February 2012
12 posts
Apple thinks different with Mountain Lion →
shortformblog:
chartier:
The most striking thing about Apple’s unveiling of Mountain Lion today is how differently the company played it this time. There were absolutely no rumors; not even a peep. Apple announced Mountain Lion with no event, but embraced the tech press for this unveiling in a way I haven’t seen in a long time, including one on one demos.
Some sites got advance developer...
posted in 2009: Chris Brown Police Report Provides... →
(source: MTV - again, in 2009 - citing court documents)
If people ever try to defend Chris Brown’s actions, ask ‘why he hasn’t been forgiven yet’ and all that BS, link them to this. He beat the shit out of someone, and has acted like he was the victim in all this because people haven’t all welcomed him back with open arms. Fuck that noise.
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Liz Phair on Lana Del Rey →
January 2012
32 posts
The n+1 Pitchfork essay →
rawkblog:
A seemingly thorough overview with a handful of good points, but it slightly embellishes Pitchfork’s influence (and completely misses the symbiotic relationship with blogs and competitors like Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and the Fader) and bristles with an ugly veneer of snobbery that’s as bad as the groundless elitism it claims the site’s guilty of.
The cultural capital section...
Rawktumblr: A general guide to surviving SXSW →
rawkblog:
This is based on my experiences at SXSW Music from the last two years. It may help you. It is by no means authoritative. Mostly, I’d advise skipping the fucking Strokes, the Fader Fort lines and the soul-crushing #VIPfest vibes and actually trying to catch some unknown new bands in weird bars on…
As someone who has been to sxsw so many times, this is all stellar advice. Follow...
An Open Letter to Washington from Artists and... →
popculturebrain:
We, the undersigned, are musicians, actors, directors, authors, and producers. We make our livelihoods with the artistic works we create. We are also Internet users.
We are writing to express our serious concerns regarding the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
As creative professionals, we experience copyright infringement on a very personal level....
The (Very Likeable) Fall and Rise of Jimmy Fallon ... →
popculturebrain:
Not only has he become the opposite of what he used to be, he’s made thinking otherwise seem mean-spirited. He is the puppy-basket of late-night talk-show hosts.
He’s also the puppy-basket of late-night talk-show hosts to actually have puppy-baskets on his show.
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Watchlaughingstation:
OH MY GOD IM CRYING
it’s back
how did he even… ? i dont even know anymore
literally burst out laughing omfg
oh my god
We should make reblogging this a Tumblr rule.
DYING OF LAFF.
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At the Drive-In is back, y'all! →
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Sweden Formally Recognizes File-Sharing as a... →
Up and down we go.: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The…
The Daily: The beginning of the end for AIDS →
thedailyfeed:
Scientists have discovered a vaccine that protects monkeys from a highly deadly form of the AIDS virus — and they’re planning to test it on humans next year.
The new vaccine reduced a monkey’s chance of contracting simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, from a single exposure by more than…
December 2011
15 posts
Seattle Shakeup: How Sub Pop Changed Again In 2011 →
nprmusic:
Here’s a scenario: You come home for Christmas, call up your old punk rock buddies, and find out they’re really into hip-hop and dance music now. Catching up, you pretend to understand words like “chillwave” and “dubstep,” taking their word for it that those are, in fact, real things.
That’s what’s going on right now with Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, known for bringing fringe...
