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Lately I've been feeling a lot like this Liz Lemon quote from last week's brilliant new episode of 30 Rock. Except, there's no comic relief and I don't get to meet Oprah. Not even a fake Oprah.

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Tim Myers - A Beautiful World"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."-President-Elect Barack

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Portland's Oh Darling [pictured] may have the cutesy name and the cutesy dresses (seriously, CUTE!) but don't let the darling little details fool you. These cutey-pies came to rock.Oh Darling - Waking Up On A TrainYou can grab Oh Darling's new CD, Nice Nice, on iTunes and CD Baby.

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"14,000 Things to be Happy About," by Troubled Hubble:Well, I couldn't think of 14,000 things, but here are a few items that have recently brought me joy:1. It's Halloweeeeen!2. 30 Rock is back! And very funny!3. There's news about the upcoming Metric album!!!!!3. 4 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4. Chris Otepka, the guy who sang the song featured in the video above, is hard at work on an album with

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A fellow who calls himself Logarhythmik has assembled a spiffy mashup of The Cool Kids' Bake Sale CD to help raise money for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.The Cool Kids - A Party (Logarhythmix)You can donate monies or you can just download the mixtape, it's tres fun. But whatever you do, be sure to get yourself to the polls on Election day. Download The Bank Sale MixtapeBarack Obama's

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Ladyhawke's Pip Brown will be taking your questions as NME's new resident advice columnist aka "Agony Aunt." You can email her your queries about inattentive boyfriends with pedicures that look better than yours until her tour ends.I didn't know that there was a video for "Dusk Till Dawn" until now. I'm not late, I'm right on time for Halloween:I'm actually getting some costume ideas for next

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Gawker suggests some music for your listening pleasure while our economy takes a nosedive into the new Great Depression. Their "Depression Playlist" is satisfactory (Bowie's "Always Crashing in the Same Car" is a fitting inclusion), but I think the commenters hit the mark even better, with songs by Jimi, Sam Cooke, and Gillian Welch that very may well have been about our addiction to consumerism/

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Meet Linda Riss and Burt Pugach. In the 1950s, Linda began having an affair with the much older and married Pugach when she was 21 years old. When she tried to leave him for another man, Burt harassed Linda for six months before hiring two men to throw lye in her face. Linda was left permanently disfigured and nearly blinded from the attack. After Burt served a 14 year prison sentence, Linda

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Portland band The Dead Trees [not pictured, but their awesome album cover art is], recently came off tour with Albert Hammond Jr.'s band. The Dead Trees - ShelterAfter listening to this song, the pair strike me as a perfect fit for a tour. Their respective harder-edged takes on Americana would complement one another nicely. Those most have been some pretty darn cool shows. Because haven't we all

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I was chatting with a college friend on Monday. The subject settled on work eventually. She didn't have much to say about her job. I didn't have much to say about school. We fill our days with static, it seems.And then a guy named Nick Principe who records under the moniker LittleBear emailed me about a new EP that he recorded in upstate New York, and about how afterwards he went where the music

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On the way to lunch today, I had the misfortune of hearing that new Britney Spears song. Um, does it irk anyone else that it sounds like a sad "Boyz" knock-off? No one? Okay, maybe it's just me:

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In honor of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist's opening weekend, NYMag.com had a brills slide show up yesterday about the top ten One Crazy Night Movies. You know, there's usually an angsty brooding protagonist who harbors an unrequited love for a clueless interest, along with a conflict of seismic proportions -- and all of the above meets a happy or at least satisfactory end resolved in a neat

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I raced home to catch the end of Runway. I was all thinking, that Kenley, she is so going to get hers for being such a meanie. Well, she did... but then she kind of didn't.And then I thought, of course she wouldn't, because isn't that how it is? P.S. - I didn't think the dress she made was that bad?P.S.S. - Another Runway run-off, ooooh snap.

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The Happy Hollows - TambourineI think I like the riffs in this song the most, from an LA band called The Happy Hollows[pictured]. They're very Doolittle-esque.And such awesomeness was inspired by a "Billy Corgan video"...My gums hurt.

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I asked my dentist last week if I could wait until winter break to get my wisdom teeth removed and he practically screamed at me. "These should have been taken out five years ago!" he shouted.So, tomorrow they're being removed. These little pearls of wisdom have been there all along, and I absolutely had no clue. It's kind of funny when I think about it that way.India.Arie - Strength, Courage,

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It's not "Neo-Soul," it's "New Soul." "New Soul" is the subject of the new Fader F2 issue that features the lovely Jazmine Sullivan [pictured], Keziah Jones, Plantlife both in the magazine and on a ridiculously good accompanying podcast. Download the "New Soul" mixtapeIt's so good, it's ridiculous. And it's going to be my studying soundtrack.Download the new "New Soul" F2 issue

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I try not to do comparisons much, but singer Anthony Rochester's witty mellow pop rock really reminds me of Kings of Convenience. It really does. Which is good, because that new record the Kings were rumored to be working on, seems to not have been worked on so much. So, Anthony, it's nice to have you around:See Anthony play various instruments and sing "I Love You, Baby"Hear Anthony sing about

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To be quite honest, I am not a big fan of the Weezy F. Baby.And yetI've loved "A Milli" since the very first time I heard it. There's something very badass and genius about screaming, "MUTHAFUCKA, I'M ILL." Try it. It can even be a good self-affirmation. The fact that Brooklyn songbird Shae Fiol [pictured] has made a mashup to the tune makes me love it even more.Shae Fiol - Catch a Milli (K. Life

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[picture from the NYSE, NYTimes]To lighten the air a bit from all the doom and gloom, the White House had a rather entertaining press briefing about Wall Street's hot mess today. Or, painful, depends on how you look at it. [via Radar]

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I could use something fun and weird and light. Because driving through this wrecked city and waiting an hour for gas isn't so fun. But TV on the Radio's video for the song, "Golden Age" is super fun. The dancing police officers trip me out. And I didn't know that was Kyp singing...: Also, Michelle Obama just wrote a new BlogHer blog post about her husband's plans for gender wage equity. Check it.

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I wasn't really planning on seeing The Family That Preys just yet, even without the impending cataclysmic hurricane coming our way. But I may reconsider, since it does have two of my favorites, Sanaa Lathan and Alfre Woodard. Woodard talked to Premiere Magazine about the film and being a working actress in today's Hollywood, as well as about her support of Obama:You've been very active in the

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The Strokes - Automatic StopI kind of re-discovered Room on Fire this week. Wasn't this a great album?

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I attended this awesome lecture at school today presented by an attorney with the National Day Laborer Organization. This might sound strange, but I think that it was the first time I really got excited about becoming a lawyer. Whoever talks smack about community organizing truly has never had a clue. The revolution will not be televised."Never doubt that a small group of individuals can change

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Fujiya & Miyagi's [pictured] new album, Lightbulbs, comes out really soon. Tomorrow soon actually. Here's the second single off of the record, "Sore Thumb." It's no "Collarbone," but I dig.Fujiya and Miyagi - Sore Thumb (Windows Stream)or(Quicktime Stream)

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I read an article last year about how Portland is an "Indie-Rock Mecca," where folks like Stephen Malkmus and Sleater Kinney members are like, next door neighbors! I remember wondering at the time just what it was about the Oregon trail that lends itself to rocking out. Listening to Portland-based System and Station [pictured] has renewed my interest in this phenomenon. Maybe there's something in

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HA![from Jezebel via Current]

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Bespectacled cutey-pie and dazzling singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson has a new record in the pipeline. It's called Be OK, and it'll be chock full of unreleased live tracks and rad covers. But more importantly, it'll be for a great cause -- a portion of Be OK sales will go to Stand Up to Cancer. You won't be able to purchase Be OK until October 14, but you can download the album's same-named

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I almost forgot about my morning commute tomorrow. There's so much traffic. I mean, it's not just traffic, it's like, TRAFFIC. It's madness. Luckily, I've got a secret weapon for those times when I'm stuck between a gas-guzzler and a medium-sized sedan on the freeway. I listen to the Godfather of Soul, and the twenty minutes on average that I spend in grid-lock melt away. James Brown - Give It Up

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...It is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and

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For his single, "Love that Girl." This record is going to be so good. So good! Time flies, I can't believe it's coming out next month. You can currently buy "Love That Girl" on iTunes:I need to get off of the computer now.

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Tilly and the Wall - Alligator SkinThe bit about "jumbled up thoughts in a jumbled up head" pretty much sums it up. Thanks, Tilly. But apparently this is normal? Kind of?I'll let you know how the second week goes.Tilly and the Wall's new album, O, is out now.

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"I know they always have."I'm still a little anxious about starting school tomorrow, but every once in awhile I'll get these crazy moments of calm and reassurance where I'll think, 'it'll be okay, it'll be all good.' To anyone else going back to school tomorrow, or next week, or the week after that, I wish you the best of luck. Rival Schools - Good ThingsAlso good? Rival Schools is getting back

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"[The Black List] works as a series of living portraits, 21 prominent African Americans offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in the United States ... While filming The Black List, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders invited each participant to sit for a portrait. Shot on his large-format 8 x 10 camera, the images were printed as large-scale color

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If you were ever curious as to what that sounded like, then you know that song in that Target commercial? The one with the two girls crumping around in their dorm room? Yeah, that's it. I heard the song in its entirety on the radio the other day and I think it's pretty rad. I don't really understand what is being said, but I imagine that it's a little dirty. Especially since the phrase "hit that,

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So, in case you haven't heard, The Cho Show debuts tonight. I think it will be awesome, just like comedienne Margaret Cho's 90's series, All-American Girl, even though I was really young when it debuted and couldn't quite appreciate all of said awesomeness. In a recent interview with Jezebel, an older, wiser, but still irreverently kick-ass Cho talked about being every woman:"I always want people

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The September issue of Essence features Gwen Ifill's cover profile of the Obamas. As usual, Ifill does her thing and does it well. But I also find the Obamas' candor refreshingly honest. Plus, Michelle's mother just might be my favorite. There's a cool Rihanna fashion spread up in this month's issue, too, out on newsstands now.

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I would like to revise my Summer song of '08 choice. Sorry Estelle, I'm gonna have to go with Lloyd's "Girls Around the World" instead. Lloyd - Girls Around the WorldMkaythanksbye.

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So All Points West was cool enough, but that was mainly because I got to spend a beautiful summer day watching live music with Hunter :)My favorite performance was by Nicole Atkins [pictured] and her band The Sea. Nicole Atkins - Cool EnoughShe's such a natural on stage, her witty banter and energized presence made it feel like a variety show. Plus her cover of Patti Smith's "Pissing in a River"

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I remember reading this Slate article last year that talked about the reasons why Japanese rock is so absent from the American music scene. The article's author believed that this was because Japanese bands tend to be, "...bracingly experimental and jubilantly retro..." I hope that's not why I'm only starting to hear about a pair of American garage rock worshippers who call themselves Love

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I like Santogold's video for "Lights Out," but it begs the question, can I audition to be one of her nondescript backup dancers? I could rock it, I can do the robot:

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Sadly, this will not be Georgie James's year. Nor will any subsequent years for that matter. P4k reports that the blond haired wide eyed duo has broken up. Judging from the note that they left on their website, the split appears to be amicable, but it's still a bummer. Their debut album, Places, is a royal flush of crisp pop songs that is best when listened to from start to finish, a rare find in

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I just might pay money to see this movie. It's based on the YA novel of the same name, stars Michael Cera (collective awww), and has a soundtrack that looks promising.

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Have we really become this anti-social?"...Slydial turns out to be only the latest in a breed of new technologies that fit squarely into an emerging paradox: tools that let users avoid direct communication.Technologies like e-mailing and blogging give the communicator the power to choose the time and manner of expression. Now, some academics, text messengers and creators of technologies say a

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I listened to Ratatat's new album, LP3, yesterday, and I was ranting and raving to someone about how it rocks soooo hard, and how the guitar-as-synthesizer thing isn't tired at all, not at all, and how cool it is to hear that some new flourishes and influences have been thrown into the mix as well. And then I was thinking of a way that I could somehow write about Ratatat, since the awesomeness of

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Before I forget to mention, these two have made what are among my favorite albums of this year. Mmm-hmm.Violinist turned singer Joan Wasser aka Joan as Police Woman [pictured] recorded sessions with Antony and Rufus Wainright before releasing an album of her own called Real Life three years ago. She squashed any fears of a sophomore slump with To Survive, a record that plays with the same

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That new Chris Brown single is a gum commercial:"Forever" is an extended version of a new Doublemint jingle written by Mr. Brown and scheduled to begin airing next month in 30-second spots for Wrigley's green-packaged chewing gum.Mr. Brown is one of a trio of pop stars enlisted by ad agency Translation Advertising, a unit of Interpublic Group of Cos., to update the images of three of Wrigley's

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"My plan to not become my mother has worked out about as well for me as it does for everyone, which is to say it mostly hasn't at all."[via Jezebel]Jezebel had a brills post up yesterday, that asks, "when did you discover that you'd morphed into your mom?"The writer wonders this after realizing that she's inherited her mother's tendency to clean the house whenever she faces a hardship. It's funny

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This sounds like a summer weekend song:Curumin - CompactoIt's new music from Brazilian afro-beat funk artist, Curumin [pictured]. "Compacto" will be featured on Curumin's sophomore record, JapanPopShow, due out in October.

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There's something very tried and true about Dallas band The New Frontiers [pictured]. The contemplative lyrics that lead Nathan Pettijohn sings and the measured guitar accompanied by piano are quiet perfection. The New Frontiers - Man DownThe New Frontiers album, Mending, came out this Spring and is truly amazing. Check them out on tour if they swing by your town.

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I'm always anxious at the start of a new school year. But I'm finding myself particularly antsy this time around. Things have been set into place the last couple of days that have made my re-transition to student life all the more final and real. I know it's a good change, but if I could slow it down and have a little more of a summer, even just a little bit, I would.Shout Out Louds - Impossible

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Oh my gosh, I loved this movie. Well, I have to admit, I'm a bit partial. I grew up with a mother who listened to French pop, Julio Iglesias, and yes, ABBA. I had the melody of "I Have a Dream" stuck in my head long before there was ever such a thing as a hit Broadway play inspired by Benny and Bjorn's tunes. But I think one could enjoy this movie even if they didn't grow up listening to ABBA.

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"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

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Santogold + Diplo + The Clash = an awesome track called "Guns of Brooklyn"Santogold and Diplo - Guns of Brooklyn (Doc and Jon Hill Dub)This song belongs to that sick Diplo mixtape called Top Ranking already circulating round the internets, you can download some more tracks here.

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To celebrate Mamma Mia's opening weekend (oooohmagah I can not wait!) and some recent movie musical casting news, Defamer has put together a list of the top ten vocal performances by non singing-actors. The list is entertaining, although it doesn't include some of my favorites -- Maggie Gyllenhaal in Happy Endings? Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls? -- and it's slightly inaccurate -- Zooey Deschanel is

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"I threw a party, and nobody from school came. With Nadja, I had someone to sit and eat with, and somebody in the world besides my grandpa Theo called my house to speak to me. Sometimes on Fridays after school I went over to Nadja’s, where we’d listen to the Power Four at Four on Power 99, and she’d teach me the new dances she’d learned from the older girls who lived on her block. Each of those

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This is rather adorable...

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And now I don't think I ever will. Some of my friends read the New Yorker, but it's never appealed to me. I find it dry, boring, really. The humor pieces are a chore to read, the short stories drag. It almost seems like required reading for adults, like people feel that they have to read it because it will make them sophisticated, informed, and cultured. Whatever.I first saw this week's

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Chicago was fun. As with most family functions I attend, I met a lot of my relatives for the first time and there was lots of good food and good music. I heard the new Raphael Saadiq record and loved it. The former Tony Toni Tone member turned producer extraordinaire and Mr. Joss Stone has turned soul revivalist and has made a Motown style record that literally sounds like a carbon copy of some

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These should be in heavy rotation, listen up:Folk rock singer/songwriter Thomas Bryan Eaton writes lyrics that cut like a knife, but string instruments and sunny backing vocals give them an endearing softer edge.Thomas Bryan Eaton - Naked EarThomas's new album, Dreams, Demons, and Butterflies, comes out later this week.andEmanuel Ayvas is a young piano composer who is also the ringleader of indie

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So, I love Dreamgirls, and I love Jennifer Hudson, and when I saw the new music video for her single, "Spotlight," I loved it too. Can't decide if I only like the song because she sings it, but I'm so happy to see Jennifer doing bigger and better Post-Oscar things other than being Carrie Bradshaw's assistant. And she's looking very fab:SpotlightAlbum's out in September!

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My Milky Way Arms [pictured] is from my hometown of Houston, but the band's bio swears that their origins are cosmic. Maybe there's some truth to their tall tale; their densely layered Wayne Coyne-lite sonic compositions sound out of this world. My Milky Way Arms - Soft AlarmCheck out the band on tour this summer.

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A day early! What better way to celebrate my dear fellow children of the 80's (non-fellow children of the 80's, too) than a yummy 80's cover feast prepared for us by the fine peoples over at Buffet Libre. They know how to hook a mix up, and this time around they've rounded up some refashioned 80's masterpieces by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Paper Scissors, and more more more.

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Here's some new music for summer that is, possibly, hotter than HOUSTON in July. I know, it's really hot in herrrrrre, but believe it.Earlimart's Mentor Tormentor was one of my most listened to albums of last year. Their latest record, Hymn and Her, is out today and offers more of the same quietly moving fare that was so effective on Mentor.Earlimart - Song ForThere are many reasons for why CSS

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Dizzy Gillespie, 1956, in the former YugoslaviaThere's a really cool story in the Times today about goodwill Jazz tours sponsored by the State Department in the 1950s and 60s that aimed to boost America's PR during the Cold War. Greats like Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie [pictured], and Sarah Vaughan traveled around the world to play jazz for enthusiastic audiences as 'cultural diplomats.'

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A distant cousin of mine lives in Orlando in one of those planned communities owned by Disney. The entire subdivision looks like it could have been the movie lot to "Pleasantville," and the street names are cutesy and Mickey Mouse approved. Orlando based band Kingsbury aren't really into all that pleasantness and sunshine. They'd rather listen to their Jesus and Mary Chain records and make dark

Sofibluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16410142526339998785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128677283173822349.post-76905122272504468732008-06-25T10:01:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:08:25.301-07:00

"I have pretty eclectic tastes," the Democratic presidential contender said in an interview to be published in Friday's issue of Rolling Stone.Growing up in the '70s, Obama said, he listened to the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Earth, Wind & Fire. Stevie Wonder is his musical hero from the era. The Stones' "Gimme Shelter" tops his favorites from the band.[CNN]He had me at Stevie...

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So, that Exile in Guyville re-release happens today. I found some concert footage of Liz singing her classic "Fuck and Run." This song never gets old...

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We're in the thick of wedding season. This weekend we drove to Corpus Christi to attend ceremony #4. The bride is a childhood friend of my mother's, and she's really great. She's fiercely independent -- she named her daughter after herself, because, she says, 'men get to do it all of the time, why can't I?' -- I think she was the original Lorelai. She's had great success in her career, and she is

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Last night on the ride back home, I heard this siren's voice coming through my car radio. Her name is Jazmine Sullivan [pictured], she's appeared on Showtime at the Apollo and written songs for Christina Millian, and now she's about to release her debut album on J Records. The sheer power and character of her vocals hits you like the first time you heard Mary J. on What's the 411 or Lauryn Hill

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A friend sent me info about a young pop artist named Brandon Bird the other day. Bird mostly creates paintings that place tv and movie personalities (Chuck Norris, Christopher Walken, and the cast of Law & Order: SVU appear regularly in Bird's art) in surreal settings. Like, Harrison Ford holding a Sega Genesis console.I think Bird's art is a lot of fun, and if you do too, get your shop on at

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Last night I met a person from a small town called Waxahachie, Texas. The town's claim to fame is that it once housed plans to build the Superconducting Super Collider, which I still don't think I understand what the hell it was meant to be, but the government spent 2 billion dollars to dig holes in the ground before cancelling the project in 1993. I found this new Radiohead song also called "

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It's been awhile since we've heard from The Notwist, and today they release their new highly anticipated record, You, The Devil + Me. They're just as introspective as I remember them, with strings and glitches and twitches to round out the weight of their words. Notwist - Sleep (Odd Nosdam Remix)

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Spike Lee's new movie, Miracle at St. Anna, looks pretty bad ass. Based on the same-titled book by James McBride, and featuring music by frequent Lee collaborator Terence Blanchard.

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Mark Harris's EW column this week, about making movies that matter to women, is delish. I've seen some splendid films with strong, substantial female characters recently; Being Julia, Meet the Browns, and In Her Shoes, and I can't tell you how refreshing they were. Now that movie execs realize that hey! women DO go to the movies! I hope there'll be more where these come from.But when?When a

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There's just no accounting for happiness,or the way it turns up like a prodigalwho comes back to the dust at your feethaving squandered a fortune far away.And how can you not forgive?You make a feast in honor of whatwas lost, and take from its place the finestgarment, which you saved for an occasionyou could not imagine, and you weep night and dayto know that you were not abandoned,that happiness

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This morning I caught a bit of Chris Brown performing on the Today Show. Among the highlights, Chris Brown teaching David Gregory how to danceAl Roker dancing to "With You." With his eyes closed.And, this songChris Brown - ForeverIt's Brown's latest single from Exclusive: The Forever Edition and it's brilliant. I think that Brown has successfully usurped Urrrsher's spot in line to MJ's pop king

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All caps are oh so necessary because Ladyhawke's Pip Brown [pictured] is a new lady guitar hero who not only takes a page from Chrissie Hynde's storybook, she intends to write her own too. See her kitschy 80's love affair video for her first single, "Back of the Van:"And listen to an extended mix of her second single "Paris is Burning," that ponders"Is it love, or just Paris?"Ladyhawke - Paris is

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So this is where we are today. And it's really so amazing, it blows my mind.I got an email that a band called Ravens and Chimes [pictured] are currently touring, and then I was like 'Whoa, who are these Ravens and what do they have to do with Chimes?'Well R and C mostly make offbeat, narratives about the city I love (the band met while attending NYU.) The group's new album, Reichenbach Falls,

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"...We cannot afford to keep doing what we've been doing. We owe our children a better future. We owe our country a better future. And for all those who dream of that future tonight, I say -- let us begin the work together. Let us unite in common effort to chart a new course for America."

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The new self-titled Weezer record, also known as the Red Album, drops today. The new vid for the song "Pork and Beans" is pretty rad, but it's had me jonesing for some other great Weezer videos, like this one for classic Pinkerton jam, "The Good Life" (which apparently stars that lady from 24, how about that):

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In case you've missed it, EW.com has been counting down the 100 greatest summer songs this week. The eclectic list of some of the best singles released during the summer solstice has gotten me thinking about the song that will define this summer. I dunno, Estelle's "American Boy" might be it for me:

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Marble Sounds - Good OccasionsI fell in love with this slow and deliberate melody instantly, the same way I've fallen in love with songs by Elbow or The Clientele on impulse. Marble Sounds is a group from Belgium who have made a short but sweet set of similarly lush songs on their latest EP, A Painting or a Spill.

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Nearly one year ago, I was living in New York, living in a shit apartment and having a shit time at work. I was a writer, working at a magazine, but doing almost no writing. Work bored me and my personal life left much to be desired, so I did what most twentysomethings do these days; I started a blog, this one, to be exact. There's an interesting NYT Magazine article by former Gawker editor Emily

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What happens when members of a band are also college students and graduate? Well, logistics change when people graduate -- people move, get jobs or go back to school -- and I can imagine it must be hard teleconferencing practice.A favorite around these parts, upstate NY band and recent college graduates Magic Hour have called it quits. This is the last song that they recorded, and bold rhythm

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Some call Abrewa Nana [pictured] the Queen of Hiplife. It's a crown that she won with little competition -- there simply aren't many other candidates in the running - Abrewa is one of the few women making Hiplife music. I'm glad she is, her style was among the more original sounds I heard on my trip. Abrewa Nana - Odo Filla

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I couldn't adequately capture all of the beautiful images I came across during my trip. But they're in my heart, never too far from mind, and will stay with me always. John Mayer - 3x5"You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes, it brought me back to life."

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I'm going to be traveling in Ghana for about a month. I'm not taking my laptop (gasp!), and I'm not going to check my email every five seconds (double gasp!!), and I'm not going to be updating this blog (GASP, GASP, GASPAAAAH!!!!) Instead, I'm going to do plenty of sight-seeing and spend time with friends and family. I hope I'll have lots of great stories and music to share with you all when I

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California band Meho Plaza reminds me a lot of Times New Viking. Maybe that's because they are the most recent band that comes to mind that is also doing the eerie distortion, loud abrasive thing, but in a completely cohesive and direct way.Meho Plaza - I Sold My OrgansMeho Plaza - The BeachThe band's self-titled full length is due out on May 6.

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I've finally made a Muxtape, and I don't mean to brag, but it's kind of a big deal. We're talking some of my best playlist action yet. Not really, but click here for a listen. A lot of what I've been listening to lately; some Sound Team (STILL bummed that they've broken up), Sound Team - Afterglow Yearssome Santogold, some Lightspeed Champion, Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy of the Lostand some

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Infant Sorrow is the faux band featured in the upcoming funny film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The lead singer of Infant Sorrow is a guy by the name of Russell Brand, whose decadent rock star persona has been featured in British media for years. I can't for the life of me figure out if his schtick is art imitating life, life imitating art, or both, but here goes the music video for the song, "

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So Nada Surf did something really interesting with the liner notes for their latest album, Lucky. There are all of these lovely little quotes from various anonymous sources defining their luckiness. Says one quote: "If you're reading this, there's a 99.9% chance you're lucky. To be able to rejoice in the medium of music, to be able to read, write and communicate in a number of ways... Most people

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Tina Fey is on the cover of the latest Entertainment Weekly issue. She discusses navigating her way through the fame game, her gig on 30 Rock (now back with new episodes, holler), and her upcoming film, Baby Mama:''This woman came up to me — I should have known she was odd because she was carrying a broken Discman, and it is 2008. She was like, 'You're a great actress.' And I was like, 'Oh, I

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So, my trip to a record store that shall remain nameless this afternoon went as follows:Me: Hi, I can't seem to find a CD, it came out today?Employee of record store, standing next to a computer: Alright, I can look it up for you. Who's the record by?M: Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin.E: [Starts punching in numbers] What'd you say that last name was?M: Um, well, the last word I said was

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Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin's new record, Pershing, is out in stores tomorrow. I love this song, (I tend to love what these guys do,) and I love this video, featuring some members of Eisley as the lads' menacing love interests. These guys have a demonstrative skill for creating polished melodic songs that are truly timeless.Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Think I Wanna Die

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I liked the illustration of This is Ivy League in my previous post so much, that I looked up the artist. Hope Gangloff is an illustrator from New York, whose work has appeared in publications like New York Magazine (the above portrait of Anna Wintour was commissioned by the New York Times,) as well as her own artist shows at galleries. You can check out Gangloff's webpage for more illustrations

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Alex Suarez and Ryland Blackinton [illustrated!] call themselves This is Ivy League and make wistful songs with detailed sunny harmonies and jangly guitar, like this oneThis is Ivy League - London BridgeYou wouldn't know it, but the makers of the breezy number posted above are also members in Cobra Starship. Cobra, being the makers of the theme song to the film, Snakes on a Plane. Yeah. The Ivy

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Now, if only all decisions were based on actual information. Sigh...Anyway, Decisions Based on Information is the brilliant title belonging to a lovely lovely new album by musician Bess Rogers [pictured]. The record is quirky and bubbling with whimsy charm, but it also possesses a depth and musical acumen to be reckoned with (Rogers studied studio composition at SUNY Purchase and has backed

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This music video makes me chuckle...The song is called "Strange Times" and appears on the Black Keys' new album, Attack and Release, (the record they did with DANGERMOUSE!!!)

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EW.com is hosting an exclusive first listen of a new track off of Phantom Planet's upcoming album, due out in stores on April 15. Phantom Planet only recently re-entered my radar, after I heard about their tour date in Houston next month. The song, "Raise the Dead," is the title track from the album and is certainly a departure from the sunny So-Cal sounds of the group's sparkling breakout, The

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Pitchfork has a rad interview with Radiohead bassist--and very cool fellow--Colin Greenwood. Among other things, Greenwood explains why he loves playing shows during the conversation:"...That's why I love playing shows, you've got thousands of people sharing their personal passion for the music with each other, it's such a wonderful thing to be able to curate. When you're playing the songs,

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