It’s been almost a week since Daft Punk‘s Rainbow Pyramid of Joy touched down (complete with the 5-tone “Close Encounters” greeting) in Los Angeles and shook 20,000 very happy people into a lather. I don’t have much of a review beyond that. Regardless of how I might come across, the show was a complete thrill. [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Los Campesinos! + Lucky Soul
0:35: “It’s your party, but I’ll die if I want to, I’ll die if I want to.” mp3 | Los Campesinos! – We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives 2:45: “It’s your party, you can die if you want to, die if you want to, die if you want to…” mp3 | Lucky Soul – The [...]
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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows / J.K. Rowling
Wait! Spoilers within!
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Girls Aloud
“Sexy! No, No, No…” is a fairly typical Xenomania/Girls Aloud single: Not a “song” in the academic sense so much as a bunch of ironclad choruses stacked atop one another. Rarely does what you expect it to. Surprises: goes quiet(er) for a short time, ends. Not apparently about any damn thing in particular. Generally awesome. [...]
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The The Impotence Of Proofreading / Taylor Mali
http://www.taylormali.com Via Making Light
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The Knife
Released in the states this week, the deluxe edition of The Knife’s awesome awesome so-awesome Silent Shout comes with the original album, a live cd, and the DVD Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience. On that DVD, you’ll find the April 2006 concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, 11 music videos, and the short film “When I [...]
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The Orb + Alan Parker
Maybe you don’t live in Arizona. Maybe you can’t see the stars at night. This is for those days when you’re just not feeling fluffy. mp3 | The Orb and Alan Parker – Grey Clouds The Orb Official Site | The League Against Tedium Buy Annie Nightingale Presents Y4K: Amazon UK
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St. Vincent
Blog darling and Sufjan Stevens/Polyphonic Spree alum Annie Clark released her debut album under the St. Vincent moniker, Marry Me, a week ago. An exemplary work of alt-pop, um, singer-songwritersmanship, it can sit comfortably alongside—or above—recent releases by Andrew Bird, Rufus Wainwright, and My Brightest Diamond. Most of the press I’ve been reading on Marry [...]
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Rubber Duck / Florentijn Hofman
Created for the Estuaire 2007 art exhibition, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s 105-foot-tall “Rubber Duck” spreads joy as it floats freely around France’s Loire River estuary. A yellow spot on the horizon slowly approaches the coast. People have gatherd and watch in amazement as a giant yellow Rubber Duck approaches. The spectators are greeted by the [...]
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Shayla Maddox
Artist Shayla Maddox will be exhibiting her light-reactive abstract paintings at the Townley Gallery in Laguna Beach from July 13th to the 27th. There’s a reception at the gallery on Friday, July 13th, from 6-9 pm featuring music, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. Yes, that’s three solid hours of hors d’oeuvres. And art. 1294 South Coast [...]
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