Discographies
@Discographies
A definitive guide to an artist's body of work (studio albums only) in 140 characters.
Hello. Yeah, it’s been a while. Not much. How 'bout you? Returning to express my gratitude to the readers of this account. It led to several years of writing gigs (thx @sashafrerejones, @EvieN, etc.) and more income than the current owner of this site will ever see from it.
And this, on the sidewalk last night: "Those people were just--" "Offensively young?" "--offensively young."
Tuesday SXSW highlights: Jack White's sunglasses in Pono video; #dudesinlobbiesonmacbooks; new retro influence--Bryan Adams!; Fernet Branca.
SXSW: 29% beer 29% suet 25% postlapsarian nostalgia 9% launch events for rebranded Cray-Cray YOLO Funyuns 7% tinnitus 1% OMG GRUMPY CAT OMG
In Exact Change 5: Amy Sillman, Lisa Robertson, Susan Howe, Emily Dickinson, @Discographies, Jeremy Sigler itunes.apple.com/us/app/exact-c…
Record Store Day: 2008-2009 "Oh, they still make records?" 2010-2011 "Oh! They still make records!" 2012-2013 "Oh. They still make records."
Game Theory: 1-3 riverrun past all aches chill town and shames joys, toward roundgrin; 4 two humbird humbird! 5 alas a last a loud along the
I loved @discographies' SXSW diary. But this one-graf sermon about not enabling aging A-listers is perfect. m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…
[@Discographies' SXSW Diary, Parts 1 nyr.kr/YcffFJ, 2 , 3 nyr.kr/XR6IbT & 4 nyr.kr/15UlyjC]
[The @Discographies SXSW diary, Part4, via @CultureDesk: "...apocalyptic hordes of lumbering, inebriated zombies." newyorker.com/online/blogs/c… …]
[The @Discographies SXSW diary, Part 3, via @CultureDesk: "Billy Corgan is wearing a schlumpy black baseball cap..." newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…]
[The @Discographies SXSW diary, Part 2, via @culturedesk: "...how to get a beautiful sound out of a terrible banjo." newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…]
[The @Discographies SXSW diary, Part 1, via @culturedesk: "Dave Grohl stands in the lobby like a casino greeter..." newyorker.com/online/blogs/c…]
Billy Joel: 1-3 lachrymose piano goon; 4-6 overwrought show tunes; 7-8 album rock; 9 nostalgic schlock; 10-11 '80s pants; 12 insignificance.
[N.B. The cumbersome rhyme scheme of the following discography is not a bug; it's a feature.]
deadmau5: 1ns1p1d; c|2ap; |)3r|V@TI\/3; 4$$; 5uXorZ; teh 6|_@|\|D|\|EsS
My Bloody Valentine: 1 BANG! 2 ang!ang!ang!ngngngngngngngnnnnnnnnn (3 "'It's coming! I can hear it! It sounds like...' And then I woke up.")
Can: 1-4 canonical (incantatory, volcanic); 5-6 significant (cannabinoid, vacancy); 7-8 arcana; 9 canoodling; 10 canned; 11 scant; 12 can't.