Nov. 6, 2009

Tina Fey's favorite '30 Rock' moments

Tina Fey has good taste in favorite 30 Rock moments. “What am I, a farmer?”

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Nov. 6, 2009

Get Phoenix's pre-'Wolfgang' album for $1.99

It’s Never Been Like That for less than the cost of a latte. Oh, Amazon music store. Is there anything you won’t do to destroy iTunes?

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Nov. 5, 2009
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“Drumming Song,” Florence + the Machine. On one hand, Florence Welch wants to be nearer to her lover; on the other hand, the love is consuming her, and driving her more than a little insane. The music is equally hot and bothered; the track lives up to its title with a series of gunshot drum parts that build to shattering crescendos. The Machine goes out of its way to convey a sense of enormity, of being overwhelmed — a sound that happens to match Welch’s lyrics perfectly. Of everything I listened to this year, “Drumming Song” was the only thing to cause a physical reaction in me: Every time I hear it, my chest tightens. It’s a lusty heart attack of a song, and one of the year’s best.

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Nov. 5, 2009

In college I enjoyed playing an annoying game where, whenever I was watching a movie in the theater and one of the actors said the title of that movie, I would lean over to a friend and whisper-shout, “Aaaaaaaaand we have a title!” Well, today Gabe Videogum made my month by organizing a collection of such moments into a delightful supercut.

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Nov. 5, 2009
To promote the 20th anniversary of Say Anything, an army of Doblers took to the streets to blast “In Your Eyes” from the stereo.

To promote the 20th anniversary of Say Anything, an army of Doblers took to the streets to blast “In Your Eyes” from the stereo.

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Nov. 5, 2009
Initially, it was like, “What?!” But Thom Yorke did it, and we like him. It’s like: “If dad does it, it’s OK, right?” Radiohead are like parents of good modern rock ‘n’ roll in certain ways. They paved that path.
— Chris Taylor, of Grizzly Bear, on why the band decided to record a song for the Twilight album.
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Nov. 5, 2009

Bloc Party to enter 'terrible solo album' phase of career

The move represents a logical next step following their ‘sophomore slump’ and ‘third album that improved on the second without attracting any new fans’ phases. (via)

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Nov. 4, 2009

The Day in Music

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Nov. 4, 2009

Download Liz Phair's pre-'Exile in Guyville' demo tapes

They’re free. (via)

UPDATE: The headline has been corrected so as to no longer suggest that Liz Phair recorded demos for the Rolling Stones’ legendary Exile on Main St. Thank you/sad face to Nerdshares for pointing this out to me.

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Nov. 4, 2009

Somehow losing by this tiny margin is brutalizing. And because this is a vote on my dignity as a human being, it is hard not to take it personally or emotionally. But I also know that the history of civil rights movements has many steps backward as forward, and some of those reversals actually catalyze the convictions that lead to victories. A decade ago, the marriage issue was toxic. Now it divides evenly. Soon, it will win everywhere.

I know for many younger gays and lesbians, this process can seem bewildering and hurtful. But I’m old enough now to be able to look back and see the hill we have climbed in such a short amount of time, and the minds and hearts we have changed. Including our own. Know hope.

— Andrew Sullivan on Maine.
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