http://modcult.org/post 2009-01-05T17:21:04Z http://modcult.org/comment/show/746 2009-01-05T17:21:04Z ry <p>Some of those sweatshirts are a step away from tribal tattoo patterns.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/503766022" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2009/1/5/rogues-gallery http://modcult.org/comment/show/745 2009-01-05T17:19:09Z jeb <p><a href="http://acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/03/rogues-gallery-spring-2009-preview/">RG was on ACL recently</a></p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/503766022" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2009/1/5/rogues-gallery http://modcult.org/comment/show/744 2009-01-03T14:22:26Z jeb <p>To wit, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/12/22/081222fi_fiction_bolano">Meeting with Enrique Lihn</a>.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/501988701" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/30/forever-reclusive-vanished-erased http://modcult.org/comment/show/743 2008-12-28T15:51:31Z finn <p>[insert <em>botns</em> botanic gardens reference here.]</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/497234879" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/27/saudi-arabia-s-jurassic-park http://modcult.org/comment/show/742 2008-12-28T02:56:57Z finn <p>I love this lil&#8217; bastard.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/496851457" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/27/the-vampire-squid http://modcult.org/comment/show/741 2008-12-17T13:36:33Z jeb <p>all this document archaeology means that in the future, kids will associate typewriter fonts with nefarious doings.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/487883578" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/17/numerous-sightings http://modcult.org/comment/show/740 2008-12-16T22:33:59Z finn <p>a poignant mirroring of form and content.</p> <p>cf bruce sterling&#8217;s &#8220;dinner in audoghast.&#8221;</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/487236608" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/16/about-a-year-ago-i-bookmarked-this http://modcult.org/comment/show/739 2008-12-09T23:10:27Z ry <p>it&#8217;s been amazonified. order away.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/480145725" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/9/my-very-own-cardigan http://modcult.org/comment/show/737 2008-12-09T21:09:20Z finn <p>You can&#8217;t deep link into woolrich.com, sadly.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/480145725" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/9/my-very-own-cardigan http://modcult.org/comment/show/736 2008-12-09T17:30:31Z jeb <p>Dude, you have already had a solstice party, dressed up as a druid, and admin&#8217;d several unix machines this year. Do you really think smoking a pipe is a smart move? Next stop BirkenSOX. Where does it end?</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/479261772" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/9/happy-repeal-day http://modcult.org/comment/show/735 2008-12-09T13:12:49Z ry <p>(sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist.)</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/479187910" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/8/wall-of-sound http://modcult.org/comment/show/734 2008-12-09T13:12:38Z ry <p>you made me realise that sound is light.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/479187910" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/8/wall-of-sound http://modcult.org/comment/show/733 2008-12-09T01:16:53Z finn <p>so much for my plan to start smoking a pipe.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/479261772" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/9/happy-repeal-day http://modcult.org/comment/show/732 2008-12-09T01:16:09Z finn <p>yeah, it was so loud you could <em>see</em> it.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/479187910" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/8/wall-of-sound http://modcult.org/comment/show/729 2008-12-08T23:22:06Z jeb <p>i take it all that white light is shooting out of kevin shields&#8217; stacks?</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/479187910" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/8/wall-of-sound http://modcult.org/comment/show/728 2008-12-03T16:18:35Z ry <p>I sucked at guitar hero the time I played it. I remember &#8220;Raining Blood&#8221; not being at all how it is actually played.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/473951813" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/3/rush-playing-rock-band http://modcult.org/comment/show/727 2008-12-03T16:03:10Z jeb <p>have you ever played this game?</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/473951813" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/3/rush-playing-rock-band http://modcult.org/comment/show/726 2008-12-03T16:01:35Z jeb <p>How much of this do you credit to rush and how much to the fact that you are a huge sucker for that lead guitar sound?</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/473994004" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/3/working-man http://modcult.org/comment/show/725 2008-12-03T15:16:07Z ry <blockquote> <p>It turns out that the more you know about music, the less qualified you are to sell Rock Band. I get that now.</p> </blockquote> <p>&#8211; <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2177432/pagenum/all/">Carrie Brownstein</a></p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/473951813" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/12/3/rush-playing-rock-band http://modcult.org/comment/show/723 2008-11-24T10:28:09Z jeb <p>bronwen was just trying to explain to me how scary german christmas is, and i was positive she was getting the translation wrong or something. Apparently not.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/463985411" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/23/buttenmandl http://modcult.org/comment/show/722 2008-11-20T20:43:40Z ry <p>Too bad I won&#8217;t be able to enjoy my <a href="http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/dr-pepper-to-ma.html">free Dr. Pepper</a> while waiting in line for this.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/460262439" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/19/reviewing-a-unicorn http://modcult.org/comment/show/721 2008-11-13T11:29:04Z finn <p>They can always play it on <em>Gossip Girl,</em> no?</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/451865037" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/12/jailbreak-version http://modcult.org/comment/show/720 2008-11-13T09:47:23Z jeb <p>Too bad The OC isn&#8217;t on anymore. </p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/451865037" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/12/jailbreak-version http://modcult.org/comment/show/719 2008-11-11T13:59:09Z jeb <p>Man ive never seen amazon meters before. wish you could make your own.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/449837634" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/11/1500-cookoff http://modcult.org/comment/show/718 2008-11-10T12:44:02Z ry <p>awesome find. i don&#8217;t think i&#8217;ve actually seen video of hannett before.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/445891858" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/7/video-part-4 http://modcult.org/comment/show/717 2008-11-07T14:59:20Z ry <p>&#8220;playing the offbeats&#8230; with a good deal of vigor.&#8221; </p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/445891858" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/7/video-part-4 http://modcult.org/comment/show/716 2008-11-07T14:39:42Z jeb <p>&#8220;All those who concoct imagined worlds must populate and name them, and the resonance of those names is a fairly accurate guide to the mettle of the imagination in question. Tolkien, earthed in Old English, had a head start that led him straight to the flinty perfection of Mordor and Orc. Here, by contrast, are some Lucas inventions: Palpatine. Sidious. Mace Windu. (Isn’t that something you spray on colicky babies?) Bail Organa. And Sith.&#8221; &#8211;Anthony Lane</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/445891859" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/7/w-is-for-wampa http://modcult.org/comment/show/715 2008-11-06T13:01:16Z ry <p>Looks like I chopped off <a href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141038803,00.html#"><em>Lois the Witch</em></a>.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/444635973" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/6/penguin-gothic-reds http://modcult.org/comment/show/714 2008-11-06T12:55:03Z finn <p>no <em>haunting of hill house</em>?</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/444635973" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/6/penguin-gothic-reds http://modcult.org/comment/show/713 2008-11-04T20:41:40Z ry <p>Can&#8217;t wait till the frustration and cursing creeps in though.</p> <img src="http://feed.modcult.org/~r/modcult-comment/~4/442736919" height="1" width="1"/> http://modcult.org/read/2008/11/4/anxious-hopeful