THE FOURTH

It could just be a problem with positivity. I Am the Walrus by...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:19:01 -0800

It could just be a problem with positivity.

I Am the Walrus by The Beatles

Depressed

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:08:45 -0800

I’ve felt so scared about my future, and how others perceive me, and felt that I’m never going to measure up to my idols or even peers. And I’ve been paralyzed. I haven’t been doing much, because of these anxieties. And this paralysis causes me to yearn for my childhood when I made experimental videos and made multilayered music recordings and learned how to draw, when everything seemed new and possible. And then I just want to sleep, and I feel like telling someone about what I’m feeling but I don’t because I don’t want them to feel bad.

And then it feels like my head is empty, like I’m not having any meaningful thought. And it’s weird, because I feel this odd pressure, this pressure to be thinking great, contemplative thoughts. I feel this pressure almost all the time, and it makes me feel stupid and useless.

I don’t know what I’m trying to get at this. I just felt like I should write something and express what I’ve been feeling, because I haven’t been very expressive lately.

To make this more concrete, I’ll say I’ve been having some trouble at school: I’ve been having some trouble at school. I’m failing three of my classes (out of eight). This has caused me worry about getting into college. But then a much worse thought enters my mind: even if I do get accepted into a good college, what if I can’t pay for it? What if I’m not accepted for loans? What if I am and I end up in debt that cripples my adult life? All these doubts enter and fester in my mind, and I don’t even know what field I would like to study or work in. Luckily, the thing that calms me the most when I think all of this is doing my homework. It’s all I can do right now.

She said, “I know what it’s like to be dead.”

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:02:35 -0800

She said, “I know what it’s like to be dead.”

The only Rick Rubin I like is DJ Rick Rubin.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:11:51 -0800

The only Rick Rubin I like is DJ Rick Rubin.

I… I kind of like this song. I think it’s because...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:35 -0800

I… I kind of like this song. I think it’s because Rick Rubin produced it.

99 Problems by Jay-Z

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:42:41 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dirty Projectors last night were awe-inspiring.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:11:15 -0700

Really, they were amazing.

"We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:37:18 -0700

“We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.”

- Professor Robert Wilensky (via retropolitics)
Dear Professor Robert Wilensky:
Go and fuck yourself, asshole.
Love,
Us “monkeys” on the fucking Internet
(via inothernews)
Yeah, that’s a pretentious, douchebag thing to say even for a college professor, which is saying something.
The thing these pedants need to understand is that SHAKESPEARE ALREADY WROTE THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE and that we really don’t need to go back. Mankind’s artistic endeavors are all about change and maybe we’ve just shifted into a new paradigm. Maybe new media is acting as a mechanism through which the classics of tomorrow are being written… seems unlikely but you need to keep an open mind.
Remember, kids. Nothing pisses off the pedants of the world more than egalitarianism! If you have your voice and you disagree with them, you’re stupid already!

(via misterpeace)

Also, it’s supposed to be an infinite amount of monkeys at an infinite amount of keyboards. The statement isn’t supposed to prove the secret intelligence of monkeys, but the inconceivably massive amount of infinity.

Adorno by Deerhunter, from their debut Turn it Up Faggot, which...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:39:57 -0700

Adorno by Deerhunter, from their debut Turn it Up Faggot, which has been pretty much abandoned by the band.

Brule’s Rules

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:30:51 -0700

Brule’s Rules

oh my god THIS LOOKS SOOOO GOOODDD

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:07:07 -0700

oh my god THIS LOOKS SOOOO GOOODDD

Convinced of the Hex by The Flaming Lips, from their new album...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:40:44 -0700

Convinced of the Hex by The Flaming Lips, from their new album Embryonic.

I’m previewing it on Lala, and I’m loving it. All the songs are these crazy noisy psychedelic freak-outs that sort of remind me of Beck’s The Information but more aggressive.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:40:01 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Audio

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:14:46 -0700

Audio

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:08:14 -0700

ROAR

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:20:41 -0700

ROAR:

At the risk of getting ahead of myself, here’s my band blog. Don’t expect it to get updated frequently. It’s not like we do stuff. And there’s only one post.

brandileeeeee: mollytov:dtronics: upcycling and DIY combined=...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:50:19 -0700

brandileeeeee:

mollytov:dtronics:

upcycling and DIY combined= the ability to have really awesome and original things that no designer label will ever be able to provide you.

Just sayin.

this is awesome and has a semi-bill nye feel. also great for fusing are those bags that newspapers come in, and they have some neat colors!

I’m going to do this for a school project.

It’s going to be cool when they make these again.

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:47:25 -0700

It’s going to be cool when they make these again.

Fantastic video of The Flaming Lips playing Yoshimi Battles the...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:25:37 -0700

Fantastic video of The Flaming Lips playing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1 at the Del Mar Racetrack last summer, shot by Charles Bergquist.

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks playing By Hook or by Crook and...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:42:19 -0700

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks playing By Hook or by Crook and Shorty Falls in Love on the set of the Flip Wilson show in 1972.