Bored at work?
+ Planet Krulik has all of Jeff Krulik's documentaries online and ready to stream, including the legendary Heavy Metal Parking Lot.
+ Love 'em or hate 'em, Pitchfork posts their top 50 albums of 2004. Good luck getting to the site. I haven't been able to load it all morning.
+ If you haven't yet witnessed the ridiculous genius and copyright-infringing wonder of the GI Joe PSA's from FenslerFilm, you're totally missing out.
+ Heavy.com has those PSA's too, as well as Stella videos, Cartoons Gone Bad, and a bunch more goofy shit.
How are you wasting yr time on the clock? Share it with me!
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I feel pretty out of touch. I read Pitchfork Media once a week or so and download songs based on their album reviews. Yet half of their "40 best" list I wasn't even familiar with, although I did download some Arcade Fire, their #1 pick. I'm hoping it'll catch me the second or third listen, kind of the way Midnight Movies has. They're a band you might like.
I have about 15 of their top 50 albums (only two of the top 10) and have heard of maybe 75% of their picks. On the other hand, a third or more of my personal top 10 didn't even make it into their reviews, let alone their top 50.
With all the records released these days and things like the Internet and filesharing at our disposal, there's only so much ground you can cover. I wouldn't feel bad about not knowing all those records (I don't); for one, they like a fair amount of crap (mainstream R&B??) and two, they cover a very wide variety of stuff. Plus, you have to remember that we are regular people—not music critics. Labels send places like Pitchfork a shitload of free promos.
I have that Arcade Fire record. I like it, but it didn't make my top 10. If you haven't heard the whole thing, try to track down the album closer “In the Backseat.” It's my favorite track, I think.
Midnight Movies, eh? I'll check 'em out.
Yeah, I recently discovered Midnight Movies too. I like it... it was mellower than I imagined it would be (I don't know why but I was expecting something altogether different when I got it), but good. Good writing music!
I'm wasting my time by doing lots of nothing till Jan 3 :)
Huggs -n- kisses
-Rob
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