Thursday, December 2, 2010

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

The Guy Who took the Picture of Kirsten Kennis for Vampy Weeks is running from the law bc he is 'effed'

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:05 PM PST

Link: http://pdnpulse.com/2010/11/vampire-weekend-former-model-close-in-on-tod-brody.html


Kirsten Kennis is an unchill old lady whose picture was used on the cover of Vampire Weekend's hit album CONTRA. Unfortunately, she didn't know, and apparently Vampy Weekend signed some 'release' from a photographer' but the photographer may or may not have been lying abt the vibe/scene.

Do yall remember 'Kirsten gate'? Kirsten Kennis was all like "Vampy stole my photo" but now Vampy Weekend and their record label is being all like, 'listen yall. some photographer bro said it was his photo. Don't blame this shit on me, yall.'

According to the original claim filed last summer by Kennis, Brody charged Vampire Weekend a license fee of $5,000 for the image of Kennis. It is unclear how he obtained the image, which was shot more than 25 years ago. But Vampire Weekend says Brody had claimed in the license agreement that he shot the image.

Kennis, meanwhile, has said that the model release Brody presented to Vampire Weekend was forged. The band's record label says it "reasonably" relied upon the signed release that Brody provided.

The band also says that Brody claimed that he had "good title and full right and authority" to license the image. Brody "misrepresented certain facts and breached contracts," Vampire Weekend says in its claim against him. "Responsibility, if any, for damages claimed by [Kennis] rests entirely on Brody."

Not sure who this Brody is, but wonder if he is gonna 'go to the slammer'/get 'taken 2 the cleaners.' Seems like there is a 'warrant' out for his arrest, even though I'm not sure what that means or if it applies bc I wasn't a 'down-on-my-luck college graduate' who decided to go to law school to make my parents feel like I am still 'advancing in life':

A federal court judge in California has turned up the heat on Tod Brody, the elusive photographer at the center of a lawsuit over an image on the cover of Vampire Weekend's 2009 "Contra" album.

Brody allegedly licensed a Polaroid image of former model Ann Kirsten Kennis to Vampire Weekend and its record label for use on the album cover and in some concert promotions. Kennis sued the band, the label and Brody last July, alleging unauthorized use of her likeness. In response, Vampire Weekend and its record label counter-sued Brody in August. Any liability is his, the band says in that counter-claim, because Brody warranted that he had all the necessary rights to license the image.

Not really sure abt 'the law', just kinda hope some how Kirsten Kennis gets the electric chair in the Pitchfork Court of Law under presiding Judge Ryan Schreiber.

Sorta wish Kirsten Kennis was 'dead' or something so none of this would have happened.
Wish she woulda just rode the indie buzzwave and got a modeling contract with Am Appy.
Wish Vampy Weeks had just picked 'some other random vintage looking broad'
Wish they had just used photoshop to re-create a vintage ass broad
Wish photographer bros were 'chill' and had no sort of intellectual property and .jpgs (printed out or on the internet) belonged 2 any1.

R u worried abt Vampire Weekend/XL Recordings?
Will Kirsten Kennis' daughter be able to attend her 'dream school' bundled with a 'sweet study abroad program'?

Wonder when this will ever be resolved.
Will this put 'a cloud of uncertainty' over their album as it is being considered for album of the year bc people are afraid they will get sued if they embed the image on their website?
Will Vampy Weeks' next album be a 'h8-wave album' abt the law, society, and intellectual property?

Gorilla Vs Bear names BEACH HOUSE as 'Album of the Year', leaves Kanye West off list

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST

Link: http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2010/12/02/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2010/


Gorilla Vs Bear is known as a 'highly relevant' mp3 blog that has some of the 'most respected taste in mp3s' in the 'history of the indiesphere.' It is a breeding ground for emerging buzzbands and genres, and known as 'one of the most authentic mp3 blogs on the planet.'

It seems like they made their annual 'best of the year' list, and Beach House won, a bunch of relevant buzzbands 'placed well', and most importantly, Kanye West was 'nowhere to be found' on this list. While GVB does tend to appreciate music by African American artists, the blog editor opted to 'bypass' Kanye and instead include Big Boi and Erykah Badu as being more relevant/noteworthy in 2010.

This seems like it is a great 'branding strategy' to differentiate itself from Pitchfork as Pitchfork goes 'directly after the African American audiences', indie fans can find 'safe haven' / 'indie asylum' on gorillavsbear.net.

Here is the blog's 'controversial' list of the best albums of 2k10.

GORILLA VS. BEAR's ALBUMS OF 2010

01 Beach House – Teen Dream
02 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
03 Shabazz Palaces – Of Light/Shabazz Palaces
04 James Blake – CMYK/Klavierwerke
05 Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
06 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
07 Lower Dens – Lower Dens
08 Games – That We Can Play
09 White Denim – Last Day of Summer
10 Girls – Broken Dreams Club
11 Toro y Moi – Causers of This
12 Earl Sweatshirt – EARL
13 Twin Sister – Color Your Life / Alternates
14 Big K.R.I.T. – wuz here
15 Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
16 Grimes – Geidi Primes
17 The Samps – The Samps
18 Harlem – Hippies
19 Forest Swords – Dagger Paths
20 Twin Shadow – Forget
21 Frankie Rose & the Outs – Frankie Rose & the Outs
22 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
23 Tennis – Tennis (cassette)
24 The Walkmen – Lisbon
25 Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh
26 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
27 Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers
28 Caribou – Swim
29 Shackleton – Fabric 55
30 Ty Segall – Melted

Reactions based on this list:

  • Beach House has earned 'alternative tenure', becoming one of indie's 'heavy hitters'
  • Ariel Pink is finally 'indie mainstream' enough to be better than a quirky 5-15 range pick
  • Joanna Newsom's album 'blows'
  • Big Boi is better than Kanye West
  • Twin Sister and Twin Shadow had 'amazing' debut years
  • Toro Y Moi 'did well' but deserves to feel 'disappointed'
  • Arcade Fire is too mainstream indie for GVB
  • Kanye West did not deserve a 10.0
  • Caribou shoulda had another 'hit' besides "Odessa" 2 get a higher ranking
  • Deerhunter 'flopped'
  • Didn't WAVVES and Best Coast come out this year? Guess they flopped rlly hard even though they get blggd abt
  • Need to listen to ~40% of these bands because they are either 'too black' or 'too indie lofi' 4 me

Is Gorilla Vs Bear's list 'right'?
Do u think it was 'sweet' that GVB 'shafted' Kanye West to differentiate the blog brand from Pitchfork?
Is Kanye 'automatically going to win' p4k's album of the year?
Has Beach House 'made it'?
What 'stands out' abt this list?
What should be 'the album of the year'?

Natalie Portman goes 2 her indie film movie premiere

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:41 AM PST

Link: http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/index.php/2010/12/01/mila-kunis-and-natalie-portman-at-the-black-swan-premiere-of-the-day


Natalie Portman went is the 2k0s indie starlet who is trying to 'evolve' her career or something. She went to some movie premiere for her new film BLACK SWAN [link] which is supposed to be brilliant or something.

It is some movie about 'crazy ballet bitches' so both actresses in it lost a bunch of weight, but it seems like Natalie Portman is 'back to her curvy self' now that filming is over.

not sure why Nat Portman brought a copy of "Lolita." Maybe she thought the movie is rlly boring, or maybe she is trying to re-brand herself as a 'young, barely legal piece of a$$' that every1 wants

Kinda scared of Nat Portman. Not sure if he career is a 'success' or a 'flop.' Wonder if her career would be better if she had married Ben Affleck or something.

The broad from That 70s Show is also in the film, so that must mean they are trying to get Ashton Kutcher to tweet abt the movie on twitter or something.

Does BLACK SWAN look 'brilliant', 'complex', and 'dark'?
Do u h8 movies abt how 'ballet makes crazy gurlz go insane'?
Are women who do ballet naturally 'crazy' [via eating disorders]?
What is Natalie Portman's career outlook in the 2k10s?
Will she evolve into Meryl Streep, or become the next Tara Reid?
Do u think she is 'pissed' that Zooey Deschanel stole some of her market share and feels pressure 2 start a buzzband?

Michael Cera starts a buzzband

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:16 AM PST

Link: http://pitchfork.com/news/40882-video-michael-cera-plays-with-mister-heavenly/

After the massive failure of "Scott Pilgrim Vs The World", Michael Cera is still trying to be 'indie relevant' so he started/joined some buzzband. This is video of Michael Cera's buzzband called "Mister Heavenly". I think it trying to be billed as an 'indie supergroup' but rlly feel like it is just a few 'past-their-prime, not THAT relevant indie band members trying 2 get bloggy buzz'

Cera will play bass with the band, which features Man Man's Honus Honus, Islands' Nick Thorburn, and Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer. And now we have video evidence of Cera's involvement.

Feel like all of the 'real musician' dudes in this band are c-rate indie celebrities. Feel like they must have been like "Let's call up Michael Cera so that he can get our band some buzz, and maybe we can make some soundtrack/licensing money bc he has been in tween indie movies abt bands."

Wonder if this band is 'legit'

photos by Josh Bis

Wonder why he wore a 'grunge' hat. Must think that he is 'in a movie' and 'wearing a buzzband costume.'

Is Michael Cera 'good at bass guitar'?
Do u think he plays 'sweet riffs'?

pho

Is Michael Cera the 'Deakin' of this new buzzband?
Can Mister Heavenly get a 10.0?
Do u think Man Man, Islands, and Modest Mouse are all 'past their relevant life cycle'?
Are they 'using' Michael Cera to get 'more blog buzz'?
Should Michael Cera retire from acting to focus on getting a 10.0 from Pitchfork?

Get off my fucking Macbook, Grandma

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:57 PM PST

Just opened up my Macbook
Tons of bullshit windows open
Photobooth overloaded with snapshots
My iTunes Library some how became 'disorganized'

WTF Grandma
Get the fuck off my Macbook
I know you indirectly purchased it for me
because you are old and don't know how to spend your money in the modern world
so u just spend it on your spoiled grand kids

but for god's fucking sake
Can u please get your own goddamn macbook

Watching a video of you and your 'bff' (that means best friends forever)
dancing to the Black Eyed Peas
Messing around with visual effects
I know you think this is cool and exciting
but that shit is lame
and if u wanna do that, I'll drag ur ass down to the Apple Store
and let u deal with a 'fucking Genius'

But as for now
plz get the fuck off my goddamned macbook

I do a lot of important shit on my macbook, grandma
Look at facebook, update twitter
masturbate to internet porn
login to my online community college course
Cyberbully tons of tweens
Get tons of sweet deals on groupon
Google tons of 'dark shit'

U have no business going on my Macbook
I don't know who you think u r
or what sort of 'sense of entitlement' u have
to think u can just invade my shit

You need to learn some effing respect
and get the fuck off my goddamned Macbook

You are a selfish, stupid, dumb woman
And if you don't listen to me, I am going to STRONGLY RECOMMEND to mom and dad
that it is time 2 lock u away in a home

(There would be free Macbooks + iPods there, though, so maybe u would want to go).

Besides, u already took plenty of authentic retro vintage pix of urself
when u were a 20something

Stop stealing my technology
Bc ur really selfish and I am ashamed of u.

This isn't a toy
This isn't an anti-Alzheimer's brain stimulation device
This isn't a game
This isn't a pocket mirror
This isn't a fun house mirror
This isn't just any other contraption
It's a Macbook
It's powerful
It can do a lot of shit
(Shit that you can't handle)

You make me so fucking angry, grandma
Now I understand how you raised my dad

Learn some effing respect
And get the fuck off my goddamned Macbook

You are a witch
You are a whore
You are a filthy, disgusting, selfish, tween-ass human being
You are so vain

Get the fuck ovr urself
Ur 'identity'
How 'beautiful' u r
how many friends u have on facebook
How many tagged photos ur in

...I used to be like u...
But then I grew the fuck up...

Goddamn you, grandma
One day I'll be at your funeral
and by then I'll have a new Macbook Air
And I'll throw my old Macbook in the grave with u

and I'll say
"Thanks a whole fucking lot...
Have fun on Photobooth
Making vlogs
...in hell."

Has ur unchill grandma ever used ur Macbook?
Do u feel ashamed of old ppl when they think technology is 'cool'?
Should old ppl not be allowed to play with Macbooks/iPhones/technology?
Do u have more respect for old ppl who don't try 2 catch up with 'modern times'?
Do u get pissed off when an old lady in front of u at the grocery store uses a checkbook 2 pay for her shit and takes 'effing forever' and ur like 'get a g-d debit card', or are u like 'awww. s0 retr0 vintage' ?
Do u respect ur elders or do u know u r better than them?
Does Granny Need 2 Learn Some Goddamned Respect?