January 2012
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Roxy Music, In Order, by Album vs. by Album Cover
Album: 8. Flesh and Blood 7. Manifesto 6. Stranded 5. Avalon 4. Country Life 3. Roxy Music 2. Siren 1. For Your Pleasure Album Cover: 8. Flesh and Blood 7. Avalon 6. Manifesto 5. Roxy Music 4. Siren 3. Stranded 2. For Your Pleasure 1. Country Life
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watsonswishlist asked: out of all the books you may or may not have read, do any stand out to you?
assinine-twist asked: Walrus?
kfan asked: Eddie/Alex/Michael/Dave OR Eddie/Alex/Michael/Sammy OR Eddie/Alex/Michael/Gary OR Eddie/Alex/Wolfgang/Dave: Who will win the Battle of the Bands? It will be held in the Bartertown Thunderdome.
keenangibson asked: what inspires you
semperidem asked: What's my motivation? Alternately, what's your motivation?
rendit asked: No, you decide.
Ask and Be Asked →
Ask a question and I will ask one in return. It’ll be like a conversation. Or a quiz. Or a date! Or a cage match. You decide.
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2012: The Year of [Product TBD]
In David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, the characters reside in a time when the naming rights of each calendar year are purchased by corporations. There’s the Year of the Whopper, the Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar, the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment, etc. What’s great about this idea is that you could totally see it existing. It already does in regards to arts venues...
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December 2011
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New Year's Fun Facts
2011, geriatric, riddled with dementia and confetti-thin bones, must sleep now, perchance to dream of its characters and events taking a place at the fore of Time’s mantle, and make way for 2012, bare and milk-fresh, to grow into another year or the Apocalypse’s finale. For us, it’s time to celebrate another ending and another beginning, to party with family and friends, to share...
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pterodactyls asked: Congratulations! You have been chosen as the new voice of NBA Jam. What phrases do you add to the catalog of RAZZLE DAZZLEs and MONSTER JAMs?
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10 Rejected Song Titles for of Montreal's...
On February 7th, the Athens psychpopfunkfreaks of Montreal will release their latest album, Paralytic Stalks. In addition to their theatrical live shows and ADHD grooves, the band is known for their wild album and song titles. We here at WaFB were granted an exclusive look at ten of the song titles for Paralytic Stalks that didn’t make the cut.
Oedipus Stroking Magma
Sanskrit Gigolo
Were...
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WaFB Music 2011: Albums
25. The Fall: Ersatz G.B. — If the voice of Tom Waits is a gargle of nails and screws, then the voice of Mark E. Smith is a cauldron of toil and trouble. After 29 albums, the bile and spleen no longer return to their proper place but linger in his throat, ready to be spewed again through microphones and out of speakers. 24. Wild Flag: Wild Flag — A riot of Nuggets Grrls occupying your...
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WaFB Music 2011: Songs: 20-1
20. Light Asylum: “Dark Allies” — Christian imagery turned devilish over sinister Dark Wave and the greatest vocal performance of the year. Somewhere, in a dank underground lair of smoke and stone, where women in BDSM leather and cruelty in their eyes prowl its tunnels, the only light coming from blood-red candles whose wax covers the surrounding surfaces like kudzu, sits...
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WaFB Music 2011: Songs: 40-21
40. Sandro Perri: “Changes” — Can a song get stoned? Yes. A song can get super-stoned. 39. The Strokes: “Taken for a Fool” — Comebacks are more often a letdown than a celebration. If your interviews in every major music mag are about how terrible the recording process was, don’t release the passable results and say, “It’ll be much...
November 2011
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October 2011
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The Awl: Stand-Up in the Post-Apocalyptic... →
Remember when the world was going to end back on 5/21? That was just a clerical error. Today is the End of the World!!! Ok, so it’ll probably be just as eventful as 5/21 was. To ensure your desire for apocalyptic laughs is still satisfied, check out the above link for a bit I wrote for The Awl’s The End of the World series late last year. It’s some journal entries from...
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Follow-up: On American Horror Story
(See my initial thoughts on the show here. You should also check out those of Tess Lynch here.) Is it possible for a show to jump the shark after 3 episodes? Wait, I’m asking the wrong question. Let me try again. Is it possible for a show to become the shark and for that shark to shoot itself in the face and become a ghost shark and for that ghost shark to jump over its floating...
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