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The Pipettes is a girl band from the UK. Cute white chicks who are a throwback to The Supremes in the 60s. Sounds seriously weird but it's kinda hot, listen on hypem
Superb pictures from mediaeate...
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Mon,
Mar 12,
2007
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9:17:07 AM in concert / music
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Pretty uneven show to say the least, in retrospect it rather sucked
- Wolf Blitzer Anna Nicole Smith thing was funny for a minute, probably less
- show intro, spoofed up The Office so good (special ...
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Sun,
Feb 25,
2007
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10:32:08 AM in funny / music / tv / video
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So inevitable, anyway here goes (look for songs on Hype Machine)
18 Girl Talk - Too Deep
For everyone with zero attention span
17 The Rapture - Get Myself Into It
Horns, horns baby
16 Sound Team ...
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Tue,
Jan 2,
2007
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2:06:40 PM in 2006 / music
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My favorite might be The Sounds' cover cuz I'm so into lastnightsparty.com (the MisShapes' Leigh Lezark is nice too)
Get on your cover
Great photos
Simple
Artsy
Funky
...
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Tue,
Jan 2,
2007
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1:25:25 PM in 2006 / art / music
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The new Bloc Party album was leaked, I like
Another $10 sale at Threadless, except there's nothing to buy (maybe a green Pandamonium?)
I need a vacation, among many things
Finished reading, nothin...
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Wed,
Nov 15,
2006
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11:54:35 PM in book / concert / food / movie / music / shopping / suck
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My pseudo reviews
Little Children (btw, We Are Marshall trailer was good, check out the poster)
John Legend - Once Again, Monsters Are Waiting - Fascination
Farmerbrown, Golden Boy, Koh Samui
The Na...
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Mon,
Oct 30,
2006
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11:16:20 AM in book / food / movie / music
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Wolfmother
Listen to "Dimension"
Sound Team
Movie Monster
Listen to "Your Eyes Are Liars"
Rock Kills Kid
Are You Nervous
Listen to "Hideaway"
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Broom
...
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Wed,
Jun 28,
2006
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1:48:13 PM in music
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Bay area events, movie and cd dates
Tuesday June 20
Keane @ GAMH - blog
CD: Keane - buy it from Amazon
CD: Nelly Furtado - buy it from Amazon
Wednesday, June 21
Built To Spill @ Slim's - elbo.ws
T...
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Mon,
Jun 19,
2006
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12:24:32 AM in concert / movie / music / sanfrancisco
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Walkmen
Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Walkmen
A Hundred Miles Off
Listen to "Louisiana"
Snow Patrol
Eyes Open
Listen to "Chasing Cars"
Listen to "Hands Open"
Futureheads
News...
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Mon,
Jun 5,
2006
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7:35:45 AM in music
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Bay area events, movie and cd dates. Little obsessed with this ish lately, it's all gcal's fault, see
Tuesday June 6
Movie: The Omen - trailer
CD: Sound Team
Thrusday June 8
Douglas Coupland @ Books...
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Sat,
Jun 3,
2006
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8:41:47 AM in concert / movie / music / sanfrancisco
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A bit late, oh well
The Times - Begin from One Tree Hill 3x19 "I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"
Nice rock ballad
http://www.myspace.com/theti...
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Thu,
May 18,
2006
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6:50:53 AM in music / tv
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Ben Folds
Rockin The Surburbs
Andrea Bocelli
Amore
Irving
Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers
Listen to "Jen, Nothing Matters To Me"
Feist
Open Season
Listen to "Mushaboom (Post...
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Wed,
May 17,
2006
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6:52:38 PM in music
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Keane plays the Great American Music Hall on June 20. Presale tickets have come and gone (crap), more tickets go on sale Sunday May 21
They also play LA on June 21
Keane's follow up to their excel...
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Tue,
May 16,
2006
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2:39:54 PM in concert / music / sanfrancisco
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The OC and One Tree Hill have been pretty sucky lately (don't tell anyone but Gilmore Girls and Everwood are a lot more interesting. Really) but at least they've had good music
Tunng - The Pioneers f...
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Mon,
May 8,
2006
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9:12:47 PM in music / tv
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Posted
Tue,
May 2,
2006
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11:11:28 AM in music
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R&B
Hip-Hop
Rock
Electronic
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Tue,
Apr 25,
2006
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8:58:51 AM in music
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Resurgence of R&B? I'm definitely feelin it for good background reading music
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Thu,
Mar 16,
2006
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5:44:11 PM in music
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Notorious B.I.G. - Everyday Struggle / A Day in the Life of a Fool [GVB]
tizzaight piano soul beat and Biggie is still reppin, "the greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th", r.i.p.
Paper Moon...
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Mon,
Mar 13,
2006
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12:01:08 PM in music
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Mia Doi Todd - My Room Is White (Flying Lotus Remix) [Stereogum]
electronica is in
Big SXWX post at CV, mostly indie rock
Rumble Strips - Motorcycle
Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
Earlimart - The Hidden T...
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Fri,
Mar 10,
2006
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1:34:59 PM in music
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del.icio.us' playTagger is my new best friend, it generates inline mp3 player within the page when a link to a mp3 file is detected. I saw a different version of the hack here.. I wish it could be in...
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Thu,
Mar 9,
2006
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5:37:14 PM in music
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Maybe. Harry and The Potters
Brothers Paul and Joe DeGeorge, respectively "Harry Year 7" and "Harry Year 4", started the band in 2002 and toured libraries around the country. "Wizard rock" haha...
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Tue,
Mar 7,
2006
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10:07:10 AM in music
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Really happy about Mogwai and very impressed with Rogue Wave (they play Bimbo's on March 30). MJB and Jamie Foxx were solid, The Raveonettes are real weird but I dig em, finally McLachlan remix album ...
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Thu,
Mar 2,
2006
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5:20:45 PM in music
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Battle - Demons [TYM]
pretty cool guitars though vocals are a bit ehh, Battle is a SXSW showcase band
Cordalene - Kissed Awake [UR]
happy cool bass
Death Cab For Cutie - Jealousy Rides With Me [SMS]...
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Wed,
Mar 1,
2006
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3:20:44 PM in music
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Here are the last few albums I heard that were decent, some old and newer stuff. The first good release of 2006 is The Strokes, in general nothing that stands out that much though I was pleasantly sur...
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Fri,
Feb 17,
2006
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3:00:11 PM in music
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Bloc Party - This is Not a Competition [YDD]
new stuff, super strong drums
Centro-Matic - Calling Thermatico [Chromewaves]
heavy sound but quite melodic
Ester Drang - Come Back Alive [Chromewaves] ...
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Wed,
Feb 15,
2006
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11:51:32 AM in music
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The Gaskets - Eiffel Tower [UR]
some weird industrial punk ish
Mogwai - Folk Death 95 [Chromewaves]
awesome band name, very interesting musically, it helps cuz there's no vocals; was eyein a Europea...
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Mon,
Feb 13,
2006
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3:35:15 PM in music
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Crosstide - Empathy [Chromewaves]
pretty good despite a borderline ridiculous falsetto chorus
Editors - French Disko [GVB]
solid
Giant Panda - Diggin In The Tapes [SMS]
some indie hip-hop, group na...
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Thu,
Feb 9,
2006
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10:19:03 AM in music
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The show was kinda the suck (skipped most of it). Pics from E! Online
U2 baby, 5 awards
Chris Martin (Coldplay) was rockin an unsightly afro
Best moment was Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder breakin...
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Thu,
Feb 9,
2006
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10:03:23 AM in music
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Editors - You Are Fading [UR]
Rachael got another songs off "Cuttings"
Film School - Pitfalls [Chromewaves]
cool synths remind me of The Doors a bit
Ghostface Killah - Kilo [GVB]
from forthcoming al...
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Tue,
Jan 31,
2006
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6:38:19 PM in music
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Take two on this post, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (still not feelin the name) has been buzzing on my Shuffle for a hot minute, they're from Austin and played SXSW last year (they're playing ...
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Tue,
Jan 24,
2006
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11:18:50 AM in music
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Cam'Ron - You Got To Love It [AIH]
sure to cause some sensation in an industry that feeds on conflics (fake or real), the beat is fierce synth horns, Cam on point as always and you have to pay attenti...
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Thu,
Jan 19,
2006
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9:38:37 AM in music
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Have a good week-end
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - According To Plan [Chromewaves]
ridiculous name but the track is tight, reminds me of Depeche Mode a bit with music that's robotic with a t...
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Fri,
Jan 13,
2006
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6:33:53 PM in music
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Bloc Party - 2 More Years (MSTRKRFT Remix) [SMS]
real hot
Bloc Party - Helicopter (Diplo Remix) [GVB]
slowed down but bouncy as heck
Lil Wayne - Shooter [Aurgasm]
soulful, I slept on this sorry, ...
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Thu,
Jan 12,
2006
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10:13:08 AM in music
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Newish
Dntel - (This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan [CTASL]
some Postal Service/Ben Gibbard goodness though the sound is a bit industrial
Ms John Soda - A Million Times [GVB]
thought it was gonna be ...
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Tue,
Jan 10,
2006
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5:10:13 PM in music
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Besides the favorite albums (an obscene amount of Interpol, Nada Surf, Bravery, Editors, Killers, Keane, Bloc Party, Bravery, Death Cab', CYHSY and U2, just to name a few), these are some songs I real...
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Mon,
Jan 9,
2006
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5:13:06 PM in 2005 / music
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I found myself gravitating towards the indie rock scene in 2005, listening to (or enjoying) far less hip-hop and basically no r&b
Best albums
Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
instantly liked this album, s...
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Fri,
Dec 30,
2005
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11:04:38 AM in 2005 / music
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Best album with good cover
Best photos
Simple but cool
Crazy cool
Remixed
Crappy albums with good covers
Good albums with crappy covers
Scary faces
T...
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Thu,
Dec 29,
2005
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3:18:27 PM in 2005 / music
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Nice 2005 roundup at elbo.ws
17. Aberdeen City - God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me
38. Mellowdrone - Fashionably Uninvited
38. Great Lake Swimmers - Moving Pictures Silent Films
A Brief Smile - We Coul...
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Thu,
Dec 29,
2005
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11:27:36 AM in music
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More goodness from The Underrated
Underrated's Best of The Rest (Part I)
Louis XIV - God Killed The Queen
Underrated's Best of The Rest (Part II)
Dirty on Purpose - Girls & Sunshine refreshing like ...
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Wed,
Dec 28,
2005
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9:27:29 AM in music
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Imogen Heap - Can't Take It In [GVB]
it is Narnia-ish, they play the GAMH in San Francisco Jan 26
Jagged Edge - Ass Hypnotic [WD]
"I was mesmerized by your booty", always liked JE, this is a nice tr...
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Wed,
Dec 21,
2005
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9:14:33 AM in music
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Whoo some new songs (to me) to feed the shuffle, another good list, download em all
Feist - Mushaboom
playful pop number even if genre is listed under "Electronic"
Oranger - Crones
upbeatness
Husk...
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Wed,
Dec 14,
2005
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6:31:53 PM in music
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A shout out to Rachael for her excellent year end list (with downloads), one of the better ones I've seen (and there are a lot of em). Here are songs I didn't really know (check out the entire post w...
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Mon,
Dec 12,
2005
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10:52:35 AM in music
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Arcade Fire and David Bowie - Wake Up (Live at Fashion Rocks, Radio City Music Hall) [RI]
one of my favorite Arcade Fire songs, Bowie adds his own cool brand of vocals (good); on the same post, Stuck...
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Fri,
Dec 9,
2005
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2:06:55 AM in music
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Air date 12/8/05
Tonight's Everwood marked the return of the show after an eternity (since mid November, I need to chill)
To be honest, I've only been lukewarm about this season when I used to rea...
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Fri,
Dec 9,
2005
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1:44:46 AM in 2005 / music / tv
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The 48th Grammy Award nominations are out, favorites are Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend. Here are my picks (in black). Gwen Stefani had an incredible year so she's poised for an upset
Recor...
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Thu,
Dec 8,
2005
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3:33:20 PM in music
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Bill Frissell and Petra Haden - Yellow (Coldplay cover) [RMP]
chill acoustic version of the (most) famous Coldplay song, played out the last OC episode (3x08 "The Game Plan" 12/1/05), the original is...
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Sat,
Dec 3,
2005
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3:43:32 AM in music
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Door to desk, didn't skip one song for reals (ok I coulda skipped Explosions In The Sky)
The Smiths - Heaven knows I'm miserable now
Bloc Party - Blue Light Engineer's Anti-Gravity Mix
Editors - Muni...
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Wed,
Nov 9,
2005
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9:29:47 AM in commute / music
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Bravo Silva - 400 Days [CV]
very chill, the bass is nice and I like the deep voice of the singer
Cat Power - Empty Shell [GVB]
more Cat Power, to round up this post so I have 5 songs really, it's no...
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Sun,
Nov 6,
2005
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10:35:22 PM in music
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The Bravery - Oh Glory [Coolfer]
a slower track built around a distinctive guitar lick, stream it from the band's myspace page
Britney Spears - And Then We Kissed [Stereogum]
"Sean Preston needs a ne...
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Tue,
Nov 1,
2005
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9:24:40 PM in music
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Jay Chou - November's Chopin (十一月的蕭邦)
New Jay album always something to celebrate, very solid but I'm kind of a fan
Keane - Live Recordings 2004
This live...
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Mon,
Oct 31,
2005
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10:00:24 AM in music
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Architecture in Helsinki - It's 5! [MOK]
fun fun, discovered this morning, bless Autofill on the iPod Shuffle
Acid House Kings - Do What You Wanna Do [GVB]
kinda throwback pop from Sweden, very upbe...
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Mon,
Oct 31,
2005
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9:29:47 AM in music
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Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1 [HG]
never been too into the Flaming Lips but this is good, I just like hearing em say "Yoshimi"
Halloween, Alaska - Drowned [SMS]
nice chill, s...
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Thu,
Oct 20,
2005
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9:26:10 PM in music
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2005, pretty much submerging myself in indie rock (and pop) as my life self-implodes, I wanna go see Nada Surf (Bimbo's) and MMJ (Fillmore) in San Francisco, prolly solo
Clientele - Strange Geometry...
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Thu,
Oct 20,
2005
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4:19:29 PM in music
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Best of Hype Machine, subscribe to the Odeo channel
Blue Eyed Son - Step away from the cliff
Broken Social Scene - Handjobs for the holidays
Buttercup - Cutting daisies
Cat Power - The greatest
Ca...
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Mon,
Oct 17,
2005
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2:53:56 PM in music
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Courtesy of Metacritic and Stereogum
Robyn
Pop stylings from Sweden
VHS Or Beta - Night On Fire
Cross of the Bravery and Daft Punk
Nada Surf - Weight Is A Gift
One-hit-wonder rock outfit fin...
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Wed,
Oct 12,
2005
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11:33:07 PM in music
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Big hype on the Conan O'Brien show for 10/7, it was a show with a single guest, the Irish mega band U2
It started with a fun segment of Conan playing with hopeful fans lined up outside Radio City Hal...
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Sat,
Oct 8,
2005
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5:09:51 AM in music / tv
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Been listenin to a bit of new music (meaning "not" The Killers) in preparation for the Download Festival this Saturday 10/8 @ Shoreline. The Chronicle has a good preview of the bands. All but the 3 bi...
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Tue,
Oct 4,
2005
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7:38:49 PM in concert / music
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Kelly Clarkson - Since you been gone
Watch out for Cary jumping and flailing about, runner-up Coldplay - Fix you
Nina Sky - Move your body
I can see Jen dance to this song all the way to NYC
Kean...
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Tue,
Sep 6,
2005
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4:08:50 PM in friend / music
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I hit all green lights this morning riding to work (bicycle). It's all luck but I'm talking about 9 lights including a big intersection (Oakland at Montague) and one major left turn (Abel and Great M...
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Tue,
Aug 30,
2005
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10:11:00 AM in commute / music
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My friend Will told me about this a couple of days ago and I just saw a small segment on channel 2 (KTVU/Fox), the "San Francisco" auditions for American Idol (season 5 already) are held today in Daly...
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Thu,
Aug 18,
2005
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8:15:39 AM in music / tv
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Coulda used some notice there, a few days ago my Audioscrobbler feed wasn't working anymore, checked out my profile today to find that the page redirects to this new site called last.fm (powered by Au...
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Wed,
Aug 10,
2005
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10:32:47 AM in music / web
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Talking Head #1: I'm gonna buy the new Coldplay album
Talking Head #2: Are you having trouble sleeping?
This is not verbatim but it's close enough (during the end credits of this week's Best Week Eve...
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Mon,
Aug 8,
2005
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3:29:59 PM in funny / music / tv
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"I got soul, but I'm not a soldier"
Lucy called me while I was in SF today, and said she was getting seats to the Download Festival at Shoreline. To make it short, I'm going to watch The Killers in O...
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Sun,
Jul 31,
2005
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10:28:53 PM in concert / music
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because we got mad sick of the first cd i made (this time in order)keane - somewhere only we knowbravery - fearlessjimmy eat world - 23killers - midnight shownin - hand that feedsciara - ohlifehous...
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Wed,
Jun 15,
2005
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1:16:10 AM in music / travel
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not really in order
i haven't made a cd forevers but i grabbed a few songs off the shuffle for our ride from new york city to boston.. 80min, so little hehe
keane - cant stop now
snoop - signs
simpl...
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Sun,
Jun 12,
2005
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10:16:16 PM in music / travel
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If you're too lazy to get off your couch and head to a concert, you can catch some great acts on them late night talk shows. Keane will be on Carson Daily Sa...
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Thu,
May 26,
2005
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10:20:52 PM in concert / music / tv
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So I was goin off about how the 50 Cent Candy Shop video was horrendous and actually my homie was telling me how Disco Inferno was gonna be on some triple x rated tip, with crazy chicks at the clubFi...
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Sat,
Feb 26,
2005
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3:13:52 PM in music / tv
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J-Lo's Get Right from her forthcoming new album Rebirth been buzzin for a minute
A new version of the video sans whack doubles in the club and with only the cool performance setups along with a vide...
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Fri,
Feb 18,
2005
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5:32:14 AM in music / tv / video
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Not an obvious year for albums as I slept on a lot of stuff that would end up topping my playlists all the way into 2005. In that spirit, I had to wait till August for the first decent album, thanks t...
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Sun,
Jan 2,
2005
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3:05:34 PM in 2004 / music
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wu-tang clan's ol' dirty bastard died at a nyc recording studio shortly after complaining about chest pains. hed have been 36 monday12/15 autopsy revealed odb died of a drug overdose
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Sun,
Nov 14,
2004
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10:58:29 AM in music / news
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every now and then, i scan the logs for the site and there are an obscene amount of referrers that'll hit me up but the actual intended content aint really there (in this case, peeps be lookin for a p...
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Tue,
Aug 24,
2004
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4:51:28 PM in music
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Always a momentous occasion to rejoice, that is the almost annual release of a new Jay Chou album
The kid is of course on fire all throughout Asia (he hails from Taiwan), the new cd dropped early in ...
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Wed,
Aug 11,
2004
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9:03:20 PM in music
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I'm currently feelin no less than 3 songs from my man Usher. With his club banger Yeah! which still rocks, and a couple of hot songs (current radio favorite Burn and other album gem Confessions Part I...
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Sun,
Apr 18,
2004
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3:06:47 PM in music
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it's no secret everyone is on kanye's dick after they heard "through the wire", but i just heard this funny song "breathe in, breathe out", it's like his instructional tape to lose weight, strictly fo...
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Mon,
Jan 26,
2004
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2:58:38 PM in music
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I was in traffic and instead of bitchin at the other drivers like I prolly usually do, I put on some old Skid Row on the iPod and had fun with it. Brought back lotsa memories of spending that summer i...
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Mon,
Jan 19,
2004
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1:21:07 PM in tv / music
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So here we are, a week into the 04, let's take a look at what rocked in 2003 baby
- Movies
For all out fun, Finding Nemo probably pleased most all people though Sinbad was particularly strong for tr...
Posted
Wed,
Jan 7,
2004
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1:40:59 PM in comics / movie / music / personal / tv / 2003
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Check this out, Pitchfork broke down the year in singles (best albums for 2k3 comin up too), entertaining read, those kids can write about music, read about your favorite songs and discover some u nev...
Posted
Thu,
Dec 18,
2003
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10:53:13 AM in music
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Slept in, that was real nice, this short week has been stress at work. I watched some OC eps and maybe will watch some 24 later, did laundry and read new strip/story by Derek Kirk Kim.. his art is st...
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Thu,
Nov 27,
2003
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1:54:38 PM in music
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This other kid is real good, he's from Singapore and real young (like 22).. full name is 林俊傑 (Lin Jun Jie) but he also goes by JJ.
We listened to him on Friday at jbc's and it ma...
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Mon,
Nov 10,
2003
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1:27:35 PM in music
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Jin is this kid who got picked up by Ruff Ryders (DMX, Eve, Lox) after rippin shit up on 106 N Park Freestyle Friday like 3-4 times in a row. He embraced his chineseness (Cantonese) which was pretty d...
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Mon,
Nov 10,
2003
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10:49:22 AM in music
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Week-end was a blur, hung out with JT, I can't believe kid's leavin.. LKG's bday on Fridays, Sake Lab on Saturday (kinda lames) and being a lazy mofo on Sunday (karaoke + scary m3, shit was mad weak b...
Posted
Mon,
Oct 27,
2003
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2:09:26 PM in clubs / music / sports
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Copped an advance for Outkast's forthcomin LP "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" (due out Sept. 23td), this is pretty dope. ATL's finest is hella experimenting, going way beyond the forward thinking stuff ...
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Mon,
Sep 1,
2003
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10:35:25 PM in music
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Always feel compelled to write at night for no reason. Watched a buncha lame flicks lately, from Shanghai Knights to Cradle 2 the Grave to A Guy Thing. Blah, people in Hollywood just make safe movies,...
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Sun,
Jun 15,
2003
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1:16:30 AM in music / personal
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Well well, seems like everyone is getting their album out in time for Christmas, just to name a few:
Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet,
Jay-Z - Blueprint 2
Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me The
Justin Timberla...
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