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• Records I liked in 2009

  Yes, if there’s one thing that’ll actually make me post on this blog, it’s the need my over-inflated sense of ego has to share with you my favourite records of the last year. Much though I love listing and this is quite obviously a top ten records list – it’s in no particular order. It’s [...]

  Posted on Dec 29.09 to 2009   

• What I thought about Paranormal Activity

  Don’t read this if you haven’t seen it. (I’m looking at you, Marshall)
  I was really excited about seeing this, I read a couple of the preliminary festival reviews and have been avoiding any movie marketing since.  Those of you that know me are aware of the kind of horror nerd that I am. I don’t [...]

  Posted on Oct 21.09 to 2009, horror, movies   

• Look for comfort in the stars, and the sound of your guitar

  I’ve been meaning to write this post for about a million years but my life has been especially fluxy of recent, so I apologise for being so slack. It’s just not hip in 2009.
  Around this time of year I make a bunch of Fall mixtapes and distribute them to my nearest and dearest, for the [...]

  Posted on Oct 12.09 to music, video   

• I will never tire of this song.

  Posted on Oct 11.09 to 2009, gaslight anthem, video   

• Poor Bill Compton

  So, season 2 of True Blood. Now we’re 6 weeks in I feel I can make a couple of observations …
  Observation One. Bill Compton is totally over. EVERYONE is crushing on Eric. There are a number of reasons for this, they include;
  Eric not being English. Remember the day you learnt the dude who plays Bill [...]

  Posted on Jul 27.09 to 2009, movies, tv, vampires   

• Too hot for mixtapes

  Okay, it’s not, that was a lie. It’s never too hot for mixtapes. It is too hot for pretty much everything else though. In the midst of this heatwave, while hanging out of my window smoking cigarettes and wishing it would cool down, I decided to make a mixtape specifically for this purpose. It’s all [...]

  Posted on Jul 02.09 to 2009, mixtape   

• Only 3 more days. Only 3 more days.

  So stoked. I fucking love vampires.

  Posted on Jun 10.09 to 2009, tv, vampires   

• Levis Jeans and Leather Jackets…

  The new Lucero record is finished. HURRAH. This is possibly the thing I’m looking forward to most in 2009. There’s no info on it yet, but I did find an awesome live set from DC earlier this year. And dude, they cover ‘Aint No Sunshine. I’ve heard from people there that it was the drunkest [...]

  Posted on May 30.09 to 2009, lucero, video   

• sunny sunday awesome/help save ifyoumakeit.

  I don’t know how many of you are aware of the awesomeness that is ifyoumakeit. If you’re not you should be. It’s the bestest punk rock video site on the whole wide interwebs and that’s for all the right reasons.
  I post the stuff here a fair amount, I’m addicted to the pink couch sessions and [...]

  Posted on May 24.09 to 2009, punkrock, video   

• New Coupland Excerpt

  There’s a new Douglas Coupland short story in this months McSweeney’s, here’s an excerpt of it. ( I copied it from Coupland.com)

  A   N E W   E X C E R P T   F R O M   M c S W E E N E Y ‘ S   3 1Fucking fuck , there is no place worse than the port side [...]

  Posted on May 14.09 to 2009, books, coupland