January 2012
115 posts
Lana Del Rey bores me. But she doesn’t seem to bore a lot of people. And the people who initially launched her in front of all those people that like her have long since turned on her. And now that those people are reviewing her (sophomore) album they are gleefully dismissing her. And, predictably, these are all pieces to to me are even more boring than Del Rey’s music.
So what would...
“Back when people still had to pay for music, money served to limit and define...”
– 5.4: Pitchfork, 1995–present by Richard Beck
Yup.
“9. If all else fails, I drink half a bottle of rum and play a Handel oratorio on...”
– I Am A Lousy Copywriter by David Ogilvy
Read the whole thing. It has great, great advice.
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exsect:
do goth people exist in the united states anymore
Yes. Chicago’s still got a few. But they only come out at night.
“So from April to September 1985 Bowie spent long weeks in Elstree Studios making...”
– Chilly Down: Pushing Ahead of the Dame
I love the idea of Bowie being distracted by the puppeteers. There’s something incredibly precious about that.
Also, if you are a Bowie fan and not reading Pushing Ahead Of The Dame you need to rectify that mistake IMMEDIATELY.
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