December 2009
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Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands: Marissa Nadler [Part 2 of 2]
I love Vimeo because of stuff like this.
Per the director “*headphones are highly recommended - the sound is quite good.”
Austin City Limits: Arcade Fire →
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Internet break
I am taking a break from the Internet till Dec 28th, hope you don’t mind. If you need something to listen to check out previous posts that you may of missed. I will be checking email and twittering and I do have a post automatically queued which will be revolve around the Holidays.
SPEAKING of the Holidays I made a Christmas card. If you want the “Religious” version:...
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Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Indie Bands →
Below are some of my favorites. I probably fall into the Fleet Foxes sterotype. Actually I know I do.
The XX Blog enthusiasts who thought wearing a keffiyeha was awesome.
Passion Pit Bros vaguely interested in listening to music and very interested in having sex with their girlfriend.
Fleet Foxes Hopelessly patchy beard growers.
Grizzly Bear People who think that world hunger could be...
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Animal Collective: Fall Be Kind EP better than...
Just throwing it out there.
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Have some drone music with your eggnog: White... →
Brian John Mitchell of Silber Records sent me this Christmas compilation, chuck full of Silber artist doing winter and holiday songs. It was created by their intern for a school project. You can download the “White Silber: A Cold Slow Xmas” complication from archive.org. I suggest that you listen to “The White Mountains” by Northern Valentine:...
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John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
via submersibledirigible
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An Open Letter to the Tumblr Dev Staff,
I’ve debated with myself whether I would email the staff personally or an open letter. But however I feel that it is just not me that feels the way I do. You have created a great service, where community is it’s biggest feature. In my opinion this is one of the best blogging platforms out there. I’ve personally experimented with Blogger, Wordpress and Durplo and I found them over...
Vimeo Sued By Capitol Records Over Lip Dubs →
zachklein:
I roared with a belly laugh when I read this headline in bed earlier today. Could Capitol Records truly be this misguided? Do they not realize that if you were to sort Internet brands by those most emblematic of creativity — not piracy — that Vimeo would line up at the top? Lip-dubbing is harmless and perfectly fun, and ultimately will define the aesthetic of an Internet generation....
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Washed Out - Belong
A Jazzercised music video. And so what if I like chill-wave.
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Short Film - Levi’s “Go Forth”
“We went on a road trip for 30 days to 30 cities filming stories of people around America. This film is a compilation and summation of that journey.”
Profound, compelling and heartfelt short film.
Produced by duckduckcollective.com
My 'Feet Above Water' mixtape gets a really nice... →
This is really weird for me and I’m really not sure I deserve this. However, MANY MANY thanks to Katherine for starting my weekend off right!
Oh and by the way I know who Taylor Swift is. Read the article and you’ll understand.
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Chromeo - Night by Night
I wish I had those moves.
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Jimmy's Favorite Albums of 2009
2009 has produced a lot of awesome music. Much of it was over hyped which coincidental caused their fall from people’s ears has fast as it was bombarded. While everyone is starting to do their year-end-er lists of Best and Worsts I figured, for whatever it’s worth, I would present my favorite albums of 2009. I decided to not order them based on the fact I find it rather meaningless,...
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Tune Yards - Real Live Flesh
via songabout:ppls
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