“Like its title — a play on “skin flute,” slang for penis — “Skin Fruit” seems determined to affront, disarmingly.
Peter Schjeldahl, how I’ve missed you.
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PS22 Chorus - Empire State of Mind
(Also, there’s Phoenix’s Lisztomania at Fluxtumblr if you fancy.)
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New York folk, thanking you kindly
Just to ask: are there any exhibitions or plays or other goings-on I should see this weekend? I am not, I confess, interested in Tim Burton at MoMA and am slightly sceptical of the Koons-curated show at the New Museum, but maybe it’s great, despite the title and all. I’ve not even checked to see what’s on at the Whitney or Met or the etc etc. It’s been hectic here, I’ve not made any particular plans, and this is what I get for letting my New Yorker subscription lapse.
So, yeah. Any tips?
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“Saturday ostensibly marked the two month mark ahead of the UK vote. Here at FiveThirtyEight we will now be kicking our coverage of the election into high gear, launching about nine weeks of regular coverage.
FiveThirtyEight: New Feature: UK Election Backgrounders
Bring it.
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Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
This video wins points for not featuring clips of Pretty Woman; it loses points for pretty much everything else, including, but not limited to, Marie’s wonky tooth, Per’s catatonic stare and a dreadful, draped sectional sofa.
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Sparklehorse — Maria’s Little Elbows
You are worth hundreds of sparrows.
It was a wonderful life. RIP Linkous.
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Noah & the Whale - The First Days of Spring (live, Portland, Oregon, 20th April 2009)
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Death Cab For Cutie - No Sunlight
As featured in the soundbed of today’s episode of Countryfile, ideal Sunday evening viewing for the urban indie elite. Also featured were MGMT’s Kids, VCR by The XX and something that sounded like Mogwai.
I can vouch for the accuracy of this post, as I was watching it, too. (Noah & the Whale were on there, as well, which why I will shortly be posting a video of them.)
