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David Sedaris–”Laugh Kookaburra” (New Yorker, August 24, 2009)

Posted in David Sedaris, Death Cab For Cutie, Essays, Funny (ha ha), New Yorker, Short Story, Tokyo Police Club on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK:TOKYO POLICE CLUB-”Smith” EP (2007).
The Smith EP contains 4 songs.  The first two tracks are bouncy energy filled tracks, like on A Lesson in Crime.  But the third track “A Lesson in Crime” sounds very distinctly mellow-Death Cab for Cutie-like.  And it gives the whole EP a slightly more mellow feel.
Track 4, the remix (of [...]

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David Foster Wallace–[Week 10] Infinite Jest (1996)

Posted in Adventure, Big Books, Boston, MA, Canadian Content, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, David Foster Wallace, Death, Demons, Dreams, Drinking, Drugs, Eschaton, Esquire, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gangsters, Goonies, Infinite Summer, Marriage Trouble, Meta, Oddities, Political Humor, Postmoderism, Religion, Set at School, Smarty Pants, Suicide, Technology, Tennis, The Future, Toilets, Violence, Yuck! on August 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: GARBAGE-Garbage (1995).
I was thinking about how IJ reminds me so specifically of a place and time (I instantly think of the apartment I was in when I started reading it).  And there are also some discs that I was crazy about at the time too.
I very distinctly remember when the first Garbage single “Vow” [...]

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Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe (vol. 5)

Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Cibo Matto, Contests, Death, Drinking, Fantasy, Free Kitten, Funky Web Sites, Funny (strange), Gay/Lesbian, Ikue Mori, Magic, Robots, Romance, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Sex Bob-omb, Short Books, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Threats, Video Games, YA Books on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-SYR 5: Sonic Youth Featuring Kim Gordon/DJ Olive/Ikue Mori (2000).
The fifth SYR disc is rather different from the others in that the only SY member is Kim.  This is a sort of side project for Kim, Ikue Mori and DJ Olive. They’ve played shows together as well.
This disc is also different because it [...]

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Infinite Summer Update: Burkhart Bilger–”Perfect Match” (The New Yorker, August 31, 2009)

Posted in Burkhart Bilger, David Foster Wallace, Funny (strange), Infinite Summer, New Yorker, Tennis on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

[READ: August 27, 2009] “Perfect Match”
This is my second un-”regular” Infinite Jest-related post this week (it’s getting a little out of hand).
I would normally not read a 6 page article about doubles tennis.  But, since we’re in the midst of a heated tennis battle between Hal and Stice, it seemed like mandatory reading.
First off, Burkhart [...]

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Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (vol. 4)

Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Death, Demons, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gay/Lesbian, Graphic Novel, Legend of Zelda, Romance, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Sex Bob-omb, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Violence on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-Silver Session for Jason Knuth (1998).
This record came about for two reasons. One was the suicide of longtime Sonic Youth fan (whom the band didn’t know) Jason Knuth.  And the second was because when they tried to record vocal tracks for One Thousand Leaves, the band upstairs was so loud, it kept interfering [...]

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David Foster Wallace–[Week 9.5: J.O.I.'s Filmography] Infinite Jest (1996)

Posted in Big Books, Canadian Content, Corporate skewering, David Foster Wallace, Death, Drinking, Drugs, Eschaton, Film & TV, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Infinite Summer, Kronos Quartet, Marriage Trouble, Meta, Political Humor, Postmoderism, Sex & Violence, Short Films, Smarty Pants, Sonic Youth, Sports, Suicide, Supernatural, Tennis, Threats, Universities, Violence, WMDs, War, Yuck! on August 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »

SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-SYR 4: Goodbye 20th Century (1999).
This SYR recording consists of Sonic Youth’s interpretations of 20th century composers’ works.  Some of the composers are obscure, but a few are more or less household names: John Cage, Yoko Ono, maybe Steve Reich.  I knew a few of these composers from Kronos Quartet, but for [...]

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Periodical: New Yorker

Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, A.M. Homes, Adam Gopnik, Airlines, Alice Munro, Annie Proulx, Barack Obama, Books about music, Books about writers, Chris Ware, Colm Tóibín, Consumerism, Daniel Clowes, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, David Sedaris, Deb Olin Unferth, Ernest Hemingway, Essays, Fables, Fantasy, Film & TV, Funny (ha ha), Gay/Lesbian, George Saunders, Haruki Murakami, Heidi Julavits, Ian Frazier, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joshua Ferris, Joyce Carol Oates, Lorrie Moore, Marriage (Happy), Marriage Trouble, Mary Gaitskill, Memoirs, Music, New Yorker, Noir, Paul Theroux, Political Humor, Puzzles, Racism, Rick Moody, Robert Coover, Roberto Bolaño, Roddy Doyle, Russia, Salman Rushdie, Sasha Frere-Jones, Sex, Sex & Violence, Sherman Alexie, Short Story, Simon Rich, Smarty Pants, Sports, Supernatural, T.C. Boyle, Technology, The Believer, The Future, Threats, Ui, Universities, WMDs, War, Woody Allen, Zadie Smith on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It took me going to Seattle to learn about The New Yorker magazine.  I was visiting my friend Rob and he was really surprised that I didn’t read the magazine all the time (my reading always seems to surprise people, see The Believer.)
Upon my first read of the magazine, I was surprised to see that [...]

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Bryan Lee O’Malley–Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness (vol. 3)

Posted in Adventure, Books about music, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Demons, Fantasy, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Gastr del Sol, Gay/Lesbian, Graphic Novel, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sex & Violence, Sex Bob-omb, Short Books, Sonic Youth, Supernatural, Technology, Threats, Video Games on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH-SYR 3: Invito Al Ĉielo (1998).
This SYR release adds Jim O’Rourke to the mix (O’Rourke played with with them on A Thousand Leaves too).  I’ve always been aware of O’Rourke but I’ve never really listened to any of the bands that he’s been associated with (and there’s a lot).  So, I’m not sure [...]

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Maurice Sendak–Where the Wild Things Are/Dave Eggers–”Max at Sea”

Posted in Adventure, Children's Books, Dave Eggers, Faith No More, Fantasy, Fantômas, Maurice Sendak, Mr. Bungle, New Yorker, Oddities, Short Books, Short Story, Slayer, Supernatural, The Melvins, Threats, Where the Wild Things Are on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: FANTÔMAS-Suspended Animation (2005).
If you know Fantômas, then you know what you’re in for.  If you don’t, well, it’s a surprise!
Fantômas are the brain child of Mike Patton (Mr Bungle-era more than Faith No More with help from Buzz Osborne from The Melvins and Dave Lombardo from Slayer).  Suspended Animation is designed as a soundtrack [...]

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David Foster Wallace–[Week 9] Infinite Jest (1996)

Posted in Big Books, Boston, MA, Canadian Content, Dave Eggers, Death, Demons, Drinking, Drugs, Eschaton, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Humiliation, Infinite Summer, Meta, Mystery, Neurotics, Postmoderism, Set at School, Smarty Pants, Soiled Underpants, Sonic Youth, Sports, Suicide, Supernatural, Tennis, Threats, Universities, Violence, Virginity (Loss of), WYYY 109 FM: The Largest Whole Prime on the FM Band, Yuck! on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SOUNDTRACK: SONIC YOUTH: A Thousand Leaves (1998).

This CD actually ties to the book because the crossed out title on the CD is “mille feuille” and the first song is called “Contre le Sexism.”
This opening song is weird and lets you know that this disc is not going to be a friendly listen.  Over some feedback [...]

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