Clackamas County and SW Portland events roundup: dances, town halls, concerts, plays, classes
- 10:13 AM — Jan 30 —
- Source: The Oregonian - Portland OR
Wanda Matlock teaches senior citizens the basics. Read More
Lana Del Rey: Born to Die
- 12:39 PM — Jan 25 —
- Source: Slant Magazine
I was initially puzzled by the accusations of inauthenticity that were hurled with such vehemence and frequency at Lana Del Rey (née Elizabeth Grant) in the wake of her meteoric rise to It Girl status last year. Read More
Copyright reliant industries are the T-1000
- 2:51 AM — Jan 25 —
- Source: YCombinator
The information equivalent of a nuclear bomb detonating over the Shima Hospital that is SOPA / PIPA last week would seem to have put a rather large question mark over the future of the these proposals ( thanks to Wikipedia et al). Of course, copyright reliant industry's troubled relationship with technology isn't new. Read More
Live music this week: 01.20.12-01.26.12
- 4:53 AM — Jan 20 —
- Source: Corpus Christi Caller - Corpus Christi TX
Today and Wednesday: 6 p.m., Ruben Limas. Read More
Lana Del Ray Comes To 'Saturday Night Live' And Leaves Controversies Behind
- 2:05 PM — Jan 13 —
- Source: NPR
There are three types of people currently reading this blog post about Lana Del Rey: those who reflexively rolled their eyes upon reading the very words "Lana Del Rey" just now, those who have no idea why the words "Lana Del Rey" would provoke autonomic eye-rolling and those who scoff at the thought that people can be divided into only three types. Read More
Music: For Our Consideration: Neutral Milk Hotel, T. Bone Burnett, and the sound of sound
- 1:18 AM — Jan 11 —
- Source: The A.V. Club
Lift the lid off of the top of the new Neutral Milk Hotel box set, and there's the cover of the band's 1998 album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea —all big, bold and square in its 12-inch LP form. Read More
TV: The Muppet Show: “Episode 118: Phyllis Diller” /“Episode 119: Vincent Price”
- 1:16 PM — Jan 10 —
- Source: The A.V. Club
In the summer of 1971, Jim Henson, John Lovelady, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz traded the studio environs of Sesame Street for the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Read More