Writer, musician, and professional copywriter Aaron Poehler
December 5th, 2011 — music, video, writing
The first music video from my new album YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK is now available for viewing on Youtube — be sure to bump the quality up to 720p HD if you have the available bandwidth! (Or do what I do and use a script that does it for you.)
Aaron Poehler – “Spray Vandalism” (music video) from YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK
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December 1st, 2011 — music, pictures, professional, writing
Above: “CLMT Nightwalk” project file screenshot (click to fullsize)
As I mentioned earlier this week in the announcement of the release of my second album YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK, I’m going to be getting into the details behind the making of the album in a series of posts here on aaronpoehler.com over the coming weeks.
Of course, the preponderance of the album was played and recorded by me at Clairemont Mobile Garage (the assemblage-of-odds-and-ends I laughingly call my studio); over the course of these liner notes I’ll try to give some details as to the specifics and circumstances surrounding each track’s recording, but this was the basic setup used to create and record most of the sounds heard on YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK:
…as well as an assortment of pedals, plectrums, cables, wires and other doodads. Obviously not every piece of equipment above was used on every track – today’s track will make that pretty obvious very quickly — and several songs have contributions from guest musicians, but this was the basic set of tools available to me at any given point during this time period.
“CLMT Nightwalk” track breakdown (hear “CLMT Nightwalk” on Bandcamp now, free) :
This opening track is something of a wild card; cut mostly without traditional instrumentation, “CLMT Nightwalk” started out completely as an experiment, but I ended up liking the end result so much I used it to open the album!
When I began putting “CLMT Nightwalk” together, I was thinking of something Bob Weir said in the “Anthem to Beauty” Classic Albums documentary about the recording of the Grateful Dead’s ambitious-in-approach-but-baffling-in-result 2nd album Anthem Of The Sun: he/they were looking to get the sound of “heavy air” on there. Of course, the engineers at the time were baffled by this admittedly opaque request, but I interpreted it to refer to the peculiarly unique and realistic environmental sound that can only be captured by two-track stereo recording.
I attempted to emphasize this element by walking down to the corner store from my former Claremont apartment and back one evening, recording the trip using the Tascam DR-07 handheld recorder. I layered segments of that recording atop one another to exaggerate the ambience, using the rhythm of my steps filtered through the recorder sitting in my trenchcoat pocket to create a central rhythm and arranging the rest of the recording into four separate stereo tracks atop the ‘beat’ where they seemed to make sense, exaggerating the similarities between the tracks while emphasizing the differences — mostly unique events such as passing cars, key sounds, and other happy accidents.
After arriving at a mix that pleased me, I placed synthesizer loops atop the resulting mishmash and added additional environmental recordings from elsewhere in the Claremont area (including the thankfully far-off sound of what sounded like gunshots) to create something of a progression or narrative within the track. (I leave it to you to determine what this narrative might be.)
Later, when putting the tracks together for final assembly into album form I cut about forty seconds out of the middle of the track (seen in the multiple crossfades in the project file screenshot above) because it seemed to go on a bit for an intro track and I thought some of the more interesting sounds were getting lost towards the end. Finally, I tweaked the mix to sound more of a piece with the tracks to follow later in the album, mostly by adjusting the level of the “beat.” And that was basically it!
Join me next time here at aaronpoehler.com, when we’ll take a look at the creation of YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK track #2, “Spray Vandalism”. (Spoiler: other humans were involved!)
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November 28th, 2011 — music, professional, uncategorized, writing
My brand-new second album titled YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK is now available for purchase via iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp with additional stores to follow. The entire album can also be streamed via Spotify and Bandcamp.
Videos for many songs and behind-the-scenes/making-of posts including complete track creation breakdowns will be shared here at aaronpoehler.com in the coming weeks, but for now here are the basic details:
01 – CLMT Nightwalk – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00013 – 2:01
02 – Spray Vandalism – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00014 – 3:58
03 – An Accident Of Birth – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00015 – 4:27
04 – Maybe Great Discoveries – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00016 – 5:08
05 – Naivete – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00017 – 3:49
06 – It’s No Mystery – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00018 – 3:57
07 – Overrich Diet – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00019 – 3:44
08 – Last Call – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00020 – 4:06
09 – Pristine Isolation – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00021 – 5:13
10 – The Last Time You Ever See Me – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00022 – 5:23
11 – You Had To Leave Your Mark – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00023 – 4:57
12 – Encore – ISRC QM-Y8G-11-00024 – 2:56
All selections written by Aaron Poehler ©2011 and published by Family Scam ASCAP
Produced by Aaron Poehler
Recorded by Aaron Poehler at Clairemont Mobile Garage, San Diego California except “Maybe Great Discoveries” basic tracks recorded The Aerie, University City and “Spray Vandalism” and “Naivete” basic tracks recorded by Mark Haemmerle at Haemmerle Productions, San Diego California
Additional musicians: Kurt Baumer – violins on “Last Call” and “Encore”; Mike Cook – drums on “Last Call” and “Encore”; Jeanette Moradi – lever harp, piano and synthesizer on “Maybe Great Discoveries”; Paul Szewcyzk – bass on “Spray Vandalism” and “Naivete”; Ryan Tully-Doyle – drums on “Spray Vandalism” and “Naivete”
Mastered by Tardon Feathered at Mr. Toad’s, San Francisco California
Album cover design and photograph “CLMT Garage” by Aaron Poehler
apoehler@gmail.com
Thanks for listening
A
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October 17th, 2011 — music, pictures, professional, writing
Coming soon: YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK
The second album. Twelve tracks, fifty-one minutes of new music by Aaron Poehler. Coming soon.
October 11th, 2011 — music, professional, writing
More email regarding “The Strange Case of Bobby Fuller”:
Hi, my name is Don J. Long, and in 1966 I was a radio disc jockey with my first radio gig at age 18, on a local Top 40 Pop and Rock music station in the major Los Angeles radio market, KLFM 105.5 FM, Long Beach. I was employed by the radio station full time from January to June 1966, when the station went out of business. I did the “Morning Drive” show from 6 AM to 9 AM then, with the name “D.J. the Deejay” for my radio handle.
Occasionally, I would do on-air live interviews with musical artists and celebrities on my morning show. I interviewed Bobby Fuller live on the air in April 1966, a few months before his tragic death. We mostly talked about his music, how he came from Texas, and how people compared him favorably to Buddy Holly. He was in Hollywood to do some music gigs at that time, and the program director, Harvey Sheldon, knew the guys who worked the shows up on the Sunset Strip, so they told him Bobby Fuller would be available for an on-air interview so he came down and we talked for about 20 to 30 minutes. It was all later edited into my radio show the following day. Other artists I interviewed, for example, on my radio show were Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, Gary Lewis, Jerry Lewis’ son, of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and Del Shannon. I wish I knew where any recordings were of my radio shows. I used to have my own copies but I was robbed in a burglary in 1975 and those tapes were stolen along with my reel-to-reel tape deck.
Bobby mentioned that he had a girlfriend from Las Vegas; she must have been the ‘Melanie’ mentioned in the reports, who was driving around Hollywood at that time in a red 1959 Cadillac convertible, allegedly given to her by a local club owner who was also from Las Vegas, who was her ex-boyfriend, and so the reports go, had ties to the Mafia and organized crime.
He also said he was really happy with his newfound success in the music business, and enjoyed working for Bob Keane (Keene) at Del-Fi and the people at Mustang Records in Hollywood. At that time, his two big hits were “Let Her Dance” and Buddy Holly’s song “Love’s Made A Fool Of You’. His big hit “I Fought The Law” was also starting to get some serious airplay at KRLA, KFWB and KHJ, and whatever they played, we played at KLFM.
Bobby impressed me as being a very positive, intense and driven but personable young man, and not the sort of person to take his own life, especially when his career was still on the rise. I don’t believe he committed suicide, he was murdered. And I would blame it totally on the girlfriend Melanie’s jealous ex-boyfriend, and his associates.
Bobby also mentioned at that time that he was really excited about buying a new red 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback sports coupe from the local Hollywood Ford dealer, which would have been Don Hartunian Hollywood Ford at that time. I don’t know if he purchased the car or not, but he talked about it on my show interview with me.
For what it’s worth, this is my input into this story. I also gave this same story, my testimony, to the TV series “Unsolved Mysteries” in 1996 when they ran a segment of their program about this case.
Just thought I would drop you a line about this, since I read online you were interested in this case.
Best Regards,
Don J. Long
DJL Projects
Thanks, Don, interesting stuff. It’s a real shame your interview tapes disappeared, I’m sure those would be fascinating to hear today — I’m a big Del Shannon fan too.
September 30th, 2011 — music, pictures
September 22nd, 2011 — music, pictures, professional, video
As someone who went to school to study audio engineering (Indiana University, under Dr. David Pickett & Wayne Jackson — didn’t finish the program) I understand that making a recording & mixing tutorial is an inherently difficult task: although we definitely received some useful instruction, 99% of the useful information I’ve gained about audio recording in my lifetime came from hands-on experience. In Secrets of the Pros – Modern Recording and Mixing, instructor Ken Walden tells us that he gained a lot of useful knowledge from his own frequently-mentioned experiences, but unfortunately he fails to convey much of it to his audience over the course of these two DVDs.
An instructive example: in his introduction to the section on “Recording Bass Guitar” Walden discusses how he’s played the bass for years and been involved in many sessions behind the mixing desk with world-class bass players. Great! So he must have many useful tips and tricks to pass on, right? That’s why we bought this thing called Secrets Of The Pros, after all!
Unfortunately, all Walden has to offer us is this: 1. usually bass guitar is recorded direct using a DI (direct input) and 2. a good instrument sounds better than a shitty one. Hey, thanks Ken! Those are not Secrets Of The Pros in any way. That’s very basic advice one would give someone who had never recorded anything in their life and was thinking about maybe someday buying a bass. Oh, and may I point out the entire section is under four minutes long?
Mostly the rest of the $40 set goes the same way: a few very basic tips that anyone who knows the difference between a condenser mic and a dynamic mic will already know, accompanied by overly-specific information about particular systems (Pro Tools, less ubiquitous every day) that may or may not apply to your setup even if it’s not already outdated. Walden may well have been involved with many professional sessions as he continually asserts, but at the conclusion of each section I keep wondering: in what capacity? He doesn’t really impress as someone who knows a lot about any of the subjects covered in this course; I’m guessing he was maybe a second engineer at best, because he keeps making reference to techniques as “this is the way this is usually done” or “I saw this setup in nearly all the sessions I was in” and not “this is why I use this mic over this one” or “when I mixed this album I did this”. Looking at his credentials I see he did a couple of years at a San Francisco studio and then basically spent seven+ years as a Pro Tools trainer, which explains his oddly detailed overemphasis of Pro Tools in certain sections and his complete lack of knowledge in others — I was floored that his advice for recording drums basically boiled down to “Record a professional drummer in a professional studio with a massive tracking room and a hugely expensive board, if you can’t afford that, um, use fewer mics I guess? Zeppelin used the three mic configuration a lot and that’s cool, so do that.”
Walden simply doesn’t seem to have much to offer project studio engineers, whom I would guess comprise 99%+ of the audience for an instructional set like this — especially when you consider that anyone who didn’t already know the stuff Walden passes along would have zero chance of ever being hired in any professional capacity. Frankly, there is nothing about Walden’s set I can recommend either to novices or to more experienced engineers that Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording (hardly an unflawed program in itself, mind you) doesn’t do far, far better — with one exception.
The one is a doozy, though: the last instruction section (called “The Big Secret” in a marketing hook move so transparently ridiculous it’s honestly offensive) is a 50+ minute look at home studio acoustics primarily delivered by Manny LaCarrubba. Walden does throw his two cents in here and there, but this section is really LaCarrubba’s show, in which he breaks down a ridiculously complex topic (just try and read some acoustics textbooks sometime, I dare you) in a way that’s both useful and practical for engineers on any level of ability. Using what LaCarrubba shows here, I’d be surprised if almost anyone couldn’t make improvements in their listening/recording environment with noticeably positive effects on the end result — something that can’t be said about any of the other advice on this DVD set, unfortunately.
It’s too bad the disparity between the quality of “The Big Secret” (ugh, that makes me groan every time) acoustics section and the level of the rest of Walden’s advice is so large, because I can’t in good conscience recommend a $40 product where only about a quarter of the content delivers on its promise. Fortunately, you don’t have to waste your time and money on the useless sections of this product anymore, as the sections are available as individual downloads: eight bucks for the useful part and forget the rest. It looks like someone uploaded the first nine minutes of this section to youtube; that should be enough to give you an idea of what to expect and whether “The Big Secret” is for you. As far as the rest of the program, don’t waste your time: no matter your level of skill and experience, there are far better, more comprehensive, and much more contemporary (very very important, as quickly as recording technology changes) programs available for you.
And hey, Manny! Make your own acoustics program! I’d buy it and probably recommend it too.
September 21st, 2011 — music
Granted, events in the world of the Grateful Dead have always seemed to take place in their own isolated little universe, rarely interacting with the rest of the music world in any significant way, but given the general hue and cry over the pending collapse of the music industry and the demise of physical media I’m slightly surprised no one seems to have noticed this. Or maybe people just can’t do math for shit.
Basically: the Grateful Dead released a massive limited-edition box set containing 72 or 73 CDs and over 70 hours of music. While usually such huge projects collect the lifetime’s output of a continually popular artist like Elvis or Sinatra, when you’re talking about the Dead 70+ CDs boils down to 22 shows from an under-two month period of the band’s existence. Sure, the Europe ’72 run is among the band’s strongest period musically, and $450 for 70+ CDs is actually a pretty good deal, but one might not be blamed for arguing that the Dead are far from the height of their popularity and the economy right now is, well, what it is. Plus, you know, MUSIC PIRACY IS KILLING THE RECORD INDUSTRY and all that so who’s going to spend half a grand on some old tapes when they can probably just steal it online? (In fact, when the box was first offered the band’s organization hedged their bets, stating the set would only be produced if they received a certain number of orders.)
Now, I don’t know exactly what costs went into these sets, but let’s be real: the most expensive part is the packaging, which they’re trimming from the reissue, and whatever they had to lay out for remixing/remastering the audio has already been recouped many times over. The Dead has been doing this archival release thing for awhile and had their own team already in place. Marketing costs consisted of putting out two or three press releases saying “Hey, we’re gonna do this thing” and that’s about it. They were upfront about the fact that they were not going to even bother doing these sets if they were going to lose money, and who could blame them? Dead fans have been trading tapes/CDs/digital files of these shows for 35 years — did they want or need these discs? And even if they did, wouldn’t they just steal the music?
As it turned out, they needn’t have worried: they sold all 7200 box set in less than four days. To break that down: 7200 sets times $450 per set = $3.24 million American. And because the sets went so quickly, they’re making another 7200 “music only” sets without the fancy packaging and bonus insert materials of the first pressing, as well as releasing all 22 shows from the set individual albums, so we’re probably looking at $7 million minimum all told — at least $4 million of which is pure profit. That’s insane.
I can’t help but wonder what other groups could even dream of approaching something like this, either today or forty years after the fact. Granted, a similar undertaking from most bands would be tedious as fuck since they churn out the same tired set in the same order every night like robots with malfunctioning A.I., but that’s more a failing of their own concessions to entertainment over artistry. Pearl Jam and Radiohead maybe? Hm. Maybe the lesson to be derived here is that more bands should think about changing up their setlists and putting more effort into making each concert a unique musical event in order to bolster their retirement plans.
Personally, I could definitely go for complete Miles Davis tours from the Columbia archives now that they’ve started issuing ‘Bootleg Series’ releases. Fortunately the Miles sets seem to do quite well, always winning packaging and remastering awards and whatnot — and I know they’ve gotten plenty of play around here! — so perhaps my dream isn’t so far off after all.
September 13th, 2011 — comics, copywriting, music, pictures, professional, uncategorized, video, writing
From http://twitter.com/aaronpoehler. Looking at the amount of stuff built up I should probably do this more often. Or maybe you should just follow me because even this isn’t exhaustive, there were some twitter-only posts that have been excised here and oh geez don’t you feel like you missed out now?
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It’s got to suck working on bonus CD-ROM materials for music CDs knowing full well your audience is: (people who read liner notes)/20 |
Tue Sep 13 17:23:51 +0000 2011 |
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“Augmented Reality Experience” is the most ridiculously overblown BS marketing euphemism imaginable for “We threw in some bonus CDROM shit” |
Tue Sep 13 17:20:34 +0000 2011 |
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Funniest thing I’ve seen so far today: comment section full of people lamenting the death of the CD by complaining ‘digital music sucks’ |
Tue Sep 13 15:24:21 +0000 2011 |
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Mostly though these New 52 #1 review columns all read the same: staid & lacking Sterling’s insight. 6 months in, then they’ll have a point. |
Mon Sep 12 16:30:22 +0000 2011 |
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Not writing on DC’s New52 #1s because there’s more than enough of that already but Giffen’s OMAC is pure Kirby goodness http://t.co/R8AZqpb |
Mon Sep 12 16:25:33 +0000 2011 |
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Catch-22: if you take Esquire’s How To Be A Man feature remotely seriously you are precluded from being one |
Sun Sep 11 16:54:49 +0000 2011 |
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Hey, Spider-Island: Avengers was actually quite good, don’t miss it in the sea of samey-looking tie-ins with generic names on the stands |
Sat Sep 10 19:18:55 +0000 2011 |
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Whenever something actually happens on which one might want current news updates I’m struck by the uselessness of all local SD news websites |
Fri Sep 09 19:01:31 +0000 2011 |
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At this point New Order w/o Peter Hook isn’t Queen w/o Freddie Mercury, it’s Dream Theater w/o Mike Portnoy–both badly need to STFU ASAP |
Fri Sep 09 18:23:05 +0000 2011 |
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How is it possible every month’s Zenescope covers are more cringe-inducingly mortifying than the last? |
Fri Sep 09 16:24:08 +0000 2011 |
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“San Diego: I SURVIVED being slightly uncomfortable for just under 12 hours” t-shirts would probably have a limited sale window |
Fri Sep 09 14:17:18 +0000 2011 |
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If you bought an ipad 2 case that doesn’t make use of the smart cover auto wake/sleep feature you oughtta take that shit back tout suite |
Wed Sep 07 21:28:08 +0000 2011 |
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Everything about Marvel’s Season 1 OGN covers from art to trade dress is awful unless “remainder-bin knockoffs” is what they were going for |
Wed Sep 07 19:42:02 +0000 2011 |
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I enjoy the work of PJ Harvey including her newest album but as an American I must disavow any knowledge of what the Mercury Prize is |
Tue Sep 06 21:39:40 +0000 2011 |
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Does your band have a ‘clever’ name? Man is that going to get old fast. |
Tue Sep 06 21:36:31 +0000 2011 |
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I never thought I’d be okay with a Hookless New Order but then I never thought Hook would be so blatantly exploitative of Joy Division music |
Tue Sep 06 16:34:33 +0000 2011 |
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I kinda think all instagram/hipstamatic processed photos look shitty now and will look moreso as time continues to pass |
Sun Sep 04 17:53:11 +0000 2011 |
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Guess I know what I’ll be listening to/watching over the wkend when I’m not doing acoustic treatment on the garage http://t.co/uvVjFTt |
Fri Sep 02 02:19:21 +0000 2011 |
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Who are the dumbfucks buying these licensed versions of Monopoly? It’s the same game with different tokens and street names. It’s also sad. |
Thu Sep 01 23:18:28 +0000 2011 |
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Oscar Jiminez could have been an A-list comic book artist if he’d ever delivered work in a remotely timely fashion. Great stuff but so late. |
Thu Sep 01 05:27:23 +0000 2011 |
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Was down for the concept of Ghost but not finding the music on Opus Eponymous as good as I’d hoped |
Tue Aug 30 16:32:09 +0000 2011 |
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Man I loves me some Thin Lizzy but the guitar solo on “The Rocker” is total ass |
Tue Aug 30 01:12:36 +0000 2011 |
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If I enjoy someone’s creative output it doesn’t mean I want to be harangued to help promote it as if that’s somehow my responsibility. |
Mon Aug 29 18:44:35 +0000 2011 |
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It must be tough to work up the enthusiasm to pretend anyone’s cared in the slightest about the Video Music Awards in decades |
Mon Aug 29 16:24:52 +0000 2011 |
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There can never be enough Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire comics (but they don’t all have to be Justice League related–maybe creator-owned next?) |
Sun Aug 28 19:29:40 +0000 2011 |
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Hey awesome, reverse sexism. Thanks Bounce/Procter & Gamble, and fuck you too http://t.co/GavTMeP |
Sat Aug 27 00:14:35 +0000 2011 |
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Absolutely the most mind-melting @RiffTrax short yet: “What Is Nothing?” http://t.co/xQyO7rg |
Fri Aug 26 21:40:01 +0000 2011 |
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Reality check: The Dark Knight Rises is still like a year away argh |
Thu Aug 25 21:33:34 +0000 2011 |
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I wonder how often that Static-X guy catches his reflection in the dressing room mirror & sighs deeply & mournfully before going onstage |
Tue Aug 23 16:58:09 +0000 2011 |
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All of these “Who’s Who at DC Comics-The New 52″ creator profiles are staggeringly dull. Done in the least imaginative way possible. |
Mon Aug 22 19:17:10 +0000 2011 |
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I guess it’s safe to take my Borders Rewards and Blockbuster Video cards out of my wallet now |
Mon Aug 22 17:30:59 +0000 2011 |
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Admittedly the blacklight room already breaks the Corvette Diner 50s theme but the Insane Clown Posse Bizarre Bazaar poster is going too far |
Fri Aug 19 21:09:10 +0000 2011 |
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Watched Blur – T in the Park last night. Do they get better or is singing shittily & out of key just Damon Albarn’s ‘thing’? |
Thu Aug 18 15:29:38 +0000 2011 |
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Keep thinking agency on Mad Men is named Sterling Archer Associates, then get distracted thinking about how awesome that premise would be |
Wed Aug 17 23:01:02 +0000 2011 |
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A writer writing to other writers about writing does not seem like worthwhile networking unless one’s aim is to be a writing teacher. |
Wed Aug 17 20:55:08 +0000 2011 |
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Though I too mourn the loss of canvas for visual art and text in albums, digital booklets are a waste of time for creator & listener alike |
Wed Aug 17 15:40:14 +0000 2011 |
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I got an offer claiming $15 for Harmony Balance-Bands is “a $40 value”, rather than the more accurate “$15 for a worthless scam product” |
Tue Aug 16 19:35:38 +0000 2011 |
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Caption this picture: what is melancholy devo fan thinking right now? (Photo from http://t.co/mrjTKsF) http://t.co/DrsoAAI |
Thu Aug 11 20:57:27 +0000 2011 |
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Kirby: Genesis is all the crazy superheroic action you crave without the bitter aftertaste of corporate indifference #trythisindycomic |
Thu Aug 11 17:56:00 +0000 2011 |
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God T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents is awesome. I hope it doesn’t get completely buried and forgotten in the New 52 push. |
Thu Aug 11 02:33:49 +0000 2011 |
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Tip of the hat to Scott Snyder for a stellar scripting job on his Detective Comics run–looking forward to Batman run starting next month. |
Thu Aug 11 02:15:02 +0000 2011 |
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I like few bands enough to bother listening to a remix collection and I’m afraid Radiohead’s music hasn’t been rewarding enough for years |
Wed Aug 10 20:58:09 +0000 2011 |
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Watched the Horrors’ Glastonbury set last night: not bad, not great. Lyrics too simplistic and repetitive, songs a bit flimsy. 3 stars |
Wed Aug 10 17:12:40 +0000 2011 |
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Lord knows I loves me some metal but the whole “No really look how EEEEVIL I am” act some people in the genre pull is painfully corny |
Mon Aug 08 22:06:46 +0000 2011 |
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I’m fine with Lorne not changing out any SNL cast but I better not see any Deep House Dish, Target Lady, or What’s Up With That next season |
Sat Aug 06 00:46:35 +0000 2011 |
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Musical considerations aside, bands that dress up to look “old-timey” give me shudders of revulsion |
Fri Aug 05 19:55:20 +0000 2011 |
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You know what’s hot? Someone who knows the difference between ‘discrete’/'discreet’ and ‘reign’/'rein’ |
Fri Aug 05 17:34:10 +0000 2011 |
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…kids of today should defend themselves against false nostalgia for Ten and Nevermind. |
Tue Aug 02 21:44:50 +0000 2011 |
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Speaking out against false nostalgia in 1994, Eddie Vedder sang “Kids of today should defend themselves against the 70s”… |
Tue Aug 02 21:44:37 +0000 2011 |
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I wonder if they anticipated the line “You’re the fucked-up version of Amy Winehouse” playing the way it does now http://t.co/xkuqwO4 |
Tue Aug 02 16:28:43 +0000 2011 |
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Capitalizing the W in ‘Wanna’ really sells the desperate yearning and insecurity underpinning this pitch http://t.co/v7Z3ktA |
Mon Aug 01 18:21:33 +0000 2011 |
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Any album that’s reissued and hasn’t been out of print for at least five years is just a lame cashgrab *koff* ArcadeFireLadyGaga |
Fri Jul 29 21:58:15 +0000 2011 |
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Tineye would be useful if it worked better or at all, seems like there’s a space in the online spectrum for that if someone wants to step up |
Wed Jul 27 15:46:37 +0000 2011 |
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No device of mine is truly set up until its background is set to earthlights.jpg |
Tue Jul 26 01:35:49 +0000 2011 |
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J genuinely offended at my suggestion it will be awesome when the Starship Enterprise shows up in Game Of Thrones book 6 |
Sun Jul 24 21:08:00 +0000 2011 |
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This Katie MacAlister seems to be a prime offender, title after title and each one a worse groaner than the last |
Thu Jul 21 23:12:28 +0000 2011 |
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Wow, there sure are a lot of shitty-looking chicklit vampire books |
Thu Jul 21 23:02:44 +0000 2011 |
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There’s a lesson regarding the efficacy of legislation here somewhere http://t.co/aXzYM2g |
Thu Jul 21 19:27:54 +0000 2011 |
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@venturajm Nope, live stuff, 2 full hours of it. Bored me stiff, kept thinking surely they’d would play something interesting anytime but no |
Wed Jul 20 02:28:53 +0000 2011 |
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Bobby Fuller: Never to be forgotten. http://t.co/teGDJUX |
Tue Jul 19 17:44:15 +0000 2011 |
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I’d like to say I’ll miss Borders, but I haven’t found shopping at one enjoyable in quite awhile. Still, it was good when it was good. |
Mon Jul 18 22:38:03 +0000 2011 |
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Checked out some Widespread Panic music this weekend, found it all fairly tepid & unambitious. Decided I don’t really like Widespread Panic. |
Mon Jul 18 21:09:18 +0000 2011 |
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Every article on Battles for the past several months, summarized: “There sure are three guys in the band now instead of four” |
Sun Jul 17 17:45:34 +0000 2011 |
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The entirety of Broken Lizard Standup summarized: “Hey, you guys have all seen Super Troopers and are TOTALLY HIGH, right? Right?” |
Sun Jul 17 16:03:42 +0000 2011 |
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Thinking this might be a good candidate for the cover photo of album #2 http://t.co/oflpoBN |
Sat Jul 16 00:34:12 +0000 2011 |
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@laurensnuggles Jiffy Lube blows and several have been fined for unnecessary services. Hop on Yelp and find a good nonchain auto shop |
Fri Jul 15 21:30:16 +0000 2011 |
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See, everyone knows Palin is a joke except Newsweek http://t.co/ENEbaUt |
Fri Jul 15 18:52:17 +0000 2011 |
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Also Hooky’s Joy Division rerecordings are embarrassing and cringeworthy so well done on burning bridges there |
Fri Jul 15 17:14:23 +0000 2011 |
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“I know that our all bickering physically hurts the fans and destroys what they loved” Don’t worry Hooky it does neither http://t.co/pQfWUPE |
Fri Jul 15 17:09:57 +0000 2011 |
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I like how people are suddenly stricken by the breakup of a band that has done fuck-all for 4 years despite never noticing their absence |
Wed Jul 13 21:53:31 +0000 2011 |
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Landmark Forum seminars: far better experienced vicariously via entertaining stream of tweets. http://t.co/5daXMJl |
Wed Jul 13 18:20:57 +0000 2011 |
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Spotted some twit driving a Saab eating a bowl of cereal from his lap–milk, fruit and all. Just one tap on the brakes could ruin his day… |
Tue Jul 12 19:29:57 +0000 2011 |
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Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), classic Eno for Saturday morning – China My China by Brian Eno, from #SoundHound http://bit.ly/qnsfM6 |
Sat Jul 09 17:57:48 +0000 2011 |
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You know, every time I hear Pearl Jam I think “Maybe this will be the awesome thing that knocks me out” and it just never happens. |
Mon Jul 04 06:38:28 +0000 2011 |
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Finding it really hard to care about any of Marvel’s Fear Itself. At least we know Flashpoint is going somewhere; this doesn’t seem to be. |
Sun Jul 03 16:57:26 +0000 2011 |
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Wow, seriously, Newsweek? In what way is this ridiculous bullshit remotely news? What an awful publication. http://t.co/N2VuMzl |
Wed Jun 29 00:11:50 +0000 2011 |
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Prince and Morrissey are making themselves relics by refusing to adapt: http://t.co/Sc6qtkp |
Tue Jun 28 19:25:55 +0000 2011 |
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Tried to watch This Movie Is Broken, had to turn off 10 minutes in due to dire acting and awful cliche-ridden script. Wow, so bad |
Fri Jun 24 03:30:58 +0000 2011 |
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I bet parts of this sound unlikely to many. Not me, or anyone else ever paid to write. http://t.co/BpT6SWj |
Wed Jun 22 05:42:51 +0000 2011 |
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Also, how did I miss that Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock are married? That’s totally the kind of thing I tend to know despite myself. |
Mon Jun 20 20:49:30 +0000 2011 |
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I think it’s funny that grasping for an example of a terrible male performer, Jason Mraz is the first to pop to mind. http://t.co/KRLhYmQ |
Mon Jun 20 20:43:31 +0000 2011 |
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“My Game of Thrones app isn’t loading fast enough!” #firstworldproblems |
Sun Jun 19 16:40:56 +0000 2011 |
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Wow, Single White Spenny is incredibly clumsy and amateurish. Embarrassingly obvious wish-fulfilment fantasy, unfunny, hard to get through. |
Sat Jun 18 02:48:05 +0000 2011 |
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Watching Rifftrax Star Trek Generations, may god have mercy on us. I swear it wasn’t even me who picked it. |
Sat Jun 18 00:49:04 +0000 2011 |
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@karmiclife just put the folder on shuffle |
Fri Jun 17 06:34:48 +0000 2011 |
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Just watching a whole bunch of Rifftrax shorts |
Fri Jun 17 04:17:46 +0000 2011 |
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Pt. 3 of my #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 recap is up now, ft. 1 Less Reason, Unwritten Law, Evan Watson, The Wedding & more http://t.co/TRVshkr |
Wed Jun 15 21:36:45 +0000 2011 |
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A comedian’s site should have samples of comedy, not commercial acting work. Unconvincing ALL CAPS blurb doesn’t cut it http://t.co/Ad69VVU |
Wed Jun 15 18:35:35 +0000 2011 |
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Now that Game of Thrones is getting down to it we finally get answers to the important questions:they’re called ‘gingers’ in this world too |
Mon Jun 13 23:21:23 +0000 2011 |
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Aaron goes to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 pt 2 up now: GIVERS, Ali Handal, Dead Sara, Drive A, Kopek, Shakti Tribe http://t.co/6AgUmTx |
Mon Jun 13 17:30:47 +0000 2011 |
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Watching Take Me Home Tonight. Have been on the verge of turning it off the whole time, it’s kind of a POS. |
Sun Jun 12 05:19:41 +0000 2011 |
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It’s hard to deny that a good number of DC’s 52 relaunch series feel like the ‘DC Explosion’ titles of the late 70s #quicklycanceled |
Sat Jun 11 17:34:28 +0000 2011 |
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Conversely, I’d have bet good money there was no way DC could possibly make a Stormwatch series interesting but with @Paul_Cornell, it is. |
Thu Jun 09 18:29:36 +0000 2011 |
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Marvel had better step up its PR game. Yet another obnoxiously obvious X-Men relaunch coupled with terrible Greg Land art ain’t cutting it. |
Thu Jun 09 18:22:56 +0000 2011 |
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On Invincible #80: Well if that wasn’t the most Kirkmany Kirkman comic that ever Kirkmaned I don’t know what is. Coast City/The Pitt anyone? |
Thu Jun 09 15:35:20 +0000 2011 |
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The worst part about seeing Robert Plant is all the people who really just want a sad echo of something they saw 35 years ago. |
Thu Jun 09 06:10:02 +0000 2011 |
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I don’t understand why it takes longer to get a drink at Copley Symphony Hall than anywhere else in the world |
Thu Jun 09 03:42:53 +0000 2011 |
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Creepy Creeps’ show doesn’t really work in a theater setting but they seem like they’d tear up the right club. |
Thu Jun 09 03:27:41 +0000 2011 |
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Really glad Paul Levitz’ LSH book isn’t going away but honestly surprised to find DC still thinks the market can support 2 Legion books. |
Wed Jun 08 17:24:49 +0000 2011 |
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I went to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 and wrote about it. In this post: Transfer, AWOLNATION, and Deep Dark Robot. http://bit.ly/mrRtOT |
Tue Jun 07 17:15:11 +0000 2011 |
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Godspeed to producer Martin Rushent — I hope in death he is confused with Martin Hannett far less often. |
Mon Jun 06 22:44:59 +0000 2011 |
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Whatever happened to Argyle from Die Hard |
Mon Jun 06 03:23:31 +0000 2011 |
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Bends’ Moon Knight series really not doing it for me. And seriously, Echo again? Reads like the cliche of BMB talktalktalk empty writing. |
Sat Jun 04 19:31:33 +0000 2011 |
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Avengers Academy 14/14.1: continues to surprise me as one of the most consistent titles Marvel currently releases. Gage gets it–good stuff. |
Sat Jun 04 19:16:29 +0000 2011 |
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Amazing Spider-man now reads like Slott trying to get out all his stuff other guys vetoed during the multiwriter era. Get on with it, man. |
Sat Jun 04 18:11:52 +0000 2011 |
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Stuart Immonen is one of the best artists working today but man is Fear Itself ever terrible. Just bad writing all around, senseless crap. |
Sat Jun 04 17:57:05 +0000 2011 |
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Why does all food served in catering trays smell exactly the same |
Fri Jun 03 04:14:56 +0000 2011 |
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Movie Memorial Day: Pootie Tang, Rifftrax X-Men, In the Loop, Limitless |
Tue May 31 01:23:02 +0000 2011 |
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The new manners: when a person uses a cellphone in a movie theater, it is considered proper to throw popcorn at them until it is put away. |
Sat May 28 21:56:17 +0000 2011 |
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All I can say is Grant Morrison better be writing some Flash here or I’m gonna be pissed |
Sat May 28 06:08:58 +0000 2011 |
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I was all pissed off at the UPS guy for taking all day to deliver my package but then he showed up blasting the Misfits |
Sat May 28 01:54:15 +0000 2011 |
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Watched about 10 mins of Protest the Hero – Gallop Meets the Earth Live and just couldn’t take it seriously. |
Fri May 27 04:10:29 +0000 2011 |
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The Jesus Lizard albums Albini didn’t record sound so weird. |
Fri May 27 00:47:00 +0000 2011 |
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I don’t know or care who Ryan Giggs and Imogen Thomas are but I do know UK law doesn’t apply to me and I support unconditionally free speech |
Mon May 23 22:27:35 +0000 2011 |
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I guess this is the day everyone says something terribly unfunny about the supposed Rapture so let this stand as my contribution. |
Sat May 21 15:42:39 +0000 2011 |
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Bank of America, call me to push your pointless identity theft protection product just once more & I’ll see how fast I can switch banks |
Fri May 20 01:37:13 +0000 2011 |
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Hmm, mayhap Obama has been revisiting Slanted & Enchanted of late–let’s see if he says 40 million daggers must be sheathed to achieve peace |
Thu May 19 17:44:21 +0000 2011 |
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Whoa WordPress looks totally different for me now. I guess that’s what happens when you upgrade versions from 2.3.3 (3 years old) to 3.1.2 |
Thu May 19 16:02:13 +0000 2011 |
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“Velvet Revolver’s music isn’t very good and it was all about the money,” well duh. Music tell-all revelations aren’t what they used to be |
Wed May 18 20:50:23 +0000 2011 |
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Yuck is a lot better as far as not-entirely-original recentish UK wannabe-US-sounding bands with debut LPs out go |
Wed May 18 02:20:44 +0000 2011 |
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This Vaccines album kind of sucks and is boring |
Wed May 18 01:28:34 +0000 2011 |
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Flash Fact: I outnerded the internet with comic book knowledge http://bit.ly/lqNuYu |
Tue May 17 16:37:49 +0000 2011 |
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Recently finished Jeffrey Brown books Little Things & Any Easy Intimacy http://twitpic.com/4yhray |
Mon May 16 15:38:52 +0000 2011 |
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You can tell Waters helped select the new Floyd best-of: he’s the only person in the world who thinks “Fletcher Memorial Home” belongs there |
Tue May 10 22:48:48 +0000 2011 |
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Starting to think that not only am I completely done playing any cover songs, I may also be done listening to cover material. It’s boring. |
Mon May 09 21:16:38 +0000 2011 |
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Marvel’s Fear Itself is sort of incomprehensible and lacking any kind of actual story but man Stuart Immonen sure can draw. |
Sat May 07 20:36:16 +0000 2011 |
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The short story in this issue kind of sucked too. |
Thu May 05 02:43:25 +0000 2011 |
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George Jones article in Playboy reads like the author did an interview, got nothing out of him, and made up some personal BS to fill it out |
Thu May 05 01:56:19 +0000 2011 |
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About 20 mins in on Foo Fighters: Back And Forth and it seems really well-done. http://t.co/KzSTpOO |
Wed May 04 03:33:07 +0000 2011 |
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You know what’s a good feeling? Being completely caught up on one’s work. Enjoy it while it lasts. |
Tue May 03 17:42:53 +0000 2011 |
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Reading Beginners I pretty much think Gordon Lish’s editing job on What We Talk About When We Talk About Love amounts to criminal vandalism |
Sun May 01 20:08:43 +0000 2011 |
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Up early for Saturday. Listening to Smog. Going to read Carver. |
Sat Apr 30 15:03:07 +0000 2011 |
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While Donald Glover’s concert was mediocre, I’m surprised more media celebs don’t do similar tours to milk it while they have the chance |
Wed Apr 27 22:25:38 +0000 2011 |
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The properties of art aren’t additive–cf. Donald Glover @ Belly Up, a 2 star comedy set + a 2 star rap set = a 2 star show. |
Wed Apr 27 06:28:56 +0000 2011 |
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I feel like I just paid to finance Donald Glover’s fantasy of being an actual musician. |
Wed Apr 27 06:21:35 +0000 2011 |
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Painting a peace sign and flowers on the spare tire cover of one’s vintage VW Microbus seems more than a bit on the nose |
Tue Apr 26 20:19:45 +0000 2011 |
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No sympathy for anyone complaining the internet is boring. If you can’t guide your own entertainment don’t expect the world to cater to you. |
Mon Apr 25 22:41:40 +0000 2011 |
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Haha, “We’re DFA 1979, stick around for Duran Duran”. Sorry DD, you have been replaced with Kanye |
Fri Apr 22 03:27:39 +0000 2011 |
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Living room Coachella continues tonight with Cold War Kids and Death From Above 1979 |
Fri Apr 22 02:31:59 +0000 2011 |
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The Swell Season is going off, in an unexpectedly uptempo way |
Thu Apr 21 05:12:58 +0000 2011 |
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PJ Harvey’s set is mesmerizing. |
Thu Apr 21 04:43:52 +0000 2011 |
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Well the National’s Coachella set was better than the Strokes’ but then they had the advantage of being a better band playing better music |
Thu Apr 21 04:09:42 +0000 2011 |
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For some it was last weekend but tonight is my Coachella, here in my living room. The Strokes on now, the National up next, followed by…? |
Thu Apr 21 01:54:38 +0000 2011 |
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Two months ago I’d never heard of Odd Future and now I’m completely sick of hearing about them. Such are the risks of instant overexposure |
Thu Apr 21 00:57:45 +0000 2011 |
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Wow, Angelfire is totally a thing that still actually exists. Worth taking the time to excavate antediluvian logon/delete ancient website(s) |
Wed Apr 20 15:54:23 +0000 2011 |
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Just watchin’ a bunch of Rifftrax shorts in a row |
Wed Apr 20 02:27:48 +0000 2011 |
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Apple does a lot of things right but: the most ubiquitous Apple product is Itunes, and it’s a horrible POS that everyone hates and resents |
Tue Apr 19 21:23:24 +0000 2011 |
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There is and always has been something fundamentally uninteresting about the Smithereens, despite a few catchy tunes. Too formalist/retro? |
Tue Apr 19 19:40:36 +0000 2011 |
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I’m almost sorry to have to give up my weekend of saying “No, we can’t watch Game Of Thrones, the New York Times says women won’t like it” |
Mon Apr 18 04:40:11 +0000 2011 |
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Kitchen Nightmares US is such a fluffy reality-show POS compared to the original UK show, especially now |
Sun Apr 17 19:49:59 +0000 2011 |
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A little Emitt Rhodes goes a long way. Too much McCartney, not enough Beefheart |
Sun Apr 17 17:06:59 +0000 2011 |
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Anthony Michael Hall definitely should have been Jimmy Olsen at some point |
Sun Apr 17 01:55:19 +0000 2011 |
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The computer networking in Weird Science is bizarrely fascinating. |
Sun Apr 17 00:44:28 +0000 2011 |
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The Daytrotter downloader reeks of “Well, we spent all this money to develop this useless POS interface so we’re damn well gonna use it” |
Sat Apr 16 18:31:21 +0000 2011 |
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“There’s nothing to do in the midwest but dream” ~ @josepharthur. Yeah, that’s pretty much right on–dream about getting the hell OUT! |
Wed Apr 13 22:52:42 +0000 2011 |
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Finally updated the music info page of my site at http://aaronpoehler.com/music.html with both up-to-date info and stuff about old projects |
Wed Apr 13 19:26:18 +0000 2011 |
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Also bands, really: don’t do the ‘everybody wearing sunglasses in the picture’ thing. You don’t look like the Blues Brothers, you look dumb. |
Wed Apr 13 15:55:04 +0000 2011 |
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Seriously people stop naming your band The Black _____s. NOBODY CAN TELL YOU APART |
Wed Apr 13 15:40:35 +0000 2011 |
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Daytrotter sessions sure have the potential to be cool if they didn’t sound like 128kbps crap. The downloader is ridiculously awful as well. |
Tue Apr 12 00:57:16 +0000 2011 |
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Peter Tomasi, everyone thinks it’s incredibly pretentious that your credit is “story & words” instead of just “writer” or “scripter,” FYI |
Sat Apr 09 16:53:59 +0000 2011 |
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Man Brian Bendis sure thinks the Hood is an interesting character. Too bad he doesn’t convey that in his writing for shit |
Sat Apr 09 16:30:47 +0000 2011 |
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Definitely been laughing a lot as I catch up on Community but with s01e23 “Modern Warfare” the show takes a place as one of my favorites. |
Wed Apr 06 18:44:13 +0000 2011 |
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In 50 yrs no one will be able to parse any qualitative difference between “Friday” and “Born This Way” |
Tue Apr 05 00:24:11 +0000 2011 |
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Can’t get this Raymond Carver line read 2 days ago out of my head: “He never knew what Jerry wanted. But it started and ended with a rock.” |
Sat Apr 02 16:15:54 +0000 2011 |
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The Flash episode “Twin Streaks” features a guy from Twin Peaks. Just got that, 20 years after the fact. |
Sat Apr 02 05:22:29 +0000 2011 |
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FX chain http://twitpic.com/4fwhme |
Sat Apr 02 02:53:10 +0000 2011 |
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So apparently there’s someone I know who has never seen DIE HARD. What has happened to America’s educational system?? |
Fri Apr 01 22:57:06 +0000 2011 |
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Just finished Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Amazon reviews pretty much tell the story here. |
Thu Mar 31 06:34:45 +0000 2011 |
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“This class is like a redhead who drinks Scotch and loves Die Hard. I suggest you all get her number.” |
Thu Mar 31 04:49:42 +0000 2011 |
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I see now Paypal is integrating its own credit card upsell. Oh Paypal, you never disappoint in finding new ways to be awful and crappy |
Tue Mar 29 17:30:54 +0000 2011 |
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And now: Rifftrax Reign Of Fire |
Sun Mar 27 04:37:16 +0000 2011 |
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Books finished this week http://twitpic.com/4cxoqv |
Fri Mar 25 00:45:39 +0000 2011 |
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Two things I don’t do: 1. Read the Huffington Post 2. Work for free |
Thu Mar 24 19:59:57 +0000 2011 |
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What did you mean when you said, “Feel my skills, donkey donkey donkey, donkey donkey?” |
Wed Mar 23 17:52:22 +0000 2011 |
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Hey @chrisbrown do us all a favor and go away forever; failing that at least stop hitting things to express your limited range of emotion |
Tue Mar 22 21:00:33 +0000 2011 |
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I’m sure tired of listening to this album but as soon as I decide not to double-check everything then bang, there’ll be a massive glitch |
Mon Mar 21 21:38:32 +0000 2011 |
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Finally unsubscribing from Borders Rewards email after years–too little signal-to-noise, too little reward, and of late, too many untruths. |
Thu Mar 17 21:15:06 +0000 2011 |
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Dude begging at intersection wearing “Class of 2010 — WE RUN THIS” t-shirt |
Mon Mar 14 23:50:24 +0000 2011 |
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…but I have to admit I laughed a lot more at tonight’s Bob’s Burgers |
Mon Mar 14 04:00:41 +0000 2011 |
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After all this time I’m still happy to see a new episode of The Simpsons. |
Mon Mar 14 03:32:21 +0000 2011 |
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These Jessie J musical performances are almost fascinatingly terrible. |
Sun Mar 13 09:38:31 +0000 2011 |
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This Jessie J on SNL: so who canceled last minute? Not ready for prime time or late night |
Sun Mar 13 09:18:09 +0000 2011 |
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If you don’t know what playing “in the pocket” means go see The Bellrays |
Sun Mar 13 07:24:29 +0000 2011 |
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Firethorn’s standard riff rock with cowbell is leaving me unmoved, but the bass is solid |
Sun Mar 13 05:46:24 +0000 2011 |
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Opening band at Casbah has those weird clear drums |
Sun Mar 13 05:25:56 +0000 2011 |
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Food was decent but if 8PM Sat is dead at Fat City Steakhouse when do they make money? |
Sun Mar 13 04:55:07 +0000 2011 |
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The sound on the new REM album kind of sucks. Hypercompressed, can’t get into it. |
Sat Mar 12 21:09:45 +0000 2011 |
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It’s not a “supergroup” if you have to explain who all the band members are |
Sat Mar 12 18:24:00 +0000 2011 |
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Tangled could really use some Machete-style ultraviolence |
Sat Mar 12 06:14:40 +0000 2011 |
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Baffling mysteries of the iPhone: why on earth can’t you adjust the alarm snooze time? |
Fri Mar 11 15:04:45 +0000 2011 |
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The Kids Are All Right was really well made bar only that I felt naming the kid “Laser” out of nowhere slightly violated Chekhov’s gun rule. |
Wed Mar 09 23:06:37 +0000 2011 |
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Borders, no one with a functioning brain is signing up for your Rewards Plus program right now so please just stop spamming about it |
Wed Mar 09 19:11:24 +0000 2011 |
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Well I can see one reason why not http://twitpic.com/47l4m4 |
Tue Mar 08 22:21:27 +0000 2011 |
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Scrobbling no more: shut down and deleted the last.fm account I had for five years because really who cares |
Tue Mar 08 21:39:22 +0000 2011 |
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Tue Sep 13 17:23:51 +0000 2011 |
It’s got to suck working on bonus CD-ROM materials for music CDs knowing full well your audience is: (people who read liner notes)/20 |
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Tue Sep 13 17:20:34 +0000 2011 |
“Augmented Reality Experience” is the most ridiculously overblown BS marketing euphemism imaginable for “We threw in some bonus CDROM shit” |
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Tue Sep 13 15:24:21 +0000 2011 |
Funniest thing I’ve seen so far today: comment section full of people lamenting the death of the CD by complaining ‘digital music sucks’ |
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Mon Sep 12 16:30:22 +0000 2011 |
Mostly though these New 52 #1 review columns all read the same: staid & lacking Sterling’s insight. 6 months in, then they’ll have a point. |
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Mon Sep 12 16:25:33 +0000 2011 |
Not writing on DC’s New52 #1s because there’s more than enough of that already but Giffen’s OMAC is pure Kirby goodness http://t.co/R8AZqpb |
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Sun Sep 11 16:54:49 +0000 2011 |
Catch-22: if you take Esquire’s How To Be A Man feature remotely seriously you are precluded from being one |
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Sat Sep 10 19:18:55 +0000 2011 |
Hey, Spider-Island: Avengers was actually quite good, don’t miss it in the sea of samey-looking tie-ins with generic names on the stands |
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Fri Sep 09 19:01:31 +0000 2011 |
Whenever something actually happens on which one might want current news updates I’m struck by the uselessness of all local SD news websites |
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Fri Sep 09 18:23:05 +0000 2011 |
At this point New Order w/o Peter Hook isn’t Queen w/o Freddie Mercury, it’s Dream Theater w/o Mike Portnoy–both badly need to STFU ASAP |
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Fri Sep 09 16:24:08 +0000 2011 |
How is it possible every month’s Zenescope covers are more cringe-inducingly mortifying than the last? |
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Fri Sep 09 14:17:18 +0000 2011 |
“San Diego: I SURVIVED being slightly uncomfortable for just under 12 hours” t-shirts would probably have a limited sale window |
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Wed Sep 07 21:28:08 +0000 2011 |
If you bought an ipad 2 case that doesn’t make use of the smart cover auto wake/sleep feature you oughtta take that shit back tout suite |
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Wed Sep 07 19:42:02 +0000 2011 |
Everything about Marvel’s Season 1 OGN covers from art to trade dress is awful unless “remainder-bin knockoffs” is what they were going for |
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Tue Sep 06 21:39:40 +0000 2011 |
I enjoy the work of PJ Harvey including her newest album but as an American I must disavow any knowledge of what the Mercury Prize is |
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Tue Sep 06 21:36:31 +0000 2011 |
Does your band have a ‘clever’ name? Man is that going to get old fast. |
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Tue Sep 06 16:34:33 +0000 2011 |
I never thought I’d be okay with a Hookless New Order but then I never thought Hook would be so blatantly exploitative of Joy Division music |
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Sun Sep 04 17:53:11 +0000 2011 |
I kinda think all instagram/hipstamatic processed photos look shitty now and will look moreso as time continues to pass |
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Fri Sep 02 02:19:21 +0000 2011 |
Guess I know what I’ll be listening to/watching over the wkend when I’m not doing acoustic treatment on the garage http://t.co/uvVjFTt |
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Thu Sep 01 23:18:28 +0000 2011 |
Who are the dumbfucks buying these licensed versions of Monopoly? It’s the same game with different tokens and street names. It’s also sad. |
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Thu Sep 01 05:27:23 +0000 2011 |
Oscar Jiminez could have been an A-list comic book artist if he’d ever delivered work in a remotely timely fashion. Great stuff but so late. |
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Tue Aug 30 16:32:09 +0000 2011 |
Was down for the concept of Ghost but not finding the music on Opus Eponymous as good as I’d hoped |
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Tue Aug 30 01:12:36 +0000 2011 |
Man I loves me some Thin Lizzy but the guitar solo on “The Rocker” is total ass |
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Mon Aug 29 18:44:35 +0000 2011 |
If I enjoy someone’s creative output it doesn’t mean I want to be harangued to help promote it as if that’s somehow my responsibility. |
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Mon Aug 29 16:24:52 +0000 2011 |
It must be tough to work up the enthusiasm to pretend anyone’s cared in the slightest about the Video Music Awards in decades |
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Sun Aug 28 19:29:40 +0000 2011 |
There can never be enough Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire comics (but they don’t all have to be Justice League related–maybe creator-owned next?) |
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Sat Aug 27 00:14:35 +0000 2011 |
Hey awesome, reverse sexism. Thanks Bounce/Procter & Gamble, and fuck you too http://t.co/GavTMeP |
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Fri Aug 26 21:40:01 +0000 2011 |
Absolutely the most mind-melting @RiffTrax short yet: “What Is Nothing?” http://t.co/xQyO7rg |
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Thu Aug 25 21:33:34 +0000 2011 |
Reality check: The Dark Knight Rises is still like a year away argh |
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Tue Aug 23 16:58:09 +0000 2011 |
I wonder how often that Static-X guy catches his reflection in the dressing room mirror & sighs deeply & mournfully before going onstage |
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Mon Aug 22 19:17:10 +0000 2011 |
All of these “Who’s Who at DC Comics-The New 52″ creator profiles are staggeringly dull. Done in the least imaginative way possible. |
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Mon Aug 22 17:30:59 +0000 2011 |
I guess it’s safe to take my Borders Rewards and Blockbuster Video cards out of my wallet now |
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Fri Aug 19 21:09:10 +0000 2011 |
Admittedly the blacklight room already breaks the Corvette Diner 50s theme but the Insane Clown Posse Bizarre Bazaar poster is going too far |
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Thu Aug 18 15:29:38 +0000 2011 |
Watched Blur – T in the Park last night. Do they get better or is singing shittily & out of key just Damon Albarn’s ‘thing’? |
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Wed Aug 17 23:01:02 +0000 2011 |
Keep thinking agency on Mad Men is named Sterling Archer Associates, then get distracted thinking about how awesome that premise would be |
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Wed Aug 17 20:55:08 +0000 2011 |
A writer writing to other writers about writing does not seem like worthwhile networking unless one’s aim is to be a writing teacher. |
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Wed Aug 17 15:40:14 +0000 2011 |
Though I too mourn the loss of canvas for visual art and text in albums, digital booklets are a waste of time for creator & listener alike |
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Tue Aug 16 19:35:38 +0000 2011 |
I got an offer claiming $15 for Harmony Balance-Bands is “a $40 value”, rather than the more accurate “$15 for a worthless scam product” |
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Thu Aug 11 20:57:27 +0000 2011 |
Caption this picture: what is melancholy devo fan thinking right now? (Photo from http://t.co/mrjTKsF) http://t.co/DrsoAAI |
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Thu Aug 11 17:56:00 +0000 2011 |
Kirby: Genesis is all the crazy superheroic action you crave without the bitter aftertaste of corporate indifference #trythisindycomic |
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Thu Aug 11 02:33:49 +0000 2011 |
God T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents is awesome. I hope it doesn’t get completely buried and forgotten in the New 52 push. |
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Thu Aug 11 02:15:02 +0000 2011 |
Tip of the hat to Scott Snyder for a stellar scripting job on his Detective Comics run–looking forward to Batman run starting next month. |
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Wed Aug 10 20:58:09 +0000 2011 |
I like few bands enough to bother listening to a remix collection and I’m afraid Radiohead’s music hasn’t been rewarding enough for years |
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Wed Aug 10 17:12:40 +0000 2011 |
Watched the Horrors’ Glastonbury set last night: not bad, not great. Lyrics too simplistic and repetitive, songs a bit flimsy. 3 stars |
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Mon Aug 08 22:06:46 +0000 2011 |
Lord knows I loves me some metal but the whole “No really look how EEEEVIL I am” act some people in the genre pull is painfully corny |
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Sat Aug 06 00:46:35 +0000 2011 |
I’m fine with Lorne not changing out any SNL cast but I better not see any Deep House Dish, Target Lady, or What’s Up With That next season |
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Fri Aug 05 19:55:20 +0000 2011 |
Musical considerations aside, bands that dress up to look “old-timey” give me shudders of revulsion |
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Fri Aug 05 17:34:10 +0000 2011 |
You know what’s hot? Someone who knows the difference between ‘discrete’/'discreet’ and ‘reign’/'rein’ |
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Tue Aug 02 21:44:50 +0000 2011 |
…kids of today should defend themselves against false nostalgia for Ten and Nevermind. |
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Tue Aug 02 21:44:37 +0000 2011 |
Speaking out against false nostalgia in 1994, Eddie Vedder sang “Kids of today should defend themselves against the 70s”… |
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Tue Aug 02 16:28:43 +0000 2011 |
I wonder if they anticipated the line “You’re the fucked-up version of Amy Winehouse” playing the way it does now http://t.co/xkuqwO4 |
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Mon Aug 01 18:21:33 +0000 2011 |
Capitalizing the W in ‘Wanna’ really sells the desperate yearning and insecurity underpinning this pitch http://t.co/v7Z3ktA |
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Fri Jul 29 21:58:15 +0000 2011 |
Any album that’s reissued and hasn’t been out of print for at least five years is just a lame cashgrab *koff* ArcadeFireLadyGaga |
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Wed Jul 27 15:46:37 +0000 2011 |
Tineye would be useful if it worked better or at all, seems like there’s a space in the online spectrum for that if someone wants to step up |
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Tue Jul 26 01:35:49 +0000 2011 |
No device of mine is truly set up until its background is set to earthlights.jpg |
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Sun Jul 24 21:08:00 +0000 2011 |
J genuinely offended at my suggestion it will be awesome when the Starship Enterprise shows up in Game Of Thrones book 6 |
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Thu Jul 21 23:12:28 +0000 2011 |
This Katie MacAlister seems to be a prime offender, title after title and each one a worse groaner than the last |
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Thu Jul 21 23:02:44 +0000 2011 |
Wow, there sure are a lot of shitty-looking chicklit vampire books |
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Thu Jul 21 19:27:54 +0000 2011 |
There’s a lesson regarding the efficacy of legislation here somewhere http://t.co/aXzYM2g |
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Wed Jul 20 02:28:53 +0000 2011 |
@venturajm Nope, live stuff, 2 full hours of it. Bored me stiff, kept thinking surely they’d would play something interesting anytime but no |
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Tue Jul 19 17:44:15 +0000 2011 |
Bobby Fuller: Never to be forgotten. http://t.co/teGDJUX |
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Mon Jul 18 22:38:03 +0000 2011 |
I’d like to say I’ll miss Borders, but I haven’t found shopping at one enjoyable in quite awhile. Still, it was good when it was good. |
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Mon Jul 18 21:09:18 +0000 2011 |
Checked out some Widespread Panic music this weekend, found it all fairly tepid & unambitious. Decided I don’t really like Widespread Panic. |
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Sun Jul 17 17:45:34 +0000 2011 |
Every article on Battles for the past several months, summarized: “There sure are three guys in the band now instead of four” |
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Sun Jul 17 16:03:42 +0000 2011 |
The entirety of Broken Lizard Standup summarized: “Hey, you guys have all seen Super Troopers and are TOTALLY HIGH, right? Right?” |
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Sat Jul 16 00:34:12 +0000 2011 |
Thinking this might be a good candidate for the cover photo of album #2 http://t.co/oflpoBN |
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Fri Jul 15 21:30:16 +0000 2011 |
@laurensnuggles Jiffy Lube blows and several have been fined for unnecessary services. Hop on Yelp and find a good nonchain auto shop |
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Fri Jul 15 18:52:17 +0000 2011 |
See, everyone knows Palin is a joke except Newsweek http://t.co/ENEbaUt |
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Fri Jul 15 17:14:23 +0000 2011 |
Also Hooky’s Joy Division rerecordings are embarrassing and cringeworthy so well done on burning bridges there |
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Fri Jul 15 17:09:57 +0000 2011 |
“I know that our all bickering physically hurts the fans and destroys what they loved” Don’t worry Hooky it does neither http://t.co/pQfWUPE |
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Wed Jul 13 21:53:31 +0000 2011 |
I like how people are suddenly stricken by the breakup of a band that has done fuck-all for 4 years despite never noticing their absence |
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Wed Jul 13 18:20:57 +0000 2011 |
Landmark Forum seminars: far better experienced vicariously via entertaining stream of tweets. http://t.co/5daXMJl |
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Tue Jul 12 19:29:57 +0000 2011 |
Spotted some twit driving a Saab eating a bowl of cereal from his lap–milk, fruit and all. Just one tap on the brakes could ruin his day… |
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Sat Jul 09 17:57:48 +0000 2011 |
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), classic Eno for Saturday morning – China My China by Brian Eno, from #SoundHound http://bit.ly/qnsfM6 |
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Mon Jul 04 06:38:28 +0000 2011 |
You know, every time I hear Pearl Jam I think “Maybe this will be the awesome thing that knocks me out” and it just never happens. |
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Sun Jul 03 16:57:26 +0000 2011 |
Finding it really hard to care about any of Marvel’s Fear Itself. At least we know Flashpoint is going somewhere; this doesn’t seem to be. |
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Wed Jun 29 00:11:50 +0000 2011 |
Wow, seriously, Newsweek? In what way is this ridiculous bullshit remotely news? What an awful publication. http://t.co/N2VuMzl |
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Tue Jun 28 19:25:55 +0000 2011 |
Prince and Morrissey are making themselves relics by refusing to adapt: http://t.co/Sc6qtkp |
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Fri Jun 24 03:30:58 +0000 2011 |
Tried to watch This Movie Is Broken, had to turn off 10 minutes in due to dire acting and awful cliche-ridden script. Wow, so bad |
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Wed Jun 22 05:42:51 +0000 2011 |
I bet parts of this sound unlikely to many. Not me, or anyone else ever paid to write. http://t.co/BpT6SWj |
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Mon Jun 20 20:49:30 +0000 2011 |
Also, how did I miss that Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock are married? That’s totally the kind of thing I tend to know despite myself. |
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Mon Jun 20 20:43:31 +0000 2011 |
I think it’s funny that grasping for an example of a terrible male performer, Jason Mraz is the first to pop to mind. http://t.co/KRLhYmQ |
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Sun Jun 19 16:40:56 +0000 2011 |
“My Game of Thrones app isn’t loading fast enough!” #firstworldproblems |
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Sat Jun 18 02:48:05 +0000 2011 |
Wow, Single White Spenny is incredibly clumsy and amateurish. Embarrassingly obvious wish-fulfilment fantasy, unfunny, hard to get through. |
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Sat Jun 18 00:49:04 +0000 2011 |
Watching Rifftrax Star Trek Generations, may god have mercy on us. I swear it wasn’t even me who picked it. |
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Fri Jun 17 06:34:48 +0000 2011 |
@karmiclife just put the folder on shuffle |
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Fri Jun 17 04:17:46 +0000 2011 |
Just watching a whole bunch of Rifftrax shorts |
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Wed Jun 15 21:36:45 +0000 2011 |
Pt. 3 of my #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 recap is up now, ft. 1 Less Reason, Unwritten Law, Evan Watson, The Wedding & more http://t.co/TRVshkr |
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Wed Jun 15 18:35:35 +0000 2011 |
A comedian’s site should have samples of comedy, not commercial acting work. Unconvincing ALL CAPS blurb doesn’t cut it http://t.co/Ad69VVU |
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Mon Jun 13 23:21:23 +0000 2011 |
Now that Game of Thrones is getting down to it we finally get answers to the important questions:they’re called ‘gingers’ in this world too |
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Mon Jun 13 17:30:47 +0000 2011 |
Aaron goes to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 pt 2 up now: GIVERS, Ali Handal, Dead Sara, Drive A, Kopek, Shakti Tribe http://t.co/6AgUmTx |
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Sun Jun 12 05:19:41 +0000 2011 |
Watching Take Me Home Tonight. Have been on the verge of turning it off the whole time, it’s kind of a POS. |
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Sat Jun 11 17:34:28 +0000 2011 |
It’s hard to deny that a good number of DC’s 52 relaunch series feel like the ‘DC Explosion’ titles of the late 70s #quicklycanceled |
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Thu Jun 09 18:29:36 +0000 2011 |
Conversely, I’d have bet good money there was no way DC could possibly make a Stormwatch series interesting but with @Paul_Cornell, it is. |
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Thu Jun 09 18:22:56 +0000 2011 |
Marvel had better step up its PR game. Yet another obnoxiously obvious X-Men relaunch coupled with terrible Greg Land art ain’t cutting it. |
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Thu Jun 09 15:35:20 +0000 2011 |
On Invincible #80: Well if that wasn’t the most Kirkmany Kirkman comic that ever Kirkmaned I don’t know what is. Coast City/The Pitt anyone? |
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Thu Jun 09 06:10:02 +0000 2011 |
The worst part about seeing Robert Plant is all the people who really just want a sad echo of something they saw 35 years ago. |
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Thu Jun 09 03:42:53 +0000 2011 |
I don’t understand why it takes longer to get a drink at Copley Symphony Hall than anywhere else in the world |
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Thu Jun 09 03:27:41 +0000 2011 |
Creepy Creeps’ show doesn’t really work in a theater setting but they seem like they’d tear up the right club. |
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Wed Jun 08 17:24:49 +0000 2011 |
Really glad Paul Levitz’ LSH book isn’t going away but honestly surprised to find DC still thinks the market can support 2 Legion books. |
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Tue Jun 07 17:15:11 +0000 2011 |
I went to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 and wrote about it. In this post: Transfer, AWOLNATION, and Deep Dark Robot. http://bit.ly/mrRtOT |
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Mon Jun 06 22:44:59 +0000 2011 |
Godspeed to producer Martin Rushent — I hope in death he is confused with Martin Hannett far less often. |
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Mon Jun 06 03:23:31 +0000 2011 |
Whatever happened to Argyle from Die Hard |
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Sat Jun 04 19:31:33 +0000 2011 |
Bends’ Moon Knight series really not doing it for me. And seriously, Echo again? Reads like the cliche of BMB talktalktalk empty writing. |
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Sat Jun 04 19:16:29 +0000 2011 |
Avengers Academy 14/14.1: continues to surprise me as one of the most consistent titles Marvel currently releases. Gage gets it–good stuff. |
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Sat Jun 04 18:11:52 +0000 2011 |
Amazing Spider-man now reads like Slott trying to get out all his stuff other guys vetoed during the multiwriter era. Get on with it, man. |
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Sat Jun 04 17:57:05 +0000 2011 |
Stuart Immonen is one of the best artists working today but man is Fear Itself ever terrible. Just bad writing all around, senseless crap. |
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Fri Jun 03 04:14:56 +0000 2011 |
Why does all food served in catering trays smell exactly the same |
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Tue May 31 03:59:20 +0000 2011 |
Closing it out with The Infidel |
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Tue May 31 01:23:02 +0000 2011 |
Movie Memorial Day: Pootie Tang, Rifftrax X-Men, In the Loop, Limitless |
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Sat May 28 21:56:17 +0000 2011 |
The new manners: when a person uses a cellphone in a movie theater, it is considered proper to throw popcorn at them until it is put away. |
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Sat May 28 06:08:58 +0000 2011 |
All I can say is Grant Morrison better be writing some Flash here or I’m gonna be pissed |
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Sat May 28 01:54:15 +0000 2011 |
I was all pissed off at the UPS guy for taking all day to deliver my package but then he showed up blasting the Misfits |
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Fri May 27 04:10:29 +0000 2011 |
Watched about 10 mins of Protest the Hero – Gallop Meets the Earth Live and just couldn’t take it seriously. |
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Fri May 27 00:47:00 +0000 2011 |
The Jesus Lizard albums Albini didn’t record sound so weird. |
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Mon May 23 22:27:35 +0000 2011 |
I don’t know or care who Ryan Giggs and Imogen Thomas are but I do know UK law doesn’t apply to me and I support unconditionally free speech |
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Sat May 21 15:42:39 +0000 2011 |
I guess this is the day everyone says something terribly unfunny about the supposed Rapture so let this stand as my contribution. |
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Fri May 20 01:37:13 +0000 2011 |
Bank of America, call me to push your pointless identity theft protection product just once more & I’ll see how fast I can switch banks |
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Thu May 19 17:44:21 +0000 2011 |
Hmm, mayhap Obama has been revisiting Slanted & Enchanted of late–let’s see if he says 40 million daggers must be sheathed to achieve peace |
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Thu May 19 16:02:13 +0000 2011 |
Whoa WordPress looks totally different for me now. I guess that’s what happens when you upgrade versions from 2.3.3 (3 years old) to 3.1.2 |
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Wed May 18 20:50:23 +0000 2011 |
“Velvet Revolver’s music isn’t very good and it was all about the money,” well duh. Music tell-all revelations aren’t what they used to be |
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Wed May 18 02:20:44 +0000 2011 |
Yuck is a lot better as far as not-entirely-original recentish UK wannabe-US-sounding bands with debut LPs out go |
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Wed May 18 01:28:34 +0000 2011 |
This Vaccines album kind of sucks and is boring |
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Tue May 17 16:37:49 +0000 2011 |
Flash Fact: I outnerded the internet with comic book knowledge http://bit.ly/lqNuYu |
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Mon May 16 15:38:52 +0000 2011 |
Recently finished Jeffrey Brown books Little Things & Any Easy Intimacy http://twitpic.com/4yhray |
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Tue May 10 22:48:48 +0000 2011 |
You can tell Waters helped select the new Floyd best-of: he’s the only person in the world who thinks “Fletcher Memorial Home” belongs there |
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Mon May 09 21:16:38 +0000 2011 |
Starting to think that not only am I completely done playing any cover songs, I may also be done listening to cover material. It’s boring. |
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Sat May 07 20:36:16 +0000 2011 |
Marvel’s Fear Itself is sort of incomprehensible and lacking any kind of actual story but man Stuart Immonen sure can draw. |
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Thu May 05 02:43:25 +0000 2011 |
The short story in this issue kind of sucked too. |
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Thu May 05 01:56:19 +0000 2011 |
George Jones article in Playboy reads like the author did an interview, got nothing out of him, and made up some personal BS to fill it out |
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Wed May 04 03:33:07 +0000 2011 |
About 20 mins in on Foo Fighters: Back And Forth and it seems really well-done. http://t.co/KzSTpOO |
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Tue May 03 17:42:53 +0000 2011 |
You know what’s a good feeling? Being completely caught up on one’s work. Enjoy it while it lasts. |
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Sun May 01 20:08:43 +0000 2011 |
Reading Beginners I pretty much think Gordon Lish’s editing job on What We Talk About When We Talk About Love amounts to criminal vandalism |
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Sat Apr 30 15:03:07 +0000 2011 |
Up early for Saturday. Listening to Smog. Going to read Carver. |
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Wed Apr 27 22:25:38 +0000 2011 |
While Donald Glover’s concert was mediocre, I’m surprised more media celebs don’t do similar tours to milk it while they have the chance |
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Wed Apr 27 06:28:56 +0000 2011 |
The properties of art aren’t additive–cf. Donald Glover @ Belly Up, a 2 star comedy set + a 2 star rap set = a 2 star show. |
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Wed Apr 27 06:21:35 +0000 2011 |
I feel like I just paid to finance Donald Glover’s fantasy of being an actual musician. |
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Tue Apr 26 20:19:45 +0000 2011 |
Painting a peace sign and flowers on the spare tire cover of one’s vintage VW Microbus seems more than a bit on the nose |
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Mon Apr 25 22:41:40 +0000 2011 |
No sympathy for anyone complaining the internet is boring. If you can’t guide your own entertainment don’t expect the world to cater to you. |
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Fri Apr 22 03:27:39 +0000 2011 |
Haha, “We’re DFA 1979, stick around for Duran Duran”. Sorry DD, you have been replaced with Kanye |
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Fri Apr 22 02:31:59 +0000 2011 |
Living room Coachella continues tonight with Cold War Kids and Death From Above 1979 |
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Thu Apr 21 05:12:58 +0000 2011 |
The Swell Season is going off, in an unexpectedly uptempo way |
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Thu Apr 21 04:43:52 +0000 2011 |
PJ Harvey’s set is mesmerizing. |
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Thu Apr 21 04:09:42 +0000 2011 |
Well the National’s Coachella set was better than the Strokes’ but then they had the advantage of being a better band playing better music |
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Thu Apr 21 01:54:38 +0000 2011 |
For some it was last weekend but tonight is my Coachella, here in my living room. The Strokes on now, the National up next, followed by…? |
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Thu Apr 21 00:57:45 +0000 2011 |
Two months ago I’d never heard of Odd Future and now I’m completely sick of hearing about them. Such are the risks of instant overexposure |
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Wed Apr 20 15:54:23 +0000 2011 |
Wow, Angelfire is totally a thing that still actually exists. Worth taking the time to excavate antediluvian logon/delete ancient website(s) |
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Wed Apr 20 02:27:48 +0000 2011 |
Just watchin’ a bunch of Rifftrax shorts in a row |
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Tue Apr 19 21:23:24 +0000 2011 |
Apple does a lot of things right but: the most ubiquitous Apple product is Itunes, and it’s a horrible POS that everyone hates and resents |
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Tue Apr 19 19:40:36 +0000 2011 |
There is and always has been something fundamentally uninteresting about the Smithereens, despite a few catchy tunes. Too formalist/retro? |
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Mon Apr 18 04:40:11 +0000 2011 |
I’m almost sorry to have to give up my weekend of saying “No, we can’t watch Game Of Thrones, the New York Times says women won’t like it” |
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Sun Apr 17 19:49:59 +0000 2011 |
Kitchen Nightmares US is such a fluffy reality-show POS compared to the original UK show, especially now |
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Sun Apr 17 17:06:59 +0000 2011 |
A little Emitt Rhodes goes a long way. Too much McCartney, not enough Beefheart |
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Sun Apr 17 01:55:19 +0000 2011 |
Anthony Michael Hall definitely should have been Jimmy Olsen at some point |
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Sun Apr 17 00:44:28 +0000 2011 |
The computer networking in Weird Science is bizarrely fascinating. |
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Sat Apr 16 18:31:21 +0000 2011 |
The Daytrotter downloader reeks of “Well, we spent all this money to develop this useless POS interface so we’re damn well gonna use it” |
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Wed Apr 13 22:52:42 +0000 2011 |
“There’s nothing to do in the midwest but dream” ~ @josepharthur. Yeah, that’s pretty much right on–dream about getting the hell OUT! |
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Wed Apr 13 19:26:18 +0000 2011 |
Finally updated the music info page of my site at http://aaronpoehler.com/music.html with both up-to-date info and stuff about old projects |
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Wed Apr 13 15:55:04 +0000 2011 |
Also bands, really: don’t do the ‘everybody wearing sunglasses in the picture’ thing. You don’t look like the Blues Brothers, you look dumb. |
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Wed Apr 13 15:40:35 +0000 2011 |
Seriously people stop naming your band The Black _____s. NOBODY CAN TELL YOU APART |
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Tue Apr 12 00:57:16 +0000 2011 |
Daytrotter sessions sure have the potential to be cool if they didn’t sound like 128kbps crap. The downloader is ridiculously awful as well. |
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Sat Apr 09 16:53:59 +0000 2011 |
Peter Tomasi, everyone thinks it’s incredibly pretentious that your credit is “story & words” instead of just “writer” or “scripter,” FYI |
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Sat Apr 09 16:30:47 +0000 2011 |
Man Brian Bendis sure thinks the Hood is an interesting character. Too bad he doesn’t convey that in his writing for shit |
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Wed Apr 06 18:44:13 +0000 2011 |
Definitely been laughing a lot as I catch up on Community but with s01e23 “Modern Warfare” the show takes a place as one of my favorites. |
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Tue Apr 05 00:24:11 +0000 2011 |
In 50 yrs no one will be able to parse any qualitative difference between “Friday” and “Born This Way” |
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Sat Apr 02 16:15:54 +0000 2011 |
Can’t get this Raymond Carver line read 2 days ago out of my head: “He never knew what Jerry wanted. But it started and ended with a rock.” |
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Sat Apr 02 05:22:29 +0000 2011 |
The Flash episode “Twin Streaks” features a guy from Twin Peaks. Just got that, 20 years after the fact. |
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Sat Apr 02 02:53:10 +0000 2011 |
FX chain http://twitpic.com/4fwhme |
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Fri Apr 01 22:57:06 +0000 2011 |
So apparently there’s someone I know who has never seen DIE HARD. What has happened to America’s educational system?? |
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Thu Mar 31 06:34:45 +0000 2011 |
Just finished Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Amazon reviews pretty much tell the story here. |
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Thu Mar 31 04:49:42 +0000 2011 |
“This class is like a redhead who drinks Scotch and loves Die Hard. I suggest you all get her number.” |
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Tue Mar 29 17:30:54 +0000 2011 |
I see now Paypal is integrating its own credit card upsell. Oh Paypal, you never disappoint in finding new ways to be awful and crappy |
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Sun Mar 27 04:37:16 +0000 2011 |
And now: Rifftrax Reign Of Fire |
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Fri Mar 25 00:45:39 +0000 2011 |
Books finished this week http://twitpic.com/4cxoqv |
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Thu Mar 24 19:59:57 +0000 2011 |
Two things I don’t do: 1. Read the Huffington Post 2. Work for free |
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Wed Mar 23 17:52:22 +0000 2011 |
What did you mean when you said, “Feel my skills, donkey donkey donkey, donkey donkey?” |
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Tue Mar 22 21:00:33 +0000 2011 |
Hey @chrisbrown do us all a favor and go away forever; failing that at least stop hitting things to express your limited range of emotion |
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Mon Mar 21 21:38:32 +0000 2011 |
I’m sure tired of listening to this album but as soon as I decide not to double-check everything then bang, there’ll be a massive glitch |
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Thu Mar 17 21:15:06 +0000 2011 |
Finally unsubscribing from Borders Rewards email after years–too little signal-to-noise, too little reward, and of late, too many untruths. |
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Mon Mar 14 23:50:24 +0000 2011 |
Dude begging at intersection wearing “Class of 2010 — WE RUN THIS” t-shirt |
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Mon Mar 14 04:00:41 +0000 2011 |
…but I have to admit I laughed a lot more at tonight’s Bob’s Burgers |
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Mon Mar 14 03:32:21 +0000 2011 |
After all this time I’m still happy to see a new episode of The Simpsons. |
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Sun Mar 13 09:38:31 +0000 2011 |
These Jessie J musical performances are almost fascinatingly terrible. |
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Sun Mar 13 09:18:09 +0000 2011 |
This Jessie J on SNL: so who canceled last minute? Not ready for prime time or late night |
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Sun Mar 13 07:24:29 +0000 2011 |
If you don’t know what playing “in the pocket” means go see The Bellrays |
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Sun Mar 13 05:46:24 +0000 2011 |
Firethorn’s standard riff rock with cowbell is leaving me unmoved, but the bass is solid |
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Sun Mar 13 05:25:56 +0000 2011 |
Opening band at Casbah has those weird clear drums |
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Sun Mar 13 04:55:07 +0000 2011 |
Food was decent but if 8PM Sat is dead at Fat City Steakhouse when do they make money? |
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Sat Mar 12 21:09:45 +0000 2011 |
The sound on the new REM album kind of sucks. Hypercompressed, can’t get into it. |
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Sat Mar 12 18:24:00 +0000 2011 |
It’s not a “supergroup” if you have to explain who all the band members are |
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Sat Mar 12 06:16:44 +0000 2011 |
…and about ten fewer songs |
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Sat Mar 12 06:14:40 +0000 2011 |
Tangled could really use some Machete-style ultraviolence |
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Fri Mar 11 15:04:45 +0000 2011 |
Baffling mysteries of the iPhone: why on earth can’t you adjust the alarm snooze time? |
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Wed Mar 09 23:06:37 +0000 2011 |
The Kids Are All Right was really well made bar only that I felt naming the kid “Laser” out of nowhere slightly violated Chekhov’s gun rule. |
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Wed Mar 09 19:11:24 +0000 2011 |
Borders, no one with a functioning brain is signing up for your Rewards Plus program right now so please just stop spamming about it |
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Tue Mar 08 22:21:27 +0000 2011 |
Well I can see one reason why not http://twitpic.com/47l4m4 |
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Tue Mar 08 21:39:22 +0000 2011 |
Scrobbling no more: shut down and deleted the last.fm account I had for five years because really who cares |
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September 6th, 2011 — copywriting, music, professional, writing
To be honest I haven’t really been enjoying a lot of Matt Fraction’s recent Marvel writing and I never did get around to reading Casanova (the return of which is this interview’s putative subject) but I thought he encapsulated something here I’ve never really seen expressed before this well and this concisely.
No one ever talks about how the heartbreak of independent comics is that all your friends let you down. We never say that out loud. We never come out and say, “You know what’s bullsh*t? How my best friend didn’t produce work on time.” That’s the thing. It’s a hurtful, painful thing. No one ever talks about that. What happens when you ruin your relationships with all your friends because life gets in the way and you fumble, because doing this much work for free is a motherf*cker. No one comes out and says, “Doing this much work for free is a motherf*cker.”
If you’ve ever wondered why your town — every town — doesn’t have dozens of cool bands putting out new music all the time; a wide variety of blogs, zines, books, and other publications microfocused on the concerns and issues of the community; and a supportive, collaborative environment in which people of all kinds produce and share the fruits of their creativity freely and without fear: this is why.
Aaron Poehler, founder and
ruler-for-life of aaronpoehler.com.
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