May 2013
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Insight →
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“The great thing is, the sentence is really just a reminder to the listener to worry about whatever aspects of the technology they’re already feeling alarmist about, which in their mind gives you credit for addressing their biggest anxieties.”
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Daft Punk: Random Access Memories →
With allusions to robots and UFOs, and themes of the intersection of humanity and technology, the album’s sci-fi aesthetic signals an intent to—by blending many shades of retro—create the dance music of tomorrow. However, while the recordecstatically embraces both past and future, it doesn’t have much love for the present, turning an icy shoulder to modern club-style beats, loops, or samples, and...
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EA teases new Star Wars Battlefront game →
“The opportunity to do a new Battlefront, for example, which is one of the very popular Star Wars games, or some of the other traditional games that were made, is very exciting.”
NEW BATTLEFRONT! The best thing to come out of the Xbox One announcement is this, definitely this. So excited.
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I’ll keep this brief so as not to contradict my point. Today, instead of wasting time posting to your blog/facebook/twitter/etc about the tornado in Oklahoma, or bitching about the dumb reactions or people politicizing it, use that time to go donate to relief efforts instead.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2013-5-19) →
Florence + the Machine (40)
The Dillinger Escape Plan (36)
Jimmy Eat World (34)
Daft Punk (21)
The Postal Service (20)
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So my scrobbler decided to freak out this week… either that or I secretly played the Gatsby soundtrack over and over in my sleep.
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Eight nerds get rich off a game where Oprah sobs... →
At $25 per copy, the original game has likely generated at least $12 million in revenue since 2011 (the company won’t give sales figures). Industry experts estimate the game costs less than $10 to make, sell and distribute. The Chicago-based company behind Cards hasn’t spent a dime on marketing and has no full-time employees. Demand for the game has spawned a resale market where prices reach...
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Friday Discussion: The First CD I Bought
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The odds are that the first CD you bought is not indicative of the music that you listen to today. Or maybe it is, who knows. Regardless, we thought it would be fun, amusing, and interesting to do a new PropertyOfZack Friday Discussion on The First CD I Bought. Check out our Discussion below and feel free to reblog with your first CD purchase!
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The first CD I ever...
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I really hope that Yahoo! doesn’t buy Tumblr, unless someone can show me an example of Yahoo! buying another property and actually improving it?
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The Dan Brown Novel Formula
Dan Brown released his new Robert Langdon novel, Inferno, yesterday. Like everyone else in the world, I became familiar with him after the craze of The DaVinci Code. But then I went back and read the rest of his books and got a familiar feeling. His books aren’t terrible by any means and are definitely an entertaining read, but I wouldn’t read any of them more than once since it feels...
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Fuck Your Delicate Sensibilities, I'm Going to... →
When people bitch at me about swearing in articles about grievous, mind-boggling, viscerally enraging hypocrisies and human rights violations—that’s what’s interesting to me. That tension, that decision to prioritize meaningless bullshit over tangible real-world harm. Fuck you, and fuck your delicate sensibilities.
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Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for... →
The Verge has an awesome, comprehensive look at Google’s new chat app. This was my favorite of all the Google I/O 2013 announcements, and I will be making all of my friends install it promptly. One of the main killer features that I think sets it above all the other chat apps is below.
Google says it’s put a lot of thought into reconsidering presence, and it actually works better in...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2013-5-12) →
Cave In (5)
Alkaline Trio (4)
Good Old War (4)
blink-182 (3)
Glassjaw (3)
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I used Google Play Music’s instant mix feature on Cave in - “Anchor” and was not disappointed. Others’ mileage may vary with the feature but since my music library is almost at the 20,000 song limit, Google usually finds a good selection.
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One Word Review: The Place Beyond the Pines
Delibrate
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One Word Review: The Great Gatsby
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One Word Review: Pain and Gain
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Film Review: The Great Gatsby
To be fair, this is less of a review and more of an analysis of Baz Luhrmann’s attempt to adapt The Great Gatsby and why I think it failed. Being that The Great Gatsby was one of the few books forced on high schoolers that I actually enjoyed, this film had some expectations attached to it. But that’s the case with most films adapted from iconic books. And while it was a very...
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I Know That Feel Pat (My Favorite Scene in Silver...
Pat: "This whole time you're rooting for this Hemingway guy to survive the war and to be with the woman that he loves, Catherine Barkley."
Dolores: "It's four o'clock in the morning, Pat."
Pat: "And he does, he does, he survives the war after getting blown up. He survives it and he escapes to Switzerland with Catherine. You think he ends it there? No! She dies, dad! I mean, the world's hard enough as it is, guys. Can't someone say, hey let's be positive? Let's have a good ending to the story?"
Dolores: "Pat, you owe us an apology."
Pat: "Mom, I can't, for what, I can't apologize. I'm not going to apologize for this. You know what I will do? I will apologize on behalf of Ernest Hemingway because that's who's to blame here."
Pat Sr.: "Yeah, have Ernest Hemingway call us and apologize to us too."
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2013-5-5) →
Justin Timberlake (7)
Fall Out Boy (7)
Murder by Death (6)
Face to Face (4)
The Postal Service (4)
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#gorillaofftheback
— dustin brown (@DustinBrown23) May 7, 2013
Might wanna stay away from LA downtown, cause there might be a gorilla walking around…
— Anze Kopitar (@AnzeKopitar) May 7, 2013
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“I think the sacrifice would be worth it. Now, I would hope that I would get the...”
– Chris Kluwe, on the prospect of finding another team after being cut by the Vikings this morning, possibly in part because of his outspokenness. I hope more players will follow his example, even when not as well spoken.
Source: Star Tribune via Deadspin
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The Tiers of Dating (According to Jake the Dog)
Huggin’
Smoochin’
She’ll let you discover all 15 feet of her long beautiful stomach
You touch her horn for the very first time. Very special.
YOU STAY AWAY FROM THAT! DO NOT DO TIER 15!
From Adventure Time S4E16 “Burning Low”. Watch Adventure Time, it’s amazing.
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Comic Review: The Movement #1
One of the more Newsworthy comics to debut this week is The Movement by Simone and Williams and released by DC Comics. The reviews that I have read so far are pretty polarizing.
I’m kind of in the middle on this comic so far. The major thing that stuck out at me is the sub par art. It seems like a book with subject matter like this should go for a bit more realism in the art, but...
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“It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record...”
– Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
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Jupiter's Legacy to Champion Print Over Digital →
Mark Millar will not be releasing his newest ongoing comic, Jupiter’s Legacy, same day digital, but on a 3 month wait. Apparently he wouldn’t release on digital at all if he had the choice. I, personally, find this extremely stupid. He even admits that sales are up with digital but I guess he’s going with his gut.
“As for day and date, I really disagree with it. If even...
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WatchI miss having Torii Hunter (and his dance moves) on the Angels.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2013-4-28) →
Gatsby’s American Dream (3)
Alkaline Trio (1)
Hot Rod Circuit (1)
Justin Timberlake (1)
Fall Out Boy (1)
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Didn’t listen to much music this week, I was busy catching up on podcasts. Plus I’m a little overwhelmed by all the new stuff that’s come out in the last few weeks.
April 2013
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“Says Christopher Johnson, a linguist and naming expert, “The problem with Google...”
– Michael Erard - Like a Lead Balloon - The Morning News (via thisistheverge)
So what you’re saying is that I can blame Google for all these terrible band names?
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The Official White House Tumblr: The White House,... →
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We see some great things here at the White House every day, and sharing that stuff with you is one of the best parts of our jobs. That’s why we’re launching a Tumblr. We’ll post things like the best quotes from President Obama, or video of young scientists visiting the White House for the science…
I think the White House has jumped the social media shark. Although I would be...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2013-4-21) →
Fall Out Boy (12)
Alkaline Trio (4)
My Chemical Romance (3)
NOFX (2)
Refused (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Friday Discussion: The Best Album Closers
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We posted a PropertyOfZack Friday Discussion on The Best Album Openers last week, so we’re following it up this week with The Best Album Closers. Album closers have the ability to leave a truly emotional mark on the listener, and we’ve experienced quite a few memorable ones over the years in our scene. We put the closers together in an Rdio Playlist to listen to as you read the...
