September 2015

Thanks, that’s very helpful.

“The amount payable falls below the threshold of earnings at which Springer will issue payments.” #passiveincome

Megadeth’s Rust in Peace just turned 25. I wrote about it for the @RockBand blog awhile back. web.archive.org/web/2011051315…

“How awful to see society embrace art that… makes you think only about the vast chasm between you and everyone else.” nytimes.com/2015/09/10/mag…

Dear everyone,

Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift wasn’t an event until you made it one. You are boring.

Love,
Rob

It’s been a shitty week, but luckily @lowtheband came to town tonight to wash off the muck.

None of the iOS 9 content blockers available so far work on devices more than two years old. FFS.

I hadn’t thought of this potential side effect, and it is troubling. twitter.com/jeremyzilar/st…

The Pope vs. the Wind theatlantic.com/photo/2015/09/…

😐🔫

Violator: Chemical Assault

It wasn’t until my ears perked up for “Ordered to Thrash” (an instrumental) that I realized that Violator’s weak link is the vocals. Otherwise, this is a pretty fun time warp.

Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

I never expected to get so much enjoyment from something that reminds me of Sheryl Crow.

Life Sex & Death: The Silent Majority

I haven’t heard or thought much… See more →

Stop making biopics.

Sad to miss #XOXOFest this year. Following it on Twitter meant enduring the braying of Gamergate’s turd children, but it was worth it.

The new @lowtheband album is, unsurprisingly, excellent. Excited I get to see them play on two continents this fall! lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/ones-and…

I am no longer concerned about my future. twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/…

Thank you everyone for your praise! You couldn’t have done it without me.

Everyone please say really nice things about me so I can retweet them. The world deserves to know that you think highly of me.

Every band should license Killing Joke’s “Requiem” and open every album with it. youtu.be/U7WPI4TJImo

Someday, I will be the first person to ever bring an Epiphone Les Paul onto a stage. I will insist on a spotlight for the headstock.

“There’s no way a new world can be born out of the old one without the midwifery of public policy.” vox.com/2015/8/27/9214…

Using a spoon to eat a Klondike bar out of a miniature plastic baseball helmet.

Thinking a lot lately about capitalism, proprietary technology, planned obsolescence, waste.