Author Archives: Julianne

OH, LARRY!: KANYE WEST IS HAVING HIS LIZA MINNELLI MOMENT

Kanye West has reached total skeevemaster flex status, and I’m not saying that because his GOOD Friday singles covers are full of naked/bloodied/dead whitegirls (SEEN IT) or because his wangpiece is all up on your laptop screen (SEEN IT). I … Continue reading

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STOP LOOKING AT ME: CLAIRE AND I CHAT ABOUT “RAPE GAZE”

Last week a tiny corner of the internet was having a small public quasi-freakout over the term “rape gaze,” a fake genre term used to connote an even tinier corner of music that is beat-based, generally depressed, slovenly, greasy (hairwise) … Continue reading

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DE-ELECTRIFYING THE BODY POLITIC, PART DEUX.

Curses, Movable Type and your auto-publishing glitch. What I meant to say in the previous fake entry: Kathleen Hanna’s Julie Ruin T-Shirt contest has been killing me, so lodged-in-the-mold many of the designs have been. Reminds me of the staid … Continue reading

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SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BURNING MAN?

I twitted the above question with zero expectations. The answers received yielded some… interesting results. Here they are, in the order received. JessJubilee: patchouli and dreads and breaks russmarshalek: MOTHER FUCKING BIRKENSTOCKS. also unshaved armpits, toms of maine and animal … Continue reading

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HIPSTER POEM, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

“never’ “worth’ ‘it”‘

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LIVEBLOG: TOP 25 ON MY iTUNES (NO HEGEMONY, NO HIERARCHY)

The urge to make lists at the end of years/decades/centuries and/or the back of your magazine is extraordinary and mind-breaking. I labored over my Pazz & Jop this year, partly because I listen to SO MUCH MUSIC that I loved … Continue reading

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LIVEBLOG: “RAINBOW IN THE DARK”

Last year during winter break my blog proj was dictated to me by Sam–I would blog about anything Sam wanted me to daily i.e. this Mystikal video and “THAT TIME I WORKED AT THE COMIC STORE.” This winter break unless … Continue reading

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THE BIRD

BEWARE THE EYE OF THE BIRD

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SELF OBSESSED AND SEXEE

Oooh, two entries in one day! The occasion: the release of Leighton Meester’s new video with R. Thicke, unembeddable thanks to the Dorian Greys over at Universal Music, which I BEEN psyched for. I actually think Leighton has an awesome … Continue reading

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THE CAT HAZ EYEZ

in between listening to this song by jinder and bok bok on constant renew, i am hanging out with my coworkers trying to out-gross them by taking it just like one step too far. lots of balls jokes. we got … Continue reading

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