Author Archives: Julianne

happiness

1976. It requires a certain complexity of emotions to sing an optimistic number about your divorce while the ex-husband in question plays the bassline, but Christine McVie did it in ’76 with “Don’t Stop.” I think everyone was getting divorced … Continue reading

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future of angry snowman/”thaaaat’s right” unclear

JUST NOW: Juelz Santana on Hot 97: “‘A! A! A! That slogan’s gettin real big. Everybody’s saying it. I’m gonna come out with the ‘A’ shirt real quick.” Angie Martinez: “How do you spell that?” Juelz: “it’s just an ‘A.’” … Continue reading

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flip a pri, i’m complex

as of oct. 1, if you’re a mexican expatriate living in the us you are now able to pick up yr ballot to vote in the mexican elections. “Undocumented U.S. residents” who “presumably will not want to be seen anywhere … Continue reading

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truth/patience/two piano twinkles

karl rove! always smokin that la la la! scooter libby always smokin that la la la! “love in fear,” a patiently written heart-meditation by the constantines, totally listenable here, is today’s official jam: the “love despite the strange wind’s blowing … Continue reading

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“i’ll bear my pain to save some other mother from having to go through this”

exo reminds us: the untold story of emmett louis till opens wide in american cities tomorrow. nyc: it’s playing at the magic johnson 9 lowes in harlem. you know the story: emmett till, 14-yr-old black kid from chicago, horribly beaten … Continue reading

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factoidinal procrastination

it’s been like two years so it’s ok to reiterate the joyous time-vacuum that is the iTunes celebrity playlist. how else would we learn Stephen King’s (correct) opinion of Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby” (“The Beach Boys song to which … Continue reading

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No: “COOOOL!!!!!!!!”

This, on the other hand, makes me wanna run around the block waving a neon-rainbow windsock to the Neptunes instrumental from “La La La (Excuse Me Miss again)”. Cheney, dark father, just “chilling” at WHIG meetings. Some of which may … Continue reading

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Cool!

HarrietMiers.blogspot.com has been rendered obsolete by the actual documents of the actual Harriet Miers, which hit the smoking gun today: funnier than fiction. Harriet rocks with that Anne Geddes stationery like “whatever.” When I was living down in the Bible … Continue reading

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no longer depressed about the weather

fire up the wood stove and turn on the cider dudes FAITH EVANS’ A FAITHFUL CHRISTMAS SET FOR OCTOBER 25th RELEASE Album Features Two Original Songs And Nine Classics, Including “White Christmas,” “Santa Baby,” “O Come All Ye Faithful” And … Continue reading

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leftcoastfriendalert

mi friends eric johnson of pulseprogramming and e*rock of e*rock have started a record label called frykbeat. please watch the panther video, which features charlie salas-humara assuming the panther persona, a creepy falsetto pop-star strung mighty high, residing in a … Continue reading

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