early warnings

from Buzzbands.LA by kevin



love this video and song


buy their album

wish i had a dog sled team

wish i had a dog sled team i'd run em down rt. 542 and camp one night in batsto

and now for something completely unrelated:

wampire veekend

first heard about this band
vampire weekend
from this girl:

via [girls of philly]


was like "yeah sure" at her recommendation


heard this song and was "like whoa":



not sure yet whether i like anything else by them tho...

my thoughts on 'jersey shore'

just read this article about the show jersey shore at [gawker]



for the record:

• i am from the jersey shore
• i enjoy watching the show
• seaside heights is commonly refered to as "sleazeside"
• sleazeside is the guido capital of jersey shore towns

what i don't understand is this:

fearing that a tv show will "tarnish ur image" will "tarnish ur image"!

i feel like the show will help the jersey shores economy by increasing tourism to nj because ppl will want to...


"see guidos in their natural habitat"


in an Washington Post article titled "At Jersey shore, thumbs down for 'Jersey Shore'" by Geoff Mulvihill, he writes:

"Some people are like, 'Oh, my God, look how dumb this makes New Jersey look,'" he said. "But it's not even a show about New Jersey. It's about people who come down to the Jersey shore."

jersey locals don't just hate guidos,
we hate everyone on vacation...

for these people, vacation=fuckin lala land

not sure if this video represents the pre-guido era or is it the origin of guido culture? 

kinda feel bad to see italians targeted but... 

there is truth behind every stereotype

as I was writing this i realized:
the average viewer of 'jersey shore' probably has the same level of iq as the jersey shore cast

therefore, i can now understand a little more about where this whole "new jersey's image backlash" comes from


however...

after the "backlash" by italian/guido/wop organizations:

• mtv 'blacked out' the 'snooki punch'
• mtv no longer refers to them as "guidos"

i agree with both those decisions...however...

1. the snooki punch has already gone viral
2. the cast refer to themselves as guidos

do u <3 the show jersey shore?
do u h8 the show jersey shore?
are you from the jersey shore?
are you from staten island? 
are you a local?
are you a guido?
does anyone watch mtv anymore?






previous nrm jersey shore coverage: [here]

the known universe

mind blown...




via [popsci]

cannon beach

found this nice little video 
by sara lafleur

chill song

chill video

i like it...

i could be the sunlight

currently loving:

tune-yards




things i like:
-belting it out
-looped vocals
-lo-fi drums





lyrics i like:


i could be the sunlight 
in your eyes couldn't i?
squinting at the sun up in the sky 
couldn't i? couldn't i?
from"sunlight" on bird-brains lp


when will my heart swim in your blood?
from "when you tell the lions" on bird-brains lp


no hoo wahoo whahey hey ya heyhee eh yao
from "hatari" on bird-brains lp


her story:



get:


bird droppings ep    
@[amazon]


bird-brains lp          
@[amazon]


best new artist of 2009? perhaps

terrorism via mass media

does fox news= journalism?


"if my kid were in Detroit, i'd try to burn the place down!" 
-shepard smith



is this an example of when "inner feelings" come out by mistake?

or did he just say something he didn't mean to say?

shepard smith is a terrorist! 
his viewers are his victims

blizzy of '09

epic?


snowstorm


will it break
the century old record?

a yellow house

wonder if this is why grizzy bear named their album yellow house...


sweet video:






colorado is my favorite song on yellow house...






buy a yellow house at [amazon]

blog 2 tv show

since i dont have cable...
was watching tosh.0
at my friend's house...

Tosh.0
Asian Kid Tazes Himself
www.comedycentral.com
Web Redemption 2 Girls, 1 Cup Reaction Demi Moore Picture

tosh just took the idea of a blog 
and turned it into a tv show


like any good blogger,
tosh encourages u to send him
"original content or favorite links"
put simply "$$$blogger$$gold$$$"





can u make $$$ quoting urbandictionary.com?


do internet comments=$$$?


blog featured on tosh.0=$$$?


if you would like to send some


$$$blogger$$gold$$$ 


to NRM:
please leave a comment 
get in touch

everyone is at least 18 yrs old on the internet

via [tom english]

went on the miller lite website and was like...

wtf?

need to enter a birthdate to get into the site?

entered the date 66/66/6666 and was redirected here...


the cool spot.gov

if theres one thing kids these days hate, 

it's websites with sounds that automatically play  

after all this happened i forgot why i wanted to go to the miller lite web site...






but then i remembered
and posted the 1 second ad

at the top of this post

it's okay

It's Okay





maybe when i die, i'll get to be a car 
driving in the night, lighting up the dark


things i like:
vocals like the cranberries
fleetwood mac vibe


watched the vid in hd: 
(mind blown)






get 'it's okay' for 99cents @
[amazon]

q and not who?

 idk why but this song and what looks like a painting of cows strangely fit together well.

oh three seemed like a good year for this bands live show:

viva tearing it up on drums with a maraca!

best of: youtube comments


"this bands good, fuck everyone. hipsters ripped this off"  

-enlightenednihilist(7 months ago)

obviously a hipster if you: 

1.feel like hipsters ripped you off 
2.say "fuck everyone", a popular hipster catchphrase


"My sister bought me one of their T-shirts over a year ago. I have been wearing it, but never heard any of their music. i wanted to make sure i wasnt wearing a shirt for a band that sucked, and i am plesantly surprised. :) They are pretty good." 

-xxkillerkissesxx11(8 months ago)

this tween wanted to re-affirm her brand and was pleasantly surprised. her sister sounds hot, alternative, in her 20s, and like i would date/fuck her.


"probably the greatest fuckin' band ever to exist" 

-goldmember1217(7 months ago)

their newer stuff:

anyways, 

meet me in the pocket

the drumming and percussion on different damage is carefully executed...

the snare drum really shines in its subtleties on the song soft pyramids...

the banger, the clicker, and the clapper are the only thing keeping this band going during the percussion breaks...

liek so minimal

the singer sometimes doesn't make-sense (to most people)/sound-good on some parts of these records

except for and not limited to the lyrics:

   soften the tones... 

...and i'll always make time

/////////////////

different damage was the first album i liked by them,

upon hearing their later albums i still believe diff damage is the best


wikipedia has labeled this band:
post-hardcore
dance-punk

in 2000 they released: 
no kill no beep beep


get it:

[amazon]

in 2002 they released: 
different damage


get different damage on vinyl...

according to this page,
its discontinued with 5 left.


-nrm staff

dee dee deet dee

New Years Eve Eve
December 30, 2006
Trip to NYC 


I brought this digital recorder with me perhaps to capture an "audio souvenir" 


we went to a music store and drank beer in a pizza shop.

save the whales...

recorded a bunch of random shit...

but,

the subway recording is by far the most interesting...

a subway & a soulful blind man by nothingreallymattress

Listen to the whole thing at once and follow this guide:

0:45, city streets, a truck goes by...

1:15, "that's gonna make my day... that's gonna make my day."


1:38, subways rollin in...

2:20ish-3:45, just another subway ride...

3:50, as if he was cued by the subway's "ding-dong" sound, a blind man began to tap his cane and sing...

4:20, stops tapping, goes acappella...

4:47, "if you don't mind, may i touch it girl one more time?"


5:46, "dee dee deet dee"


5:55, "always and forever, each moment with you"

7:51, walking out there is an mc hosting a breakdance contest or somthing?


9:25, fire exit alarms


10:15, back above ground


now that's entertainment


i wanna go back and make another recording.

it might be hard to top this:

theres nothing wrong with me taking money from you


i take food stamps
i take child support money
i take laundry money
i take cell phone minutes
i even take weed if you got it

mogwai vs. tao lin vs. michael silverblatt

tao lin

three letters in the first name
three letters in the last name



Mogwai - Friend of the Night (live)

giorgio | MySpace Video



download: mogwai - friend of the night (live) (michael silverblatt vs. tao lin remix)
download: mogwai - helicon 2 (live) (rise of tao lin remix)

killing of the mammoth

Read "The Killing of the Mammoth" by Henry Tukeman

click here^^^ to "take it off the shelf and dust it off"

The truth vs.The hoax

The Media and Hoaxes
Pranksters and professional frauds have always and will continue to trick mass media into reporting false facts and outlandish stories. Whether in jest, or with intent to cause serious confusion,
hoaxes promote untruths.

This blog post will examine media coverage of three hoaxes throughout American history. The Great Mammoth Hoax of 1899, Alan Abel’s 1959 appearance on the Today Show, and most recently, the 2009 “balloon boy” hoax.

Deliberate deception of the media is an issue that continues to resurface throughout time and this article will attempt to examine how it has changed over time. I will also discuss some of the motives behind hoaxes and speculate on some of the valuable lessons that can be learned from the process of uncovering the truth.

Shit they believed in 1899
An article titled “The Killing of the Mammoth” by Henry Tukeman published in the October 1899 issue of McClure’s Magazine tells the story of a man named Henry Tukeman’s journey to Alaska and describes the killing of a known to be extinct wooly mammoth. Although the story was entirely made up, many people believed it to be true. Perhaps Tukeman’s realistic sounding descriptions of the scene made it sound real. Tukeman writes about the fictional beast:

“He is throwing water over himself with his long nose, an' his two teeth stand out before his head for ten gun-lengths, turned up, an' shining like a swan's wing in the sunlight. His hair is black an' long, an' hangs down his sides like driftweed from the tree branches after the floods, an' this cabin beside him would be as a two-weeks bear cub beside its mother”


Does that sound convincing?

The following video contains exclusive footage captured in late 2009 of an
actual live wooly mammoth found in the wild...


 (i told u mammathz exist)


To some, Youtube videos are very convincing.

To others, Tukeman’s magazine article was so convincing that they believed he had seen the beast in the flesh with his own eyes. In any hoax, associations with well known institutions, government agencies, or any other trusted sources can make the hoax seem more believable. For example, in the beginning of the article he claims that the remains of the mammoth now reside in the Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C. Other examples from the article lead the reader to believe that the events described had actually happened:

“We run through the reeds to the willows, an' to the timber. But once I turn, an' I can see plainly a streak of red blood on the long nose of [the mammoth], as he throws it in the air an' fills the valley with his cry. The smoke of the gun has blown across the little lake between us, an' he turns to it, an' stops, an' whistles like a steamboat when the white steam is escaping.”

Although the story was labeled fiction in the table of contents, McClure’s Magazine and the Smithsonian received many letters from people who were outraged that a mammoth had been shot. It seems silly in today’s world that people would believe this story solely based on this one piece of writing. However, in this time period, magazines articles were once one of the most influential forms of media.

The internet is now the most influential form of media

How do you feel after watching this video?



How do you feel about this man?

Jim Rogers
East Coast Spokesman for C.A.B. (Citizens Against Breastfeeding)

wait...

monica lewinsky wuz breastfed till she wuz 4 yrs old?

Outraged? Shocked? Disgusted?

Perhaps one of the most well known American pranksters, Alan Abel appeared on the May 27, 1959 episode of NBC’s The Today Show as the vice president of The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals or SINA. The group’s mission is to clothe naked animals including “pets, barnyard animals, and large wildlife” Abel writes in his initial report on the group:

“There are now over 25,000 honorary members of S.I.N.A. who have taken the pledge to clothe all animals, including those of neighbors and any strays prowling backyards. These determined moralists carry emergency animal clothing in their cars, can spot a naked animal at fifty feet, and then clothe him in twelve seconds flat!”

SINA’s slogans are “Decency today means morality tomorrow” and “A nude horse is a rude horse”. President and founder of SINA, G. Clifford Prout was played by CBS employee, actor Buck Henry. While on the show, Prout provided a mailing address for which supporters could send letters of support and received an overwhelming response.

According to internet website “The Museum of Hoaxes”, “one woman in Santa Barbara reportedly tried to donate $40,000 to the cause. Abel politely turned down the money, insisting that the bylaws of SINA forbade him from taking any money from strangers.” In his journal, Abel writes about the SINA hoax:

“A hoax, yes, but I did not initially create it as such. What I perpetrated was a living social satire, an allegory cloaked with the absurd purpose of putting panties on pets, half slips on cows and Bermuda shorts on horses. Thus, while S.I.N.A. succeeded in becoming an often discussed subject around the house and in the office, its true intention failed because hardly anyone, to my knowledge, recognized it as satire. Almost everyone thought that S.I.N.A. was seriously concerned with the horrendous task of covering up animals.”




The SINA hoax came crashing down on August 21, 1962 when Prout appeared on CBS News with Walter Cronkite. During the show CBS employees identified Prout as a CBS employee, blowing his cover as the president of the controversial advocacy group. SINA supporters, opponents, and anyone else who believed it was actually a legitimate organization had been mislead through two forms of media. First, television programs, and more specifically television interviews, were a very influential form of media at the time. Finally, for several years after the hoax was exposed, Abel continued to mail SINA newsletters to loyal supporters.

The Balloon & The Boy
On October 15, 2009, amateur scientist Richard Heene reported to authorities that he believed his six-year-old son Falcon was inside a homemade weather balloon after it was mistakenly released from his back yard. Television news networks collectively shit their pants during the live broadcast of the balloon’s flight and anti-climactic landing. The possibility of a little boy flying around in a balloon tapped into a deep part of all of our imaginations. During this time of uncertainty, it was possible to believe that either 1) an innocent child has been put in danger or 2) a childhood dream was coming true. The fiasco caused planes to be re-routed and briefly shut down the Denver International Airport.



that wuz so believeable

I watched the heavily identified flying object on live television as it landed. First responders immediatley stabbed and tethered the balloon; they crack open the alleged cockpit and the boy is nowhere to be found...only to find him later hiding in the garage.

wtf?
It would be the interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s Larry King Live that exposed it all as an attempt to gain media attention for a planned reality show. When asked why he chose to remain in hiding, Falcon’s  response shone through his father lies as his innocent voice brought the truth to light:



“You guys said that, um, we did this for the show.”

Everyone chasing the unmanned (unboyed, if you will) balloon could have been saving an actual life instead of chasing some crazy guy’s inflated tarps held together with duct tape. The story of a boy in a balloon is newsworthy but to add to the speculation of a hoax is no more newsworthy than adding speculation to philosophical argument without fully grasping the content.

A major difference between the “balloon boy” hoax of 2009 and the great mammoth hoax of 1899 is that today’s media has greatly shortened the lifespan of hoaxes. The people that read McClure’s Magazine in 1899 who believed a mammoth had been shot were misinformed for much longer than the people watching “balloon boy” on TV who believed he was in the aircraft.

Unlike the SINA hoax or the mammoth hoax, “balloon boy” was done solely to gather attention for Richard Heene’s planned reality show. Henry Tukeman and Alan Abel were not innocent but almost necessary pranksters. Their misrepresentations of the truth were either solely in jest or clever satire that pointed out problems in our society.

Richard Heene knew he could gain attention from the media by taking advantage of 24 hour news networks live television coverage. His hoax was disgraceful because it had very little positive impact on society.

However, the “balloon boy” hoax can offer us valuable info about how hoaxes will be carried out in the future. As media evolves over time there will always be clever devils making up hoaxes that will suceed in misinformg the public. They are the enemy to any credible journalist.

Luckily there will always be seekers of the truth to set the record straight.

Sources:

Abel, Alan. “Society for Indecency to Naked Animals”. Chapter 3 Abel Raises Cain

Besse, Nancy L. "The Great Mammoth Hoax". Alaska Journal 1980 10(4): 10-16.

Tukeman, Henry. “The Killing of the Mammoth”. McClure’s Magazine October 1899

museum of hoaxes

linx

avclub article about crazy band names

jersey shore <3




classic example of being that guy

snake vs. woodpecker

reading classified in the village voice

looking at classifieds in the village voice...


stumbled upon this...

(hate websites that ruins word associations) via stumbleupon

first off,

aren't guidos from long island?

will the music facilitate fist pumping?

 what does a "professional attired disc jockey" look like?

guess he wears a bow-tie?

do you want a wireless mic for you wedding speech?

why not just include the light show in the price?

want to make your own playlist for your wedding?

want the power to create
or destroy memorable moments
with the songs you choose to play?


ever feel the urge to have a thumb on the ipod?

how well can you judge (by sight) people's musical taste?
 
not sure if id feel comfortable
deejayjing (the holy chinese musical city)
someone elses wedding.

live bands are the way to go

love you like i love you then i'll die

the Music of 2009

was reading slate

 so i read this and...

(great writing by the way,
but not my brand of music)

strange how she addresses the music club

hmm wonder what that is?


she begins,


"My fondness for Brad Paisley will not be news to readers of past Slate Music Clubs"

saw the lady gaga pic and thought to myself "this is cool"
scrolled down...

number 1 album? ????????Brad Paisley
number 1 song???????Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"

thats it? really? wow
(loved BBP too)
artists I can give you credit for:
ghostface killah
blk id peas
da ex ex (the xx)






hope for this club may not exist

have doubts about its relevance


 but now i know i was wrong...

might have to start my list:


top 11 bloggable songs of 2009 in random order:

when i'm with you, best coast
norway, beach house
hearbeats, wierd tapes rmx
walkabout (w/ panda bear), atlas sound
pull my heart away, jaimie xx rmx
bird, pattern is movement
the rake's song, the decemberists
sunlight, tune-yards
what would i want shy, animal collective
episode II, the twelves
bicycle, memory tapes



future post: top 10 album list


<3 sea otters

plummers linx 2 leaks

let the leaks of 2010 begin!

out of the gate we have yeasayer

an exploration of the cliche term "rising from the ashes"

image

featuring examples from myspace band bios, album reviews, and popular blogs.

an excerpt from Indiana based indie band Native's myspace:

"In all honesty and avoiding lengthy metaphorical comparisons (well, not completely), [the current dudes in Native] arose from the ashes of their previously burned attempts, swept off the ashes and decided continue onward."

guess "arising from ashes" is like going to the beach,
you gotta sweep that shit off before you get in the van.

arise from ashes, take shower, continue onward:

an excerpt from Londan based cliche-core band Capitals's myspace:

"Formed from the ashes of Norwich heroes [band] Days Ago come Capitals; muscular, punishing and musically insane." -NME


 an excerpt from Lord Choronzon's review of Destroyer 666's album Defiance:

"Thank fuck that Destroyer 666 have arisen from the ashes of immigration and given us, the unsuspecting Australian and international metal community, this album in all it's majestic evil and brutality." -Encyclopaedia Metallum

phoenixes are definitely one of the most metal birds to ever not exist

consider this bold statement: how can a phoenix cry if it's always on fire?

an excerpt from some shady cached megadeth wikipedia site lacking a source:


"As Dave Mustaine said, "Megadeth is slowly rising from the ashes."

an excerpt from Jordan Richardson's review of Pretty. Odd. by Panic at the Disco:

"And that’s just it. This emo band or former emo band could have quite easily played the MCR card and gone all Black Parade on our asses. The idea that they didn’t is instantly flattering and it helps that their attention to crafting beautiful melodies seems to have risen from the ashes of pretentiousness." -Blogcritic Music (alleged "sinister cabal of superior writers")

a list of kinds of ashes covered in this article:

1. ashes of Norwich heroes Days Ago
(good thing Capitals isn't a metal band or i might have taken this literally)
2. ashes of immigration (wtf?)
3.ashes of pretentiousness (mind blown)

is it a good idea for bands to align their brand with the phoenix?


are writers of band bios trying to mystify the musicians with this phrase?


how does one capture the essence of something in a piece of writing?


what other cliche terms are used to describe bands?

will music writers one day rise from the ashes of cliche descriptions?

da ex ex

da ex ex

they are from the uk. they make my ears happy.

my eyes, not so much

wish i had 3 or 4 old overhead projectors to play around with

hope the drum set doesn't lose its relevance in popular music
<3 real drummers

started a mobile blog. get it

Nothing Really Mattress Presents: The Melon & The Melody by Dana Walker

The Melon & The Melody
by Dana Walker

just thought of this title.

should it be:
a short story?
a novel?
a poem?
a series of novels?

already is:
a blog post
an idea


i'm writing it on post it notes

and hiding them so i wont forget it,

metaphorically speaking.

x

would like to go to a post-it party where no one talks;

they just write what they wanna say and post-it on themselves.

x

x

Not sure that this post
is The Melon & The Melody
Can't deny that it isn't.

x

x

efnr & nrm <3

x

-dana walker




x

ps. hate you blogger
ERROR
These characters are not allowed in a post label: &.

x

miss you hopesfall

miss you Krome

a selection from songmeanings.net:

"blackbird was the first song i ever learned how to play on the guitar, and it continues to be the only one i can play consistantly well. the first person that i ever fell in love with taught me how to play it...

when i think about this song, i usually envision an actual blackbird kind of nestled into a tree. the sky is a very deep dark blue, and dark gray clouds are kind of passing overhead, bright white stars peeking through sporatically. the bird starts singing, even though its kind of stuck in its tree. it's singing anyway, because it's stronger than its broken body, stronger than its physical self. the blackbird is trying to get up enough courage to leave the tree and fly into the night, the uncertainty. perhaps the blackbird has spent many other nights like this, but never has it felt so strong.

tonight will be its night."

posted here
by fatcatfreak
03-06-2003

this is talent. <3 girls that play keytar

“Kraftwerk were a huge influence on the early hip-hop scene, and they basically invented electro, which has had a huge influence on contemporary R&B and pop,”

-Moby says in NY Times Article

What else does Moby know?
At night when eveyone is sleeping mmobys gear comes to life like the toy story of analog synths and drum machines.
Is being a vegetarian smarter than eating meat?


On a side note, is Merriedfeather Pajillion the best album of '09?

if Santa was Asian he'd bring me a KORG Wavedrum this x-mas.

stupid stuff

are these hamsters the new Budweiser frogs?
can't wait till the superbowl for the commercials??




this is one of those viral web videos that cannot be unseen



weird

downloading abroad

what are people like in other countries?
what do they write in comments on blogs?
is musical taste influenced by where yall from?
are you searching for people like you on the internet?
are you searching for your new favorite band on the internet?
do you have a facebook/myspace/xanga?
do you like to communicate with others unlike yourself?
want to chill with other cultures or kill terrorists?
if you teleported to another country would you survive?

The people in this video make me happy and want to be friends with them.



people in other countries aren't so scary after all

Lithuania seems like a chill place.

especially those 2 cute chicks rocking out at 52 seconds in.
(wish I was at that show)

IJO is a Lithuanian electronic musician named Audrius Vaitiekunas.
his myspace

download his album: Selektida from http://www.sutemos.net/en/player

the album art included in the download is the icing on the cake.

do you feel like you can relate to the people in the video?
if you are different can you relate to difference?
what is the role of language in communication?
what is the role of music in communication and vice versa?

sutemos.net\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
my new favorite website

love this video and band.



boards of canada - a few old tunes.zip

downloading music is fun

turns out moby ripped some shit off of this german guy kraftwerk. u learn something new everyday.

found some good stuff in this music archive thing.
it go's offline x-mas, so get it fast:

sound+ archive

"songwriting is a service best done for oneself. The less you think about what people will think, the better. even having no clue whether you even like it sometimes can work."