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Holiday Road // The Walkmen
I’ve watched “National Lampoon’s Vacation” easily over 50 times in my life (youngish Beverly D’Angelo FTW), and until now, I never realized Lindsey Buckingham sang the original version of this song.
(via metropotamia)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28) →
Kanye West (11)
ESPN Radio (3)
Robyn (2)
Yeasayer (2)
The Arcade Fire (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Black Keys Interview
twistedand-deranged:
Interviewer: So uh, you guys have a big blues background, so does coming to Chicago make you feel anything? Dan Auerbach: Hot Dogs.
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Fuckyeahfebruary
I’m digging on the fact that my February weekends are already booked with awesomeness between my birthday, Robyn Road Trip 2011, and (possibly) shooting KYMM at the Dismemberment Plan reunion show.
megsokay said: I will make a mental note of this and try to convince luckypaperstars that she and I should listen to Girl Talk during our great 4LOKO experiment. However, I think we’ve earmarked seeing Burlesque instead.
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DON’T DO IT, MEG!
Oh, man, I hurt so bad.
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Hype Tumblr: What it's like to be in OK GO →
crumbler:
Being in OK Go these days is basically a big pile of sad.
To stay afloat, the band has recently: led a street parade through Los Angeles sponsored by RangeFlip and Flip; created a segment for the Today Show in which the anchors are placed into booths and showered with ping-pong…
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Get a Hot Doug's tattoo and you can eat there for... →
fuckkyeahchicago:
“Here’s the deal. It’s the logo on our website. I have to be able to recognize it. You can put it anywhere on the body you want. I might not ask to see it anytime, but if I do ask, I have to be able to see it. You get to eat here for free the rest of your life.” -Doug Sohn
On the flipside, the rest of your life is the typical afternoon wait for a hot dog.
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A little shoutout to ...
… my pal and colleague, Hard Corey. His band Kid, You’ll Move Mountains will be opening for The Dismemberment Plan at their February reunion show at The Metro in Chicago.
Update: J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound are also on the bill. Yes, that J.C. Brooks.
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Why am I even bothering with a shower?
1. There’s a torrential downpour outside.
2. I’m going to see effing Grinderman.
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Robyn is coming back to Chicago ...
… but she’s playing the Riv (2/11).
Worst. Venue. Ever.
(Okay, second worst next to Congress.)
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Work, work, work.
“Moles and trolls, moles and trolls, work, work, work, work, work. We never see the light of day. We plan this thing for weeks and all they want to do is study. I’m disgusted. I’m sorry but it’s not like me, I’m depressed. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later....
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