Yes
I will freely admit that I probably have at least the second worst URL in the history of the earth planet.
But
In my defense: I was computing under the influence when I registered it, and all the good ones were taken.
Anyway
In keeping with the times, I have looked into this whole URL shortening thing that’s been taking several of the internets by storm. And so I present, for your ease of use and mine, something that would fit on a business card to be handed out to babes:
http://bit.ly/wwwhatever (wwwowsers that’s short!)
(THIS USED TO BE A FEW DIFFERENT POSTS)
Since I couldn’t figure out a free/painless way to edit a million photos’ EXIF data, I made a shortcode instead, and will just enter locations by hand in the post.
More of the same, but with actual correctness now »
I keep forgetting to do this list, but this is one of those weird phenomena that I have noticed. Say there is a band you like. No, not them, that other one. Similar names are the death of me, especially when I love one band and hate the other. I spent years of my life not liking Chavez, because I saw a video by Gomez (which I hated), and the names were permanently mixed up in my mind.
SOOOOO, in no particular order (except alphabetical), and varying levels of similarity…
- The Arcade Fire / The Fiery Furnaces
- Black Dice / Black Lips / The Black Keys
- Cake / Cake-Like
- Chavez / Gomez
- Codeine / Morphine
- Deerhoof / Deerhunter
- Del Fuegos / Del Lords
- fIREHOSE / Firehouse
- Fucked Up / Holy Fuck (and they’re both from fuckin’ Toronto, fuck!)
- Garth Brooks / Brooks & Dunn
- Jawbox / Jawbreaker
- The Mars Volta / Volta Do Mar
- Mew / Muse
- Modest Mouse / Mouse on Mars
- Múm (from Iceland) / Mum (NOT from Iceland)
- OMD / OMC
- Panda Bear (from Animal Collective) / Grizzly Bear (not from Animal Collective)
- Polara / Polaris
- Stroke 9 / The Strokes
- Super Furry Animals / Animal Collective
- Supergrass / Superdrag
- Television / Telephone
- The Verve / The Verve Pipe
- The Vines / The Shins
- Whitesnake / White Lion / Great White
- Wolf Eyes / Wolf Parade / Wolfmother / Wolf Balls (ok I made that last one up, but it’s only a matter of time)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Hot Hot Heat / !!!
- Honorable mention: the seven hundred or so bands during the 80s that had all one word names that started with a C.
- BONUS ROUND: XTC album “Black Sea” / X album “Under the Big Black Sun”
It seems like there were more, but my memory is terrible—which is why I am always mixing these groups up in my head to begin with.
Bold means I’ve seen it, not-bold means I have some catching up to do…
- Transformers 5: Planet of the Earth (2011)
- This Must Be the Place (2011)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
- Friends with Money (2006)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- North Country (2005)
- Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
- City by the Sea (2002)
- Laurel Canyon (2002)
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
- Almost Famous (2000)
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- Talk of Angels (1998)
- Madeline (1998)
- Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
- Paradise Road (1997)
- Lone Star (1996)
- Primal Fear (1996)
- Fargo (1996)
- Palookaville (1995)
- Beyond Rangoon (1995)
- Bleeding Hearts (1994)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Passed Away (1992)
- The Butcher’s Wife (1991)
- Barton Fink (1991,voice/uncredited)
- Hidden Agenda (1990)
- Miller’s Crossing (1990,uncredited)
- Darkman (1990)
- Chattahoochee (1989)
- Mississippi Burning (1988)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Crimewave (1985)
- Blood Simple (1984)
(source, dogg)
I have seen Fargo and Raising Arizona about a hundred times total, though, so it kind of evens out.
And now, a favorite album for each year I have been alive on the earth planet:
1972: Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
1973: Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
1974: King Crimson – Red
1975: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
1976: Joni Mitchell – Hejira
1977: Television – Marquee Moon
1978: The Jam – All Mod Cons
1979: Talking Heads – Fear of Music
1980: The Pretenders – s/t
1981: The Cure – Faith
1982: X – Under the Big Black Sun
1983: U2 – War
1984: The Replacements – Let it Be
1985: R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction
1986: Metallica – Master of Puppets
1987: Guadalcanal Diary – 2×4
1988: The Church – Starfish
1989: Pixies – Doolittle
1990: Uncle Tupelo – No Depression
1991: Slint – Spiderland
1992: Beastie Boys – Check Your Head
1993: Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No.1 Baby
1994: Rodan – Rusty
1995: Hum – You’d Prefer an Astronaut
1996: Failure – Fantastic Planet
1997: Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
1998: Don Caballero – What Burns Never Returns
1999: Trans Am – Futureworld
2000: Sleater-Kinney – All Hands on the Bad One
2001: Les Savy Fav – Go Forth
2002: Ms. John Soda – No P or D
2003: The Sea and Cake – One Bedroom
2004: Laura Veirs – Carbon Glacier
2005: Kylesa – To Walk a Middle Course
2006: Mastodon – Blood Mountain
2007: Baroness – Red Album
2008: Boris – SMILE
2009: Baroness – Blue Record / Polvo – In Prism (I CAN’T DECIDE)
2010: The National – High Violet
NOTES:
- 1977 and 1984 (and even 2009) were banner years for good rock, which made it hard to pick just one.
- 1991 was no contest, but there were a few trying for “close second”.
- If I were even older, 1966 would have been another such year.
- I recycled this post from my el-jay, just because.
