April 2009
113 posts
“The Brooklyn indie-rock duo MGMT has won a settlement from France’s governing...”
– Arts, Briefly - MGMT Gets $$$$ From French Party
Is it me, or is that a very weird headline?
Spoon - Well-Alright
This song comes on my iPod,...
“…after two encores, Sonic Youth end with Kool Thing, just as they did in...”
– Pop review: Sonic Youth, Scala, London | Music | The Guardian
Why wasn’t I there? :(
“TfL is seeking a single company to act as a sponsor for up to the first five...”
– TfL seeks sponsor for London Cycle Hire scheme
Hire the Hire!!
Morrissey-solo | Martin Gore lists Morrissey's... →
I love that this sort of thing gets posted to Moz-solo.
(Morrissey’s ‘Moon River’ is pretty good, too.)
WatchTelegraphTV (I know…) on the 2009 Turner Prize shortlist.
As soon as I posted that...
I read a friend’s Facebook status which noted she’d finished writing her dissertation over the weekend. But, faced with the monumental revision ahead, she’d sort of missed its significance until now.
To which another friend, also an academic, replied: ‘Everything in this business is anti-climactic unless you let yourself make a big deal of it, which you totally...
In my last days of work...
katiebakes:
almostepistles:
I wanted to send this article to all the grad students I know. Maybe that is vindictive. But more because I like this idea of thematic departments. University systems have long been moving this way, but then there is the push back from the canonical and fastidious. I understand this. I have been trained in this way, wherein you cannot truly understand that which is...
“The five girls whipped through their seven years of well-crafted, sugar-rush pop...”
– Girls Aloud: O2 Arena - review - Telegraph
‘Good-natured’ isn’t really the plaudit most acts would be aiming for when crafting a setlist, I don’t think. I love the Aloud, but their live gigs seem to suggest seem to suggest you can take the girl out of the reality show, but...
“Plans for the Mayor of London’s Cycle Hire scheme moved a step closer...”
– TfL planning ahead for London Cycle Hire scheme
I do not love Boris as much as the next sensible person doesn’t love Boris. However, I am very intrigued at the prospect of this cycling scheme, which is set to launch in a year.
Of course, one major difference to the Parisian programme is...
Charlie Brooker's screen burn: 25 April 2009 →
Charlie is alive and (not quite) well. And writing about The Apprentice. The world immediately seems a better place.
“Two percent say getting the dog was the best thing Obama has done as president;...”
– Poll: Public thinks highly of Obama - USATODAY.com
Jade Goody's life story to be made into musical →
Nightmare.
Critical Shopper: Topshop in Manhattan →
Ms Wilson is not amused.
WatchAnd it’ll be choreographed…it’ll be good.
Okay, I know everyone and their sister is going to be sharing this video (STOP IT STORM!!), but I mostly want to say I love Alicia Silverstone, and the fact that Miss Match didn’t even get a full season of episodes is nothing short of a crime.
Antony Gormley: One & Other →
So far 1234 people have applied for the 304 spots allocated to London. I am one of them.
The odds are not good.
“Everyone else in the village of 5,000 continues to talk about Boyle, the biggest...”
– A Visit to Susan Boyle’s Home Town (and a Brief Chat With the Singer) - washingtonpost.com
Ugh. The WaPo’s hardly any better than a red top.
Found objects sculpture, middle class edition
I just noticed my IKEA-bought non-paper goods recycling bin is full, almost exclusively, of Innocent smoothie bottles and organic pasta sauce jars.
“Consumer Focus concluded that while over half of UK consumers admit to regularly...”
– UK has the world’s worst copyright laws | Music | guardian.co.uk
That’s ripping for no purpose other than transferring the CD’s contents to one’s computer and/or iPod. I’m amazed that 41% of respondents knew such action is actually illegal.
Slate: How Jason Statham became the world's... →
And here I just thought he was fit.
Our Cher...
marziale:
So like, right now for example. The Haitians need to come to America. But some people are all, “What about the strain on our resources?” Well it’s like when I had this garden party for my father’s birthday, right? I put R.S.V.P. ‘cause it was a sit-down dinner. But some people came that like did not R.S.V.P. I was like totally buggin’. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the...
jonathangarrett: HEIRLOOM BACTERIA →
lolz
Not gonna lie to you: I feel a bit bad for Hayden and Rachel w/r/t today’s popbitch blind item shout-out.
“Mascot Books, a small independent publisher in Herndon, Va., specializing in...”
– Arts, Briefly - First Dog Gets His First Children’s Book - NYTimes.com
Capitalism is alive and well.
Morrissey at Carnegie Hall - photos by Kathryn Yu →