American Eyes

Miracle Berries

guess who gets to go to one of these parties on saturday?  wahoo!  i’ve never been so stoked...

Jul 31st

Update.

“RyanDan isn’t simply a play on the names of identical twins Ryan and Dan. It reflects...

Jul 31st

“It sounds like they’re falling down a golden staircase...”
— guy from ratatat describing a...

Jul 31st

“Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from...”
— oh man, these are funny. ...

Jul 28th

Watch

coffeeflavored: The Condi Rice clip around 1:10 kills me. I’ve watched it about ten times....

Jul 28th

semi-related:  bacon salt.  except that i would totally buy this.  oh, gmail advertising algorithm,...

Jul 26th

coffeeflavored: thanks, yuka, for rearranging my...

Jul 26th

yay! finally, a full-length from my favorite new-ish band not named “future of the...

Jul 26th

pete wentz = larry king

Jul 26th

Watch

this is entertaining and satisfying for at least three reasons: 1.  the shots of jim wilbur all...

Jul 24th

“We played a show for Fuel TV, and they didn’t tell us that...”
— No Age is at a DIY crossroads...

Jul 23rd

“You want to have monopoly bonds with your long-term lover....”
— 1.  when did ben stein turn...

Jul 22nd

Pitchfork Highlights, Day One.

1. spotting the manager of dr. wax in evanston! i used to see that guy once a week, pretty much...

Jul 22nd

puppiesarebabies: i saw this sign while sitting at a red...

Jul 18th

Watch

perpetua: Stephen Malkmus performing “Gold Soundz” with a Korean Pavement covers band in Seoul,...

Jul 18th

nick-lcc: barthel: madeofmagic: a twelve year old...

Jul 18th

“the FUNNEL CAKES. oh, man. i’ve had some good ones,...”
— my blog entry about pitchfork...

Jul 17th

perpetua: toomuchawesome: My picks for the Pitchfork Music Festival: Saturday 8:00 p.m. Jarvis...

Jul 17th

ATOMIC CAKE.

so there was a function at work on monday. it involved cake. that in and of itself made it an...

Jul 17th

catpita: More retail therapy. Should I have gotten them in...

Jul 17th

coffeeflavored: Gabe and Rob on Pitchfork. Featured photo...

Jul 15th

coffeeflavored: It’s back. and they did bring back nina! 

Jul 14th

fyi

maura: joan jett is the corpse on this week’s criminal intent. she plays a murdered public access...

Jul 14th

mara and dottie, precita park, san francisco

Jul 14th

ellis in fish-specs

Jul 14th

szymon: Dollar Portraits

Jul 13th

“Reputation, Posterity and Cool are traps. They’ll drain...”
— Patton Oswalt’s commencement...

Jul 12th

and now some real talk

Matthew: that Star Wars AD poster thing predates the second season
me: oh
me: well that explains it
Matthew: yup
Matthew: not everything on the internet is new!
me: i just figured it was another in the line of "maybe if we keep talking about it it will happen" AD movie things
me: which have largely been pretty recent
Matthew: yeah
Matthew: can I just say this:
Matthew: PLEASE NO AD MOVIE
Matthew: I really, really, really don't want it to happen
Matthew: cos I know it probably won't be good
Matthew: and I love that AD has a perfect legacy. it ended really well. let it go, everyone!
Matthew: everyone should rent the Strangers With Candy movie and see how well THAT one turned out
speaking of: even though there is, like, 10% of my brain that wants instant gratification - i.e. more AD in any form - i'm inclined to agree with this.

Jul 12th

maura: alexblagg: mollylambert: plz awesome. i love...

Jul 11th

Things That Are Mitigating Our Crushing...

in order of effectiveness: cherry coke zero the new futureheads album type-A personality...

Jul 10th

“Now, we’ve said some dumb stuff in our time. Many of of the...”
— Are We Ready for a Father...

Jul 10th

!!! Parts 1 and 2

1. myspace bulletin from future of the left: “Ola people…… as you can decipher...

Jul 10th

so for, like, at least 5 of the last 7 days there have been two songs playing in a near-constant...

Jul 9th

Ice Cream Trucks

coffeeflavored: Let’s be honest, folks who live on my street and let your eight-year-old kids stay...

Jul 9th

village voice > blogs > Status Ain't Hood >...

Jul 9th

I Played Cards In England, I Threw Dice...

madrid/barca/london = awesome-thousand, infinity plus. i am so grateful that i got to go.  probably...

Jul 9th