July 2004

July 30, 2004

I think I finally figured out that new (and totally weird) Fiery Furnaces record today. I’ve been listening to it a lot this week, under different circumstances. This evening I listened to it on headphones while wandering through downtown Brooklyn, Liefmans Frambozenbier in hand. I actually whistled along this time, which makes me think I’ve [...]

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July 30, 2004

Dave Q., Proven by Science‘s correspondent from outer space/Western Canada, is back!

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July 28, 2004

Went to the CNN newsroom in New York for the first time today, and it was certainly…freaky. It reminded me of…Bladerunner crossed with Brazil, maybe. Video monitors everywhere, and people scurrying from wherever people scurry to wherever they scurry to. Made me wonder how bad the CNN headquarters in Atlanta must be. I went to [...]

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July 27, 2004

There are few things I read with as much obvious relish as letters taking issue with my record reviews in The Wire. I just finally (finally!) got the July issue in the mail and there are two letters about me — one dissing on my (controversial!) review of Sonic Youth’s “Sonic Nurse” (the reader was [...]

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July 26, 2004

Who ate all the pies? I’d known the song for a while, but the vid adds a whole new world of bizarritude. Seriously surreal stuff.

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July 26, 2004

Know where to go? That’s right. Check out the Shakedown remix.

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diz vid.

July 26, 2004

Dizzee gets busy with the laydeez…

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monsoon weather.

July 25, 2004

Was listening to some random Jeff Mills mix on headphones the other day while walking through the 42nd St subway station, and I had this intense feeling that I was accelerating through the tunnels, zooming faster than everyone around me. One of the tunnels I was speeding through looked like the cover of Neu! 2: [...]

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July 22, 2004

Andy Kellman’s back in action with a new blog, ladies and gentlemen. And it’s called Doubt Beat! Scritti Politti 4eva!

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July 21, 2004

Why do I love Tim Finney? Let me count the ways. . .

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