Monthly Archives: December 2009

Dreams and Lies – Laurel MusicSell the Lie – The DamnwellsGood Lies – The Notwist Factcheck has a post on the “Whoppers of 2009” which demonstrates pretty much everything I find annoying about the way ‘fact checking’ is thought of … Continue reading →

Okay, more distractions. Via Political Wire, I read this quote from Dan Pfeiffer, White House Communications Director, about Dick Cheney’s preposterous comments earlier in the day (basically: “why does Obama hate America? Doesn’t he know we’re at war?”) To put … Continue reading →

Theme from the 2060 Olympic Games – Griddle In today’s edition of things I’ve been wasting my time thinking about, instead of working on this paper I theoretically need to have done in a couple days to submit for a … Continue reading →

As always, this is a subjective project. I do think that everything on here is legitimately great, but I’m not going to pretend that my tastes correlate perfectly with some objective standard for the best. This is a list of … Continue reading →

I was tempted to limit this to a top 30 songs of the year, but in the past couple weeks I’ve discovered quite a few new tracks that have convinced me this year was a bit stronger than I had … Continue reading →

Fairytale of New York – The Pogues It’s become a bit of a tradition for the blog that I post about this song on Christmas. I had some technical difficulties yesterday, so it’s happening today instead. It’s not only the … Continue reading →

I have had a weird relationship with the whole Lady Gaga hype machine. I listened to The Fame back in January and thought it was a moderately enjoyable Madonna-esque bit of dancy pop. I listened to it on and off … Continue reading →

I’m about to do that annoying thing where I characterize a wide set of people, without offering any particular examples of the phenomenon. I understand that this is problematic. But this feels right – as an aggregate sense of my … Continue reading →

I posted about Iceland’s Hildur Gudnadottir a few months back. My comments at the time: Iridescence It’s over 11 minutes, but feel like it goes by in a flash. The overlay of that droning sound on top of these thick … Continue reading →

I’ve been hoping for a breakthrough album from The Raveonettes for quite a while now. The bad news is that In And Out Of Control is not that album. The good news is that it’s a damn fine record anyways. … Continue reading →