February 2012
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Cronenberg
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JONATHAN PENNER
David Cronenberg © Ian Welch, Welchtoons.com
David Cronenberg arrived on the world’s cinema screens with a viscous splash. His unmistakable Cartesian horror films Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, and Existenz were extraordinary meditations on making the mental physical, and made Cronenberg one of the most admired auteurs of the late...
January 2012
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December 2011
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Top 11 things from 2011
2-Step
Damu, Dark Sky, Sully, VVV - all my favourite club records had something in common.
Action Bronson
The only rapper who wrote a rhyme about duck prosciutto then turned up on Anthony Bourdain’s TV show ranting about cheese shops.
Brad Pitt
Somehow the lead in two of the year’s best movies.
Homeland
This year’s “why aren’t you watching…”...
November 2011
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June 2011
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The Self-Titled Interview: Zomby →
Epic chat. Dedication is my album of the year, regardless of what comes out in the next six months.
May 2011
9 posts
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The Believer - Interview with David Simon →
Another nugget from the Believer archives - Nick Hornby speaks with the creator of the greatest television series ever made.
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Five minutes with… LV & Joshua Idehen →
I must have been on some serious bad day vibes the first time i played this LP - and wasn’t feeling it. It’s fucking great.
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Malcolm McDowell and Leon Vitali Interview →
Discussing A Clockwork Orange on the lead up to its 40th Birthday.
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Vote Luther Campbell for Mayor →
Not the most in-depth look at Luke’s run for mayor, but I do rate “nocturnal campaign rally” as one of the better euphemisms you’ll come across.
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Grantland Preview Articles
If like me, you enjoy long form journalism about sports and pop culture, you should be hanging out for the launch of Grantland - the new website from ESPN’s Bill Simmons - also featuring the work of Chuck Klosterman and various indie blog luminaries.
They’ve got a preview site up now with a couple of articles from Molly Lambert (summer movies*) and Katie Baker (trials of following...
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One-Man Show →
How Louis C.K. got his “Louis C.K. deal” to make “Louie”.
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The Sound of Young America - Prodigy of Mobb Deep →
Really enjoyed this interview, with the always excellent Jesse Thorn.
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Ikonika Summer 2011 Mix →
this is mean. electro vibes.
ikonika:
1. Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend (Instrumental) 2. Untold - U-29 3. Jam City - Barely A Trak 4. Boddika - Basement 5. Egyptrixx - Liberation Front (Mike Q Remix - Bok Bok Re-Edit) 6. Ikonika - PR812 7. Pangaea - Runout 8. Jam City - Arpjam (Devil Mix) 9. Ikonika - With Your Face 10. Bok Bok - Reminder 11. A1 Bassline - Falsehood 12. Optimum - Afterglow 13....
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The Popdose Interview: Christopher Cross →
Kinda bummed out to discover Michael McDonald wasn’t too fussed about saving the world :/
April 2011
5 posts
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Interview: Exporting Raymond director Phil... →
‘One of the first things that they told me when I got to Russia was, “Real life is terrible. Why would we put that on television?”’
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CRANKING WITH CRANSTON →
Vice magazine visits the Breaking Bad set.
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"I was tickled that I got emacs into a block... →
Josh Nimoy’s VFX notes on Tron Legacy.
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Welcome to the Far Eastern Conference →
Wells Tower on Stephon Marbury’s misadventures in China.
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David Simon - The Straight Dope →
“David Simon would be happy to find out that The Wire was hyperbolic and ridiculous, and that the “American Century” is still to come. But he’s not betting on it.”
March 2011
11 posts
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The Stoner Arms Dealers →
Dude, where’s my war?
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The Quintessentially Victorian Vision of Ogden’s... →
Amazing. And spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen The Wire yet you’re a dick.
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Pitchfork Interviews: James Blake →
Pretty up front chat, as usual from this kid.
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Blackdown: soundboy burial →
Blackdown’s 2006 chat with the elusive producer Burial about his inspirations and studio process is well worth revisiting.
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RIP NATE DOGG
Sad times. I’ll be saying farewell to a Hip Hop icon with steve1der’s classic Nate in ‘08 mix on repeat.
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Photek - the last samurai →
Drum & Bass heads in their thirties are wont to shake our heads at the well tread story of how one of the scene’s most unique & technically accomplished producers bailed to Hollywood. Making bank scoring movies and producing house/hip hop/clownstep were the least of his crimes.
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David Foster Wallace Roundup
Lots of DFW news at the moment with publication of The Pale King only a month away:
Shots of the UK cover are now up on facebook, to go with the earlier US version.
The “Endnotes” radio documentary from the BBC was briefly uploaded to vimeo (grab it here), highly recommended.
Backbone has been published in the New Yorker
And last but certainly least The Observer have a...
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TRON Legacy - GMUNK Interview →
If you’ve been around the traps for a while you might remember this guy from his days as a flash website rockstar. Nice to see him popping up in this world.
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A Guy Called Gerald Interview →
“For me it was kinda like trying to eat your food while someone was vomiting next to you.” - that nicely sums up the worst thing about clubbing for me. Lots of knowledge dropped in this interview.
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Latter Day Saints →
On the new musical about Mormons from the South Park guys. I’m pretty upset that the author doesn’t think I’ve seen Orgazmo.
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Little White Earbuds Interviews Mala →
Always comes across as a very humble, deep thinking guy.
February 2011
15 posts
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100 versions of Josef Müller-Brockmann's Beethoven... →
Cool project from a student at the Yale School of Art - remixing my favourite piece of design. Some more information on the 100 days projects is here.
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The Films of Christopher Nolan →
Got up to date on the left field cinema podcast recently and really enjoyed this analysis of Christopher Nolan’s work.
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The Believer - Dave Eggers Interviews David Foster... →
From November 2003. There is a list of launch events for The Pale King (including Melbourne) here.
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Notes on Film Noir →
Paul Schrader, from 1971.
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Wot do u call it? →
Joe Muggs takes on genrefixation in UK bass music.
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DJ Premier Tells All: The Stories Behind His... →
This list bears a pretty good resemblance to my “most played” playlist. Thanks to the DJ Premier Blog for consolidating all the text from the original complex article - where you can hear all the beats, if you don’t mind clicking a lot.
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The Day the Movies Died →
Pretty concise explanation of how Hollywood is incentivised to make movies that suck.
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Analyzing “Good People” →
Less than two months to go until The Pale King is published. @mattbucher from the DFW listserv has an interesting blog.
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The Last Wailer →
Serious Rudeboy business.
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The Weinstein Way →
How Miramax do business. Cartographers may have trap streets, but I didn’t know about the trap blowjob in Good Will Hunting.
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The TV Guide →
How Alan Sepinwall’s recap blogs have changed TV reviewing.
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2000F & JKamata - Dukkehus Monstermix
If you’re the sort of person who organises their music collection by catalogue number, you might remember these Danish lads from “You don’t know what love is” - the talkbox drenched, 808 powered b-side to Joker’s Digidesign.
They’re also responsible for one of my favourite mixtapes of all time, the 9+ hour long “Dukkehus Monstermix” which is...
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Love the pum pum →
Sid Lowe interviews Xavi, the best passer in football.
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The Complete Oral History of Party Down →
Love these people, miss this show.
August 2010
1 post
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30th Anniversary of Caddyshack: King Of Comedy →
(via Instapaper)
July 2010
7 posts
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'Mad Men' Monday: 'Public Relations' | The New... →
Quality recap.
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Bill Murray Is Ready To See You Now →
(via Instapaper)
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Five days with David Foster Wallace →
Colin Marshall talks to author and journalist David Lipsky
(via Instapaper)
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The Lizard, the Catacombs, and the Clock →
Good read on a (literally) underground society.
(via Instapaper)