Et in Arcadia, Aggro

Milt Jackson - Tahiti The 50s were a hell of a time for jazz.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:05:06 -1000

Milt Jackson - Tahiti

The 50s were a hell of a time for jazz.

Tennessee State Sen., sponsor of the Don't-Say-Gay Bill, is the real victim

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:54:00 -1000

Tennessee State Sen., sponsor of the Don't-Say-Gay Bill, is the real victim:

This story is actually kind of a beautiful illustration of what irony looks like. Sen. Stacey Campfield is the champion of a bill to restrict the discussion of sexuality in Tennessee schools. He recently made comments that AIDS was caused by a gay flight attendant having sex with a monkey. An opponent of sex education making such an idiotically uninformed claim is about the equivalent of an opponent of anti-litter laws slipping on his own banana peal.

Now, for his crusade and commentary, Campfield has been banned from a Knoxville restaurant. But of course the is the real victim because liberals hate everyone that disagrees with them and they are the real bigots. The opponent of civil rights is the real one to have his civil rights violated. Also, the villains in Fiddler on the Roof were clearly the Jews, who shouldn’t have been living there in the first place.

The Algorithm - Access Denied The kids love dubstep and the kids...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:12:29 -1000

The Algorithm - Access Denied

The kids love dubstep and the kids love djent, so what this song presupposes is, maybe they love both?

It turns out that right now, all the best metal is French. Alcest and Lantlôs, The Algorithm, HORD, and even though there hasn’t been an album out in a couple, Gojira. All the best at the things they do, all very modern. Good job, France!

Novembre - Tales from a Winter to Come. Every time it snows I...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:39:16 -1000

Novembre - Tales from a Winter to Come.

Every time it snows I just want to listen to this on a loop.

paulftompkins: Well, here you go.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:34:35 -1000

paulftompkins:

Well, here you go.

Craigslist opposes SOPA

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:17:43 -1000

Craigslist opposes SOPA:

And you should too! Fight for a free internet.

Creating multicellular organisms in a lab

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:04:09 -1000

Creating multicellular organisms in a lab:

Well, I guess we win.

Zun Zun Egui - Fandango Fresh Listen to it. Now it’s...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:21:49 -1000

Zun Zun Egui - Fandango Fresh

Listen to it. Now it’s inside your brain.

Is the Obama Administration actively trying to bring down the Iranian government?

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:49:49 -1000

Is the Obama Administration actively trying to bring down the Iranian government?:

No. No they’re not.

Read it before a Paulster tries to tell you something about it.

clipartcovers: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:46:07 -1000

clipartcovers:

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. Requested by several, including mayor-tusks, stridingdirty, the0r4ng3 and laserdinosaurs.

I am a little in love with this blog now.

Cat bounce!

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:23:07 -1000

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Cat bounce!

Bests of 2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:37:24 -1000

There’s an argument to be made against the end of the year list. It’s a lot like the argument against New Years as a holiday, really: It’s an arbitrary date, a length of time without major cultural significance, etc. But I like the holiday and I like the lists. For one thing, it allows me to catch up on new art and media, which I don’t always have a good opportunity to do during the rest of the year. As long as ones sources are diverse, one can get a good selection of what really was good. Also, both the holiday and the lists are positive. They represent a sunny outlook on the changing of the year: A whole new year is a thing to look forward to, what better way to start it by celebrating the victories and forgetting the failures of the previous? And so we remember the memorable art, and forget the forgettable. To that end, some of mine:

Best album, metal: Lantlôs - Agape

Best album, non-metal: Jonathan Coulton - Artificial Heart

Best song, metal: Devin Townsend Project - The Mighty Masturbator

Best song, non-metal: Battles - Ice Cream

Album I listened to the most that wasn’t from this year: Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks

Best movie, American, serious: Source Code.

Best movie, American, light-hearted: The Muppets

Best movie, non-American: Le Havre

Best decision: Going to Massachusetts for school

Best podcast I hadn’t heard before this year: My Brother, My Brother and Me

Best standup CD: Pete Holmes - Impregnated with Wonder

Best book: Neal Pollock - Stretch

I haven’t seen all of the media. I have missed a lot of it. So this probably isn’t all correct. But these things are subjective, so as this represents only what I’ve experienced, it must be true. Right?

Republicans attempting to discourage students, minorities from voting

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:53:00 -1000

Republicans attempting to discourage students, minorities from voting:

To anyone who has ever claimed that both parties are essentially the same: when is the last time you heard about Democrats trying to discourage religious people from voting? Hell, when’s the last time you heard of the Dems doing anything so brazen, anything at all, to make it less convenient for ANYONE to vote?

Just another thing to remember for the next time any Republican tries to sell you a line about liberty.

Opeth - Slither Definite candidate for song of the year. There...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:28:09 -1000

Opeth - Slither

Definite candidate for song of the year. There have been lots of haters about this album, especially with the attitude that this isn’t real Opeth, because it’s not enough of a death metal album or a metal album. The moral of this is that you do not tell Opeth what Opeth is; Opeth tells you what you are. And Opeth tells you that they are going to put out a rock and roll album and you are going to like it.

The reason for the season.

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:17:11 -1000

The reason for the season.

Naglfar - Horncrowned Majesty Black. Metal.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:17:41 -1000

Naglfar - Horncrowned Majesty

Black. Metal.

Spectre General: Nothing’s Gonna Stand in Our Way The...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:57:02 -1000

Spectre General: Nothing’s Gonna Stand in Our Way

The original Transformers cartoon movie was, I’m sure, only marginally less stupid than the Michael Bay nonsense. But it had Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy, and this fucking awesome jam. It is my power jam of the day.

Fudge Cops! Care of Stop Podcasting Yourself.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:47:09 -1000

Fudge Cops!

Care of Stop Podcasting Yourself.

Bentley Owen @ Friendly Atheist on Sitcoms and Religion

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:49:26 -1000

Bentley Owen @ Friendly Atheist on Sitcoms and Religion:

Granted, there are a ton of groups who are basically not represented at all by mainstream TV, this one is of course worth thinking about.

theimpossiblecool: “Style is knowing who you are, what you want...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:11:55 -1000

theimpossiblecool:

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.’ ~Gore Vidal