January 2010
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Jon Contino
Jon Contino / Long Island, NY
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Just Watched: Youth In Revolt
Youth In Revolt (☆☆☆) (directed by Miguel Arteta / written by C.D. Payne & Gustin Nash)
Just saw this for a grand total of $7.50 which included a fantastic slice of pizza and some excellent root beer. It’s funny and enjoyable. Get over yourselves for a night and go laugh with other people.
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Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #-106:
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Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #-107:
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WatchThe XX: “VCR” (directed by Marcus Söderlund)
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Charlie Brown Is Dead
My friend Eric posted a mini album for download today that he’s been secretly working on. Well, I don’t know how secret it really was, but I sure didn’t know about it until earlier this afternoon. Eric is(?)/was(?) part of the genius duo that is(?)/was(?) 17 Colourful Feathers. The new EP, titled Charlie Brown Is Dead, shows off Eric’s unbelievable ability to arrange a...
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Quote: Ezra Koenig
“Critics ignore it when the Best Rapper Alive says faggot, but hulk-out when the Worst Rapper Alive says balaclava.” - Ezra Koenig
A year ago if you’d told me that I’d be defending anything to do with Vampire Weekend, I’d have shot you a look that would easily strike fear in the toughest individual’s heart. But here we are in 2010 and I’ve gotten over...
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Everlasting Gobstoppers
My childhood fascination with this candy has been reinvigorated to a frightening degree over the past three days. Nothing like killing yourself with sugars and dyes at only fifty cents a box.
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Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #-108:
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Into The Woods: Wampire
Since first seeing the trailer for the inaugural episode of Into The Woods, I’ve been pretty excited to see how the full episode would eventually turn out. It definitely helped that their initial offering promised to feature what has rapidly become my favorite Portland band, Wampire.
The concept: take a local band out to a cabin in the woods and have them play for a group of friends....
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Nazario Graziano
Nazario Graziano / Rome, Italy
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WatchParenthetical Girls: “Evelyn McHale” (directed by Judah Switzer)
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Holden
Chris Hood / Leeds, England
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Quote: Jerome David Salinger
“What really knocks me out is a book, when you’re all done reading it, you wished the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” - J.D. Salinger
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Danna Ray
Danna Ray / Columbia, SC
To say that I love these paintings by Danna Ray would be a gross understatement. I pretty much adore them.
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Want/Need: The Conan Doll
“Plush Conan” by Laura Granlund.
This. Is. Awesome.
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Mix #03
Despite the fact that I’ve been alternating between fruitless attempts to remember many of the events that occurred at our recent massive housewarming party while also doing my best to forget several of the small calamities that took place, I’m pretty proud of the sixteen and a half hours of nineties music that was compiled for the never-ending dance floor. One only needs the right...
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Caught My Eye: January 19, 2010
Mark Weaver / Atlanta, GA
Carlo Van De Roer / New York, NY
Chad Hagen / Minneapolis, MN
Mark Owens / New York, NY
Allan Sanders / Brighton, England
James Wignall / London, England
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Haiti
For the past five days, I’ve done my best to only read about what’s been going on in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and avoid any photographs of the destruction. This morning, while browsing through the Wall Street Journal’s Photo Journal section, I came across a series of photographs taken over the first four days after the earthquake that proved that...
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Mix #02
Company Pants Mix #02 (January 2010)
01 First Rate People / “Girls’ Night” 02 Lawrence Arabia / “The Undesirables” 03 Berndt / “Diamond Girlz” 04 Massive Attack / “Paradise Circus” 05 Telephoned / “Turn My Swag On” 06 Toro Y Moi / “You Hid” 07 The Go Find / “One Hundred Percent” 08 These New...
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Just Watched: Away We Go
Away We Go (☆) (directed by Sam Mendes / written by Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida)
I wish that I had something positive to say about Away We Go, I really do. I laughed when Allison Janney was on screen? That’s really about as close as I can possibly get to something resembling a compliment. Everything about this film feels as if it was forced to fit inside of a small box intended...
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Telephoned: "Rockin' That Thang"
Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #-112:
Telephoned: “Rockin’ That Thang”
Sound sort of familiar? Telephoned is a Brooklyn-based duo that takes tracks and doesn’t exactly remix them, doesn’t exactly cover them, instead they seem to completely reinterpret and reinvent them. The lucky victim in this case? The-Dream’s already throbbing...
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Want/Need: Director Coasters
Retro Whale has just introduced a set of coasters (or wooden wall hangings, if that’s what gets you off) featuring high-quality prints of directors. There are over 20 filmmakers that you can choose from to mix and match your own personal set of four. Who would I choose if some nice, random soul decided to direct a set of these my way? Easy: Quentin Tarrantino, Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch...
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William Burroughs's Stuff
Since being introduced to Junky at the age of 15, I’ve been a great admirer of all things William S. Burroughs. I often used to take the bus into downtown Seattle, totally convinced that an elderly gentleman who I regularly saw drinking coffee and writing in a small noteook at the McDonald’s on 5th and Pine was the author himself.
Peter Cook has put together a small batch of photos...
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23 Reasons I Wish I Was Going To Sundance
While on tour a few years back, we passed by Park City, UT on our way into Salt Lake City. I’m pretty sure it was in January and I’m pretty sure it was right in the middle of that year’s Sundance Film Festival. I remember a wide swath of land covered by snow and twinkling lights and it was all I could do to keep myself from abandoning the van and running across the highway to...
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Quote: Sean Nelson
“I know it’s early, but I think it’s safe to call Twitter for Conan.” - Sean Nelson
Ah, Sean Nelson…the brilliant Brian Williams of Twitter.
(photo: Victoria VanBruinisse)
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The Morning Benders: "Promises"
Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #-113:
The Morning Benders: “Promises”
I was already sold on The Morning Benders after Talking Through Tin Cans, then they just HAD to go and record with Chris Taylor. Bastards…
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I'm With Coco
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@sheldoncooper
So, i realize I shouldn’t be this excited about the twitter account of a character on a television show, but there you go. I do have to admit, I’m weirdly disappointed that I’m only finding out about Dr. Sheldon Cooper’s twitter just now.
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It's Just One Of Those Days
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Owen Pallett: "Lewis Takes Action"
Perfect.
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Great News
@pftompkins: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! I will begin a podcast this year. The POD F. TOMPKAST will debut either late January or early February.
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Tom Ford
So, Tom Ford is an all-around pretty amazing guy, yeah? Listening to his interview with Elvis Mitchell has only amplified my desire to see A Single Man as soon as possible.
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Just Watched: Big Fan
Big Fan (☆☆☆) (written and directed by Robert Siegel)
I feel ridiculous making a second Patton Oswalt-themed post today, but sometimes, you just have to let your weird obsessions out for a walk. I’ve been dying to see this film for almost a year now, but given that it’s distribution and promotion appear to have been a closely guarded state secret, I just now finally had the...
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Door Hanger Advertisement Fail
Found yesterday as I opened my front door.
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Quote: Patton Oswalt
“If somebody would reanimate the dead, I could have six-pack abs.” - Patton Oswalt
Patton on Conan. While watching this clip, I had a brief moment where I wasn’t sure if the guy sitting next to Patton was James Franco or Ethan Hawke. It took Patton referring to him as “Ethan Hawke” for me to figure it out. I’m pretty sure that’s their fault and not...
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Weekly Last.fm: Dec. 30, 2009 - Jan. 5, 2010
Another week, another Last.fm weekly plays posting.
The breakdown: Head over to the house at any time and there is a 96 percent chance that Beach House is playing somewhere. Trying to describe Owen Pallett to a friend recently only led me to blurt an exasperated “he’s worked with Arcade Fire before” with an odd sense of finality. Such a description leaves far too much out....
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Tyler Thompson: Redesigning The Boarding Pass
Disgusted with the design of the modern airline boarding pass and inspired by fellow designer Dustin Curtis’ revamp of the American Airlines website, Tyler Thompson has set out to re-imagine the bland, boring and often confusing airline ticket. The results so far show something that is not just functional and practical, but also elegant and eye-catching. The airline industry would be...
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The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus
Martin Ansin / Uruguay
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The RZA: "Victory Or Death"
Reason #636 why The RZA continues to be a personal hero of mine.
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Quote: Maria Bamford
“I’m a sea cow. I know the motorboats are gonna hit me, but this is where I fucking swim.” - Maria Bamford
Just knowing that Maria Bamford is out there thinking these things gives me a weird sense of hope. Go watch this.