Anchorage in December

15Dec09

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Embryonic

11Dec09

It’s been a long time since I’ve cared about a Flaming Lips record, but holy geez Embryonic is good. Listen to the whole thing over here.


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Surreal Speech

11Dec09

From President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech:

Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this: The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms.

Pretty strong language for a guy accused of apologizing to Europeans at every opportunity.


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You Should Listen to Swarth

09Dec09

Portal’s weirdness is difficult to overstate. So’s they’re awesomeness.


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German Castro Prism, Vol. 1

04Dec09

When Paul and I first started German Castro, the idea was that the recorded version of the band would be completely different from the live version. The goal was to change the sound and approach with each release, making each one a project rather than just a collection of songs. Most of the ideas we had that fit this mold never came to fruition, save for an EP we did called Prism, Vol. 1.

I’ve uploaded the whole thing over here, so you can snag a free digital copy if you’re so inclined. This was originally a CD-R released on High Density Headache, and you can still order a physical copy over here. The back cover was made to replicate a Jandek album.


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UAF Hockey

04Dec09

I’ve watched this about 6 times in a row.


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“Here’s a little news flash for your Department of Media”

04Dec09

Slate posted the results of their Write-Like-Palin contest. While not the winner, here’s my favorite.

Reaching the peak of Igikpak, that majestic mount, feeling the smooth Alaskan wind rustle against my cheeks, watching over this vast yet tender land that epitomized so much of America’s resplendent pulchritude, and slowly squeezing the trigger on the wolf cub I’d been tracking through my crosshairs, I suddenly felt in my heart something I had always known to be true: the capital-gains tax must be eliminated.


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The Evolution of FTW

19Nov09

Remember when anarchists and gangsta rappers would get “FTW” tattoos? I only recently learned that the acronym’s meaning had changed when I took this quiz at Sporcle.com. The sudden uptick in FTW usage over the course of the past year or so had struck me as bizarre, and I’ve been reading it with the first meaning in mind. Other than seeming out of place, it always made sense in a weird way.

According to this, FTW can also mean “forever two wheels.”


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I Miss Buckley

17Nov09

Jim Geraghty has written the first worthwhile thing I’ve read on National Review Online since the presidential elections.

But hold it right there — they’re still willing to imply that they don’t believe in the rule of law, and they’re no longer above this kind of drivel.


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Diggin’ on the New

13Nov09

So far, what I’ve heard of the new Slayer record sounds a lot better than the last one.

You can stream the whole thing on YouTube.

I’m also surprised by how much I’m liking the new Baroness. Every time I’ve seen them live or heard the first album, they’ve bored me to tears.

The whole thing is streamable on Pitchfork.

But what I’m most stoked about lately: Krautrock from China. I had posted something about White once before, but I finally found their MySpace page.

Also: spaghetti western black metal.


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