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THE NEW LUDACRIS IS UNSURPRISINGLY SPECTACULARPosted by Sam on 03.04.10 | 0 comments

Carter and I have been, um, thoroughly enjoying the new Ludacris album, Battle Of The Sexes, largely because of this song.

Do you think this is a metaphorical place, or does Ludacris actually have a dedicated "sex room" in his house? Would'nt that just be his bedroom? Why must they be different? All we learn is that this room has candles, an iPod dock, a blindfold, a bed, and towels. That sounds like a glorified brothel (glorified because it has an iPod dock).

SO MANY QUESTIONS.

Also, if you're looking for another reason  continue reading

I SURVIVED THE MARRIAGE REFPosted by Sam on 03.01.10 | 0 comments

So, Conan's gone. This much we know. But, his current lack of a television show has not stopped the Great Red One from mining for gold in that enormo-dome of his, as evidenced by his newly begun Twitter feed, which, five tweets in, already pwns pretty much everything else on the Internet. Example: "Today I connected all the freckles on my arm with a Sharpie. It spells out RIKSHAZ9LIRK. Clearly I am The Chosen One." I think he's going to be okay. Maybe someone got him a cannabis club membership or something.

Which brings us to tonight.  continue reading

DOVECOTE RELEASES CAST SPELLS - BRIGHT WORKS AND BATON EP ON VINYLPosted by Kosuke on 02.23.10 | 0 comments

Hey all!

We are so stoked to announce that on May 4th, Dovecote will be releasing the debut EP from Cast Spells - Bright Works and Baton - on a limited run of beautiful clear vinyl!

For those of you who don't know, Cast Spells is David Davison, frontman of Maps & Atlases, and this will be the first time the EP is available on wax!  It has been re-sequenced to include an extra track called "All Brass" which appeared on a split 7" with Good Old War.  

Bright Works and Baton is available digitally and on CD via Cast Spells' record  continue reading

PRIMAL SCREAM'S XTRMNTR IS MY FAVORITE RECORD AT THIS MOMENT IN TIMEPosted by Sam on 02.23.10 | 0 comments

How can you not love an album that begins with a song called "Kill All Hippies"? Like, I used to have long hair and went to Bonnaroo that one time, but such a vitriolic banner phrase cannot go unadmired. And the funny thing is, Primal Scream were kind of hippies. They called their best album Screamadelica, an album that was, essentially, a super trippy record. But, they were (are?) also reckless drug addicts, and reckless drug addicts are self-loathing and self-contradictory and somewhat entertaining and can also be total geniuses.  continue reading

WTF: CONE-SHAPED PIZZA EXISTSPosted by Sam on 02.22.10 | 1 comments

If you didn't hear, cone-shaped pizza has now landed in New York. It looks like that. FOR REAL.

This is both wrong and amazing on a few different levels. Ruminations from a few of those levels below.

On a "Really? In New York City of all places?" level:

Perpetrators of the cone-shaped pizza: In the immortal words of Axl Rose, do you know where the fuck you are? You've taken our beloved slice and turned it into a fucking gimmick, sold out of what looks more like a Pinkberry than a pizzeria. I mean, New York City pizza is already sort of a  continue reading