December 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
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July 2011
3 posts
“If I look out at the crowd and see someone looking sad, I make a mental note to...”
– Flab Mag: Q&A with Vin of Adebisi Shank | Adebisi Shank
LRB · Misha Glenny · Mobsters get homesick too →
June 2011
2 posts
Yes! It is possible to cross Dublin without... →
May 2011
2 posts
“But over the past decade something has flipped, and mainstream society has...”
– Paris Review – Michael Azerrad on ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life’, Dawn Chan
April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
2 posts
“On the band’s debut LP Lee had sung: “Running here, I’m...”
– Rush: ‘Our fans feel vindicated’ | Music | The Guardian
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
2 posts
“This is the band that triggered a thousand Tweets about YouTube’s slow...”
– Reveling In Social Anxiety with Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend
Didn’t like the album, but this is pretty sharp
December 2010
4 posts
“Asked if he had any regrets, he said: “If I had seen the banking crisis coming....”
– As George Bush once said, despite overwhealming evidence to the contrary “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees”. Fuck you, Bertie Ahern.
Bertie Ahern says he will not run in next general election
“A report on arts attendance in Ireland last month supported something industry...”
– ‘Yeah, so we all went to see Grown Ups. That doesn’t make us stupid’ - The Irish Times
4 tags
November 2010
6 posts
“In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it’s OK to ask for...”
– What’s the middle ground between “F.U!” and “Welcome!”? | Ask MetaFilter
3 tags
“The connection is not quite as odd as it might appear. At this time the new...”
– Modern art was CIA ‘weapon’ - World, News - The Independent
“The idea that the computer is a completely neutral device that doesn’t...”
– Pitchfork: Interviews: Brian Eno
October 2010
2 posts
2 tags
September 2010
4 posts
“As this was outside the gates of Leinster House, anyone could join in. One woman...”
– Take comfort weary TDs - only 33 sitting days till Christmas - The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 30, 2010
3 tags
August 2010
10 posts
5 tags
“But it’s hard for me to know sometimes if the voice is loud enough or...”
– Pitchfork: Avey Tare Talks New Solo Album, Animal Collective’s Future, Crocodiles
I can confirm that this is a problem when mixing your own tunes.
“I love how people like LCD Soundystem and Joanna Newsom are putting out these...”
– Rob Sheffield
Fluxblog » Blog Archive » Interview with Rob Sheffield, Part Three
“Mr. David met a girl on Monday, and felt enough of a social connection to...”
– 7 Days (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia summaries of lyrics from R&B songs (#1 in a series)
July 2010
9 posts
“Not only in the past but throughout their careers. It’s really a very simple...”
– The Beats: Pictures of a Legend | The New York Review of Books
“The great songs are more than the sum of their facts. They are canvases, spaces...”
– Take Me to the River - The Independent
(the best version)
“A German audience will sit there and stare at you stony-faced for the entire gig...”
– The Mighty Stef interviewed
“It’s like saying, ‘Did Dylan Thomas write Under Milk Wood on...”
– John Lennon