it can scan your music library and let you know when bands you like are playing.
An article on the web i read. I was into the smashing pumpkins. You?
They say music moves in 20-year cycles, and the surfeit of ’90s-influenced bands on the scene at the moment seems to suggest that maybe they’re right (whoever “they” are.) It also seems that there are plenty of original ’90s bands playing at the moment, both renascent (Garbage, Pulp) those who never went away (Pearl Jam, for instance), or those who have no right to actually exist either way and are yet somehow touring together. Anyway, with all this in mind — and, specifically, because the new Garbage album is out this week — we thought it was high time for another of our stereotyping posts. Obligatory disclaimer: this is all in fun, so don’t take offense — and also, as ever, our stereotype is in there with the rest. See if you can guess which one it is!
Oasis
Aging Anglophiles who still read the NME religiously.
Pulp
People who had no problem paying $70 to see Jarvis et al at Radio City last month, and yet insist on shopping exclusively at Beacon’s Closet.
The Lemonheads
Slackers who watch The Big Lebowski at least once a week.
Placebo
Sexually fluid types confronting the fact that androgyny doesn’t work so well with a receding hairline.
The Offspring
Veteran skaters who never could understand how people could refer to Talking Heads as “punk,” anyway.
Blind Melon
The Bee Girl.
Live
People still too afraid to admit after all these years that they totally thought Ed Kowalczyk was actually Michael Stipe.
Rage Against the Machine
Conspiracy theorists who think Republicans are out to get them, and may be correct.
Ben Folds Five
Conspiracy theorists who think women are out to get them, and may be correct.
L7
Angry women who really do keep shitlists.
Built to Spill
Dudes who were into buying stuff on vinyl long before it was cool again.
Belly
Really lovely matronly types who hug for slightly too long.
Pearl Jam
People who consider “alternative” to be a viable genre.
Matchbox Twenty
People who consider “alternative” to be a viable genre, but secretly never actually liked it that much.
The Prodigy
Slightly pungent bug-eyed types who still take ecstasy regularly.
Garbage
Girls who are generally awesome but still somehow seem to have really terrible relationships.
Manic Street Preachers
Thirtysomethings who eschew leopard print these days, but are still messes of eyeliner and spray paint at heart.
My Bloody Valentine
Sound engineers.
Primus
Bass players.
Presidents of the United States of America
Determinedly oddball types who are not as funny as they think they are.
The Bloodhound Gang
Bros who own all the Farrelly brothers’ films on DVD.
Republica
Sports fans.
Blink-182
People born between January 1, 1987 and December 31, 1988.
Portishead
Well-off couples who enjoy hosting dinner parties.
Hootie and the Blowfish
Grown men who insist on using the word “buddy.”
Phish
Grown men who insist on wearing shorts.
The Spin Doctors
Grown men who insist on using the word “buddy” and wearing shorts.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dudes who can’t really understand how anyone could possibly dislike LA.
Bikini Kill
Cool girls who wear Doc boots with long shorts.
Smashing Pumpkins
Carbuncular adolescents who can play the guitar very, very, very, very well.
Blur
Lads who wear polo shirts with the collars turned up and secretly wish that Damon would stop all this larking about with Gorillaz and African music.
Hole
Despairing überans who will agree in private conversation that Courtney does need to “sort herself out.”
Babes in Toyland
People who’ve always known that Courtney needs to sort herself out.
Counting Crows
Cashed-up lefties who now live in the West Village.
Catatonia
Girls who have had their stomach pumped at least once.
Jeff Buckley
Guys who fancy themselves as romantics and would be happy to invite you in for coffee. If you want. Of course. It’s up to you. Just saying.
The Dave Matthews Band
Next-door neighbors who brew their own beer and reminisce an awful lot about how great their college years were.
Bis
Girls who secretly want to be Japanese manga characters.
Pavement
Earnest music nerds who will, in casual conversation, use the word “angular” to describe guitar riffs.
Neutral Milk Hotel
People who’ve been out of college at least five years but still describe themselves as philosophy majors and take breakups really hard.
Green Day
Guys who you used to dislike at high school and who now claim that they actually always liked the Clash better than Blink-182.
Mazzy Star
Sad-eyed girls who read a lot on the subway.
Bush
That one person you know who always laughs even though you know deep down they don’t quite get the joke.
The Black Crowes
Large men with long sweaty hair and personal hydroponic operations in their garage.
Belle & Sebastian
Bookish types who will pay very good money on eBay for a copy of the original C86 tape.
The Cranberries
Earnest women who sign online petitions about global “issues.”
Superchunk
Record store employees.
Suede
Impossibly slender men who own at least one blouse.
Teenage Fanclub
Scots.
Nirvana
A whole new generation of angry, disaffected teenagers. Hold on, kids. It does get better eventually.
Anyone of you know what the white shark tasted like?
Description of Sharks
The Sharks come in the colors Red, Orange, Yellow, Purple, and White. Each color represents a fruit flavor.
Red: Cherry
Orange: Orange (Omitted)
Yellow: Strawberry
Purple: Grape
White: Mystery flavor (usually orange)
Blue: Blue
> NOTE: It is unknown whether the White Shark is supposed to taste like one of the other flavors each time, or if it is a flavor of its own. Popular belief leans towards the latter. Leading tasteologists at Vanderbilt University have recently debated the flavor of the white shark with much enthusiasm. Their experimentation has been inconclusive as of November, 2010.[citation needed] Also interesting, the yellow shark is not the expected lemon flavor; oddly enough the yellow shark is strawberry.
Been told I talk funny in me sleeps.
- Ryan (asleep): "This is the first set of headphones ever made on my ears. They still work great, right?"
- -15 minutes later-
- Ryan (asleep): "Not made for puncture wounds."
- Chris (awake): "What's that?"
- Ryan (asleep): "This house is very old and it's not made for puncture wounds."
Read this today and felt like i lost a friend.
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 25, 2009
Say bye to the Big Bad Wolf.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg announced today that, after 25 years zipping through an artificial Bavarian village, the theme park’s suspended roller coaster will be closed Sept. 7.
“We realize the Big Bad Wolf is a guest favorite,” park general manager John Reilly said in a statement. “We’re making the announcement now so coaster fans can ride one last time before it closes after Labor Day.”
The Big Bad Wolf was ahead of its time in 1984 when it opened as the world’s first suspended roller coaster, and it has attracted more than 29 million riders, according to the Busch Gardens statement.
“While it remains a safe attraction, it has simply reached the end of its service life,” Larry Giles, Busch Gardens’ vice president of engineering and design, said in the statement.
Park officials are reviewing concepts for an attraction to replace the Big Bad Wolf, but no announcement is planned, they say.
I like to call this “Friend Ships”. Made by Daniel Debois
This man jumped out of a balloon from space!!! 50 years ago! They said you can’t hear wind while in space, so it’s only your breathing, then it creeps in as you near the clouds. AWESOME! More? = http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
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As much as this sort of thing is wrong, I do think its awesome.
Listeners to Saturday night’s Funky Sensation programme were stunned when the soundtrack to an adult film, including matching moans and groans, was played over the airwaves.
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Take the video away and have it the way it was supposed to be.
I feel like this right now…
My friend Jay made this and I think more people should hear it. I love it!
Jónsi & Alex - Live at White Festival, St Paul The Apostle Church NYC
Here is the music from their set! Quality is awesome. They are playing with a big orchestra!
Ride some clouds loves…
Remake - Star Wars for the A.D.D.!
In 2009, Casey Pugh asked thousands of Internet users to remake “Star Wars: A New Hope” into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors were allowed to recreate scenes from Star Wars however they wanted. Within just a few months SWU grew into a wild success. The creativity that poured into the project was unimaginable.
SWU has been featured in documentaries, news features and conferences around the world for its unique appeal. In 2010 we won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media.
Finally, the crowd-sourced project has been stitched together and put online for your streaming pleasure. The “Director’s Cut” is a feature-length film that contains hand-picked scenes from the entire StarWarsUncut.com collection.
