so this is the song i was named after. better believe it.
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so guess what song has been featured in a nylon magazine web video?!? i love hearing the palm mutes coming in. (tip: skip ahead about 1 minute)
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check out the why? frontman yoni wolf doing some solo piano versions of a few songs off eskimo snow and a bob dylan cover here. plus they’re free to download, so even better.
in other news, the position of #1 superfan seems to be open. whoever comments first on this post wins the position!
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so the story behind this is that vic chessnut committed suicide christmas day. he was 45 and had been in a wheelchair since he was 18. with the healthcare system the way it is, he was massively in debt, was going to lose his house, and he simply was unable to get a kidney surgery that he desperately needed. apparently he thought this was the only way out. fuck you america, fuck you very much.
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so apparently seabear is putting out a new album next year. check out two songs here. ‘cold summer’ is my favorite of the two.
also, the new los campesinos! album, romance is boring, should be amazing. and i know this because i haven’t downloaded the album leak and been listening to it obsessively. i swear!!!
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And a happy festivus to all my friends!!! well, i believe i completed the ‘airing of grie(vances)’ earlier, so now on to the ‘feats of strength’!!! festivus is not over till someone pins me to the floor!!!
and a few other little nuggets for those with about as much holiday spirit as myself (i.e. if we were talking the kelvin scale, it’d be absolute zero):
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so i heard of these guys because they toured with frightened rabbit, and i finally got around to checking them out. and they’re simply amazing.
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homework assignment:
so look up the girls “lust for life” video and the yeasayer “ambling alp” video, and tell me what they have in common with this video and the flaming lips video i linked to.
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enjoy watching this as you are sitting in a coffee shop on your laptop.
http://www.nme.com/video/bcid/49582897001
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