August 2009
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Factoid
Hmmm…I don’t think Pitchfork would give “Love Story” or “Our Song” the same ironic love that they give “Crazy in Love” or “Since U Been Gone.”
Still, I’m glad that “B.O.B.” was #1 and not “Summertime Clothes” or something like that.
barthel:
There is not a single mainstream country song in the Pitchfork...
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A-List Stars Flailing at the Box Office →
[via NYTimes]
Honestly, did anyone think “Land of the Lost” was going to be a hit? I could have told everyone that it would bomb. Will Ferrell’s star power does not extend to crappy remakes of crappy TV shows from the ’70s. I’m still shocked that “Duplicity” didn’t do better, though.
And Brad Pitt? I don’t think he has actual “get...
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songs about months
[work in progress]
September Girls/Big Star
Mr. November/The National
April, Come She Will/Simon & Garfunkel
July, July/The Decemberists
November Rain/Guns & Roses
Lady December/The Concretes
February/Dar Williams
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Some songs make you want to run down the street like a madman, ebullient. I’m working on this list:
Dog Days Are Over/Florence & the Machine
Kiss With a Fist/Florence & The Machine
Needle’s in the Camel’s Eye/Brian Eno [yes, I’m stealing the Velvet Goldmine opening]
Time to Pretend/MGMT
Ashes/Embrace
This Time Tomorrow/The Kinks [yes, Darjeeling Limited]
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I said goddamn →
My co-worker and I have this thing where we talk about how hot Alexander Skarsgard is. The man is a chameleon, I think. He can look totally different with long hair, short hair, slicked back hair. And the True Blood makeup factors in, too.
I was supposed to get this badass manicure at a Japanese salon by my place tonight [rarely does anything cool happen on the UES], but the woman didn’t...
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quick thoughts on the Clarkson/SELF debacle
1. That editor is full of bullshit, with that whole “looking your best” thing. SELF should be about promoting the best YOU without retouching, hmm? Also, the editor [Lucy Danziger] should not have included her little anecdote about airbrushing pictures of herself post-marathon. The hipocrisy of SELF magazine pulling this shit is just delicious. Again, no one believes that all cover...
