Saturday, 20 August 2011

Jeff Tweedy on 'Nevermind'

When Nevermind came out, somebody gave us a cassette and we thought it sounded so slick -- like a Whitney Houston record. I think Kurt Cobain was a  really great pop songwriter. But you have to understand, Uncle Tupelo [my band at the time] hated everything that wasn’t a field recording from Appalachia, anything that wasn’t raw and amateur-sounding. I liked a lot of the music that influenced Nevermind: the Replacements, punk rock from the ’80s. Whenever I hear it now, I think it sounds great. But it really was produced compared to other records at the time. For a band that had an image of being super punk rock and dangerous, from our perspective, it was like, “That’s the opposite!”
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Christian Marclay on 'Night Music' (October 29, 1989)

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Cameron really is our most clueless Prime Minister since Major. “It is time for our country to take stock.”

The Secret Language Code

Crazy: 90 Percent of People Don't Know How to Use CTRL+F

Active metabolites of JWH-018 may contribute to effects of K2/Spice, etc.

Friday, 19 August 2011

What's Dan Ariely's trick for beating procrastination?

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Think I will watch this tomorrow! *ahem*

What about yr boss Bill?

♪♫ The Boys Next Door - These Boots Are Made For Walking

The Boys Next Door's promo-video for the single 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' (March, 1978)
Quote from Chris Löfvén:
"What a Blast to see that after all this time! A good copy too. I do recall that the set was The Boys' idea and they made the hearts themselves. Do I get a credit as director, cameraman & editor?
Cheers, Chris."
Video produced by: Chris Löfvén
Cameraman: Chris Löfvén
Director: Chris Löfvén
Editor: Chris Löfvén
Nick Cave - Vocals
Mick Harvey - Guitar
Tracy Pew - Bass
Phill Calvert - Drums
Later Member:
Rowland S. Howard -- Guitar
(Thanx Stan!)