March 2012
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COME HEAR MY EMP PAPER THIS SUNDAY
Here is my EMP abstract, I’m gonna be at the EMP pop conference this Sunday at 11:15 at NYU, I’m on a panel with the venerables Wayne Marshall and Alexis Stephens and Max Pearl. My paper is fucking awesome and you will learn shit you didn’t already know even if you are a ballroom expert which you aren’t (or maybe you are but you will still learn mindblowing new...
Anonymous asked: would you say that brand of whiteness and "purity" aesthetic is tied to grimes' success? would she garner this much attention if she was a person of color (nvm her art is tied to privilege so that wouldn't happen)? , I personally don't think she is talented or interesting as a musician or internet celebrity.
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HERE'S MY NEW DECONSTRUCTING COLUMN →
ON LOVING SANTIGOLD
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“But there’s a reason the song is called “N***** in Paris” and not...”
– Alex Pappademas, excellently, on Katy Perry’s deplorable/cringey/entitled cover of Jay and Ye’s “Paris.”
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“We live in a post-authentic world,” he said, then added: “The elements of what...”
– BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN KEYNOTE SPEECH. He’s a futurist populist! DAVE GROHL EAT A GOLF WANG
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“After Lady Macbething Rick into handling the Shane situation, she recoils from...”
– Andy Greenwald’s “Walking Dead” season finale wrap-up is as funny and incredulous as the show deserves and also makes me wish he could help the show’s writers develop a fricking storyline. That said, I’ll watch this shit until it dies, for precisely the reasons it is...
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Anonymous asked: Hey there! I read on your blog a while back that you have an udjat tattoo on your ankle and that you wanted to be an Egyptologist when you were younger. I had/have the same aspirations, and also have an udjat on my ankle! Anyway, I went as far as getting my Master's degree in Egyptian art history, but have be unable to find work in the field. :(
Anonymous asked: what do you think makes a pop star so iconic these days? I mean is it Rihanna's marketing strategies or what?
Anonymous asked: obv im mad naive when it comes to this and its probably none of my business and i care 2 much and u probably wont answer anyways but yah umm i was listening to chillin island. shoutout evr. and dap mentioned that rainbow in the dark made dr 23 million or whatever and u corrected to him to 24. what exactly does that mean? heems always raps about (still does, like on nehru jackets) how he wants a...
Anonymous asked: listened to your show on evr and i must say u have an incredibly keuwt laugh. not that u probably care about some dumb stranger making an observation which i guess is a compliment but yah
Anonymous asked: i know its like ur life or whatever but how do u find out about music like nightwave. that song palenque has only like 900 views on youtube. and after hearing it, those views might only be from one person. seems like some rare shit. thanks
Anonymous asked: Did the "Oblivion" video make you consider Grimes any less of a naif?
