February 2012
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I knew I would like the new Perfume Genius record,...
Challenge
I will give 74 cents AND a decade’s supply of anti-freeze to anyone who correctly guesses my 13th favorite film of 2011.
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My 25 Favorite Films of 2011
1.Take Shelter 2.The Tree of Life 3.Shame 4.Moneyball 5.Midnight in Paris 6.Hugo 7.Drive 8.Beginners 9.Melancholia 10.The Descendants 11.50/50 12.Higher Ground 13.Martha Marcy May Marlene 14.The Future 15.Submarine 16.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 17.Tyrannosaur 18.A Dangerous Method 19.A Separation 20.J. Edgar 21.Jane Eyre 22.The Muppets 23.Source Code 24.Contagion 25.The Ides of March
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I asked my elusive friend Angus Lansbury to present the nominees for the second consecutive year, but he has completely locked himself away somewhere in New Hampshire as he is devoting all of his time to writing the next volume in his Homicide, He Wrote series of books. This also means that he will not be attending my annual Oscar shindig either. We will miss him tomorrow night, but we all know...
“My hope has always been that each record could have its own audience. Of course,...”
– Will Oldham (via wehaventlocatedusyet)
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Shortlist for the week
Here are the films I have made it mandatory to check out before the end of this week, and then I will finally be able to construct my 14th Annual Fergy Film Awards.
SHAME A DANGEROUS METHOD THE ARTIST A SEPARATION MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
(As I watch them I will cross them out.)
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Begin.
I am going to delete the films
Ain’t No Good Thing Ever Dies
and
How To Say Goodbye
from my YouTube page tonight.
That part of my past is now officially my past. Actually, it’s even less. I don’t even remember most of it anymore.
Why is that, you ask?
Well, you see, I gave this incredible gal a ring and then asked her to marry me.
She said yes.
I have a fiancee.
I am...
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The Tallest Man on Earth reveals a new song,...
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Drive-By Truckers: LIVE in Nashville, TN... →
A terrific article.
An astounding live rock ‘n’ roll band.
” If rock ‘n’ roll can be adult and realistic but still exciting and unpredictable, the Truckers are the embodiment of rock right now. “
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Watchtwentyfourbit:
Mark Kozelek: “Sunshine In Chicago” (Live)
On Friday, Caldo Verde Records detailed the new Sun Kil Moon album, Among the Leaves, said to be a decidedly impulsive display of Mark Kozelek’s “more raw and humorous side.” Armed with aptly droll song titles like “I Know It’s Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night Of My Life,” their description sounded about right, but now comes a...
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“Maybe what you need’s for someone to send you flowers.
Someone strong and...”
– Patterson Hood, from one of the more underrated songs in the Drive-By Truckers catalog, “(Something’s Got To) Give Pretty Soon”.
Only three days until I see them live for the 8TH TIME, in Louisville.
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