Favorite weird tv show: Portlandia Favorite weird tv show I only heard about this year: Look Around You Favorite Pulitzer Prize-winning book that I read this year: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Favorite book I only heard about this year: On Love by Alain de Botton Favorite music site that...
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Tags: 2011, a visit from the goon squad, East River Pipe, favorite app, favorites, google music, kindle fire, look around you, Nike Training Club, on love, portlandia, The Kinks, twitter
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Like how the Garden State soundtrack reminded people about the Shins and Nick Drake, Levi's Pioneer Sessions will introduce a whole new generation of people to rock, soul, rap, and pop songs that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
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Tags: Ace of Base, Boyz II Men, Garden State, Goodbye Girl, Indigo Girls, James Mercer, Levi's Pioneer Sessions, Nick Drake, Reality Bites, Squeeze, The Kinks, The Shins, The Shirelles
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What makes Tuesday night the best night of the week? Another confusing and unsatisfying episode of Lost? (So, last week!) The fact that it’s not Monday? No, friends, it’s the guaranteed three hours of mirth, music, and mayhem that Tom Scharpling brings to the table every Tuesday from 8-11pm on his radio show The...
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Tags: ABBA, Artic Monkeys, COCOCOMA, Electric Light Orchestra, fucked up, Jon Wurster, madlib, Mamas and Papas, Monk, New Jersey, paul McCartney and wings, redd kross, sleigh bells, Sloan, Superchunk, Ted Leo, The Best Show, The Dirtbombs, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Mountain Goats, the nazz, Tom Scharpling
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1derful Seconds from J.D. Amato on Vimeo. Filmmakers see the world differently than most. It’s their gift. Judging by his work, J.D. Amato‘s world is colorful and tightly edited. It’s surreal and fanciful but based in reality. (Note: Even the cover to his mix-tape is bright!) Give him a small space, limited characters (see:...
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