Music
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See also my music library, listening diary, and concert diary
Whatever terrible things await in the next few months, the new @AndrewWk album cover will get me through. pitchfork.com/news/andrew-wk…
The shuffle just followed Dead Kennedys with The Outfield. Somewhere, Jello Biafra is suddenly overcome with disgust and doesn’t know why.
Ugh, Trans-Siberian Orchestra season is upon us once again.
RIP Malcolm Young. Here’s to the folks in the background. youtu.be/-sUXMzkh-jI
A reminder from The Smiths. Lots of anger these days, but when we encounter bad behavior, let’s find paths to prevention and rehabilitation. twitter.com/mary_stratton/…
Maybe I’ll spend the night in combing through years of ticket receipts in my email to quantify the experiences my inertia has cost me.
It’s one of those nights where I have tickets to a show but I can’t drag my ass out of the house and I hate myself for it.
Smashmouth once ate at a restaurant where I worked. Holiday season, single mom sever, pregnant with her second child. $100 tip on $80 check. twitter.com/BAKKOOONN/stat…
RIP Chuck Mosley. Peace to all the addicts. youtu.be/w7dD-JJJytM
A nice overview of the engineering magic behind @Spotify’s Discover Weekly. hackernoon.com/spotifys-disco…
“Not only does music ingrain itself in our bodies in ways beyond simply the auditory, it also becomes more remarkable once it does.” twitter.com/nytopinion/sta…
Music Is Great, the Music Industry Is Not Great, Exhibit 14,385c: washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m…
I also like the album art by @NicolasMenard, who made one of my favorite films at this year’s @OIAF_Animation. vimeo.com/208812809
Halloween’s over, but stay spooky with @daviddpeacock’s piano arrangement of @Disasterpeace’s It Follows theme. music.disasterpeace.com/track/title-2
Links: October 2017
Hello, dear reader!
October is gone, but its links remain.
For my part, I wrote a bit about my first ten years on Twitter, dusted off the ol’ dream journal, and published the full calendar for Robtober, my annual horror movie binge. I also wrote a bit about each of the 31 movies included in Robtober this year. They’ll all be collected on my site later, but for now they’re available on Letterboxd.
With Robtober keeping… See more →
I’ll now update you in real time which songs I skip on this chronological playlist of nearly everything the original Misfits ever recorded.
It is Halloween, so here is a @letterboxd list of movies referenced by @themisfits. letterboxd.com/robweychert/li…
Discovery of brand-new Fever Ray album makes @robweychert gasp audibly and excitedly at his desk.
Andrew W.K.
My 13th @AndrewWk bangover hurts so good.
Okay, fine, dance party over, back to cleaning. 😞 youtu.be/-T8R_VDTOYQ
the shuffle is on fire all hail the shuffle youtu.be/Z97_gljMeaY
fuck it i’ll just live in filth youtu.be/3Va981qGlxM
Apartment cleaning plods along joylessly, and then this thing settles into its groove, and the dance party begins. youtu.be/p2sez21Cyyo
That great thing where, in the time you spent refreshing the broken, non-updating LiveNation event page, the tickets sold out.
Prrreeeeeetty excited about this. twitter.com/NoiseyMusic/st…
I hate that this is what will get me to finally watch Peter Bogdanovich’s four-hour Tom Petty documentary. RIP Tom Petty. twitter.com/RollingStone/s…
Links: September 2017
Down the Breitbart Hole
This is a current in American life we’ve not yet fully processed, but history will record a preponderance of today’s right-wing leaders who emerged in the toniest quarters of the nation’s bluest states. Apart from the obvious examples of Andrew Breitbart and Steve Bannon, annealed in Hollywood, you can think of Julia Hahn, who attended Alex’s high school and is now working with Bannon in the White House, and Ben Shapiro,… See more →
Undaunted by the decades that’ve passed since I last heard it, Mario Paint’s composer demo song is in my head today. youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3ckc…
Hüsker Dü’s “Whatever” covered by @OHMOURN: mournct.bandcamp.com/track/whatever
Harry Nilsson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” covered by @WeyesBlood weyesblood.bandcamp.com/track/everybod…
Hey, here are two good, recently-released cover songs for your Wednesday:
I have found the bar in Ottawa that plays Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks” over and over again, and I wish I hadn’t.
My new Beats earbuds have arrived and I finally have the earwax necklace I’ve always wanted.
Been watching Peter Gunn lately.
👮🏻 Jacoby: This crime boss is too slippery.
🕵🏻 Gunn: I’ll make this one stick.
🎺 Mancini: BWWAAAHHHH-daaahh
There goes Grant Hart. Goddammit. Time for some Zen Arcade. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/art…
A nice roundup of noteworthy female and non-binary musicians making below-the-radar rock music. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Links: August 2017
Why Hollywood Is Trying to Turn Everything Into Movies — Even Mindless Games Like ‘Fruit Ninja’
Vinson then realized that he was faced with a formidable predicament. There are no protagonists or antagonists in Fruit Ninja.
Goldner says the key to making movies from board games and toys is to “focus on understanding the universal truth about the brand.”
The film’s director and co-writer, Tony Leondis, told me that “The Emoji Movie” actually began with… See more →
When one of your favorite bands puts out a new song for the first time in 22 years, and before you’ve even heard it, you wish they hadn’t.
Ex Eye
- “Epic” Faith No More
- “Enjoy the Silence” Depeche Mode
- “The Humpty Dance” Digital Underground
- “Nothing Compares 2 U” Sinéad O’Connor
Reluctantly returning to 2017. Top four 1990 songs I did NOT skip:
“Forever” by Kiss
“This One’s for the Children” by New Kids on the Block
“I’ll Be Your Everything” by Tommy Page
“Here and Now” by Luther Vandross
“Close to You” by Maxi Priest
“What It Takes” by Aerosmith
“Make You Sweat” by Keith Sweat
“I’ll Be Your Shelter” by Taylor Dayne
“What Kind of Many Would I Be?” by Chicago