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Let’s Talk About Sex, Part I: Hey, Ladies!In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency of These United States, we’ve heard from everyone from Jesse Jackson to Andy Rooney about the great progress our country has made by electing a black man as President. This congratulatory back-patting has become almost a national obsession, but it wasn’t that long ago that people were arguing

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Gifted Children Records are serving up some outsider art for us lucky folks.You’re Not Here: Selected Works from Ramona Maps comes out on Dec. 1st.Years back, we briefly met a curious woman who calls herself “Ramona Maps” while passing through a little town called Jerome in Arizona. Jerome was once a largely populated mining town, but now sits as an ominous shell of what once was, populated by “

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-31801340756073635662008-11-10T20:56:00.003-05:002008-11-10T20:59:03.737-05:00

They played Vol. 1 the other night for the first time and also the last time.

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There are very few bands I get as obsessed with as these three and somehow (maybe through their October tour?) they all end up on one piece of vinyl together.We got the DL from our pals at Impose.Times New Viking covering The Clean?Yes please!

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Mavis Staples, who marched and sang and protested alongside Dr. Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s, saw her steadfast dedication to equality and unwavering sense of hope validated on Tuesday. She writes: “To come up in a time when there was slavery, racism, the KKK, and Jim Crow, I'm just so grateful to still be here to enjoy this historical time in our lives. It

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-39376593952343457772008-11-06T15:28:00.005-05:002008-11-06T15:43:01.172-05:00

I talked to the guys in the Brooklyn band Heavy Hands. It went up originally on Impose, but here it is again.The Stooges/Blue Cheer/Groundhogs schools of rock have been pillaged by a good number of wanna-be’s who feel a need to try and re-invent a sound that at its basic core should not be reproduced, but should remain sublimely dirty and raw.It would seem that Heavy Hands understands this, and

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This is the only non-Obama news that made me excited today. (from Todd P.)Thursday, November 13th @ DANBRO STUDIOS WAREHOUSE:: WILD STYLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY:: a benefit for SHOWPAPER --> http://myspace.com/showpaper:: Spank Rock:::: Busy Bee:::::: Grand Master Caz:::::::: Grand Wizard Theodore:::::::::: Double Trouble:::::::::::: more tba:: Nov 14-20 ---> WILD STYLE (in 35mm) @ FILM FORUM w/

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We did it!!!!

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(above flier: quilted Egyptian necklace by Julie Floersch)In December 2006, for my birthday, I received a detailed pencil drawing made of twelve taped-together squares from my close friend, Julie Floersch. She told me that she was going to stop working full-time at her seemingly great fashion industry job to make a quilt. I, of course, was supportive, but secretly thought she might have lost

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[Via Brooklyn Vegan]"Indeed, I will be liveblogging the election coverage for four hours. Four fucking hours of me scanning through all the election coverage -- the three majors, MSNBC, FOX, CNN and, God help me, PBS. Why not drop by at INDECISION 2008? Would it kill you?* (*If it would literally kill you, please don't)"

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-91435742593996567762008-11-04T11:25:00.001-05:002008-11-04T11:26:17.830-05:00

(Barack Obama) Change the World from Change the World on Vimeo.(Thanks Impose)

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-17777303685957710682008-11-03T10:37:00.005-05:002008-11-03T15:56:02.550-05:00

.Admitting. I'm jumping on the band wagon for the new Deerhunter album(s) Microcastle and the separate release that comes with it Weird Era. Cont.While I won't doubt the fact that their 2007 album Cryptograms is one of the best of that year, The Atlanta group has finally lived up to the hype heaped upon them by the Pitchfork crowd a few years back. Not saying that the above mentioned debut

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On Saturday, November 8th, Hexedjournal.com and WORD presents, the second installment of Vol. 1, a unique event that pairs live music with readings. Vol. 1 strives to present both contemporary authors, comedians and musicians in evenings that weave the two, too often disparate, groups together.For this months edition of Vol. 1, the following storytellers will each present their own take on the

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While I would love nothing more than to declare that this coming election is in the bag for Obama, that little elf named Pessimism is perched on my right shoulder. He whispers horrible things like, "Bradley Effect" and "low young voter turnout" into my ear and coos headlines like, "Underdog the Wonder Dog: McCain Wins," "McCain DOA in White House; Palin President." The bells on Pessimism's

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One the great treasures of humanity has passed on.From NYtimes.comStuds Terkel, a Pulitzer prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as an important historical genre, and who for nearly half a century was the voluble host of a radio show in Chicago, died Friday at his home in Chicago. He was 96.His death was confirmed by Lois Baum, a

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We want to act all jaded and shit. Like we don't want to dress up and eat candy in the spirit of Halloween, All Saints or Samhain, but Ms. Nadler has changed our minds.Let's get spooky!From her blog:In the spirit of the season, I put some tracks up on my myspace of the soon to be rereleased Ballads of Living and Dying (on limited edition vinyl on Mexican summer) which remains to this day my

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-4874238012229569122008-10-31T16:30:00.004-04:002008-10-31T16:41:51.016-04:00

My Midwestern heart skipped a beat when word came to me that one of the greatest hardcore/punk albums of all time is set to be re-released.The almighty Secretly Canadian has announced that on January 20th of the new year they will Vicious Circle by Indiana band Zero Boys.When the Ramones lost it, the Zero Boys found it; adding a slam brigade fist to the Blitzkrieg Beat. The Zero Boys managed to

TheRegulatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03231654915564892579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-18896829047510327802008-10-31T14:04:00.001-04:002008-10-31T14:06:23.315-04:00

Of course, Banksy...

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-68303009647992771492008-10-30T15:08:00.010-04:002008-10-30T16:50:45.235-04:00

For two nights Knitting Factory and Yeti Magazine will play host to the first ever US shows by the almighty Japanese psych-powerhouses Flower Travellin' Band.Brooklyn Vegan posted the Allmusic review for what I consider one of the greatest albums of all time, Satori. Read it and try to understand why this is one of the biggest events in the history of civilization.Flower Travelling Band was

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-12572431151705952952008-10-30T10:49:00.010-04:002008-10-31T12:50:17.362-04:00

Catherine Opie: American PhotographerGuggenheim Museum, New YorkSeptember 26 2008 – January 27 2009Catherine Opie decided, as she recalls, that she wanted to be a photographer at the age of nine, when she wrote a report for school on child labor laws. Rather than basing her paper on the assigned reading, she wrote about what she learned from a photograph by the American documentary photographer

Chloe M. Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333446277363760989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-42681481449952814892008-10-29T21:23:00.002-04:002008-10-29T21:44:47.116-04:00

Just a few reasons the man born Steven John Hamper is maybe England's greatest living treasure.The moustache:Seriously dude, you think that ironic patch above your lip looks funny? Try doing what Billy did. You can't come close.Stuckism:Okay, this might go against the entire point of having an art movement, but come on, what the hell have you done with your life?I'm willing to bet that 20-30-40

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-41211670216737625662008-10-29T20:41:00.006-04:002008-10-29T20:51:50.868-04:00

For Real man, what don't you like about this guy?His suave voice?Great songwriting?Boyish good looks?Embrace the fact that the boy genius behind Beirut is planning to put out a solo album on Feb. 17th, 2008. It's coming out on Ba Da Bing (according to Pitchfork)Buy it simply because you want people to know you have somewhat refined tastes.

TheRegulatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03231654915564892579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-75063369099444119552008-10-29T19:27:00.005-04:002008-10-29T19:54:43.991-04:00

Hell yeh we love Pepi Ginsberg. Why else would we have her play the first Vol. 1 last week?She is pretty has the best voice in music right now. Now she is messing around with her pal's in the Spinto Band jamming out sweet Ra Ra Riot covers.Pepi Ginsberg (with Spinto Band)--"Oh, La"(thnks Stereogum)

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-72083501845288775062008-10-28T17:28:00.002-04:002008-10-28T17:33:33.826-04:00

Okay not to brag but we have been sort of obsessed with Golden Triangle for quite some time. So we think its pretty damn sweet that the folks at Vice caught on also. They still have a few dates left with Quintron and Ms. Pussycat down south.Tues 10/28 - Nashville, TN @ The EndWed 10/29 - Memphis, TN @ The Hi ToneThurs 10/30 - Hot Springs, AR @ Low Key Arts CenterFri 10/31 - New Orleans, LA @

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-39131711622586960552008-10-27T19:04:00.002-04:002008-10-27T19:23:22.444-04:00

Larkin GrimmParplarYoung God RecordsWhen a record comes to my attention created by an artist who according to the press release"was born in a Memphis, TN commune and grew up in Dahlonega, Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachians with a family of singers and fiddlers."I usually think that this is either B.S. or it's a new find by Michael Gira for his Young God stable of kooky pal's.In the case

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-9460140156092914382008-10-27T15:49:00.003-04:002008-10-27T16:34:25.744-04:00

Good for you Bono.

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-18498909061084196562008-10-25T13:53:00.003-04:002008-10-25T14:04:30.184-04:00

Last Thursday among all the CMJ hoopla a good group of people made it out to Greenpoint for the first installment of our reading series Vol. 1 at Bar Matchless.Our host Bob Powers read from his adult choose your own adventure book You are a Miserable Excuse for a Hero...I felt pretty good as the crowd seemed to make the right decisions in the adventure and in the long run everything worked out

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-88173267560435667712008-10-24T16:34:00.015-04:002008-10-25T00:38:40.838-04:00

BanksyThe Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill89 7th Avenue between West 4th and Bleecker StreetOpen 10am – 12pm daily until October 31stAn unusual pet shop has sprung up amidst the restaurants, sex shops, beautiful brownstones and expensive boutiques that fill the cozy streets of Manhattan’s West Village. The cute puppies and kittens playing together in mounds of soft paper typically found in

Chloe M. Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956795197266714319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-51259860883608483062008-10-24T14:40:00.001-04:002008-10-24T14:43:31.581-04:00

“Wife Swap” Is My Favorite Television ProgramIf you – ok, I – say the above combination of words to any self-respecting bohemian type, they’re likely to (a) ignore anything you say from that point on or (b) throw something at you – ok, me. Nevertheless, I’m willing to expose myself to ridicule and physical danger by saying exactly that. The conceit of the show is fairly self-explanatory: two

mikefallopianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867032934617412966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-2340826436104162952008-10-21T21:42:00.009-04:002008-10-22T11:06:40.843-04:00

CMJ night one is usually reserved in some way for the locals. Its rare that I see a band I really like that I haven't heard yet. That changed tonight.Brooklyn three-piece Chairlift (pictured above)played at 5PM at Pianos and channeled bits of a band like Celebration while also had some New Order and Kate Bush tendencies.Sort of sounded like the 80's prom I never went to.Not totally surprised

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-64074544182295447432008-10-21T13:43:00.005-04:002008-10-21T13:56:44.616-04:00

If Thurston Moore says you sound like a combination of Six Organs of Admittance, Bert Jansch, Neil Young, my favorite John Philips record and the dude from Red House Painters, then I'm gonna buy your album damn it!I am talking about the newest album by Hush Arbors, which comes out today on Mr. Moore's label, Ecstatic Peace! today.Unfortunately Hush Arbors will NOT be playing CMJ this week which

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-62040583655714342422008-10-21T10:24:00.002-04:002008-10-21T10:27:20.534-04:00

On Thursday, October 23rd Hexedjournal.com and WORD presents, the hopefully first of many, Vol. 1, a unique event that pairs live music with original stories on a new topic each month. Vol. 1 strives to present both contemporary authors and musicians in evenings that weave the two, too often disparate, groups together.For the first ever Vol. 1, the following authors will each present their own

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-90638435503451559832008-10-15T18:26:00.001-04:002008-10-15T18:27:51.732-04:00

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-71713264288037216092008-10-10T10:05:00.002-04:002008-10-10T10:13:33.644-04:00

"The US is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature."-Horace Engdahl, Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy"Fuck that. it goes like this, the terrorists hate our freedom and the Swedish hate our books."-My friend, drunk, at a bar. AmericanIt was announced yesterday that Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio had won the

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-47547356607965526542008-10-08T15:19:00.004-04:002008-10-08T22:25:47.658-04:00

According to Arthur Mag head honcho Jay Babcock's blog Los Angeles power pop minimalist duo No Age recently got the no-go for guitar player/singer Randy Randall a wear a pro-Barack Obama t-shirt for the bands taping for the Craig Ferguson late night show.Randall was however allowed to wear a shirt that said free health care.Watch: No Age "Eraser" video

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-63219398687490825092008-10-04T13:12:00.015-04:002008-10-04T13:58:57.224-04:00

Martha RoslerGREAT POWERMitchell-Innes & Nash ChelseaSeptember 6 – October 11David LaChapelleAuguries of InnocenceTony Shafrazi GallerySeptember 12 – October 24After a month of “summer hangs” and closed doors, September brings a slew of art openings and a revitalized energy buzzing around the fall season in Chelsea. Two adjacent exhibitions on 26th street, Martha Rosler’s GREAT POWER at

Chloe M. Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333446277363760989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-4341670870394046642008-10-01T16:58:00.004-04:002008-10-09T19:19:55.578-04:00

The Sun set for good.The end of the newspaper came the other day, continuing a trend that seems to be all too prevalent in print media 2008.But while Major media might be in a major upheaval but I'll be darned if independently released material isn't going through a little renaissance period in these trying times.In terms of underground press, Aaron Cometbus is sort a living icon. In over 20

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-6657045377557864622008-10-01T07:00:00.004-04:002008-10-01T07:00:01.526-04:00

Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of a tragically little-known event in television history. Comedian Bill Hicks had just taped his twefth appearance on the Letterman show, and, as he later said, the first in which he felt he had truly been himself, when the phone rang in his hotel room. A producer on the show informed him that, despite the fact that his act had been screened and approved

mikefallopianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16867032934617412966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-48785448649971814122008-09-30T15:28:00.005-04:002008-09-30T16:36:08.612-04:00

October is days away. The future that lays ahead of us is both scary and intriguing. As the days pass I must suggest the current records and songs for you to help you arrive at your destination (the future) comfortably. Crystal Stilts :: Alight of Night and Cause Co-Motion :: It's Time Listen :: "Baby Don't Do It" If you take a look at he discography of Slumberland Records, you will see

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-82325390861114974122008-09-24T14:22:00.000-04:002008-09-24T14:23:23.588-04:00

Hexedjournal.com PresentsReal Shocks!Hex Ed. is coming to one of the few spots left worth visiting on the Bowery, the aptly named Bowery Electric for a new monthly night curated by DJ's Sharp Diamonds, Real Shocks!From 10PM til daybreak the duo will lay down nothing but tracks worth dancing to until the lights go down and it's time to go home. Links between The Stranglers and spaced out disco

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-39777160094730198902008-09-23T10:14:00.003-04:002008-09-23T12:47:19.125-04:00

A few weeks ago a friend with somewhat distinguished tastes made mention that he in fact believes that the band Radiohead is the "most important rock band in the world."Not speaking as a fan of Yorke, Greenwood and Co. (I'm not) I must admit that there was a time when that statement might have been true, when the album Kid A was released in 2000. Not trying to sound like some hippie burnout (I'm

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-31914450529739368832008-09-22T18:40:00.001-04:002008-09-22T18:44:36.848-04:00

No matter how much lipstick Sarah Palin wears or what animal she compares herself to, she is neither a feminist nor a step forward for women. No, no dear readers, she is simply the most pronounced symptom of HRBS (Hot Republican Babe Syndrome), a phenomena in which Republican women are all too eager to fill the mold of political sex objects. Take a moment and Google "hot republican" or "

Lil'Little Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212843862452226724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-64353159948164813742008-09-22T14:06:00.002-04:002008-09-22T14:13:42.308-04:00

I'll Prob'ly Die in a Small TownThe reader will forgive me if I depart from my usual sardonic tone and appeal directly to your sense of decency and reason, should you have any remaining after the last eight years of being browbeaten into, if not fingerbiting resignation, then severe apathy. Furthermore, I will refrain from writing “what the fuck” in all caps until I reach 500 words. I should warn

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Democracy in America: The National Campaign at the Convergence CenterSeptember 21 to 27, Open Daily 12-10pmOpening Reception: September 21, 2-10pmPark Avenue Armory643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th StreetsPresented by Creative Time in association with Park Avenue ArmoryTomorrow marks the opening of Creative Time’s Convergence Center, which the press release describes as “a major exhibition,

Chloe M. Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956795197266714319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-11557841176875987812008-09-17T14:17:00.008-04:002008-09-19T12:04:19.265-04:00

Over the weekend my friend relayed to me over the phone that one of the most respected writers of his generation, David Foster Wallace was dead, apparently by his own hand. Continuing a long, sad trend of writers getting stuck in their own heads and deciding that for whatever reason their life has to end.On a personal level, I was broken hearted to learn that a writer whose work I related to as

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Hexedjournal.com is super excited to be throwing the official NYC release party for In Heaven Everything is Fine. A book we sorta raved about a few weeks back.Tonight @ 7PM and takes place at Bowery Electric (327 Bowery, nr. 2nd St)

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Since discovering UbuWeb, a vast archival network featuring rare music, videos, interviews and recordings of poems by a diverse list of artists and thinkers, about two months ago, I have spent countless hours exploring what this incredible site has to offer, and you should too!Here are six of my favorite works on the site at present (in no particular order):Komar and Melamid with David Soldier,

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Everything about the Cambridge, Mass. duo of Sarah Cronin and Thomas Allen says "sweet."They are a couple making music that people can't seem to shut up about.Somebody should possibly take a shot at me for that statement about sweet but in all honesty that is the sort of overall sweetness Drug Rug represents. They might be the most perfect pop machine in service today.Kinks, Dylan with The Band,

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Okkervil RiverThe Stand InsJagjaguwarIf I could do it all again, I'd do it right.I'd give Okkervil Rivers The Stage Names it's rightful title of best album, 2007 because it really had everything I wanted in an album. While musically the band bridged the gap between alt-country and twee pop, it was lead singer Will Sheff crooning in a Morrissey-Scott Walker sorta way that made the album what it

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There are many variations on the potential afforded by the Internet to construct a fantasized identity. People spend hours tailoring their Myspace and Facebook profiles to reflect distilled, idealized portraits of their real-life selves. The virtual world of Second Life allows for the most integral and involved potentials of online self-transformation to date. SL is the culmination of Internet

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If you ever wanted to test the theory that music can calm even the most wild of beasts, go to F Yeah Fest this weekend in LA this weekend where on August 30th you can see hardcore legends Negative Approach play right before Brooklyn's happiest duo, High Places.Maybe not the best idea ever but I am open to anything after reading the Kate Moss golden statue thing and drinking Absinthe while

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Maybe the American economy is in shambles but sculptor Marc Quinn doesn't give a damn, he's from England.This week, Quinn will be revealing his almost 2.8 million dollars statue of supermodel Kate Moss. According to Quinn it's the largest statue of it's kind since ancient Egypt.In other news, I just found 50 cent's under my couch cushion and can now afford to buy a cup of coffee.More news to

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Kitsch, kitsch, kitsch. This seems to be what most people seem to associate with power pop nowadays, not great bands like Big Star, The Raspberries, The Only Ones, The Scruffs, The Shoes, and the dBs. Somewhere along the last thirty years, the line between power pop and pop punk got blurry. I like my power pop not so sugar sweet, more on the

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In anticipation for the upcoming Wild Weekend Power Pop Festival, being held in Austin on August 29th and 30th, we here at Hex Ed. decided to pay homage to this very misunderstood genre. In a cruel twist of fate, it has been tagged on "artists" such as Avril Lavigne* and The Jonas Brothers in recent years. Now we present to you part one in a series where we will seek to answer the age old

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Chinese People Are RobotsEvery four years, something in my body goes horribly awry, and I start to care about things like how fast people can swim and the fairness of tie-breaking procedures in women’s gymnastics. Now that the Olympics are over, I can at last take a step back and reflect objectively on what they meant. Of course, we learned a lot about individual determination and the power of

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A blog from Venezuela posted Devendra Banhart doing a cover of the 1970 Mungo Jerry classic "In the Summertime." The anthem for long haired, future republicans everywhere. Note the lyrics."If her daddies rich, take her out for a meal, if her daddies poor just do as you feel."Give it a listen now before it is too cold outside for this to be relevant.Hear: Devendra Banhart "In the Summertime"My

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Photo by: Zach LehrhoffIf you have ever watched a giant, gypsy-squid decked out for the West Indian Day Parade flail its throbbing, costumed tentacles in its death throes, brought on by eating too many LSD laced crawfish, then you have a rough idea of what a performance by Brooklyn's Golden Triangle is like. Golden Triangle sounds like a heavy garage band fronted by the mad witches from Macbeth

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Two Mountain Goats related things to talk about, one is that John Darnielle and company are set to release a limited edition 7 inch and only six hundred and sixty six will be made available which would be fine but I don't get to see The Goats till one of their last shows in Brooklyn so what am I going to do?(Thanks for the tip Pitchfork)Other news that the September 9th sees the sophmore album by

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Legendary folk/punk figure Billy Bragg is set to tour the US in the lead-up to this years election, making a dozen or so stops along the Eastern Seaboard beginning in mid-October. Billy Bragg on Tour: 10-17 The State Theatre State College PA 10-18 State Theatre Ithaca NY 10-19 Monmouth University West Long Branch NJ 10-21 Somerville Theater Somerville MA 10-22 Somerville Theater Somerville MA 10-

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JesuWhy Are We Not Perfect?Hydra Head Justin Broadrick was in the pioneering group Godflesh, one of the first bands to show the world that metal can be smart. In some peoples minds, the band is like a unicorn, Black Sabbath and God all rolled into one. Pretty much every heavy band that matters right now owes Godflesh their very being.After a nervous breakdown, Broadrick scrapped Godflesh and

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Killer Piano!W/King Khan!!!With a reputation as Montreal's sharpest-dressing band, Chocolat could easily have gotten by on looks alone at their recent show at Don Pedros in Bushwick.Instead, their August 9 performance with guest-star King Khan shook up an otherwise ordinary evening with a sound that energetically combines equal doses of the Kinks, Jacques Dutronc, and the Demon's Claws (the other

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If a ghost is neither seen nor heard, is it really a ghost?In the annals of forgotten souls waiting to be discovered, the late Peter Ivers has been waiting since his murder on March 3rd, 1983 for redemption. For a man who can be seen as the connection between David Lynch, Chevy Chase and Fear, that redemption is long overdue.Josh Frank, author of Fool the World: An Oral History of a Band Called

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I am currently looking at the beautifully done Radio Silence / A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music. It is a true testament to the misunderstood genre that you thought was so well covered in American Hardcore (it was, except in the documentary that followed).Where this book wins is the coverage it gives to the often mentioned early days of Black Flag, SSD, Agnostic Front, etc.

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We'll go ahead and get this out of the way first, we'll clean house and we'll air things, like rugs, and opinions, and bedsheets. The Walkmen are one of the best bands is America. Yes they are. Their new record, You and Me, has been receiving strangely hesitant but positive reviews, as though people have (or at least are acting as if they have) forgotten about them, or as if they've released a

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We already talked about how much we love the Pogo in Togo party a few weeks back. Now there is another free, monthly party at Cake Shop is gives us hope for the Lower East Side.One Friday Friday night every 30 days or so, host Nicholas Gazin throws this fucked up fiesta of garage rock goodness with an assortment of bands that play the kind of music that pretty much anybody with half a brain can

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The Dandy Warhols...Earth to The Dandy Warhols...Beat The World RecordsThe only comfort I find in the new album by The Dandy Warhols is the fact that at least I won't see them begging for change to feed their drug habits (assuming of course they really do have them?).With that in mind since ...Earth to The Dandy Warhols.... might be the biggest piece of trash this year so here are 3 things better

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It is now, when certain elements of the near-past are being continually strip-mined for inspiration, when our greatest fear is the wave of unnecessary nostalgia for the early 1990s that is in it's beginning stages (see the most atrocious example of it thus far, "The Wackness" ), that we salute John Jacob Niles.Niles was an American folk singer and songwriter active in the first decades of the

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I am going on total assumption here but I don't think it is mathematically possible for bands with ten or more members to ever fail.If you go to a show and each member brings on average 8 people that means at least 80 people will be watching that band. Add the number of stragglers already there to see other bands (or just aimless souls with nothing better to do) and there is a pretty good chance

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There are three facts that I am pretty sure of.1. America has all but forgotten about its most important artistic contribution of the last 100 years, jazz.2. Americans dislike the French.3. Americans don't like trucker movies anymore.Wesley Snipes character, Shadow Henderson, stated in the 1990 film Mo' Better Blues: "If you played the shit that they like, then people would come, simple as

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This year has been dominated by my love of Baltimore gazers Beach House. It almost seems fitting that the band does takes a turn in the backseat of another one of my current obsessions, Black Cab Sessions.Here the duo does a bare bones take on "Heart of Chambers" from their album Devotion on Carpark.(thanks Ptchfrk for the tip)

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There are something like six hundred thousand reasons why Bob Dylan is one of the greatest icons in American history. Everything that has been said about the guy is true. The man is a genius.A few of us over here are pretty sure that of all the Dylan phases in almost 50 years of recording and playing live the tour for the Desire album known best as the Rolling Thunder Revue is possibly the

TheRegulatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03231654915564892579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-76447945993382086242008-08-15T11:33:00.005-04:002008-08-15T12:23:40.678-04:00

Note: In the interest of transcontinental harmony and friendship we asked our pal from across the pond Ellen Mary McGee to do a write up on our favorite tarot card reading, psychedelic film making, Marilyn Manson and Dita von Teese marrying Chilean, Alejandro Jodorowsky.Ms. McGee went to town and gave us this essay that on one hand makes Hexedjournal.com a little bit smarter but also is one of

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A few weeks ago, as we posted the video for the song "Pum-Pum" off the new album by Lee "Scratch" Perry (Narnack Records) there was a collective "Jesus Christ this is great."Now (thanks to M.O.K.B.) we find out that we were indeed giving props to the penis of Mr. Perry.

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Nothing like a bunch of stoned Canucks, hanging out in a desert making videos.The kind folks at Jagjaguwar got us the newest Black Mountain video off their last album In the Future.Whatever you were up to this summer, I am guessing it isn't as cool as the spirit quest Black Mountain went on to create this vid. for the song "Wucan."

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-65934501603202061012008-08-13T16:36:00.002-04:002008-08-13T16:43:32.607-04:00

I spent my teen years drinking 40s of malt liquor in various outdoor locations throughout the Lower East Side, going to shows in dive bars and squats, and hating pretty much everything. While I thankfully managed to avoid physical demarcations of these years, such as Crass tattoos and mohawks (I have a fear that some ugly lump lurks on my head), I maintain a deep-seeded fear of all things even

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The film Man on Wire showcases one of the top things that 99% of us would not really even begin to imagine attempting. Which is totally reasonable, as Frenchman Philippe Petit does something that goes beyond "ballsy" by walking an illegal tightrope across the Twin Towers in 1974.Whatever the case, loony or really brave, once again a French guy does something way cooler than most Americans can

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We already think Bowerbirds have put fourth one of the finest albums of the year. Now they issue this heartbreaking (but beautifully done) video directed by Alan Poon for the song "In Our Talons."Stupid humans, messing everything up.

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The MuslimsS/T1928 RecordingsIs it really necessary to for this band to call themselves The Muslims?As a Jew, I am deeply disturbed by the prospects of this band getting big and some Mullah declaring that this band is a product of the Jewish Devil and are mocking Allah. All out holy war begins because some four piece from San Diego re-released this album to all sorts of hype.All I know is that

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"If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work."Jacques CousteauIn some cases the music, hell, the entire artistic output of Will Oldham could be thought of as both bleak and logical. When Oldham sings, "God bless the chaos, I'm ready to go...," in the song "Joya," it would seem as

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I don't know if I am trying to be funny by posting this video of Styx playing a few weeks ago in front of their hometown crowd of Chicago.I think thats what I'm going for, but then again what was I doing searching Youtube for Styx videos for anyway?

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Icy DemonsMiami IceObey Your BrainI have not been able to find out exactly what irked me so much about Man Mans most recent release Rabbit Habits.Quite possibly, the fact that Tom Waits already pretty much tread the territory they are now trying to claim as their own?It's something I can't quite figure out, and to be honest, I don't care to waste anymore time trying.Now I get to try and get into

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OneidaPreteen WeaponryJagjaguwar/BrahAncestorsNeptune With FireNorth Atlantic Sound/Tee Pee RecordsPt. 1"Clear a path, you mother fucker! Clear a path! I'm going home!"- William "D-Fens" FosterIt could quite possibly be my own twisted disposition, but there is something chillingly familiar with the character of William "D-Fens" Foster (played by Michael Douglas) in the 1993 film Falling Down and

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Got to the club formerly known as Midway, now Rehab around 7:30ish? Missed TK Webb (bummer) but got to catch up with O'Death. It was Nice to see them in a smaller setting again. They played their usual high energy show, even at such an early hour.

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(Times New Viking at SXSW 2007)Fellow noiseniks Deerhunter and Times New Viking will embark on a cross-country tour starting in Atlanta on Halloween.To make this maybe one of the most anticipated tours of the year, the bands will play that show in Deerhunters hometown with Pylon. Then the bands will play a series of shows with bands like Vivian Girls and Knyfe Hits. Bloggers all across America

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In the world of geekdom, music and comic books might possibly sit side by side on the highest thrones. "Comic Book Guy" from The Simpsons or Jack Black's record-store-Nazi character Barry in the film High Fidelity certainly fit as honest parodies to these cultures.The images of crate nerds, digging through countless boxes of Tijuana Brass and Barbara Streisand albums to find a single piece of

Jay Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684625569145738870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5300593464373503615.post-37614882720343983162008-08-07T10:22:00.005-04:002008-08-07T10:32:45.810-04:00

Well. OK. So, imagine that you're one of the world's greatest art bands, performing in one of the world's great art meccas, and you're only going to get better because you've discovered the joy of spontaneity on your newest record, and you make 19th century military chic work harder than even Jimi Hendrix did. Imagine that, Sigur Ros, imagine that.

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A few years ago, I would have thought this totally unnecessary, however after hearing the Bat For Lashes version of "A Forest" and looking over the lineup, I gotta say, it looks pretty sweet. Out October 28th on Manimal Vinyl Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure will bring take your head back to your high school days, without leaving your modern device's like an Ipod behind.Listen: Bat For

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Spiritualized were on Letterman last night, and they sounded pretty, pretty, pretty good. Building more and more on the drugged up, gospel sound main man Jason Pierce and his old Spacemen 3 partner Sonic Boom started in 1982.Above is the video of them doing "You Lie, You Cheat" off their latest album Songs in A&E on Fontana/Universal/Spaceman(thanks Stereogum.com)

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It is an up-hill battle even attempting to try and defend Steely Dan. Any talk of a group that has the tag of "jazz-fusion" is bound to elicit sneers of disapproval from many of my cooler-than-thou pals. At this point, I am totally unafraid to admit my love of the well crafted, mellow jams of one of two of America's greatest living songwriters: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.Recently, Oakland

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FESTIVAL - Valentine from Language of Stone on Vimeo.The Sisters Powell, Lindsay and Alexis recently released the album Come Arrow, Come! (Language of Stone. Again!)It is sometimes playful, other moments it is incredibly sad, but most of the time you find yourself wishing you were one of their siblings. They possibly take one of the most interesting approaches to folk music since Joanna

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Noa BabayofFrom a Window to a WallLanguage of Stone RecordsAdronAdronNew Street RecordsAugust is like a bad hangover after two swirling months of the grandest party this side of the Roaring Twenties. The never on-time train coming to whisk you away to another steaming destination, the stale smells that seem to linger at nose level, and the never-ending throngs of tourists crowding the streets are

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No Really, Why So Serious?Why in hell has The Dark Knight made so much money? Yes, it’s a big-budget action flick, but it’s also a morally complex and ultimately ambiguous meditation on the possibility of human redemption in an inhumane world. It’s also goddamn disturbing, thanks to Heath Ledger’s brilliant performance as the Joker, re imagined by the Nolan brothers as a psychotic genius devoid

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We give you "Pum-Pum" off reggae/dub legend Lee "Scratch" Perry's about to be released album Repentance, because there are very few artists who you really need to know and Perry is indeed one of them.In fact, Mr. Party Hard himself (and new club owner) Andrew W.K. thought so as well, so he decided to produce the album, and enlist the help of folks like Moby, Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt,

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Another year, another biopic about another dead musician. Another myth set to celluloid (or whatever they are using these days).We have been there the day the music died with both Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens (1978's The Buddy Holly Story and 1987's La Bamba respectively), have seen the images of life that Ray Charles could only feel, smell, and hear (2004's Oscar winning Ray), we have been

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Conor OberstConor OberstMerge Records“Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.”-Arthur RimbaudWe listen to Conor Oberst's first official solo release (as if all of his work, excepting Desparecidos, isn't solo), and we wonder, Conor, we wonder. For those of you who did once or still do care enough to consider yourselves his fans, we wonder, why? Perhaps we

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We loved Christmas Island when we first thought "oh hi, this band is The Urinals combined with every good New Zealand pop band we can name."Never in our little minds would we have been able to imagine they would do something as totally awesome as cover Jeff Lynne's pre-Move, pre-ELO, pre-Traveling Wilburys group The Idle Race.All we can say to Christmas Island is, thank you.Listen: Christmas

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Black Moth Super Rainbow are total weirdos.For the unfamiliar, the group that has somehow managed to have an almost Aphex Twin aloofness, while sounding like bits and fragments of every color under the sonic rainbow from Stereolab to Boards of Canada and Air.They have name like Father Hummingbird, Power Pill Fist and the lunatic that seems to be running asylum, Tobacco.On October 14th he will

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As seen on a recent trip to Cleveland:In case you need a refresher:pronunciation: \\shuh-'grin\function: nounetymology: French, from chagrin saddate:circa 1681:disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failureI was the only person in the vehicle who giggled over this.Everyone else thought it perfectly normal to enjoy an existence in a suburb called "Chagrin Falls".

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Oh man.New Parts and Labor album Receivers coming out on October 21st. We got a first listen thanks to the folks at their label, Jagjaguwar, and a look the mind blowing art work done by bass player/singer/screamer/electronics wizard/total beard-o BJ Warshaw for the album.Listen: "Nowhere's Nigh" Video" "The Gold We're Digging" off the album Mapmaker

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