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Baste Yr Turkey to This (#bastegod #thanksgiving)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Endless love to all friends of Phil Elverum. Happy Thanksgiving.

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FRIDAY: Jesse Miller Talk Show with Jean Don’t of the Franks and Hit City U.S.A. (music + interview)

Posted on October 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Jesse Miller meets Jean Don’t of The Franks (a.k.a. Hit City U.S.A. co-founder Colin Stutz) THIS FRIDAY at the Improv Comedy Lab at 10pm as the JMTS returns to its regular time and venue after a special one-off featuring Vice Cooler. This month’s other guests are Jon Daly (Human Giant), Melissa Villasenor (America’s Got Talent) and Scott Gairdner (Funny Or Die). $5. On Facebook.

The Franks with “Neon Politik”:

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Just Watch It …

Posted on October 2, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Events, Music-4-Moviez, Tunes!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

#noonecares, #duh, but nonetheless, there’ve been some additions to the site>>

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FRIDAY: The Jesse Miller Talk Show with Wallpaper

Posted on September 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

$5 worth of fun. Straight up.

I’ve thrown my lot in with the inimitable eagle-eyed talent-scouting genius Jesse Miller (also known, when not in character, as the extraordinary comedic force Andre Hyland). “Miller” hosts a hilarious monthly talk show at The Improv in Hollywood featuring comics, actors and writers. Starting with this Friday’s gig, I’ll be booking a musical guest for each show, and we’re kicking things off with flashy dance destroyer Wallpaper., whose #STUPiDFACEDD EP is currently making the rounds. Here’s LAist’s take on The Jesse Miller Talk Show, and here’s what you’d be missing … if you were stupid(facedd) enough to miss it:

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Thousands Pack Oakland Arena for RATM … in 1999

Posted on September 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In honor of my recent SPIN review of Rage Against the Machine’s return to live domination, I’ve resurrected my first concert review ever — of RATM at the Oakland Arena in 1999, published in, wait for it, my high school paper, The Spartan Spectrum. Apparently, “they thoroughly rocked the crowd.”

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock Big Sur

Posted on August 31, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Catching up on older stuff. A few weeks back, photog Graeme Flegenheimer and I road tripped it up to the Henry Miller Library to catch the iconic Angelenos in action. New songs, old songs, although strangely not this song. Oh well. SPIN.

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This is My Grandma.

Posted on August 23, 2011 by | Leave a comment

She thrashes.

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Moonlighting in Salmon Pants

Posted on August 22, 2011 by | 1 Comment

You laugh now, but when live band dubstep becomes a thing, the didgeridoo will be an integral part of the movement. #returnofjamiroquai #incubass

(Photo by Sharon Alagna)

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Welcome Back.

Posted on May 31, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Music journalism never dies. It just gets lazy.

Wanna intern for one writer’s music  blog? I can’t pay, but I’ll teach you how to do make cool things like that (^), and tell you about the time I drank Alize and did the Humpty Dance on stage with Digital Underground, and we can laugh together at Hipster Runoff and people who haven’t heard of Arcade Fire. It’ll be grand and, most importantly, Aural Standards will be updated on the regular. Wouldn’t that be nice? Yes? Good, now that we’re agreed, please sign below. Fine print? Oh, that’s just food. I spill a lot. Yeah.

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