Monday, June 28, 2010

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BREAKING NEWS: Panda Bear reveals names of songs on new album. Analysis of song titles begins

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Link: http://pitchfork.com/news/39294-panda-bear-reveals-new-song-titles


’s upcoming album TOMBOY is ‘the most anticipated album of 2k10.’ Many are looking for to ’save 2k10′ after a disappointing year of mainstream indie releases not adding any meaning/cultural relevance to our lives’. Noah Lennox recently released the tracklist, and the die hard fans have began to speculate as to what each of the songs are about.

We learn that ‘feels massive amounts of pressure 2 deliver on this album’:

Lennox recorded the album at home in Lisbon, Portugal. Talking about the LP, he tells Mojo, “It doesn’t come from anywhere except myself, but I’m feeling massive amounts of pressure to deliver something really good. That’s just something I’ll deal with until this one is over, and probably even beyond that.” Mojo also mentions that Lennox plays guitar more on this record than he did on his last solo album, the instant classic Person Pitch. And Lennox obliquely cites both Kurt Cobain and Bach as inspirations.

Worried that isn’t riding chillwaves, and is feeling the blogosphere’s expectations weighing on him.
We need to send him ‘positive vibes’ letting him know that no matter what he does, we will always <3 him. He taught us how to be a bro, and as long as he doesn't 'pull a ', he will be chill.

Right?
///worried....

Tomboy (not final tracklist):

Drone
Tomboy
Surfer’s Hymn
At the Jetty
Benfica
Slow Motion
Bullseye
I Want to Go With You
You Can Count on Me

What do yall think these songs are about? Sorta wanna just ‘predict’ what these songs have to sound like + speculate about the ‘arc’ of the album.

ALT REPORT PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE VIBES/LYRICAL CONTENT OF THESE SONGS

Drone – a really zonked out drony ‘intro’ piece, making sure we’re ready to get all droned out
Tomboy – an aggressive, tame song about gender roles and youth
Surfer’s Hymn – a chillwave hit utilizing samples taken on the Portuguese coastline
At the Jetty – a post-chillwave jam about public space on the jetty
Benfica – a song about the city/football club based in Benefica Portugal. A celebratory tune
Slow Motion – a really ’slow ass’ song, reflective, deep. Has to be the ‘approachable pop hit’ of the album, because it is the first single
Bullseye – this will be the ‘Brother Sport’ of this album
I Want to Go With You - a love song which could also be a ‘bros-like’ anthem
You Can Count on Me – a song about true love, similar to the themes of “My Girls”, just wanting to provide basic food and shelter for his family.

Do these songs ’seem awesome’ just based on the title?
Will he deliver “Bros (edit)” and “Comfy in Nautica” type hits?
Will Noah Lennox take us where no alt has gone before?
Are yall pumped about this album?
Will it save 2k10?
R u worried that Panda is ‘feeling the pressure’?
Can ‘deliver’?
do u respect for accepting the responsibility of the massiveness of his album?
What do u think these songs are about / what they sound like?

Shakira calls the XX her favourite band, butchers one of their songs live @ music festival

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 01:08 PM PDT


Shakira is a mainstream ethnic artist who sings like a froggy then shakes her ass on stage, then every1 is like ‘wow. lookadat ass’ as if they are in a strip club. N e ways, she was singing at Glastonbury Music Festival, and she decided to ‘cover’ the song “Islands” by the XX. She went ahead and told the crowd that the XX was one of her favourite buzzbands, even though they are super old [via 2k9]. Feel like maybe the XX has mad credibility in the UK, or she just wants to make more ‘white fans.’

The XX had a critically acclaimed album in 2k9 which they are still milking, but they really need to ‘respond’ with some new mp3s in order to stay fresh now that Shakira has tainted their brand. Worried about hearing this on the mainstream radio with Shakira’s froggy voice. Not sure if Shakira genuinely appreciates the XX, or if she is just doing the thing where a ‘mainstream artist steals from indie culture.’

Is this cover ‘terrible’?
Does she make it ‘better’?
Are the XX talented musicians, or do these professional musicians make their song sound better?
Should more female artists steal songs from indie artists?
Will the XX and Shakira ‘collab’?
Is the XX gonna ‘chart’ at #1 with their next album?
Will the XX have a ’sophomore slump’ type album?
Is the XX going to be one of the biggest UK bands of the decade?
Should Shakira ’shut her pie hole’ when it comes to indie songs, and just keep ’shaking that ass 4 mainstreamers/ethnic global markets’?

Does n e 1 know what G20 protesters are even protesting? Seems like they just want to make .jpg internet memes

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Photos via Torontoist


Every year or so, some summit happens called the . I don’t even know what really happens there, who goes, or what global leaders are trying to solve/talk about. Mainly just exists as some sort of opportunity for a city to ‘waste tons of money on security’ and for tons of rebellious spirits who h8 society to ‘protest’ against society/the government/the world/the Illuminati / miscellaneous constraints of the human spirit via ‘bullshit’.

It seems like a ‘protest’ doesn’t even really mean anything any more. Like many ‘real life’ events, it has sort of degenerated into the kind of event that is mainly created to ‘create sweet web media’, whether it is a youtube vid, a .jpg, or even a dramatic gif.

Feel like these protesters in Toronto are just ‘internet meme generating ass holes’ who don’t ‘give a damn’ about the world, and only really care about making people on the internet LOL. Honestly feel like in our meme society, the lolcat might be the only universal currency.

I guess the riot cops provide a great ‘backdrop’ to create a surrealist meme. Feel like it is ‘human nature’ to want to see people getting beat up by cops [via the Rodney King theory], then reflect on the power of the government.

Bros who ‘didnt graduate from high school’ can unite with ‘unemployed bros who graduated with a worthless degree from an expensive university’ under the same goal: “H8 society for misleading me/leaving me trapped.’

Just wish I could protest ‘with song’. Brought my guitar to the protest hoping to throw down some Jack Johnson-esque vibes, but the cops totally killed our chill waves.

Is it authentic to wear a Bob Marley ‘One Love’ t-shirt to a protest?

Might start a meme blog called lesbians who look like little boys getting their asses beat by riot police . tumblr . com

Maybe I’ll just take my flip cam and ‘vlog’ live from the middle of the violent areas, putting a buzzband soundtrack to make my video seem ‘more bad ass/bloggable.’

Worried abt Foot Locker. Thought it was our right as members of the Western World to own the ’sweetest pair of sneakers’ possible [via the Post Michael Jordan world]

Glad the GAP stayed safe. Might go get some on sale t-shirts and socks later

Sad that Am Appy didn’t play it safe, and ended up with human feces in their store. [link]

Do u think she h8s cell phone stores because of how much they charge for data plans? Maybe she wouldn’t be so violent if she knew that Droid Does Apps.

Wonder if there is a Home Depot / Lowe’s nearby where u can pick up plywood / weapons / hammers / etc.

Maybe an Outdoor shop is a better place to get a pick axe

‘Totes gonna make this my facebook profile default pic.’

This bro seems to be getting ‘mad air’, Shaun White style. Wonder if he got those boxers at The Gap / Old Navy.

Wonder if they are really ‘anarchists’ or just people who want to ‘fuck shit up.’ Really hope 1 of these things comes to my city soon. Want to go to my local mall and ‘break some windows.

Do yall believe in anarchy or capitalism?
are these real anarchists, or just bros who eat McDonalds like every1 else?

Keut cutoff + bandana combo

I wonder which 1 has a longer-lasting psychological impact on u: getting arrested [via handcuffs] OR getting arrested [via plastic cord binding ur hands together]. (you probably aren’t a legitimate threat 2 society if u can be restrained by a plastic cord.)

Local Business Owners should probably h8 society.

‘I proposed 2 my wife at the protest. Our pic symbolizes love in the face of a mad world.’

////CONTINUE READING///

Must be fun to be a riot cop, because you have the opportunity to ‘beat the shit out of any type of person u h8.’ This bro seems to h8 women.

This cop bro seems to h8 younger bros who have their whole lives ahead of them.

Really want to ‘get aggressive’ and smash some skulls

Wish these protester bros cared more about the Earth / recycling.

Wonder if she is being arrested for a ‘fashion crime’ [via leggings / camel toe]

Real blood, or Halloween prop from ur local grocery store?

Worried that these beautiful breasts would get blood on them / beaten by angry riot coppers.

Do u think people are really ‘protesting’ or do they just want the chance to ‘fuck shit up’?

Feel like the protests are just going to become places where failed artists ‘try too hard’ to make photo memes. Wonder if they are graduate art students who have ‘one last chance’ to get press for their art project.

Is the protest a place where global leaders hear the voices of the commonman, or is it just a place where people take pictures of people destroying public/private property?

Does n e 1 know what the protests are about?
Is there really anything ‘that wrong’ with the world?
Do the summits fix our global problems?
Do cities ‘waste more money’ hosting the Olympics or hosting summits?
Do yall ‘believe in anything’ or do u jut want to chill on the internet?
Do these protesters ‘know what the eff they are doing’?
Is Toronto a solid place to raise ur family?
Are yall more chill with anarchy or capitalism? Do u know if Steve Jobs would still make Macbooks in an anarchist society?
Are all of these protesters authentic, or just trying to make internet memes?
Are IRL events no longer pure because they are ‘trying too hard to produce sharable internet content’?
Whose side are yalls on?

HIPSTER RUNOFF named one of Time Magazine’s Best Blogs of 2010

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:23 AM PDT

Link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999770_1999761_1999732,00.html


TIME Magazine is a popular magazine from the pre-blog era that still utilizes their brand to make money off online website advertising. Not sure what they even write about. Get it confused with ‘LIFE’ and ‘NEWSWEEK’ usually. Because they have a ‘respected brand’ that is older than blogs, what they say ‘means more’ than most websites/weblogs. It seems like they made a list of the top blogs of the year 2k10, and popular alt mp3 culturally relevant weblog HIPSTER RUNOFF has basically ‘topped’ their list.

Not sure if this list is really ‘legit’ or if it is just some sort of traffic hoarding scheme involving some of the most trafficked blogs on the internet.

HIPSTER RUNOFF is a controversial blog that usually over-exposes particular indie buzzbands, putting them under the immense critical scrutiny and commercial analysis, demanding more out of our favourite artists than many generic indie weblogs ask 4. Many times, the writer ‘Carles’ can get controversial, writing about gender issues, tween rights, tween issues, racial beef, society, and meme-based culture. The site has been around for a year, but has generated tons of blog buzz from twitter feeds. #trending_topics

Based on the description, do u think TIME MAGAZINE ‘gets’ HRO, or are they just trying to pretend that they ‘get’ it

Hipsters — those proud members of the tight-jeaned, trust-funded alt set (a.k.a. this guy) — are easy targets on the Web, but Hipster Runoff finds a fresh way to gently poke the ribs of the “bed head” set. Surveying the fashion and culture trends of hipsterdom, the blog alternates between outright spoofs and serious slams of fashion’s posers and prophets, with cutting commentary of ongoing discussions covering everything from alt-rock to bro culture. It becomes clear from all this that hipsters have a little too much time on their hands, but the blog makes it fun by playfully mocking their obsessions.

Not sure if HIPSTER RUNOFF should be proud to be on this list. Seems to embody ’snark’, ‘kitties’, ‘politics’, ‘low-level meme’ and iPhone Apple blogs.

Best Blogs

* Zenhabits
* PostSecret
* Climate Progress
* HiLobrow
* Hipster Runoff
* Kottke.org
* Cake Wrecks
* The Oatmeal
* Shit My Kids Ruined
* Deadline Hollywood
* everything-everywhere.com
* Sartorialist
* InformationIsBeautiful.com
* The Daily Kitten
* Shorpy
* Apartment Therapy
* Doublex
* Strobist
* Roger Ebert’s Journal
* The Awl
* Geekdad
* Engadget
* The Washington Note
* Consumerist
* Pitchfork

Essential Blogs

* TheDailyWh.at
* Techcrunch
* Gawker
* Politico’s Ben Smith
* Boing Boing

Overrated Blogs

* FAIL Blog
* The Big Lead
* Perez Hilton
* Mashable
* The Daily Kos

It seems like Pitchfork Media is on the same list. This means Carles and his HRO blog will likely ‘never escape’ from the shadow of the Pitchfork.

Is HIPSTER RUNOFF’s brand ‘about 2 go mainstream’?
Is HIPSTER RUNOFF deserving of mainstream success?
Is HRO an ‘important part of the internet’?
Will HIPSTER RUNOFF ‘attract more advertisers’ now that they are accepted by the mainstream?
Does ‘being honored by Time Magazine’ in 2k10 mean as much as it would have in 19k83?
What is the best blog of 2010?
Do yall like reading about hipster culture on HRO?
Is HRO ‘more than just a hipster blog’?
Can HRO ‘get an endorsement’ from God?
Are ‘listicles’ ruining the internet?
Is HRO ‘the best blog in the history of magazines and blogs’?

Tons of lesbians who look like Justin Bieber have a party, eat eachother pussies

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:34 AM PDT

Link: http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2010/06/25/attack-biebians


In the past 5 years, Justin Bieber has emerged as one of the best tween sensations in the history of the world because he is ‘more blackish’ and ‘more down 2 fuck’ than the Jonas Brothers. Due to his swoopy hair and tweeny Am Appy hoodie, he incidentally ended up looking like a genre of lesbians–the kind who are trying to look like a tweenage boy. This has caused many ‘internet memes’ based on lesbians + tweens + Justin Bieber, causing every1 to ‘lol’ cuz there’s nothing funnier than butchy dykes who accidentally look like teenage boys.

Seems like tons of Justin Biever looking lezbos got together for a party/to create an internet meme.

Seems like Bieber / Beaver fever is everywhere.

Wonder if this turned into a ‘huge orgy’ and what type of deviant lesbian sexual toys/activities it involved. Wonder if women ‘cum harder’ when their clitoris is tickled with a swoop of hair.

Would probably convert to lesbianism if I ‘got a slice’ of this hot Bieber AZN lesbian

Not even sure if I really believe that 70% of lesbians are ‘actually lesbians.’ Feel like a lot of girls have issues with their parents / a lack of identity, so they choose to ‘be lesbians’ because they don’t really have a man to stand by/rely upon.

Wish I looked like this in high school so I could have ‘fucked tons of chicks’

Would have paid ‘top dollar’ for a lapdance from 1 of these bros

Does Justin Bieber look like a genre of lesbians?
Do lesbians want to look like teenage boys because that is ‘the horniest era of any1’s life’?
Did Justin Bieber ‘ruin hoodies’?
Were u ever a lesbian and what made u?
Why do women become lesbians? I thought it was natural to want to have a man plant a seed in u.
Do yall feel like ‘gay males’ are ‘more natural’ than ‘lesbians’ the majority of the time?
What types of social forces create homosexuality, or is it in ur bloodstream?

If you were a lesbian, what brand would u adopt? Justin Bieb hornie teen boy? Body builder? Petite, humble lil bitch? Saw a few lesbians the other day who were trying to look like they were in the Kings of Leon.

What’s ur favourite lesbian personal brand?

M.I.A. performs “Born Free” live, sounds ‘even worse’ when u can’t watch gingers getting killed

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:06 AM PDT


M.I.A.’s song “Born Free” has a ’shocking video’ [link] where a ton of gingers are genocided the eff off the Earth. The video meme produced tons of ‘buzz’ about the content of the visuals, but many said that the audio component of the meme was ‘lacking.’ The audio component was a song called “Born Free”, and it honestly just sounded like some woman yelling over drums and buzz 2 me.

M.I.A. seems to have started ‘touring’ in support of her album, and decided to play “Born Free.” Not sure if it is the crappy fan video, or if it the song ‘being terrible.’ Really feels like a bunch of static, and then some crazy woman singing over it. Not even sure how the girls in the front ‘know the lyrics’ to this song, because it just seems like babble. If I wanted to see an ethnic woman in a hoodie yelling, would probably just go downtown and search for a crazy homeless woman and take her out to dinner at a local Quizno’s.

Is M.I.A. a ‘compelling live act’?
Are people who ‘pretend to be into M.I.A. shows’ ‘trying 2 hard’?
Does M.I.A. only really appeal to lesbians/girls who are trying 2 hard to have a unique identity?
Does this live performance of “Born Free” make the song more authentic?
Is “Born Free” the mp3 of the year, or is it more unlistenable than MGMT?
Should M.I.A. just ‘execute gingers on stage’ to keep her show interesting?

Honestly feel like if I went to an M.I.A. show, I would be waiting 4 two things to happen
1) to hear “Paper Planes”
and 2) see a herd of gingers get executed P.O.W. style

(would also probs cross my finger for a land mine to go off in the crowd)

SWEET COLLAB?: Steve Aoki invites Rivers Cuomo to sing “Hash Pipe” while he DJs

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:07 PM PDT


For some reason, Steve Aoki and Rivers Cuomo threw down some ‘collab.’ Not sure if they have an mp3 coming out together soon, or if they are just on the same mainstream record label or something. N e ways, Rivers Cuomo came out to sing a song while Steve Aoki DJed. It seems like the electro teens filming this vid ‘lost their shit’ when this modern karaoke sesh started.

They seem like chill bros, just chilling, throwing down a collab that shows they are ‘dynamic performers’ and ultimately open to ‘new markets.’ Aoki wants to open for Weezer, and Rivers Cuomo wants to ‘feel cool’ by reaching out to electro California teens.

Photo by the cobrasnake

Here is another crappy ‘fan vid’, but then the song “Hash Pipe” starts playing, and Riversbro sings over it.

Do yall feel like u missed ‘history’ by not being there?

Is Rivers Cuomo ‘leaving Weezer’?
Is having a DJ more cost effective than touring with a band?
Will Steve Aoki collab with more indie giants?
Is Steve Aoki ‘the most successful DJ of our generation’?
Is Weezer ‘indie’, ‘old skewl indie’, or ‘mainstream as eff’?
Do u wish u got to witness a once in a lifetime collab?
Are they authentic bros, or was this just ‘a business decision’?

Should Steve Aoki invite the guy from MGMT to karaoke with him in 2k16?