tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78306614535012109162011-09-21T12:19:28.615-05:00Bringing peace, love, mad ups, and painful purges to this country.=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.comBlogger1451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-68529543331160864732010-12-24T20:14:00.001-06:002010-12-24T20:14:27.007-06:00

Stalin wishes you nothing by gulags for this holiday.Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

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The goal is to relaunch and rebrand Stalin. Brainstorming is occurring.Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

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1985 was the greatest year in music history. For, in this year - on September 4th - your humble correspondent was born to change the sonic landscape forever.In truth, 1985 was the year Pop Ate Itself. At least in the 1980's, '85 was the dissipation of the collective, underground energies born in the late 70's that had once stood a chance of wholesale mainstream acceptance. New Wave as a

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I have a lot of great memories from 2003. Jenn and I had been dating since the previous year; she moved down to Oklahoma City to go to college which was inspired in no small part by her desire to be with me. We went to concerts, I played in a band (Google "Cessation Bustle" and see what happens), and lots of music came out that made 2003 feel like a great fucking year. The Rapture came out with

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I know when you do one of these online blog things you're supposed to work at it and not wait nearly three months between posts. You lose readers; any momentum you had built up is squandered because life got in the way. Some people do this for a living. And if I were getting paid to share my opinions on music with a swath of the population who are probably just criticizing what I'm writing

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Like my better half, I too, am guilty of missing some of the more supposed important bench marks that have marked the past decade. At the awkward age of 15 and living in the suburbs, I wasn't as privvy to the extremely outlandish and definitive moments, but...I also, was sadly somewhat apathetic. At 15 it was more important to me who else was listening to the music I should've been listening to,

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2001 was the year I made a lot of expensive, terrible decisions, lost a bunch of weight, and started my senior year of high school.I remember predicting to my friend that Jimmy Eat World were going to get massive with the release of their next album. Bleed American took JEW to heights that they probably wouldn't have predicted for themselves... which, unfortunately, involved changing their album

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Everybody is taking looks at the previous decade, be it music, books, or cinema. If you're anything like me, you haven't listened to, read, or watched half of the things that are supposedly the bench marks of ten years worth of art.So I wanted to do something different: what if I look year by year and discuss an album that meant the most to me? Not what I think was great in retrospect. That's too

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Pizza has Mediterranean origins but has become distinctly American. You can see variations from region to region and even city to city. Chicago is renowned for it's artery clogging deep dish pizza, while fans of New York's foldable grease slabs deride everything else as "not really pizza." Don't get me started on California (but linguica on pizza is AMAZING). It's really tempting to just

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Oh, to be a Giants fan. Charles M. Schulz of Peanuts fame knew this heart ache. Schulz moved to the Bay Area in 1958, following the Giants the same year of their move from New York. In his lifetime, he experienced only two World Series visits, one of which was immortalized in a December 22, 1962 strip in which Linus and Charlie Brown are looking disappointed, only for Charlie to break the

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Beautiful nights in a beautiful city call for a beautiful soundtrack and St. Louis got just what the proverbial doctor ordered when the amazing Annie Clark of St. Vincent and Champaign, Illinois band Elsinore performed at The Firebird on October 1st. It's easy to be apprehensive going into a show where you don't know much about a band that's performing, however, Elsinore made their case for

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The closest I've ever been to New York City is the Syracuse Hancock Airport. So you have to forgive me for wondering why so many artists feel the necessity to uproot from the towns they call home to move to New York City.I understand that New York City is a massive cultural hub not just for the United States but for much of the world. Artists move to New York City or one of it's many boroughs

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We're going to work on making this site a little less "webleichen" and a little more real.We say that every few months, but come on.

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In semi-Christian circles, or, more accurately, people who grew up Christian, listening to Christian music, and then bailed when it became abundantly clear that most Christians weren’t like them at all except for a hazily shared belief in the same deity, David Bazan of Pedro the Lion fame is kind of like a demigod. ”He says fuck just like me!” ”He drinks like I like to!” And they won’t admit

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If anybody's interested, the last couple albums I've picked up have been:Asobi Seksu - Citrus and Hush. I'm a big fan of My Bloody Valentine and of enchanting female vocalists. I was really slow even finding out about them but those things happen when you work for a pittance and are distrustful of other music journalists.Adele - 19. It's one of those things I maybe shouldn't like because the

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I swear! I'll be updating soon. Sorry. Life got in the way and roller derby ate my life. So, I'll learn how to create a better balance and then I'll be updating regularly again. Hopefully...Don't push your luck, kid.

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Let the retrospect begin!As the tardy member of the SDS brain trust with my year-end best-of last year, I feel compelled to kick off the new year with a punctual wrap-up to a year that I don't think anyone will be saddened to see pass. Hey, SOMETHING must've gone right... right? Well, uh --Albums of the Year:*Honorable MentionsElvis Costello and the Impostors - MomofukuIn his most immediate and

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I was going to write a review of Fall Out Boy's new album but it's everything you would think that somebody who thinks that Pete Wentz's a cock mongering rich kid who doesn't know shit about struggle would say about it.I don't dislike the rest of the band members; I dislike their music.So there's the short, spite filled review that was two weeks in the making.

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I'm not going to spill too much ink outlining why we here at Slamdunk Stalin are unhappy with the Golden State / 51% of its voters / The Church of Latter-Day Saints for passing Proposition 8, banning gay marriage and civil unions. It speaks for itself. But, suffice it to say, my and =p='s home state (well, technically North Dakota for the latter, but semantics) needs a stern

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In what is some of the spottiest journalism this side of the conservative blogosphere, I completely forgot to mention the announced soundtrack for EA's FIFA 2009 game (alternately known as the Marriage Killer).EA has a long tradition of sneaking some real gems into their soundtracks (08 - !!! "All My Heroes Are Weirdos", CSS "Off the Hook"; 06 - LCD Soundsystem "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House";

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Ra Ra Riot has a way of making me feel as if all is right with the world. And not that there's anything wrong with Tokyo Police Club, but this new remix of "Juno" featuring Ra Ra Riot is the only way they could possibly be any better.Tokyo Police Club also recently stopped by Spinner's LA studios to record an Interface Session. Check it out here.Interface Session track listing:1. Tessellate2. The

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So, what do you think? Irony or no irony? Either way, it's a great song, great band and...I'll let you decide how you feel about the Obama campaign. I think it's easy for people to tell where I stand, though. :)---------------------------------Also interesting in the world of politics and things that are good; Michael Chabon is interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. Jewish humor alert!

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Pitchfork TV's One Week Only feature is showing The Queen Is Dead: A Classic Under Review. For one week only.It's an absolute must watch. I'm watching right now!

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Ok, so as was mentioned in the last post I have taken to Roller Derby. And not just an occasional day or two, whenever I feel like it. I practice about 4 times a week and I practice full on, balls to the wall, for real roller derby. My team is only recreational but we have high (read: VERY HIGH) hopes of becoming a WFTDA league.Anyway, just because I've completely thrown myself into Derby (and

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We've been lazy busy lately. Furge is doing whatever Furges do after living the good life in a large metropolitan area, Jenn has taken to roller derby, and I've been jonesing for a posting. And no more booze.So I bring you sports.The team who I was raised to follow, the New Orleans Saints, have picked up the biggest tool in the world: Jeremy Shockey. The Ada High grad with as much sense as

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but there is a distinct possibility that Furge and I drank a few too many 4.75 pitchers of Stag at the Weezer Tribute Band set.This wouldn't be so bad if video didn't exist of me blasting lyrics, out of key, into the sweaty musty air of the Stagger Inn in Edwardsville.For anybody wondering, Weezer before 1998 played (in no order because I can't remember without Ryan or one of the other So Many

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So, I've only listened to the full album once completely through and about 8982134798 times seperately/in small doses/bit by bit/dissecting the new Girl Talk album Feed The Animals and I'm already slightly obsessed with it. That's what happens when a pretty serious musician and walking pseudo-music encyclopedia turned blogger gets their hands on records like this. Even if you aren't a musician,

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Coldplay has long been this kind of band that a lot of normal people name-drop to make themselves seem more hip (think Zach Braff). They've also been the kind of band that people with overly inflated opinions of themselves/low self-esteem savagely berate to in a type of musical overcompensation for the love that their parents never gave them (think me and most music bloggers). Somehow, beating

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Genre-movements, fads, and boomlets in popular music represent moments when artists begin to profoundly influence their peers. Example: before Duke Ellington and the Benny Goodman Orchestra there were certainly big bands that swung, but after them there were "swing bands" in the specific mode of their respective acts. Crossover artists excepted, the true leaps that music takes in the hands of

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Here is the newest Mates of State video, "My Only Offer", from their newest release Re-Arrange Us. Always always always cute, partially because they are one of my favorite bands ever and partially because they just are really freaking adorable. I'm pissed I missed them here in St. Louis, but sorry...I had a great vacation. For a cute photo of Jason and Kori's oldest daughter, Magnolia, (while

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Okay. "Pork and Beans." By many accounts a return to form after sloppily-written, over-polished stumbling on Make Believe. Probably not a representative sample from the upcoming Red Album, if "Beverly Hills" isn't from Make Believe. But here's the problem: I find it odious. It's serviceable, if Bowling for Soup-y, power pop. And I do love the creativity hiding in the formalism of really

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To vote, bitches! No, not in the presidential election! In the Riverfront Times St. Louis Music Showcase 2008!!!Go here to vote. There are several categories, such as best local live show, best indie band, best americana/folk, best dj, best blues artist, best eclectic and more. Kickin' it old school: SMD in 2003Local "favorites" (read: friends) So Many Dynamos are nominated in both the best indie

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Sorry it's been so long, kids. I'm not one for lame excuses but I'll try to make mine sound as un-lame as possible. Radiohead fucking blew me away. It was truly a religious experience. I'm not going to blow my geeked out Radiohead load all over the blog. If you've seen them live at any time, then you know just how great it is/can be.I was going to embed a video of their closer, "Paranoid Android"

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In 1966, Britain's biggest band was not The Beatles. Do I have your attention? Okay, now who might you guess was? The Rolling Stones? The Beach Boys, whose Pet Sounds was perhaps the most-beloved record released that year across the pond? Some Motown act whose crossover appeal influenced the burgeoning Northern Soul scene, like, say, The Supremes?None of the above - or even close. In 1966,

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RADIOHEADTONIGHTST. LOUIS, MO7PVERIZON WIRELESS AMPITHEATRE

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To celebrate their new release Narrow Stairs, out today, Death Cab for Cutie plays on The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS), check your local listings...because I won't. Sorry! Pitchfork gives DCfC's seventh studio album release an even 6.0, Rolling Stone (as well as Spin, AP, The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Kerrang!...) gives it a 4/5 stars, and Absolute Punk dotes on them with

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When I was, briefly, an arts and entertainment columnist for OU Student Media's website (hub.ou.edu), I submitted two features on a semi-regular basis. The first, "Make Me a Mixtape!", consisted of themed mixes and song-by-song explanation that increasingly delved into ridiculous amounts of snark and detail as my tenure went on; the second, "Throwbacks Are In", examined albums that had been

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I'd like to take this time out to give shout outs to Amarillo, TX, La Jolla, CA, Vencente Lopez in Argentina, Karachi in Pakistan, Melbourne in Australia and our friends in Canada. I'd also like to thank the people who actually check daily or even every-other-daily. It really means a lot to me and I thank you muchly.Just wanted to remind everyone that everyone's favorite daughter toting band,

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Welcome to our new, burgeoning international readers.

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The very basics of this Fifth of May are that Cinco de Mayo commemorates a victory by Mexican forces over the French on May 5, 1862 in the Battle of Puebla. The French, along with the English and Spanish, sent troops to Mexico because the previous government had rung up a sizable debt and they intended to collect what was owed to them. The English had occupied the port of Veracruz and the

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Well, it's that fair day of glorifying the Soviet Blogosphere. Since we don't have any tanks to roll through the square, or any terrifying bombers to cast imposing shadows on the giddy throng, we bring you...SEA POWER!l-r: Martin Noble, Yan Wilkinson, Hamilton Wilkinson, Matthew WoodI caught up with guitarist Martin Noble of British Sea Power after the band's The Rock-bringing set at last

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An interview with British Sea Power is being conducted tomorrow. We're all three very stoked to be breaking new ground on our site with such excellent artists. It's really incredible.

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This is a week's delay (as in I started writing this the day after the show, last Monday) and I broke my hand on Friday and can't finish typing, so...here goes nothing. My apologies in advance.---------------------------------------I left my home, nearly 25 miles away from WashU’s Gargoyle Club around 8p, when the show was slated to start. After circling the parking areas twice, I decided to park

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Like Jenn mentioned, the Tokyo Police Club LP dropped. Apparently, the denizens of other music sites thought that meant somebody dropped a turd in a pool.Basically, the knock is that it's too commercial and that it basically isn't the EPs. Or, they had a bigger budget and used the money to sound a little cleaner. You know, like most bands do.That's like saying, "You know, I totally loved My

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So, just on the off chance that you haven't heard or you live under a rock or something...yesterday marked the release of the newest Tokyo Police Club album, Elephant Shell. I can assure you that it's everything everyone hoped it would be and more. "Tessellate" actually made me get out of my car tonight; it was the perfect setting with the wind calmly blowing, a cool night and being stopped at a

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Sunday afternoon St. Louisans were treated to a Rogue Wave in-store performance at Vintage Vinyl before the real thing later that night at WashU's Gargoyle Club. The guys were running a bit behind due to a late start in Chicago that morning. I had an interview lined up with frontman Zach Rogue and once they arrived I was informed that Zach was feeling under the weather and I'd be scheduled to

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As I set off for The Pageant Saturday, all I could think of was what songs and in which order Okkervil River might play their songs. It wasn’t until I pulled up to The Pageant that I remembered that The New Pornographers were playing, in fact they were the headlining act. My friend and I waited a very short time in line and once inside we made ourselves comfortable. We both looked around and

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-2195636503890591282008-04-20T01:28:00.002-05:002008-04-20T01:40:29.260-05:00

Slamdunk Stalin (or SDS when we're using shorthand, lolzers) has some big news on the horizon, like, turning slightly more legitimate than my last post would seem to indicate.We're looking to start doing interviews and, shockingly, have our first one lined up. We're going to be chatting it up with Rogue Wave tomorrow and are, frankly, at a loss for words. We're very excited to pop our interview

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-11735098113475809672008-04-18T00:06:00.008-05:002008-04-18T00:18:20.800-05:00

Cursive played live at WOXY studios on April 9th and they have just posted the link to it on their myspace page, but you can find it here. It’s hard to believe that “Happy Hollow” came out two years ago and now the guys are scattered across the country (with Matt living here in MO). The guys played two “oldies” and two new songs (out of a mere eight they are “comfortable playing at this moment in

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-25861836797393612972008-04-18T00:05:00.003-05:002008-04-18T23:23:27.328-05:00

I completely forgot what I was going to say. I'll just embarrass myself with my lack of film elitism instead.I was doing laundry and watched "The Lake House" on one of the many Cinemax's earlier. Critics hated it and I probably should have, too. But part of me likes romantic movies (the Notebook) and their romantic comedy brethren(ex: Sleepless in Seattle, Love Actually). I even like kind of

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-52784608255253157722008-04-13T20:33:00.005-05:002008-04-13T20:52:01.498-05:00

Apparently Okkervil River is a pretty big hit with the 20-something teacher set. As I was speaking with a fellow classmate/teacher friend of mine, he asked what shows I have on my calendar. I got to April 19th and explained that The New Pornographers were coming to town and I didn’t know who I was more excited about, the opener, being Okkervil River, or The New Pornographers. It turned out that

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-86211898267157935262008-04-07T00:24:00.006-05:002008-04-07T23:56:57.768-05:00

You know, the Gargoyle really bugs me. It's hotter than hell in their venue, they know it, and they KEEP ALL THE OUTSIDE DOORS CLOSED TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF VENTILATION. I know it's on a college campus, that most of the students at Washington University don't want to be distracted from their studying, or whatever it is rich kids at private schools do on Sunday nights; but if you're charging $15

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-56971114469561742172008-04-04T17:22:00.003-05:002008-04-04T17:29:08.685-05:00

I got my errant day off request sorted out (asked for Saturday, meant to ask for Sunday, took until today to make the change official).With that sorted, I will be at the Cursive/So Many Dynamos show. I'm very excited because of getting the chance to maybe imbibe (in moderation) with the Dynabros and Tim Kasher. Jenn has got to drink with Cursive before and Tim Kasher remembers Jenn every time

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-37775837324549999132008-04-01T00:24:00.002-05:002008-04-01T01:28:35.552-05:00

Back-to-back posts by jenn and =p= about female pop artists have kind of gotten me thinking about the ideological underpinnings of the "girl group". This is going to hurt when I read it back, and kill me when I hit "publish," but why the hell not? Has the "girl group" hit postfeminism? Did it in fact help CAUSE postfeminism? Are female solo artists subsumed by the same artistic trends? I'll

furgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14516891351578644498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-58780145447151467482008-03-31T19:15:00.003-05:002008-04-01T00:19:21.132-05:00

Wal-Mart Radio offers the occasional diamond in the rough: I've heard New Order's "Regret" and "Bizarre Love Triangle". Often times, you get either older garbage I can't stand (the Eagles, Jimmy Buffet) or newer trash that I... can't stand. The worst is when they play new tracks in an attempt, in vain, to be the hip kids (read: Target). Two tracks and the entire system behind them have drawn

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-25221054520724406512008-03-29T00:43:00.004-05:002008-03-29T00:58:33.984-05:00

So, I'm going to try this new "segment" or what have you. Just a little something I've been thinking a lot about. I'm going to write about some kind of musical experience I've had in my life that sticks out or that I remember significantly and how, if at all, it relates to where I am now. Like I said, sometimes there won't be any huge relation between the two, other times it will be obvious and a

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-72744553552191274132008-03-22T01:02:00.003-05:002008-03-22T01:52:15.384-05:00

Well, I suppose it's time for me to weigh in my favorites from 2007. There's a fair amount of overlap in my list and the others, so I'll try to stick to elaboration that hasn't been covered yet. Sound good?Field Music, Tones of Town:This album gladly joins the ranks of No Dice, Radio City, Heaven Tonight, and Bandwagonesque a A Document of Pristine Power Pop without sounding derivative or

furgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14516891351578644498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-71465845152450773822008-03-20T01:37:00.004-05:002008-03-25T02:24:08.856-05:00

I promised one of those non-exhaustive best of 2007 wank fests and I didn't deliver.So here we go, without order, rhyme, or reason.Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?When you're riddled with depression, sometimes you have to put on a face and move on: stiff upper lip and all that. I don't usually dig when artists create an artificial artifice... a facade... to sell their songs to

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-91002402509650296252008-03-17T01:54:00.003-05:002008-03-17T02:11:44.177-05:00

Perez Hilton is stroking himself off and saying he had one of the biggest baddest shows at SXSW. And as we've learned from Hillary Clinton's campaign, if you say enough bullshit loud enough, enough times, somebody is bound to believe it.The highlight act was N.E.R.D. Who are basically worthless. And don't get me started on Robyn.**************************************And don't get me started on

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-26738773561012211952008-03-15T02:29:00.003-05:002008-03-15T02:33:33.420-05:00

Somebody started a group on Facebook with the premise that if more students carried firearms of their own, less tragedies like those at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois would occur.Because seriously, a student who is at wits end and has concluded that killing a handful of their peers and then themselves will be deterred by the idea of SOMEBODY ELSE shooting them. That will solve the woes that

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-36129020090204510452008-03-14T15:26:00.002-05:002008-03-14T15:48:33.190-05:00

SXSWers (Jenn heard Moby call it "South By"; apparently this is a verbal buzzword among hip folks in the know. Because speaking full, proper nouns is impossible) take note of my opinion of potentially expensive showcase shows:Joan of Arc at 8 at Habana Calle 6 PatioPaint It Black at 9:40 at the Scoot InnRogue Wave at 10pm at Cedar DoorX at 10pm at the Bat Bar in the Convention CenterWe Versus

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-70142663938143598982008-03-13T15:29:00.000-05:002008-03-13T23:36:53.530-05:00

Jenn and I were going to go to SXSW as our honeymoon. It's short on the romantic and long on the rock, sweat, and the holy cluster fuck, to be sure, but it's generally a grand old time. We went in 2006, caught a free Velvet Teen show at some little outdoor stage at a bar, saw the Saddle Creek/Barsuk Showcase at the Parish, mildly schmoozed at some weird bar-in-a-parking garage, and ran out of

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-61486044727029439272008-03-05T12:59:00.003-06:002008-03-05T13:27:55.172-06:00

For those of you who follow AMERICAN football (ahem, =p=...), an icon retired yesterday. Undoubtedly one of the top-five quarterbacks ever to play the game. This is like if Theirry Henry up and retired, in case you Slamdunkers miss the subtle nuances of the Violent Ballet while you watch your Beautiful Game and your cross-kicks and whatnot.I've always hated the Packers, their weird cheese cult,

furgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14516891351578644498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-68280275490428344782008-03-03T14:20:00.004-06:002008-03-03T14:26:24.859-06:00

It's pretty easy to take pot shots at Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy. He's dating Ashley Simpson for fucks sake.He's gotten this idea that making a mall-punk mogul out of himself, styled after the branching out of empire done by hip hoppers, is a really great idea. It's the idea of striking while the iron is hot, before your fifteen minutes of fame come to a grinding halt.He's got a club in New

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-23698642369094841652008-02-17T21:29:00.004-06:002008-02-17T22:35:19.608-06:00

So, it's been a while. And for that I somewhat apologize. We got hitched and...lots of things spring up when you get married. We kind of missed the boat to post our thoughts on some of the music that came out last year. But there sure the hell isn't anything stopping us from doing it two months after the start of a new year! So, for the few readers we have...sorry. But without much ado, here are

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-17578806979125354972008-02-14T15:27:00.001-06:002008-02-14T15:28:45.559-06:00

Baseball season officially opens up today.Reminder: Your favorite team will probably not win.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-69746881740873129942008-01-25T16:18:00.000-06:002008-01-25T16:37:31.094-06:00

Two of the writers got married and we opted to take a break from sporadic blogging. There was a bit of Stalin reunion with Furge coming up to be one of my groomsmen, so that was nice.It's a New Year and seeing as how we're barely a blog, much less a legitimate blog of some kind of repute, we're either scrapping the "Best of 2007" list or waiting another month to process everything. So it could

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-50797634519885398442007-12-13T01:18:00.000-06:002007-12-13T01:19:14.761-06:00

Ike Turner, RIP.Tina, ain't no one gonna hit you no more.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-9874239947157690952007-11-25T01:48:00.000-06:002007-11-25T02:08:21.321-06:00

There is a groundswell out there to boycott the movie The Golden Compass because the author's intention is to kill God in his novels. The author is an atheist and surely that means the author is trying to raise an army of Catholic hating, God-not-believing monster children.Whatever happened to being able to use reason to discern for yourself whether or not to accept the extolled virtues of a

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-59240243039801944292007-11-22T01:13:00.000-06:002007-11-22T01:15:27.130-06:00

Non-soccer fans tune out:Holy Mother of God, England. Israel practically gift-wrapped a trip to Euro 2008 for you... all you had to do was get a point out of playing Croatia.And holy fuck you lost. 3-2. I bet you miss Sven. Well too bad, you can't have him back.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-39922854164852117312007-11-20T10:34:00.000-06:002007-11-20T10:53:18.886-06:00

1) "Why do I keep thinking I should yell, 'Play Hot One, Brian Slade!"2) "His shoes match Jenn's... and I told Jenn I really like her shoes. What the hell is happening?"3) "There are a lot of people dancing and acting like they're moving light with their hands..."4) "Wow, they killed Prince's 'I Would Die 4 U."5) "What's with all the high school kids?"Post show:6) "Whoa, Kevin Barnes just told

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-76246296296705784242007-11-18T01:53:00.000-06:002007-11-18T01:54:43.771-06:00

We're going back to the days of Factory Records, the Haçienda, Madchester, and ultimately what were terrible fashion decisions.Specifically, New Order. Electronic music has been getting a little more play in the northern parts of Stalin (being drunk, having a friend decide it would be a great idea to play Eiffel 65's Europop, then watching Samwell's magnum opus has something to do with it) and

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-17898201649129718632007-11-17T01:52:00.000-06:002007-11-17T02:05:16.058-06:00

Alright, alright, I know. Barry Bonds was indicted.I've been getting shit from everybody who knows I'm a Giants fan about, "Oooo, your boy got indicted for perjury and bwah bwah bwah" (yes, just like the adults in the Peanuts television cartoons).You know what, he ain't my boy. The loyalty I had in the past was simply because he wore the black and orange. Is he wearing it anymore? No. The

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-67774211226945941652007-11-13T18:14:00.000-06:002007-11-13T18:23:52.212-06:00

I was terribly disappointed by Menomena and almost feel a need to apologize for advertising it.Jenn had a meeting at work and we were a little late to the concert. We (very sadly) missed Jumbling Towers and caught part of Illinois. They weren't bad. I'll admit to not being as up as I should on what bands are doing these days, so I didn't really know a lot about these guys.Menomena came on and

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-97634636447797082007-10-29T13:16:00.000-05:002007-10-29T13:23:19.338-05:00

Hallowindie Tuesday Night @ SLU's Billiken ClubFeaturing one of the better (read: GREAT) local bands, Jumbling Towers and Menomena. Totally 100% FREE.I've seen that it starts at 8p and I've also seen 9p. Who knows, it doesn't really matter because it's sure to be an awesome show and it's totally free and the SLU Billiken Club is better than WashU's Gargoyle Club (personally).

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-61602272977530466402007-10-29T00:21:00.000-05:002007-10-29T00:26:38.727-05:00

If I had to pick a band that's buzzworthy by my own standards...which are obviously completely superior to MTV's Buzzworthy standards, I'd pick Rogue Wave.I saw them at SXSW 2006 and thought that they were alright. But I listen to them now and I really really enjoy it. It makes me a bit melancholy because I didn't fully enjoy them like I do now and because I didn't get to stay for their whole set

Starlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-71408166328647555622007-10-26T19:28:00.000-05:002007-10-26T19:38:14.002-05:00

I've been watching MTV today only because America's Next Top Model is on. While I'm watching I notice these commercials with these oddly familiar looking girls talking about family life and childhood. These commercials don't explain who these women are, though we are supposed to recognize how buzzworthy they are without introductions or anything of the sort. These pseudo-commercials then break

Starlanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-24196414876628503602007-10-17T14:33:00.000-05:002007-10-17T14:36:03.030-05:00

I'm wearing long sleeves today.I'll be wearing shorts tomorrow as it will be 84º outside.Yes, I live in the midwest and they're projecting mid 80s for highs in the middle of October.I'm pointing my finger at you, Captains of Industry.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-30792891398178779262007-10-17T00:27:00.000-05:002007-10-17T01:05:34.558-05:00

I won't deny it; I love television. The problem lies in multiple reasons, such as a) not enough time in the day and b) quality has been replaced by quantity in the television (media) world. I really don't watch a lot of TV, but when people ask me "What's your favorite TV show?", I have an extremely hard time answering. Instead of just picking one show and moving on I think long and hard and

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-6852139523302884392007-10-15T10:00:00.000-05:002007-10-15T11:42:26.369-05:00

America! SlamDunkStalin and I am reunited!...this is news to someone, surely. Or not.Of interest this week is the Blender list of the Top 40 Worst Lyricists in popular music.

furgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14516891351578644498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-66495868764379253762007-10-14T19:02:00.000-05:002007-10-14T21:20:52.616-05:00

Stalin writers try to be cutting edge in terms of new releases in books and music, but sometimes life bogs us down and we get backlogged. Jenn barely has enough time to play sudoku and mess around on Facebook; Furge is doing whatever Furge's do; I refuse to read new releases because I hate getting swept into hype and superficially liking a book.So what am I endorsing by listening to it?Radiohead

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-23208824727601942782007-10-10T20:12:00.000-05:002007-10-14T21:16:47.209-05:00

After almost a year of struggle (against the scrub-time kulaks wit' no game), I hereby announce my tenancy on SlamdunkStalin.

furgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14516891351578644498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-810474674257352092007-10-10T14:35:00.000-05:002007-10-10T14:50:39.402-05:00

I was checking out the awesome Sethy's Road Life blog and noticed a wee bit of silent love coming this way.Aww. If you had an RSS feed, it would so be in my Google Reader.Sorry for the self-congratulation. Our previous semi-mention was when Jenn posted the picture of herself doing her best Amy Winehouse impersonation at Louie's West in Norman and having Christopher the Minister from Sirius Left

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-48437204582271599902007-10-09T22:43:00.000-05:002007-10-10T10:41:55.982-05:00

After moving to St. Louis I wrote about some different places to go to.Well, the Riverfront Times have released their annual "Best Of" and made a mockery of my pithy attempts at... anything.I figured I would go through and drop a few of the places I will be visiting when time and money fully allow and a little on why.Best Liquor Store - Randall's Wine and Spirits. Somebody will need to replace

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-18516703646930779292007-10-05T17:48:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:48:24.346-05:00

I'm a recent convert to hockey. It coincides with starting to date Jenn in 2002 and subsequently attending my first St. Louis Blues game. Not to say I don't have a pedigree for hockey. My mom, her grandma, and so on, all call/ed the hockey hotbed of North Dakota home (no, I'm not being facetious. The University of North Dakota Fightin' Sioux hockey team is one of the best college teams in the

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-9845475173013889672007-10-05T17:38:00.000-05:002007-10-05T17:54:54.224-05:00

I can't wait until the day that my grandchildren look up at me from where they've gathered at the foot of my rocking chair and eagerly ask where I was during the Fundy Cock Craze of 2007.There are four different links there.Here's a list of some of the kiddy fiddlers, if you care. Source is questionable at best.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-20423567316266947312007-10-01T20:19:00.001-05:002007-10-01T21:24:24.068-05:00

Sadly, though not a lesbian, I've had babes on the the brain a lot lately. Not just any kind of babes, though. In my mind, the best babes are women who rock and rock hard. My favorite band used to be Rilo Kiley, who was fronted by (easily) one of the best broads in the game (at least in my mind, but I'm also not stupid/ignorant). While Jenny Lewis still (kind of) rocks pretty hard and is a

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-52210066873455530222007-09-30T18:03:00.000-05:002007-10-01T11:55:10.110-05:00

I was looking around on Andrew Sullivan and noticed guilty pleasures were brought up. Professor Stephen Bainbridge discusses his own guilty pleasures and laughs at the milquetoast answers provided by his peers in academia.I thought it would be fun to ape the professor's top ten list. Naturally, this prepares me for academia: Quantum Leap. It was sort of like a more sci-fi Touched By An Angel.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-76839266793903476992007-09-27T23:41:00.000-05:002007-09-27T23:56:20.902-05:00

I think somebody out there has to be wondering why I have "Sussudio" by Phil Collins on my computer.No, it's not a random track I downloaded for kitsch to be cutely ironic. I genuinely enjoy the musical stylings of Phil Collins. The truth is much more disgusting than the fiction, isn't it?I received a $20 giftcard from Circuit City because of a Discover Card reward this last spring. I needed a

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-24711099133826357172007-09-23T21:11:00.000-05:002007-09-23T21:29:55.287-05:00

Jenn and I were at our friend Chris's house playing Guitar Hero II. Neither of us are very good, despite both having musical training and figuring "playing this can't be much harder than playing bass".I jokingly mentioned that Guitar Hero or Rock Band needs to have more Rush. Jenn then mentioned "Tom Sawyer". (Aside: I wasn't raised in the most musical of households; my mom's preferences was

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-66648052470537002072007-09-07T23:23:00.000-05:002007-09-09T23:33:37.584-05:00

Alright. Things are getting back to some semblance of normalcy. Comments are finally, finally, fixed. Layout is more to our liking.Let us know what you think.

=p=http://www.blogger.com/profile/14461758761372874992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-77612750757883509852007-09-04T23:02:00.000-05:002007-09-04T23:55:00.730-05:00

I'd like to take this time out to delve into Rilo Kiley's newest release, Under the Blacklight. I know that it's been a few weeks since it was released and it's also been a while since SS was updated regularly and I can assure you that it will be updated more regularly. Anyway, Rilo Kiley is easily my favorite band and has been for about 5 years. Before that it was kind of up in the air, leaning

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-18704198604361535732007-08-29T00:42:00.000-05:002007-08-29T00:43:19.379-05:00

I recently moved from the Oklahoma City area to the St. Louis metropolitan area. It's a pretty big move to make. I lived in Oklahoma since I was 10 and as much as I complained about the people, the weather, everything, it's still difficult for me to get used to calling somewhere else home.So I thought up a neat idea would be a type of "the new resident's guide to St. Louis". My friends in

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I'm not good at it and when I'm disappointed, it's obvious. I strive to remove myself as much as possible from the review but I fail often.So let's just say the new Rilo Kiley album style hops a lot, and I don't like style hopping. But kudos to the AV Club for presenting a polished turd as a diamond with it's glowing "A" review that both cheapened their previous album and made me throw up in my

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How the hell do you go from being a pro skater, to being in scores of Kevin Smith films, to being Earl in My Name is Earl, to then voicing Underdog in Underdog and being Dave Seville in the upcoming Alvin and the Chipmunks movie?You're dead to me, Scientologist.

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Went to the Peter Bjorn & John show here in St. Louis the other night. It was honestly, even without the drinks, quite a good performance. I decided to take it upon myself that the people around me would become the "Bjorn cheering section". Why? Because he was cool and he's also a bassist, like myself. At one point Bjorn came over to our side of the stage and asked "Was that good for you? Yah?

Starlanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830661453501210916.post-29136353219282312972007-08-07T17:26:00.000-05:002007-08-07T17:54:47.633-05:00

I'm a big fan of the band Shudder to Think and have long desired to hear the long out of print first LP, Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses. It first came out on Sammich Records in 1989 and I'd heard it was a really remarkable album, showcasing the band's powerful and unique blend of punk, glam, and melody.Apparently, Dischord had rereleased Curses on CD for the first time and I didn't know about it

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It's been almost two days since the trade deadline passed in Major League Baseball. Other teams did things but I don't care about them. Whenever he gets the time, I'm sure Furge will write some melange about the Dodgers and Motown... until then, you will all have to deal with me coming to grips with supporting the San Francisco Giants.The Giants move, at first, frightened me. We traded Matt

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1) Michael Essien does a hard tackle on Landon Donovan and incapacitates him.2) If Essien does the tackle in the penalty area, and Landy goes to take a penalty kick, I hope to hear Joe Cole yell out "kick the fookin' ball ya bleedin' poofter!" during the obnoxious pre-penalty routine Landy has going.3) Posh Spice's tits explode.Ultimately, I'd like to hear a discussion between Landon's wife and

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