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January 27, 2006
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Posted by robthe at 01:42 PM
January 25, 2006
047
On the mark. Hats off.
Posted by robthe at 09:29 AM
January 24, 2006
046
When is an entry not an entry? When it's a link to another entry I wrote for another blag, dag.
Posted by robthe at 11:32 AM
January 23, 2006
045
Disco D does it up. Classic.
Posted by robthe at 10:56 AM
January 22, 2006
044
I saw this and it brought back painful memories.
I'd like to thank Sam, Sarah and Matt for being there when I needed them. Yeah it's almost 3 years later, but still...
Posted by robthe at 11:12 PM
043
The West Wing series finale is set for Sunday, May 14, and it'll get its own hour retrospective from 7 to 8 p.m., with a one-hour season finale 8 to 9m.
Posted by robthe at 07:48 PM
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I watched almost the entire fourth season of Dallas in one day.
I am not at Sass because I just woke up from an unexpected nap.
Thank you.
Posted by robthe at 01:32 AM
January 20, 2006
041
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by blogging.
New project I'm proud to be a part of. When I'm not posting here, I'll be writing there. So I'll link the two up.
Posted by robthe at 09:04 AM
January 19, 2006
040
Meet my new favorite local band.
The demos aren't up to snuff, but I saw their live show tonight and was blown right out of my socks in a way a local band hasn't done live since GLMS two years ago.
Posted by robthe at 01:27 AM
January 17, 2006
039
I did a mix of Jesse Somfay and Deepchord.
Posted by robthe at 06:27 PM
038
One day people will get him.
Posted by robthe at 12:35 AM
January 16, 2006
037
Joan Didion is awesome. This book is awesome. You should read it. Really.
Posted by robthe at 11:32 PM
January 15, 2006
036
Drinking and bloggings nay mix.
12:21 am: [protected post] toniyhgt i have completeley destroyed one of my new year's resolutions, which was actually a secret resolution of mine anyweays. either way, i just read a whole book by joan didion and drank alot of johnie walker black.
apparenlty the juan maclean are covering moodymann. i think dorkwave should do an cover EP of albums songs. tomorrow's creative endeavour will involve brunch with the matt macdear. don't be surprised if he and i do a country record toegether one day. just sayin. look out.
i like matt. we talk about things other than music and share the same outlook on life sort of. he's a good guy. / burnch tomorrow at atlas should be funny. maybe i'll fuck a melon bowl or something.
i miss havng slsk member privlidges. i need new hooksups. looking for that jonathon cain record he did right before he joined journey. fucking slick pop. that's my new thing. slick pop. i listened to 10 records from canadian arena rock bands from the 80s this week including prism, saga, glass tiger, rush, and others. also, a bunch of late 70s, late 80s kiss records. there's some good PAP in those goldmines.
a WEALTH of pop knowledge.
my compilation of the year last year, the one thing i didn't play at any dorkwave gig or to anyone else, my secret weapon and most elitist of music joys was this:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ockbu3esan5k~T1
"these songs were made at the precise moment trash was made with both skill and spirit, walking the fine line between disposable garbage and oddly resilient, eternally infectious junk."
that's what dorkwae is all about, charlie brown.
the pug is slobbering on my foot. i think eh's asleep. he hates the juan maclean, but like when they cover bryan adams. then again, who doesnlt?
Posted by robthe at 09:38 AM
January 14, 2006
035
CKY's "Disengage the Simulator" is the best non-Helmet Helmet song ever.
Book read last week: The Beatufiul and The Damned- F.Scott Fitzgerald
This week: Suze Orman's Money Book For The Young Fabulous and Broke.
Posted by robthe at 05:17 PM
January 13, 2006
034
In this issue, fearless Doubtbeat curator Andy Kellman takes on Frodo Baggins in a no holds barred discussion of Jan Jelinek, amongst others.
Posted by robthe at 10:16 AM
January 12, 2006
033
Between the mix, starting the redesign on Dorkwave's site and starting Steph's site, I had a pretty creative evening. Now it's time for bed.
Goodnight.
Posted by robthe at 01:18 AM
January 11, 2006
032
I did a new mix. The annual sad winter mix. It's okay. It's best listened to in quiet areas in the morning.
Posted by robthe at 07:06 PM
January 10, 2006
031
Reilly sez: Xzhibit, Pimp my ricksha!
Posted by robthe at 10:35 AM
030
News and info on Durkwave.
Posted by robthe at 10:33 AM
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Dr. Hook's 1979 album Sometimes You Win is too painfully suffering from Weller/Wham syndrome. except where x=weller(style council) and y=george michael(wham), x marks the hook and y is now played by Steely Dan.
Normally I'd post a link to samples here, but I can't find one online.
Sorry.
Posted by robthe at 09:38 AM
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All your Sulu are a blog to us.
Posted by robthe at 08:47 AM
January 09, 2006
027
Deception: when you realize that Style Council was nothing but Paul Weller going through a George Micheal/Wham envy phase.
Posted by robthe at 01:55 PM
January 06, 2006
026
I'm throwing a house party in March. First weekend. More info soon.
Posted by robthe at 09:45 AM
January 05, 2006
025
My goal this year is to read a book a week. Not just read and skim and casually enjoy, but truly absorb the language and style each book represents.
The first book was F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise.
Posted by robthe at 08:47 AM
January 04, 2006
024
All of the LCD Soundsystem videos.
Posted by robthe at 11:04 AM
023
Today I just have this feeling of sadness all around me. This day can't go by quickly enough.
Posted by robthe at 10:02 AM
January 03, 2006
022
The post.piano2 remix project is up at 12k now. I did one, but forgot to send it in. Oops.
Posted by robthe at 08:07 PM
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This is really, really funny.
Posted by robthe at 02:50 PM
January 02, 2006
020
Bill's making a record. Follow his progress here.
Posted by robthe at 09:42 PM
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Doubtbeat is now live. Listen to hours of uninterrupted quality music without having to leave your cubicle.
Posted by robthe at 01:54 PM
January 01, 2006
018
New Year's Eve Recap 2005
1. as i was pulling away from the ponchatrain this afternoon post-loadout, mama cass' "make your own kind of music" was on the radio. although the song has made a revival thanks to Lost, i felt that the song was a fitting closing to an otherwise frenzied night:
Nobody can tell you, there's only one song worth singing
They may try to sell you, because it hangs them up to see someone like you
But you've gotta make your own kind of music
Sing you own special song
Make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along.
driving away in a deserted downtown area, i wish there were credits rolling over the screen.
2. not having been home in nearly three days, i noticed a gift unwrapped from my aunt and uncle. it was Cobain's journals. right before i took a shower, i randomly skipped to one of the pages and came across this passage:
"I mean, I like to be passionate and sincere, but I also like to
have fun and act like a dork.
Geeks Unite."
Posted by robthe at 09:28 PM