Tag Archives: Joy Division

The Secret Life of Bloggers

September 9, 2008 – 11:34 am
Denizens of the blogosphere often seem to be engaged in a constant battle for content exclusivity and “I heard it/posted about it first” one-upmanship. This often leads to blogs running features on artists who have little to no actual output, in either commercial form or that of downloadable demos, available to the public and […]
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Bloc Rockin’ Beats

August 25, 2008 – 10:05 am
Late last week British Post-Punk revivalists Bloc Party pulled a Gnarls Barkley-meets-Radiohead, releasing their latest LP ahead of any sort of industry-approved schedule and with little fanfare via their website. You could pre-order a physical copy, which will ship at the end of October, plus a digital download that would be available immediately, for […]
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Records Reissues at Random Vol. 62 - Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth

August 8, 2008 – 11:57 am
A couple weekends ago I dumped a bunch of albums on my best friend and housemate m. Cody’s iPod. A lot of them were records I recommended that she wanted to give a whirl. But a few of them were requests, mostly records she owned on tape or CD, some of which had […]
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Fira Självständighetsdagen!

July 3, 2008 – 10:55 am
Earlier today, while waiting to catch a bus, I watched as an older woman wearing unsettlingly tight clothing and too much makeup emerged from an apartment building across from the bus-stop, crossed the street and approached the gathered throng of commuters. Raising her arms like some Old Testament prophet about to deliver and edict […]
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Two Swedes Who Wish They Were Californians and a Los Angeleno Who Looks Like a Swede

May 28, 2008 – 10:21 am
Waking up in a sweat, be it cold or hot, is never a good feeling. Frustratingly enough, that’s exactly what happened to me Tuesday morning. And with Summer-like warmth, stagnantly humidity, thunderstorm warnings and heavy rainfall the order of the day I remained pretty uncomfortable until the almost tropical moistness gave way to […]
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