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LENNON interview with Things We Said Today

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Published on October 11, 2013 07:23

Baby Blue: Breaking Bad leftovers

People flipped when they played “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” when they had this nugget in their back pockets the whole time. Wish I had thought of it myself. #

10 More Unused Breaking Bad Tracks:

Chemistry Class, Elvis Costello

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Beatles

Castilian Blue, Terence Trent D’Arby

Blue For No Reason, Bonnie Raitt

Dr. Luther’s Assistant, Elvis Costello

Dead Flowers, Rolling Stones

Turn That Heartbeat Over Again, Steely Dan

D.O.A., Bloodrock

Take This Job and Shove It, Johnny Paycheck

Hello Walls, Faron Young (New Hampshire cabin) #

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Published on October 04, 2013 06:51

Breaking Bad, Nurse Jackie, and 60s Dystopia

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…Jay Leno’s 1984 standup opener put it best: “I know it’s wrong, but when Nancy Reagan says ‘Just Say No,’ it makes me want to shoot up in the gutter and die.” Both Breaking Bad and Nurse Jackie riff on the war on drugs as a kind of mass psychosis we all participate in, incentivizing purer and more violent potions, dealers, and tactics. Across boundaries of race, class, demographics, and gender, these shows portray the resultant drug culture as mass expressions of self-centeredness that, paradoxically, still define our immigration policy and eat at our public health solvency. Professional displays of decency from doctors and nurses (often inebriated), enforced by familial connection (DEA Schrader), now mask a gnawing hypocrisy. Communal purpose has collapsed. It’s Woodstock in reverse.

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Published on September 27, 2013 03:00

DETERIORATA XIII:2 dBs, Buzzcocks, Deerhunter

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The songs our parents gave us | Music | The Guardian #

The Warm Thrill of Confusion – NYTimes.com #

Articles: The Return of the Replacements | Features | Pitchfork #

Bob Dylan: Another Self Portrait Vs. The Basement Box | Popdose #

And two new laudable-recent sets from parallel worlds: the dBs Falling Off the Sky (2012), and the Buzzcocks FlatPack Philosophy (2013). Leading candidate for album of the year: Deerhunter’s Monomania. #

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Published on September 14, 2013 04:13

BADASS: JUSTIFIED VS BREAKING BAD

Nick Searcy as Raylan Givens’ boss Chief Deputy Art Mullen gave the climactic speech in last season’s finale (hint: Erica Tazel delivers the scene-stealer under her breath: ”I had panties just like that”): #

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The “Alphabet Street” soundtrack proved too tempting: #

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Raylan vs. Boyd: Sexiness Justified
Walton Goggins explains the Boyd Crowder role as ‘Justified’ season 5 set for 2014
Justified
Nick Searcy, Man In A Blue Robe
Breitbart Inspires Justified’s Nick Searcy
‘First Snack gets his own plane!’ Bo airlifted to Obama vacation home; Nick Searcy blasts

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Published on August 12, 2013 08:44

Breaking Bad, Nurse Jackie, and 60s Dystopia

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…Jay Leno’s 1984 standup opener put it best: “I know it’s wrong, but when Nancy Reagan says ‘Just Say No,’ it makes me want to shoot up in the gutter and die.” Both Breaking Bad and Nurse Jackie riff on the war on drugs as a kind of mass psychosis we all participate in, incentivizing purer and more violent potions, dealers, and tactics. Across boundaries of race, class, demographics, and gender, these shows portray the resultant drug culture as mass expressions of self-centeredness that, paradoxically, still define our immigration policy and eat at our public health solvency. Professional displays of decency from doctors and nurses (often inebriated), enforced by familial connection (DEA Schrader), now mask a gnawing hypocrisy. Communal purpose has collapsed. It’s Woodstock in reverse.

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Published on August 05, 2013 06:57

Harry Nilsson Answers Lennon-McCartney Conundrum

Nilsson Sings Newman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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If Lennon-McCartney was the question, the answer was: this guy. What happens, in other words, if you combine in one person, in one talent, in a single opus, the whimsical facility of Paul and the howlingness and perversity of John? On June 5, 1941, Mother Nature—in antic mood—gave it a shot; prodigious chaos ensued. And the name of the chaos was Harry Nilsson. #

via Harry Nilsson by James Parker in Slate Magazine #

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