January 2012
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Kia Ora! →
Sunday mornings are the best time for reading articles and posts, so perhaps you should mosey over to the TOKY blog and read a piece I wrote about some of my travel experience from last summer.
December 2011
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A lot has been made of late concerning the suckage or non-suckage of our fair city. I would like my fellow St. Louisans to please read this article. In particular, this bit:
It’s not that something is missing from Stan’s legacy. On the contrary, one could argue that his legacy would be incomplete if he hadn’t been overlooked. Stan spent a long career showing up, playing hard, and going home...
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November 2011
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October 2011
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My Matcha Bowl →
I’ve been on a bit of a blog hiatus while I compile media from my summer journey to show off, but in the meantime, I’d appreciate it if you would check out this piece I wrote for the TOKY blog. (I even delve into a bit of stuff from my trip!)
September 2011
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(I)f I came here as a tourist, I wouldn’t really have an excuse to talk to...
– Greg Sauiner (of Deerhoof)
August 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
Jeff The Brotherhood (21)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (10)
Sleepy Kitty (6)
Washed Out (6)
Tame Impala (3)
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May 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-22) →
Jeff The Brotherhood (55)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (28)
Ty Segall (12)
Bon Iver (10)
Bruce Springsteen (5)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Bloc Party (10)
JPT Scare Band (7)
Weekend (6)
MF DOOM (6)
Feist (4)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-1) →
Weekend (83)
Jeff The Brotherhood (40)
Radiohead (30)
Panda Bear (23)
Jens Lekman (16)
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Arceus has been captured and killed.
– President Barack Obama, national security press conference, 10:59 PM EST May 1 2011 (via misattributions)
April 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-24) →
Sonic Youth (45)
The Joy Formidable (28)
Weekend (10)
Jeff The Brotherhood (10)
Boards of Canada (10)
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John killed it this week
as he does most weeks on Accidental Mysteries. (But especially this week.)
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invisiblecola:
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List of my favorite dillas.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-17) →
Weekend (36)
Ty Segall (22)
Jeff The Brotherhood (17)
Beach House (8)
The Joy Formidable (8)
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secret republic: “The presence of so much vacant... →
secretrepublic:
“The presence of so much vacant land allows poor cities to revitalize without the same fear of gentrification.”
— John Powell, Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses
jaech1ck said: Can you provide context for this quote?
Powell assumes the…
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-10) →
TV on the Radio (58)
Pavement (41)
Deerhunter (27)
LCD Soundsystem (24)
Panda Bear (22)
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75% of Generation Y grew up in the suburbs. 77% say they prefer urban...
– Ellen Dunham-Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology (paraphrase)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-3) →
TV on the Radio (128)
Tune-Yards (80)
The National (54)
Jeff The Brotherhood (36)
Ty Segall (35)
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parakeet asked: Where did you find that Ty Segall comment on Jeff the Brotherhood? I love both of them so deeply and its nice to see stuff like that online. Thanks.
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Nine of those songs would perfectly in a movie party scene, when the main...
– Ty Segall, discussing the new JEFF the Brotherhood album We Are The Champions before his Gargoyle show. (Listen to this and imagine it. He’s totally right.)
Bonus fact: Ty was in the same graduating class as the cast of Laguna Beach, and told me that Kristin Cavallari was the nicest cast member and...