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I'd venture to say that it was already iission mmpossible to pull this, or most any other song from the album for that matter, off faithfully in the live setting of The Tonight Show studio, which is already the WORST. Which, when I think about it, only makes this performance, and the fact that he decided at all to debut this here, that much more fun for throwing caution to the wind.
on Julian Casablancas Visits The Tonight Show at October 28, 2009 2:45 PMScore = 1
I'm having my own kind of premature evaluation in that I can't stop replaying the first song, Out of the Blue, over and over and over - when I like something this much, I like it to never end, kind of like...oh well - extremely happy, and extremely happy for Julian Casablancas, on what's shaping up to be a great album and great close to 09 year in music.
on Premature Evaluation: Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young at October 27, 2009 6:08 PMScore = 1
I suppose a grower? I quite liked the flourish near the end before the plug gets pulled and then you're like hmmmm? was that what I expected to hear right out of the gate for the next Vampire Weekend album or was the release of this particular tune all a well crafted decision to kill us with kindness...mysteries indeed!
on Vampire Weekend Is Counting Down To Something at October 5, 2009 2:38 PMScore = 0
This is making, and let's be honest, has already made my Friday :)
on Stream The New Built To Spill at October 2, 2009 10:32 AMScore = 0
It's a good thing Alex Turner beat everyone to the proverbial punch years ago, and in the first 10 seconds of fame no less!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XTULcETGqk
on Arctic Monkeys Bring "Cornerstone" To Craig Ferguson at September 25, 2009 12:26 PMScore = 0
"I mean, it's a rock festival, so..I've been to a lot of them...you have to just sort of give people their space and let people invade yours." Ain't that the truth!!! Also, this is hilarious.
on Flaming Lips & Deerhunter Lock Horns Backstage (Plus Pictures From The Lips' Naked Bicyclist Video Set) at September 25, 2009 12:08 PMScore = 0
If Prince used the internet more often, I have a strong feeling he'd love your avatar!
on Arctic Monkeys Bring "Cornerstone" To Craig Ferguson at September 25, 2009 11:57 AMScore = 0
I loved the sound in the trailer and love this - a nice departure and seems to suit him well - i'm hoping once this is released and people enjoy it for a time, a proper new strokes will then be upon us.
on New Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension" at September 18, 2009 11:05 AMScore = 2
Okay...I take it back, slightly...good list - sorry again Gum for using the wrong forum to opine but after all, it's Friday :)
In reply to Hit the Switch's comment on Bon Iver To Play Hollywood Cemetery At Dawn at August 21, 2009 10:58 AMScore = 0
I know this is neither the time nor place, and with all due respect to what sounds like a strangely incredible idea - Bon Iver in a cemetery...at dawn! - "Hey Ya!" only at #12 on P4K's Top 200 of the decade??!! That's, that's....inexcusable? Mind you, I'm being way over the top about this list as it is, and I'm making a point of scrolling down only enough to reveal each new next song and artist as it unfolds...but I seriously thought that Outkast otherworldy feel-good hybrid of everything that makes you feel good was surely going to be where the scroll bar stopped and the list was complete...even in this day and age...still shocked! And like I said, Bon Iver, cemetery, good idea!
on Bon Iver To Play Hollywood Cemetery At Dawn at August 21, 2009 10:24 AMScore = -1
I'm looking forward to trying out the D.E.N.N.I.S. method of seduction this weekend - though anyhow have any idea on where I can purchase one of those handy voice-scramblers for the step where I'm tasked with calling the girl from a pay phone?
on Thursday Night TV Open Thread at November 20, 2009 12:17 PMScore = 2
Highly agreed! It's been quality all the way through...thanks in large part to, of course, Paul Scheer - "Can I ask you why you're dressed like a Russian house DJ?" - "First of all, just so you know, this is the exact same thing Vin Diesel wore in XXX and he's the extreme James Bond."
In reply to Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up's comment on Thursday Night TV Open Thread at November 20, 2009 12:14 PMScore = 3
Since others are pointing out characters they'd like to see more of, can I just say Remember the Alamo...KEN COSGROVE! :)
on Mad Men: We All Have Epilepsy at October 20, 2009 12:00 PMScore = 1
Watching this based on the screenshot alone took an extra ounce of courage at first, then I was all "thank f*&% that cat's okay" and then the anger towards someone who'd actually shoot an arrow through a cat's head sank in and that leaves me disgusted - cats are cute, yes, people who do that, sick. If there's one thing I dislike about the interwebs the most, it's how readily available stories about animal abuse become and now i've gone all emo on the intended topic of "cute" - boo.
on How Is It That Every Cat On The Internet Is Cute? at September 3, 2009 3:56 PMScore = 10
This looks good, and a fun cast too - so even though I read Gabe's post before watching the trailer, and letting the cynic rise up with preconceived notions, I was won over - good for that - and I actually did LOL when Bridges jumped off the roof...besides, it's Friday, why nitpick.
on The Men Who Stare At Goats Should Have Been A Documentary at August 28, 2009 12:13 PMScore = 2
In Bruges is really, really, really good and endlessly watchable for the performances alone.
In reply to talkingstove's comment on The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus Looks Crazy Bananas at August 10, 2009 3:29 PMScore = 7
Gabe, I think you raising the issue of Eggs (seriously, EGGS!) may have single-handedly influenced the script on last night's episode - hence the minor explanation that his real, full name is Benedict - ahh, clever, those True Blood writers, and always mindful of the fans :) I remain unabashedly a fan of this show, despite all its wonkiness.
on True Blood: The Bleeds Have Begun, Indeed at August 3, 2009 11:51 AMScore = 4
Did anyone else think, at first - from the headline and photo, that this post had something to do with Fred Armisen?? Anyone? Ok, just me then :)
on Oh, Here's That Borderline-Racist Fred Parody No One Asked For at July 22, 2009 11:17 AMScore = 0
Gabe, I'm happy to see that your opinion on the show is starting to...turn - in a good way of course - I agree that nearly all of it is outlandish, but it's so strangely in its own weird universe that you can't help but enjoy the oddity of it all - keep up the recaps - as I'm sure you will as long as HBO can milk this show - everything about it is so strangely addicting and that's far better than TV that has no intrigue to it in the least.
on True Blood: Werewolf Bar Mitzvah, Basically at July 14, 2009 12:15 PMScore = 10
I especially like those bits where someone sits on a bench and basically does the same thing we are doing 19 years later, only in real-time - just....observing (and/or waiting for their wife to finish up sifting through the drawers at Victoria's Secret, only it wouldn't have been Victoria's Secret back then?)
on Meet You At The Food Court Of My Memories! at July 8, 2009 11:46 AMScore = 1
It's actually kind of ironic how Julian is part of closing not only the year but the decade where him and the rest of the guys welcomed the decade way back in '01 with 'This Is It'.
"Can't you see I'm trying... I don't even like it... I just lied to get to your apartment..."
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