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Vigilantes and Anti-Heroes
Alyssa Rosenberg on why conservatives love vigilantes while liberals love anti-heroes.
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Finally the second best show on television is back.
Damien Jurado’s eleventh studio album, Maraqopa, arrives next week. In celebration, The Seattle Times is steaming four Jurado covers, all by Seattle artists. Here’s Jeremy Enigk doing “Last Rights”.
William Bowers' Hunter S. Thompson-esque Journal of the Paradise Lost Tour is a Really, Really Fun Read
“My poor adopted state takes so much guff. Some people cling to an ‘idea of Florida,’ that our sidewalks are split between befuddled senior citizens and topless Spring Breakers, that we all wake in the morn, do body shots off each other, feed a tourist to our pet alligators, swing by the painkiller clinic to pick up our groceries, and then ride the public airboat system to our jobs in the thong district.”
No one ever expected Seth Rogen to be a leading man after Freaks and Geeks. Not like Hollywood’s attempt to make Jack Black a leading man, but a real one. Judd Apatow spent the majority of the aughts establishing himself as this generation’s John Hughes and select members of his cast into go-to comedic stars.
As Slate’s Dana Stevens points out, the female faction of the Freaks’ cast, both Linda Cardellini and Busy Philipps, have experienced minimal success.
I’ve waited a long time for the wayaward Freaks and Geeks’ cast and crew to be vindicated. First, last year, with Paul Feig’s bachelorette version of The Hangover and now with Cardellini’s first proper role since Freaks, in Return. Cardellini was always one of the strongest links in Freaks short lived run and Return hopes to establish her as a great actress and not just a character from a fan-obsessed cult television series.
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The Jibroni
A friend and old co-worker of mine does a (sometimes) weekly podcast with his roommates and assorted guests covering a mix of topics; tech trends, pop culture, music, etc. A few months ago I sat down and talked about god knows what. Take a listen to the episode I was featured on, along with the others.
Last week I watched a twenty-five year old randomly place stamps and address on an envelope — when corrected about the placement he defended himself by explaining he had actually never sent any snail mail. This video also has a kids these days feeling to it.
Spotify Adds 8,000 Users Daily
Let’s just get this out of the way — I’m a huge fan of Spotify. Along with plenty of other folks, it’s helped provide a legal gateway for me to explore new music and expedite my workday. Outside of their coupled ambition with Facebook to create the world’s nosiest interface, Spotify’s services, both complimentary and premium, are great.
As of now they are currently averaging 8,000 new users daily, surpassing both Netflix and Sirius FM.
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I remember reading an interview with R.E.M. sometime during the 90s praising the endless merits of Big Star, but by that point I was too engulfed in Los Angles punk rock from the previous decade to put energy into seeking out any of their records.
My first real exposure to Big Star, like so many others, started with The Replacements. At that point in my life I was listening to a lot music from the 70s and early 80s: Thin Lizzy, Television, Elvis Costello and, of course, The Replacements. Falling in love with Alex Chilton lead me to Big Star and to picking up #1 Record/Radio City. Those albums look and feel like the 70s to me; full of great songs that have a certain buoyancy that so many bands from that era lacked.
“You Get What You Deserve” is one of my favorite Big Star songs, and one my favorite songs in general. Over the years I’ve included on it countless mixes and playlists. The 2009 box set, Keep An Eye On The Sky, has two versions — both equally great, but this demo version exhibits just the kind of grace that made me fall for them the first time around.
