December 2009
12 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Sufjan Stevens (61)
Vince Guaraldi Trio (53)
Wolfgang Rubsam (28)
Sigur Rós (11)
The Temper Trap (5)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Franz Joseph Haydn (21)
Gustav Mahler (18)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (14)
Land of Talk (12)
The xx (11)
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The Subtext
I think the most interesting thing that’s the flamers over the whole ‘indie/hipster’ issue missed is the issue of authenticity. It is this that I was essentially referring to in my post titled While we’re stoning them …. There is another issue, however, that I believe underlies it all and it was summarized very well at the end of the original article that shepdaddy...
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Indie Bands →
andgoodbye:
trulyamockingbird:
And these are the ones pertaining to me. Kind of spot on, eh?
Grizzly Bear People who think that world hunger could be assuaged with four part harmonies.
Joanna Newsom People who have considered befriending a squirrel.
Devendra Banhart People who have considered becoming a squirrel.
Deerhunter Avid doodlers.
(andreainspired: bigheartbeat)
For good measure,...
bestpicture1977:
telos:
bestpicture1977:
i just read the dumbest thing on twitter and i really want to write about but the person and i have too many mutual friends who read this. sigh.
If you’re afraid of hurting my feelings don’t be. I’m a philosophy student so I possess a large ego and a love of arguments. So, let’s hear your argument.
no no nooooo i’m totally not talking about you! i...
While we're stoning them . . .
I’ve seen a lot of chatter recently about hipsters mostly stemming from shepdaddy’s post about the same. My beef with hipsters is quite simple. They seem to lack both love and sincerity. I don’t get the feeling that they’ve ever felt passionate about anything; that they’ve ever given themselves to reckless abandon; that they were ever children, or that they ever...
bestpicture1977:
i just read the dumbest thing on twitter and i really want to write about but the person and i have too many mutual friends who read this. sigh.
If you’re afraid of hurting my feelings don’t be. I’m a philosophy student so I possess a large ego and a love of arguments. So, let’s hear your argument.
People who look young for their age 'live longer'... →
thatbeautifulday:
bestpicture1977:
mabelmoments:
this does not bode well for some of us
Life is good, y’all.
nice
haha! I win!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Land of Talk (69)
Matt Pond PA (19)
Gustav Mahler (18)
Franz Joseph Haydn (18)
Ra Ra Riot (15)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Antonín Dvořák (36)
Vince Guaraldi Trio (33)
Annie (25)
M83 (23)
Frightened Rabbit (22)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
Neko Case (14)
Franz Joseph Haydn (12)
Grażyna Bacewicz (10)
Anton Bruckner (7)
Sulkhan Tsintsadze (6)
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