“An Unlikely Underdog,” The Classical
And if you haven’t been reading The Classical, you really should be. It’s pretty great.
Perhaps the most important question mankind has ever asked. Certainly this is an ethical dilema for the ages, exposing the very duality of man.
And if some day you or a loved one is called upon to answer this question, then man god have mercy on your soul.
[via The Awl]
Butch Walker & The Black Widows // Synthesizers
From Butch’s 2011 album, The Spade. Alright, alright, alright.
![Phantom City Creative’s awesome poster for The Burning (1981).
A cult classic that is currently on Netflix Instant, if you’re into that sort of thing.
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Phantom City Creative’s awesome poster for The Burning (1981).
A cult classic that is currently on Netflix Instant, if you’re into that sort of thing.
[via Mondo]
Jeremy Gordon for The Classical on Billy Corgan’s new professional wrestling promotion, because Billy Corgan is a narcissistic nut case.
Shut Up And Play The Hits
A new documentary about the end of LCD Soundsystem. Complete with Chuck Klosterman voice over. I’m sure Dave Grohl is in there somewhere too. Because if you’re making a music doc he just shows up and WILL NOT LEAVE until you interview him. He’s friends with Lemmy.
Anyway, coming soon. Get excited.
You’ve Been Shot
Erik Martz, theawl.comIn October of 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was about to give a speech in Milwaukee in support of his reelection campaign under the newly created Progressive “Bull Moose” Party when a bartender named John Flammang Schrank walked up and sho…
Erik Martz for The Awl on the Bull Moose, assassination attempts, modern progressivism, the present mirroring the past, and presidential ghosts.
Bon Iver // Beth/Rest
Bon Iver’s eponymous second album has gained much critical acclaim in the Year of Our Lord, 2011. Bon Iver reigns supreme at the top of many a Best Of list. I don’t really get it. I tried to like this album, I liked the first album a lot, I just couldn’t get into it at all.
But I don’t post this song so I can talk about how the album sounds unfinished and unfocused. Or about how it just flat out drags at times. Or how the only way I can describe it is pseudo-existential yacht rock.
And I don’t want to get into the idea of “indie rock” as a thing having gone completely soft and basically becoming a stand-in for “adult contemporary.” Because “indie rock” doesn’t mean anything to anyone anyway.
And I don’t post this because I thought it was a cover of KISS’s “Beth.” It’s not, and we’re all worse off because of it.
No, I post “Beth/Rest” because this is what happens when someone records Peter Cetera’s “The Glory of Love” (the theme from The Karate Kid, Part II) in 2011. Someone needs to talk about this. I’m not saying this is a good thing or a bad thing, it’s just a thing that needs to be addressed, acknowledged, and—if possible—understood. For all the praise I’ve seen for this album, no one seems to have mentioned the Bon Iver-Cetera Connection. It’s all I can think about when I hear this song, and hopefully in the future it’s all that you will think about when you hear it. Justin Vernon is a man that will fight for your honor.
The rest of the album, however, just sounds like Steve Winwood.
If you watch a second internet video this holiday season (I’LL ALLOW IT), make it this one from Conan starring Minty, The Candy Cane That Fell On The Ground.
“The Christmas Tree”
If you watch one internet video this holiday season (you’re only allowed ONE) make it this one, starring John Roberts from Bob’s Burgers.
