Peaches

Years ago a friend came to visit me in university in Montreal and the first thing he did when he got to my apartment was put on a CD I had never heard before. As he was dancing and singing away, I fell in love.

Ahh Peaches.

Peaches is exactly what I want in a musician. She writes classic songs that make you want to fuck, and she doesn't need to rely on slick production to make that happen. She's way more about aesthetics than technique, and she's has an actual personality.

Everytime I've seen her live, I've been blown away. She's just so thoughtful and so rock'n'roll.





peachesrocks

Dan Deacon is Mental

I know it's old news, but I was reminded of this vid today...

I'm Blogging, It's Awesome

The Cat Player

This is my favourite online music player. Good job Bluish! You guys designed the shit out of this thing.

See it in action at emichrysalis.co.uk

Marjoe

this is one of the best docs i've ever seen. it's the true story of a guy named marjoe who starting preaching at age 4. he was a huge success and traveled coast to coast to give sermons at revivals. at age 14 he abandoned this work, then returned a couple years later, became very popular again for another couple years.

he then invited a film crew to document how everything he's preaching (in the film) and has ever preached is total bullshit. he doesn't even believe in god and he's actually a total hippie.

there's lots of footage of revival meetings, people screaming and crying, being saved, speaking in tongues, etc. then there's marjoe counting his money afterwards and revealing his and other preachers tricks to bilking followers out of their cash.

funny thing is, he actually seems like a really nice, fun guy, despite what he's doing. he says in the film that he's making the movie to show people they don't need some fake prophet to 'get off,' that no miracles are actually taking place and that this should be taken as entertainment, not religion.

other motivating factors for the film (his effective exist from the circuit) are the way these saved individuals will change to become intolerant assholes towards those who don't share their religious beliefs, as well as all the 'you're going to hell if you don't do this or that' bs he feels he has to include in his sermones.

amazing.

a night of movies n muzak

saw 'the rocker' last night and i literally laughed out loud throughout. it wasn't weird or crazy, just a sweet funny story that totally worked.

next was 'we are wolves' and holy shit i am in love. lots of technical/sound problems, but even through that they were awesome and totally worth the wait. best live show i've seen in awhile, made me miss montreal and being cool.

"dark days", movie

Near Penn Station, next to the Amtrak tracks, squatters have been living for years. Marc Singer goes underground to live with them, and films this "family." A dozen or so men and one woman talk about their lives: horrors of childhood, jail time, losing children, being coke-heads. They scavenge, they've built themselves sturdy one-room shacks; they have pets, cook, chat, argue, give each other haircuts. A bucket is their toilet. Leaky overhead pipes are a source of water for showers. They live in virtual darkness. During the filming, Amtrak gives a 30-day eviction notice...more

ttc on strike

what the fuck ttc

ps crispin is coming to town you better smarten up by then SERIOUSLY

rh in to

must get tickets

Fuck Death

The Fuck Death Store. I really want that mug

"CBS to Make Internet Music Unit More Like Radio"

I love articles about companies in the music industry developing new services and/or products so they can give customers what they want AND combat illegal downloading, which is clearly ruining the industry (eye roll), and then you get to the "there are limitations: any given song can only be played three times" part where you realize how totally shitty and out of touch they still are.

what's up mr. bean

Starbucks tests $1 cups of coffee with free refills while a $20,000 brew makes its NA debut.

Radiohead

Yup. Unsurprising.

Alternative Fashion Dance Party

Even though I laughed my ass off the first time I watched this, I'm also kinda into it.



There should be a video here.



There might be some problems with it though, if so you should be able to check it out on this MySpace page.

Someone hacked RIAA's website

It's all fixed up now...

EMI continues downward spiral

"Stones' aim to roll away to rival will rob EMI of £3m".

Avril Lavigne promotes dieting to 12 yr olds

Weight Watchers. Avril Lavigne's website has an ad on it for WEIGHT WATCHERS.

The forum on her fanclub, which is called Crossbonez, has a thread titled 'How Old Are You?' How old are Avril's online fans? Apparently they're anywhere from 12-19, the majority saying they're 13 or 14 yrs old.

How could someone so young use the Weight Watchers program? Weight Watchers is well-known for it's support groups, special food and weigh-ins, all of which a young teen girl could not utilize without some sort of adult complicity. Well, it seems that weight watchers now has an online program, perfect for insecure, body-conscious young girls with internet access. This program promises real results and says it's not a diet, it's about teaching you how to have a healthy relationship with food.

To see this disgusting money-grab go to Avril's site, where it's hard to tell what's an ad and what's content, and view the first WW ad (that's right, there's 3 in total) at the top of the screen, then scroll to the bottom of the page where the second and third WW ad tells you about their virtual program.



She also has a t-shit contest where fans tell her which shirt they like the most, ie which one they're more likely to buy, and the 'winning' shirt will be made and sold at her upcoming tour! Umm good marketing strategy!

Now while I get that 99% of what is 'Avril' is all marketing and not coming from her, I'm still totally disgusted by her in every way imaginable. GET REAL AVRIL. GROW UP.

Crispin Glover

One of the most subversive public figures in entertainment, Crispin Glover is surely nuts. He also seems to be quite intelligent, very interesting and incredibly bizarre.

In this clip Crispin answers questions (possibly posed by him) about art, society, his movie What Is It? and more.



The infamous Was-He-On-Acid?-David-Letterman clip.

The lesser-known follow up apperance.


CLOWNY CLOWN CLOWN

It took me about a month to actually get through this video and I'm not sure I'll ever watch it again. I find it very disturbing.



He's definitely part Simon de Beauvoir.

Thinking twice about that $400 handbag

"...affordable luxury is not looking so affordable — or sustainable — anymore."

As turned off as I am by the thought of spending obscene amounts of money on so-called luxury goods, I do feel bad for those who can't really afford to buy them, but feel the need to do so anyway, over and over again, just to fit in.













Not.

EMI Group announces fundamental restructuring of Recorded Music Division to respond to the needs of artists and consumers

After being bought by private equity firm Terra Firma, EMI is NOW going to focus on developing new artists, maximizing their artist's potential and TREATING THEIR ARTISTS LIKE SOCCER TEAMS.

oh and firing 1,500-2,000 employees.

Too little, too late?



Sure seems like it.


In other EMI press release news, Giles Harris, head of Music and Brands, had this to say: "This new deal demonstrates perfectly how we are maximising the versatility of our music and videos through branded online incentivisation promotions.” Welcome to the internet EMI!