January 2012
marathonpacks: Numbers →
marathonpacks:
The U.S. sales numbers of Pitchfork’s top 50 albums. The ones with suspiciously round numbers are estimations for releases I don’t have firm numbers for. If you have verified numbers to fix any mistakes or omissions, send them along. (UPDATE: US numbers are current up to 1/1/12. UK numbers courtesy of the Guardian
“Steve Albini played Scrabble on Facebook almost the entire time [we were...”
– Cloud Nothings Talk “Aggressive” New Steve Albini-Produced Album | News | Pitchfork
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Orthodox Epiphany. Siberian girl.
simplyorthodox:
Siberian girls are incredibly fearless. They went into and out of the ice hole as if it was a warm bath.
Salman Rushdie: Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair,... →
salmanrushdie1:
On June 8th, 2010, I was “in conversation” with Christopher Hitchens at the 92nd Street Y in New York in front of his customary sellout audience, to launch his memoir, Hitch-22. Christopher turned in a bravura performance that night, never sharper, never funnier, and afterwards at a small,…
December 2011
My Favourite Albums of 2011
Demdike Stare – Triptych
Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Luminaries & Synastry
Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
Mogwai – Earth Division EP
Hype Williams – One Nation
The Antlers – Burst Apart
Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
Earth – Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light
Bill Wells –...
