Month: January 2015
January 22, 2015
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POTUS x BLACK SHEEP y’all
January 21, 2015
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OMG OMG OMG.
Hot WHITE chocolate.
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Stay young.
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While discussing the fact that we’re both keyboard mashers, @lucyschafer remarks, “we’re just passionate typers”.
January 20, 2015
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We’re going to be talking about Exploding Kittens for the next 5 years. A case study in just about everything.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens
January 19, 2015
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Philip Seymour Hoffman is not impressed being a suggested “daggering” video. pic.twitter.com/M1Yrrxl0Gd
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Today The Saddest Burger King In The World™ smells of mothballs and bitter resolve.
Outside, a man screams about The Fugees.
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The case for considering robots people:
http://ift.tt/1yPbfdf
pic.twitter.com/MZyiuMu0LH
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January 18, 2015
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Damn, John Wick must of REALLY loved that dog.
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Hit by my first credit card fraud. Luckily I spotted it before it went through. Can’t believe I’ve avoided it this long.
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Top 30 Albums of 2014
I was soooo close to not publishing my Top 30 list this year. But after some thought I realized there was a lot of good music this year and future me would kick 2015 me in the ass for not taking a bit of time to acknowledge that.
A bit of background from my 2013 preamble for those new to my lists:
I do this more for me — as a way of discovering new music — than for you, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want you to get as much joy from these amazing artists as I did this year. My list-making secret is to start a “long list” of albums I like at the beginning of the year. I keep adding when something strikes my fancy and use the year-end holidays to figure out which ones really made the cut.
There are seven females (or female lead bands) on the list this year. Better than last year’s dismal four. This list also got much more obscure this year. In the past I’ve found lots of interesting and popular albums for this list — things like Black Keys, Beyoncé, Kanye West, and Daft Punk for example. While I listened to a lot of pop this year I didn’t truly connect with anything and I didn’t see anything moving music forward as sometimes happens. The list this year is therefore more personal. It’s also more electronic and quieter than in past years. I’m really interested in music that leaves lots of space.
For those interested, my previous Top 30 Albums are still online:
And now, the Top 30 Albums of 2014! Enjoy!
Note these are in alphabetical order. I could never rank these absolutely — it would change daily.
- This Is All Yours by ∆
- Syro by Aphex Twin
- Thirty Eight by Apollo Brown
- Morning Phase by Beck
- Everyday Robots by Damon Albarn
- Black Metal by Dean Blunt
- Our Love by Caribou
- Built On Glass by Chet Faker
- Darlings by Kevin Drew
- In The Wild by FaltyDL
- LP1 by FKA Twigs
- Down To Earth by Flight Facilities
- 36 Seasons by Ghostface Killah
- Ruins by Grouper
- “What Is This Heart?” by How To Dress Well
- The Moon Rang Like a Bell by Hundred Waters
- V by JJ
- Jungle by Jungle
- Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son by Damien Jurado
- I Never Learn by Lykke Li
- Who is William Onyeabor? by William Onyeabor
- Too Bright by Perfume Genius
- The Inevitable End by Röyksopp
- Run The Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels
- They Want My Soul by Spoon
- St. Vincent by St. Vincent
- E s t a r a by Teebs
- Sun Structures by Temples
- When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day by Mirel Wagner
- Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
I’d love to know what albums we have in common and which ones you think should have made my list but didn’t. Use the comments people, don’t be shy!
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I’ve just published my Top 30 Albums of 2014. I hope you find a few new-to-you favs!
http://schafer.com/2015/01/top-30-albums-of-2014/
pic.twitter.com/xw5jM9lXU2
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This promo shot for Run The Jewels is pretty amazing. pic.twitter.com/jO8zNQEqXY
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I would like an iPhone case made out of gecko feet.
January 17, 2015
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Take the right time scale (centuries) and scope (global) and the world keeps getting fairer. pic.twitter.com/WgKALKk4uT
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This is very good.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/boss-witch?utm_term=.rdaWGZrbp#.ig43Mw10B
pic.twitter.com/8ecgifEWls
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The Lindy Hop should have been an Olympic sport:
January 16, 2015
January 15, 2015
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It would be hard not to take it personally if your departure from a company causes its stock to go up 2%.
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The Rolling Stones second UK album was released 50 years ago today.
Key track – “Time Is On My Side”. pic.twitter.com/pLadHa7nQq
January 14, 2015
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That whole “we support free speech” thing was a nice dream for a week or so wasn’t it?
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/14/days-hosting-massive-free-speech-march-france-arrests-comedian-facebook-comments/
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I wish this wasn’t so spot on what is really happening.
RT @privacylawyer: Too true … pic.twitter.com/Lg4KTEOxqN
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TIL: Sophie Grace & Rosie are two girls, not three.
January 13, 2015
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How paranoia becomes law. pic.twitter.com/DjnVdidCw6
