited for this album now.
If my Dad and Little Sister Edited a Magazine Together It Would Be Rolling Stone
I heard rumors that Rolling Stone used to be something of a respected music magazine years and years ago. Since then RS has tried to balance the sense that its are an important critical voice (by continually championing music that was relevant back when the mag was) with shameless plees for the largest group possible of young readers. Basically you get in depth stories about the love life of Miley Cyrus in the same issue as a recap of the greatest Beatles b-sides and shit like that, which leaves little room for coverage of actually exciting and important new music. Which could be for the best, since they don’t really seem to know what the fuck is up anyway.
As evidence I present the ratings of albums from the past year or so that are just randomly picked and not at all chosen to make RS look like out of touch Dads trying to relate to their teenage daughters.
Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer - 4
Battles Mirrored - 3.5
Portishead Third - 3.5
Panda Bear Person Pitch - 3.5
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam - 3
No Age Eraser - 3
p.s. I get the idea of rating music according to it’s aims. Maybe that Jonas Brothers album is really good for what it is (music to watch Joe Jonas gyrate on stage to), but really how are you going to rate it higher than Person Pitch?
Here is what makes Suspiria so great: the style and the deaths (edit: and the Goblin soundtrack). The plot isn’t anything terrific. It’s like a campfire story, and the ending is a bit cheesy.
It’s a major stylistic statement by a visually keen director. So why would anyone (let alone Natalie Portman and the director of Pineapple Express) want to remake it?
Seriously, spend five minutes coming up with a different plot and than make your own statement.
I’m not posting this because I think it’s hilarious (I’ll leave that up to you, and I’m not promising anything). I am posting this because I am sort of surprised I have never seen or heard of this before 5 minutes ago. No one even brought it up in the wake of Estelle Getty’s death. R.I.P.
Continuing The Vague Theme Of Celebrity Childbirth
How long has Gwen Stefani been pregnant? I think it’s been forever. Hasn’t it been forever? Should we be concerned? Those woman and their pregancies. It’s so weird.- Entertainment Tonight: Blah Blah Blah Brangelina Blah Blah Blah
- Mom: I hate them
- Me: Why?
- Mom: Because they're so perfect. Hate them. Fucking hate them.
Cry Me A Desert
Sometimes I am amazed at my inablity to cry, and I don’t mean that in any sort of bullshit macho way. I mean that in a sometimes I wish I felt more human way. Because really, what I just found out yesterday, well, there really aren’t many more appropriate times to cry and I couldn’t even pinch out a tear.
How depressing would it be if I never updated again and someone came across this and saw the last two posts? I’ll be OK. I’ll be back, and hopefully my funny will too.
Humor Crises
Either I am not funny anymore or there is nothing inspiring me to be funny right now.
Well, I guess there’s the possible third option that I only used to think I was funny, but now am smart enough to realize that I am not.
Who Will Find Themselves Atop Best Album of 2008 Lists (Because This Matter, Maybe Only To Me)
Every year someone says “Jeez, it just hasn’t been a very good year for music”. A lot of people said that last year even though by the end of this month in 2007 we already had been graced by critically acclaimed albums by LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Battles, The Field, Arcade Fire, Fiest, Justice and Patrick Wolf. Not that these were necessarily my personal faves, but the year could have ended there and music critics could have still managed to make decent top ten lists, even if they hadn’t gotten ahold of discs by M.I.A., Radiohead, Burial, Kanye and Animal Collective yet.
So who’s going a snag in for the top ten lists this year? We haven’t had many major break throughts or statements by always beloved artists, and there’s nothing I’m really anticipatiing, but let’s look at the early contenders.
Hercules & Love Affair Hercules & Love Affair- A major stylistic statement that’s straight up fun, which happens to be the best GLBT album in years.
No Age Nouns - Pitchfork’s Best New Music section is kind of fucked up at the moment, but I’m pretty sure No Age had the highest rating of any new material this year with a hefty 9.2. Doesn’t make them a shew in for the top of PFork’s list, but a likely contender.
Lil’ Wayne The Carter III - Massive radio hit plus critical cred gives this both the white boy “hey we listen to rap” and indie snob “hey we listen to top 40 radio” spot on top ten lists.
Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago - So far this has the highest combined rating on MetaCritic for new material from 2008.
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes - And this is number two.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - And for good measure, here’s number three. All of them are so fucking indie rock (last years metacritic best rating list was topped by mnmlist The Field and dub stepper Burial. Where’s the break through straight up electronic releases this year by the by?).
Portishead Third - Hey remember these guys? They’ve still got it after ten years of silence. Ah, nostalgia.
The Hold Steady Stay Positive - I hate this fucking band, but everyone else seems to love them.
Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend - I’m pretty sure you know the deal on this band already. You’re reading a tumblr.
Personally I’m really only pysched about one of these, a few I enjoy, and the rest kind of bore me. Maybe it really is a bad year for music.