for your consideration....
LAIST: Mac Sabbath: A Black Sabbath Cover Band That Performs As McDonald's Characters
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
"i wish."
an ongoing discussion/moment of clarity.
words.
"“This refusal to accept the stark reality that race matters is regrettable,” Sotomayor wrote. “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.”
She added: “As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.”
... the most striking part of the dissent was a rebuke to “the view that we should leave race out of the picture.”
“Race matters,” she wrote, to the minority teenager who sees “others tense up as he passes;” to the young person addressed in a foreign language although she grew up in this country; to the young woman who is asked “No, where are you really from?”
“Race matters because of the slights, the snickers, the silent judgments that reinforce that most crippling of thoughts: ‘I do not belong here,’..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: Sotomayor accuses colleagues of trying to ‘wish away’ racial inequality
SEE ALSO:
THE WASHINGTON POST: The fallacy of a ‘post-racial’ society
words.
"“This refusal to accept the stark reality that race matters is regrettable,” Sotomayor wrote. “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and to apply the Constitution with eyes open to the unfortunate effects of centuries of racial discrimination.”
She added: “As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.”
... the most striking part of the dissent was a rebuke to “the view that we should leave race out of the picture.”
“Race matters,” she wrote, to the minority teenager who sees “others tense up as he passes;” to the young person addressed in a foreign language although she grew up in this country; to the young woman who is asked “No, where are you really from?”
“Race matters because of the slights, the snickers, the silent judgments that reinforce that most crippling of thoughts: ‘I do not belong here,’..."
THE WASHINGTON POST: Sotomayor accuses colleagues of trying to ‘wish away’ racial inequality
SEE ALSO:
THE WASHINGTON POST: The fallacy of a ‘post-racial’ society
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
somewhere.
starring eastern shift (aka passion pit's michael angelakos).
PITCHFORK: Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos Shares New Track "Somewhere"
PITCHFORK: Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos Shares New Track "Somewhere"
a moment of clarity.
words.
"White people can turn off the TV when we're sick of talking about race. White, liberal people want to be nice. We don't want to be racist. We want to be, "Oh we're post-racial. We don't want to talk about white privilege and it's all good, right?" It's not the case. Silence is an action and it's my privilege that I can be silent about this issue. And I'm tired of being silent about it. We have to get past that awkward stage of the race conversation. As a white person, we have to listen. We need to direct the attention to the people of color that are on the ground mobilizing and listen to those people."
ROLLING STONE: Macklemore Talks Race, White Privilege and 'Thrift Shop' Backlash
"White people can turn off the TV when we're sick of talking about race. White, liberal people want to be nice. We don't want to be racist. We want to be, "Oh we're post-racial. We don't want to talk about white privilege and it's all good, right?" It's not the case. Silence is an action and it's my privilege that I can be silent about this issue. And I'm tired of being silent about it. We have to get past that awkward stage of the race conversation. As a white person, we have to listen. We need to direct the attention to the people of color that are on the ground mobilizing and listen to those people."
ROLLING STONE: Macklemore Talks Race, White Privilege and 'Thrift Shop' Backlash
Monday, December 29, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
dude... incredible. : the albums, 2014.
01/ariel pink/pom pom
he's a goth bomb and mad scientist.
a musicologist, and music enthusiast.
a comedian, and a court jester.
rock god and funk machine.
cartoonish and live action.
lounge singer and jingles pitchman.
a dinosaur carebear,
sexual athlete.
sweet, eats raw meat, and won't admit to defeat.
some say it's bittersweet,
these fantasies and fallacies, fairy tales, and lies.
vulgar or non sensical too.
but their loss.
they can sit on the sidelines in their plastic raincoats as the pig parade marches on without them.
the fun loving, controlled chaos-
the avant-garde rock with traditional flourishes-
the winks, smirks, and giggles embedded here and there.
a glam showcase from the ringleader of it all,
the master of ceremonies.
he who's pom pom shakes the loudest.
dayzed inn daydreams;
so so cal,
so los angeles,
so west coast.
ariel pink.
pom pom.
hip hip hooray.
KEY TRACKS: dinosaur carebears/black ballerina/picture me gone
02/parquet courts/sunbathing animal
03/run the jewels/run the jewels 2
04/tune-yards/nikki nack
05/mac demarco/salad days
06/beyonce/beyonce
07/spoon/they want my soul
08/st. vincent/st. vincent
09/los angeles police department/los angeles police department
10/pharrell williams/g i r l
11/ex hex/rips
12/sisyphus/sisyphus
13/jessie ware/tough love
14/death from above 1979/the physical world
15/fka twigs/lp1
16/beverly/careers
17/ab-soul/these days
18/travi$ scott/days before rodeo
19/perfume genius/too bright
20/schoolboy q/oxymoron
21/owen pallett/in conflict
22/ryan adams/ryan adams
23/jenny lewis/the voyager
24/shellac/dude incredible
Friday, December 26, 2014
dude... incredible. : the songs, 2014.
01/perfume genius/queen
they say use your words. don't get frustrated, and don't resort to violence, just talk it out and say what you gotta say. get your point across, be heard. use. your. words. but often, no good comes from this, and our words aren't used for good. they're used to insult, undermine, or destroy; create a barrier or a distance; a separation of us vs/from them.
the confrontational words and undertones of queen took many years to write. probably an entire lifetime. a lifetime of taking in taunts and slurs for walking with a sashay, not being rugged, or speaking in tones that you, him, or them might not deem masculine. a lifetime of being made to feel different when all you're doing is existing and being you, the only thing you know. it is a song that uses its words to undermine and attack your fragility, not asking to exist, but demanding it, arriving, letting you know I am here. it is an upfront piece of musical catharsis, with a gothically haunting score as dizzying as the gay panic it addresses.
queen wants to make you uncomfortable by making itself comfortable. it wants to upset the natural order of things by simply being present and aware of who it is, not what you think it is or want it to be. a man and his words. cutting like a knife and seeking transcendence, queen is beautifully human, and absolutely necessary.
02/lana del rey/shades of cool
03/ariel pink/put your number in my phone
04/run the jewels feat. zack de la rocha/close your eyes (and count to fuck)
05/beyonce feat. jay z/drunk in love
06/chris brown, usher, and rick ross/new flame
07/todd terje feat. bryan ferry/johnny & mary
08/parquet courts/ducking and dodging
09/lady gaga/g.u.y.
10/ilovemakonnen feat. drake/tuesday
11/haim/if i could change your mind
12/sisyphus/rhythm of devotion
13/tweedy/high as hello
14/black lips/boys in the wood
15/julian casablancas + the voidz/take me in your army
16/sbtrkt & ezra koenig/new dorp. new york
17/banks/this is what it feels like
18/avey tare's slasher flicks/little fang
19/metronomy/love letters
20/st. vincent/birth in reverse
21/the black keys/turn blue
22/death from above 1979/right on, frankenstein!
23/fka twigs/lights on
24/jessie ware/you & i (forever)
25/jenny lewis/just one of the guys
Thursday, December 25, 2014
dude... incredible. : the albums, 2014.
02/parquet courts/sunbathing animal
the sunbathing animal is a fearlessly ferocious beast of the wild. hailing from brooklyn, ny, the sunbathing animal and its four human counterparts is a hypnosis poet that races through the dark, wears dark sunglasses at night, and likes to play; mosh, shake the rafters, and get loose. tightly wound and impeccably constructed, the sunbathing animal is crisp and sharp as a tack, asking that you excuse it as it slips on out, gives it up, turns it loose, consistently, repeatedly. it moves through space with excellent precision, leaving little to no room for rest or blank space. it is punk and unrelenting, somehow giving off an air of intimacy and playing like you are there in the studio, or they are there on a stage, and you're there too, the lucky winner, audience of one. the sunbathing animal feasts on restless energy, yours, mine, and theirs. it revels in its spontaneity and free floating creative expression, can be loud, but has no problem keeping it low and quiet. it's a ferocious spasm of a record, bringing to mind a few well known members of its species (television, the velvet underground, violent femmes, to name a few), but is clearly all parquet, the sunbathing animal.
KEY TRACKS: dear ramona/she's rolling/sunbathing animal
03/run the jewels/run the jewels 2
04/tune-yards/nikki nack
05/mac demarco/salad days
06/beyonce/beyonce
07/spoon/they want my soul
08/st. vincent/st. vincent
09/los angeles police department/los angeles police department
10/pharrell williams/g i r l
11/ex hex/rips
12/sisyphus/sisyphus
13/jessie ware/tough love
14/death from above 1979/the physical world
15/fka twigs/lp1
16/beverly/careers
17/ab-soul/these days
18/travi$ scott/days before rodeo
19/perfume genius/too bright
20/schoolboy q/oxymoron
21/owen pallett/in conflict
22/ryan adams/ryan adams
23/jenny lewis/the voyager
24/shellac/dude incredible
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
dude... incredible. : the songs, 2014.
02/lana del rey/shades of cool
that melancholic opening.
the slow burn of the opening verse, and the verses in general.
the builds and the swells, and the loud and the quiet.
the darkness that gives way to sunshine during the doo wop sway of the chorus.
the coming together of all things lana: sex, drugs, boys. love, heartbreak, and yearning.
everything she is and intends to be, exquisitely performed and presented.
the control in the vocals - lolita-esque coo here, sultry low register there, falsettos breaking through like the sun.
the love hangover that is the bridge, where a fiesty guitar solo fights to be heard at the same time as lana's evocative wailing.
the imagery it conjures.
the chills it sends down your spine.
how it plays like the classic it knows it is or wants to be.
how she steps in the shoes of a torch singer and they fit her oh so well.
the confidence and the sincerity, and how you never doubt or question her emotions or intent as it plays.
its a long stare at someone you love a little too much; a love that almost scares you, as he or she focuses or looks at something else.
it's visceral.
a lit cigarette that's barely being touched or smoked.
it's lana fully formed, beyond the pastiche.
a true successor to the greatness that is video games, several months after the fact.
it is,
simply put,
the cool.
so many hues and glimpses and shades of,
the cool.
03/ariel pink/put your number in my phone
04/run the jewels feat. zack de la rocha/close your eyes (and count to fuck)
05/beyonce feat. jay z/drunk in love
06/chris brown, usher, and rick ross/new flame
07/todd terje feat. bryan ferry/johnny & mary
08/parquet courts/ducking and dodging
09/lady gaga/g.u.y.
10/ilovemakonnen feat. drake/tuesday
11/haim/if i could change your mind
12/sisyphus/rhythm of devotion
13/tweedy/high as hello
14/black lips/boys in the wood
15/julian casablancas + the voidz/take me in your army
16/sbtrkt & ezra koenig/new dorp. new york
17/banks/this is what it feels like
18/avey tare's slasher flicks/little fang
19/metronomy/love letters
20/st. vincent/birth in reverse
21/the black keys/turn blue
22/death from above 1979/right on, frankenstein!
23/fka twigs/lights on
24/jessie ware/you & i (forever)
25/jenny lewis/just one of the guys
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