December 2012

Hey, if you want to do a Rae Dawn Chong double feature, Commando and Jeff Who Lives at Home are both on Netflix Instant.

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Tim Hecker, Daniel Lopatin (12), Heart (10) & Today Is The Day (7) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Joking that Robert Smith is a white supremacist won’t work because “Pictures of You” mentions “white” less than I thought. #abandonedtweet

And the award for Best Holiday Card goes to… my apartment building’s superintendent!

I recently saw the band Swans live for the second time. They were promoting a stellar new album (The Seer) which essentially encompasses all of the varied and challenging music that bandleader Michael Gira has made under a few different monikers over the last thirty years. In the two years since I saw them last, I had gotten to know their oeuvre better, and coming to this show with a more educated ear paid off.… See more →

It just wouldn’t be Philly if the cab driver didn’t get petulant about me paying with a credit card.

My final contribution to @thepastrybox is about physicality as a component of experience. the-pastry-box-project.net/rob-weychert/2…

Yay, debit card fraud! I didn’t need the contents of that checking account anyway. Merry Christmas!

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Lynyrd Skynyrd (18), Rush (13) & Monster Magnet (7) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Nice 2012 review from @letterboxd, but more confirmation that the film industry’s base constituency is teenage boys. letterboxd.com/2012/

“More guns. No questions.”

TV gave us quality sitcoms about the American adolescent experience circa 1970 (Wonder Years) and 1980 (Freaks and Geeks). Somebody do 1990.

Non-English-speaking plumber arrives at 9:30 a.m. with a sign: “NO WATER 10AM-12PM.” I scramble to get a shower, learn “10AM” means “NOW.”

Hopefully this means the new episodes of Arrested Development are just around the corner.

A rare moment of cleverness in the Netflix RSS feed: flic.kr/p/dCmXdU

Never much cared for Instagram anyway. Low res photos, lousy web site and search/metadata/tag support. Glad Flickr is moving forward again.

A Misguided Focus on Mental Illness in Gun Control Debate nyti.ms/TsIwsa

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Teenage Bottlerocket (14), Wussy (12) & Alabama Shakes (12) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Friday’s tragedy demonstrated how, in the age of “social” media, information often moves too fast. mattbors.com/blog/2012/12/1…

The real trick to crafting a lifestyle is in deciding what should be customary and what shouldn’t.

Well, that was one bewildered audience. (@ Highline Ballroom w/ 35 others) 4sq.com/129E3zw

Trying out the new Flickr iPhone app.

Streaming the Unwound live album, which will be released tomorrow. I miss this band so much. pitchfork.com/news/48875-str…

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Mastodon (20), Vince Guaraldi Trio (16) & Tool (15) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

It is one of those two frustrating times of the year when we are reminded that a lot of people actually give a shit about the Grammys.

Apropos of nothing, here are two icons of 1980s alt rock that just never did anything for me: R.E.M. and The Replacements.

The best anagram for “Merry Christmas” – and the name of my fictional noise band’s Christmas album – is “Mr. Shit’s Creamy R.”

Preparing to attack a stack of false starts from the last ten years. Where should I begin?

“All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do: ding-a-ding dang my dang-along ling-long.”

When Fallon took over Late Night, I was skeptical. When The Roots signed on, I thought they were crazy. Never been so glad to be so wrong.

Interesting video asserting that the UK profits more from the royal family than vice versa. youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgn… (via @wordofchristian)

Someone explain the excitement about William and Kate’s royal baby. Why do any Brits have anything but resentment for these useless fucks?

Early Christmas present from Scott Walker. Just as unsettling as I hoped it would be. rd.io/x/QFyuPmEyRw

Just heard a Slits song in a Chipotle. Checking that off a list with no name.

Children’s choir singing generic Christmas lyrics shoehorned into Pachelbel’s Canon in D. This is the real war on Christmas.

70% of respondents, including myself, do not pronounce the @ in people’s Twitter handles under any circumstances.

Poll: Do you pronounce the @ in people’s Twitter handles?

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Replacements (51), Henry Cowell (25) & Nine Inch Nails (21) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Really wish @brooklynvegan would hire a community manager. It’s Trollapalooza over there.

Spent a few hours today cleaning up stray tracks in iTunes to keep my album view uncluttered. Looking spiffy.

Oh, hey, all you Movember dudes who are shaving today: see you next year, you fucking babies.

3:30 a.m. Wide awake. Time to write.