December 2008
35 posts
“50 No Age - Nouns
49 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
48 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
47 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
46 The Academy Is… - Fast Times at Barrington High
45 Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
44 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
43 Nas - Untitled
42 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
41 AC/DC - Black Ice
40 Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
39 Taylor Swift - Fearless
38 Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
37 Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
36 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
35 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
34 Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
33 Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
32 Jamey Johnson - The Lonesome Song
31 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
30 Duffy - Rockferry
29 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
28 The Knux - Remind Me in Three Days…
27 Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
26 Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
25 The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
24 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
23 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
22 Jackson Browne - Time the Conquerer
21 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
20 Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
19 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part 1 (4th World War)
18 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
17 B.B. King - One Kind Favor
16 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
15 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
14 Ryan Adams And The Cardinals - Cardinology
13 Blitzen Trapper - Furr
12 Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
11 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
09 Metallica - Death Magnetic
08 Beck - Modern Guilt
07 Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
06 Santogold - Santogold
05 John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and Freedom
04 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
03 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
02 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs:The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
01 TV on the Radio - Dear Science” —Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums Of 2008 - Year-End List - Stereogum
49 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
48 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
47 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
46 The Academy Is… - Fast Times at Barrington High
45 Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
44 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
43 Nas - Untitled
42 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
41 AC/DC - Black Ice
40 Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
39 Taylor Swift - Fearless
38 Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
37 Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
36 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
35 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
34 Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash
33 Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
32 Jamey Johnson - The Lonesome Song
31 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
30 Duffy - Rockferry
29 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
28 The Knux - Remind Me in Three Days…
27 Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
26 Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
25 The Magnetic Fields - Distortion
24 Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
23 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
22 Jackson Browne - Time the Conquerer
21 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
20 Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
19 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Part 1 (4th World War)
18 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
17 B.B. King - One Kind Favor
16 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
15 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
14 Ryan Adams And The Cardinals - Cardinology
13 Blitzen Trapper - Furr
12 Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
11 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
10 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
09 Metallica - Death Magnetic
08 Beck - Modern Guilt
07 Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
06 Santogold - Santogold
05 John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and Freedom
04 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
03 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
02 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs:The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
01 TV on the Radio - Dear Science” —Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums Of 2008 - Year-End List - Stereogum
“Being identified as the sixth fiancée of Drew Peterson is no easy task — as Christina Raines, 23, is apparently finding out. She’s all “stressed out”, said her former boyfriend of five years, Tony Yauk, 26, the father of her two children.”
—Dad to Peterson: ‘Stay away from my daughter’ - Chicago Breaking News
“The 45-year-old woman was carrying her grandson in her arms as she attempted to cross the intersection of Bynum and King avenues and a car struck her, police said.
The impact sent the woman crashing to the ground, police said. Her grandson flew from her arms and smashed into the car’s windshield. The toddler then rolled up the windshield and through an open sunroof and landed safely on the car’s passenger seat, police said.
The toddler appeared to only have suffered minor injuries.” —Open Sunroof Saves Toddler’s Life - San Antonio News Story - KSAT San Antonio
The impact sent the woman crashing to the ground, police said. Her grandson flew from her arms and smashed into the car’s windshield. The toddler then rolled up the windshield and through an open sunroof and landed safely on the car’s passenger seat, police said.
The toddler appeared to only have suffered minor injuries.” —Open Sunroof Saves Toddler’s Life - San Antonio News Story - KSAT San Antonio
“The magazine was so influential in shaping pop culture in the 1970s that a song dedicated to it, “The Cover of the Rolling Stone” by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (written by Shel Silverstein), became a hit single.”
—Rolling Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“On May 18, 2008, filming began for S. Darko, the sequel to Donnie Darko. UK-based sales company Velvet Octopus will be launching sales for the film in Cannes, with Fox already having acquired North American rights. S. Darko will be set seven years after the end of Donnie Darko; Donnie’s little sister Samantha and her best friend Corey are now 17 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions. Daveigh Chase, who portrayed Samantha Darko in Donnie Darko, will be reprising her role. The cast will also include Ed Westwick, Briana Evigan, James Lafferty, and Justin Chatwin. Chris Fisher will direct the film, shooting on an estimated $10,000,000 budget and commenting he is “a great admirer of Richard Kelly’s film and hope[s] to create a similar world of blurred fantasy and reality.” Donnie Darko director Kelly is, however, not involved. He is the character writer. - he claimed in the director’s cut commentary that he would never make a sequel, because he wanted to maintain the integrity of the film and just put the film to rest. According to Simon Crowe of Velvet Octopus, the character Donnie will not be coming back, but there will be “meteorites and rabbits”.[13]”
—Donnie Darko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“NEW YORK—In what many are calling the most comprehensive study of its kind, Staten Island historians Robert Wilburn and Charles Tinsley have successfully traced the lines of the infamous Wu-Tang Clan all the way back to 1993 A.D.”
—Staten Island Historians Piece Together Genealogy Of Wu-Tang Clan | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“LAS VEGAS — Ron Santo, who fell nine votes short of election by the Veterans Committee to the Baseball Hall of Fame, said the process needs to change after the committee failed to elect a new member for the fourth straight time.”
—ESPN - Ron Santo says Hall of Fame Veterans Committee process needs to change
“Government in Illinois isn’t about political ideology or helping people,” said Christopher Mooney, who teaches political science at the University of Illinois-Springfield. “It’s about which idiot brother-in-law are you going to get a job on a road crew because he helped you get into office.”
—Bloomberg.com: Worldwide
“The Chicago Tribune investigated allegations of misconduct involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich independent of the U.S. attorney’s criminal probe.
As a standard practice, our reporters contact individuals involved in these stories for confirmation and comment prior to publication. Consequently, we contacted the U.S. attorney’s office in the course of our reporting.
On occasion, prosecutors asked us to delay publication of stories, asserting that disclosure would jeopardize the criminal investigation. In isolated instances, we granted the requests, but other requests were refused.
The Chicago Tribune’s interest in reporting the news flows from its larger obligation of citizenship in a democracy. In each case, we strive to make the right decision as reporters and as citizens. That’s what we did in this case.” —Statement from Gerould Kern, editor of the Chicago Tribune — chicagotribune.com
As a standard practice, our reporters contact individuals involved in these stories for confirmation and comment prior to publication. Consequently, we contacted the U.S. attorney’s office in the course of our reporting.
On occasion, prosecutors asked us to delay publication of stories, asserting that disclosure would jeopardize the criminal investigation. In isolated instances, we granted the requests, but other requests were refused.
The Chicago Tribune’s interest in reporting the news flows from its larger obligation of citizenship in a democracy. In each case, we strive to make the right decision as reporters and as citizens. That’s what we did in this case.” —Statement from Gerould Kern, editor of the Chicago Tribune — chicagotribune.com
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Privately, a few people who know the governor describe him as a “sociopath,” and they insist they’re not using hyperbole. State representative Joe Lyons, a fellow Democrat from Chicago, told reporters that Blagojevich was a “madman” and “insane.”
That struck me at the time, as over the top. Today it strikes me as brave and prescient.
” —`Staggering’ allegations, even by Illinois standards | Change of Subject
Check out the comments on this link — they’re limited to one word, and are quite hilarious.
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Twista - “Crook County”
Dear Rod Blagojevich, thank you for allowing me to continue my “Musical Tributes to Disgraced Governors” series. For previous entries, please visit the Every Day I’m Tumblin’ archives. Don’t worry dude, you’ll have a column at Slate in no time!
In the Chi, it’s kill or be killed, hustle or die
You gotta take the pie, momma didn’t lie
Look in my eyes you see the realness
The nine makes you feel this
The pain that I’m going through ‘til I’m sitting on millions
My mind’s on that paper, wishin’ upon a caper
I need to stack now, I will pay for my sins later
“Fianceè: “I think the parole board should appoint the next governor.”
Me: “Someone who’s been inside?”
Fianceè: “Someone who doesn’t want to go back.” —Chicago Reader Blogs: Chicagoland
Me: “Someone who’s been inside?”
Fianceè: “Someone who doesn’t want to go back.” —Chicago Reader Blogs: Chicagoland
Extreme Makeover Family Facing Foreclosure || WXYZ.com | WXYZ-TV / Detroit | Detroit News, Weather, Sports and More →
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Where are you now, extreme makeover? Just imagine
if all those shows, rather than spending an exorbitant amount of money furnishing a house with all sorts of unnecessary items and fancy remodeling, they just went around and paid off mortgages so people could keep their decent homes — or they went and fixed roofs and installed new windows in those in need of repair.
