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I just finished Cat’s Cradle. It confirmed my suspicion that Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author. Absolutely brilliant - incredibly bleak yet shockingly beautiful. Vonnegut has the uncanny ability to craft novels that contain short, but incredibly profound passages, that echo to the core of human existence. He then nestles them deep in between [...]
I went nuts in the “used” section…
Boyz II Men - Throwback Vol.1
Cornelius - Fantasma
Cornelius - Point
Cornelius - Sensuous
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Let’s Make This Precious: The Best of Dexy’s Midnight Runners
The Isley Brothers - Eternal
The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
The Jackson 5 - ABC
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Kool & [...]
I’m not sure what the best way to go about doing this is, but I’m sure it’ll figure itself out over the next month or so. The idea is that I want to talk about all the art I consume, not just music I dig on. I think I’ll try to get something posted about [...]
I just finished Jonathan Lethem’s You Don’t Love Me Yet and it comes highly recommended. I’ve never read any Lethem before (apart from his phenomenal “Ecstasy of Influence” essay) and this was a great introduction to his work. The was he weaves issues of art, sex, and creative identity into the text is just stunning, [...]
I was listening to “Everythings Just Wonderful” today and this verse made me think of my number one Beatle, George Harrison:
I wanna get a flat I know I can’t afford it,
It’s just the bureaucrats who won’t give me a mortgage,
Well it’s very funny cos I got your fuckin money,
And I’m never gonna get it [...]
I missed the fireworks last night. I drank too much sangria in the afternoon and what was intended to be nap quickly turned into deep sleep. Waking up at midnight to the sounds of fireworks outside was a shockingly profound moment, yet I can’t quite explain why. I suppose instances like that can seem quite [...]
Take a MC-202, a Fairlight CVI, some baroque music, mix ‘em up, and you get something like this:
I can’t believe I’ve gone this long without mentioning R. Kelly. Especially that new hotness “Double Up“. That shit is poppin’. So so so hard.
Anyway, my buddy Evan just re-perked my interest in a video that features two of the best pop-R&B-singers in the past 20 years. Basketball. Scheming. A twist ending. They are so [...]
I’m in love with Lily Allen. She’s cute, she’s into music, and it turns out she is pretty funny. Triple threat man. I’m way in to her “British Weekend Update” steeze. (via Stereogum).