josh

wow, so jealous of the new yorkers who got to see this show! really hoping that KoC eventually take the DoD tour to the other coast.

on Kings Of Convenience (And Feist) @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 9/10/09 at September 11, 2009 11:32 AM
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I do have an excuse! There were two of us shooting for Stereogum this weekend and covering the strange collection of bands that populated it. Franz Ferdinand played one of my favorite sets of the weekend, too. I was a little jealous he got to shoot that set, but I am looking forward to seeing his pics. I'm sure they'll be great.

on Bumbershoot 2009 In Photos at September 8, 2009 7:26 PM
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nicely done. great to see seattle represented!

on Capitol Hill Block Party 2009 In Photos at July 27, 2009 10:55 PM
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I think the audio was taped by Jackson Barnes.

on Robin Pecknold/Throw Me The Statue @ Neumos, Seattle 7/11/09 at July 13, 2009 5:14 PM
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the only thing I want to say in defense of this kind of cute movie is that the "meet cute in the elevator over the Smiths" scene is played as obvious cliche and a flimsy way into a relationship.

on She & Him Cover The Smiths' "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" at June 27, 2009 1:04 AM
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great show. and I think this is the most times I've ever appeared in the shadows of a stereogum photospread.

on The Shins @ Showbox, Seattle 5/4/09 at May 5, 2009 3:30 PM
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PB&J sounded good, but it was a weirdly bold move to not include a "hit" from Writer's Block anywhere near the first few songs of their set.

(Oh, and Fleet Foxes sounded fine. They had a huge crowd and most everyone stuck around for the whole set.)

on Coachella 2009: Cure, MBV, Antony Assault The Sound System at April 21, 2009 2:44 AM
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another set of winners! I love the pictures of the Flaming Lips, especially the one where Wayne is looking much more interested in his confetti gun than in the swarm of naked women dancing around him.

on Sasquatch 2008 In Photos Pt. 2 at May 28, 2008 8:06 PM
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which is maybe why David Karp mentioned "getting married" in his viceland interview the other day? this video kind of makes a nice companion piece to his defense of the overshare:

What about oversharing? Is this the Age Of Oversharing? I hesitate to use the word overshare, because… well… it’s more that our personalities are now able to reach out a lot further than they would ten years ago. Ten years ago there simply wasn’t an option to find like-minded individuals so easily, but now if someone somehow get to your blog they can decide that you’re like-minded and might want to get a drink with you next time they’re in New York. Or get married. Or whatever.

http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2009/11/16/ill-tumblr-for-ya/

on A Brief Note About On-Line Wedding Proposals at November 19, 2009 12:40 PM
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It was far past time for Robin to pack her knives and go home to takeover a shiny nightclub's appetizer menu, but it was kind of difficult to see how Eli didn't lose this week. Aside from his usual insufferability, hardly any of the judges could bring themselves to put his food in their mouths, let alone swallow it.

on Top Chef S06E11: Checkout Time Is Knife O'Clock at November 12, 2009 2:48 PM
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when they had the top four last night, I wished that the judges had just sent them straight to the top finals and dismissed everyone else. the conclusion is so foregone that anyone else winding their way into the finals will be by blind luck, stupid mistakes, or bad judging.

the funny thing about this season is that eli and mike don't seem realize that the only competition they're still in is the one for most odious cheftestant. I mean, maybe Robin is a horrible old lady who drives them all batty, but they come across as looking so much worse for their smug cruelty.

on Top Chef S06E08: Eliminating The Wheat From The Chaff at October 16, 2009 2:56 AM
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oh god. I almost forgot about the funniest espionage "Prince Alexi" and "Undercover Dorota" part of the episode. Such stealth.

In reply to JackNance'sGhost's comment on Gossip Girl S03E05: Rufus And Lily Are No Jim And Pam. Also: Sonic Youth? at October 13, 2009 10:09 PM
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THE way that "the" SONIC YOUTH were basically props in that scene was hilarious. People just kept actually BUMPING THEM OUT OF THE WAY while moping about the reception. AMAZING.

on Gossip Girl S03E05: Rufus And Lily Are No Jim And Pam. Also: Sonic Youth? at October 13, 2009 12:35 PM
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that trailer made me nostalgic for when I thought that Beverly Hills Chihuahua was going to be the most unwanted movie of all time forever and ever the end.

on Don't All Run To Fandango Your Tooth Fairy Tickets At Once! at October 12, 2009 5:51 PM
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please get a los angeles television or deputize someone to take on the sacred duty of hilariously recapping this trainwreck.

on Gossip Girl: Open Thread at October 6, 2009 10:57 PM
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Don Draper has no use for camera obscuras; he has awesome sunglasses and adman aloofness that allow him to stare straight at the eclipse without consequence.

on Mad Men: Don Draper Wuz Robbed! (Literally!) at September 28, 2009 1:58 PM
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and tres adorable.

let's just kick off all of the obvious losers, keeping scarfy for comedic drunkenness, and turn this into real world: vegas quickfires.

In reply to Aaron's comment on Top Chef: Viva Las Frances at September 10, 2009 3:18 PM
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it is wretched. and on the only road and maybe when you're on a road trip to the coast you think that you will find a cute place to stay and then you keep going and going and going finding nothing and forks looks like your only hope so you think, how bad can this be? and get a hotel and go out for horrifying mexican food and nearly die of food poisoning and wish that you'd kept driving and just slept by the side of the road to face highway robbers. that's what they should put in their tourist brochures.

on Relax, Forks, Washington at August 27, 2009 7:38 PM
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