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Obsessed: Of Montreal, Milk, and Cyndi Lauper

By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 21st, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Cabinet speculation. It’s like celebrity gossip for policy wonks.
- Dylan Matthews
I recently picked up a copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s newest album, 8…

Music Video: “Walking On A Dream” by Empire of the Sun

By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 20th, 2008 at 9:37 am

Empire of the Sun further proves my theory that all the best music is coming out of Australia right now:

The RIAA Is Evil

By Kay Steiger - Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

Jesse notes that Tennessee’s universities are forced to spend millions on anti-pirating software even though they’re expecting to increase tuition and lay off teachers. As…

Pretty Tasty

By Jesse Singal - Nov 17th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

Sadly, No! notes that John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is now hawking butter:

Isn’t this one of the signs of the…

Obsessed: Bookshelves, The Obamas, and Kid Sister

By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 14th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Books At Home. I need more bookshelves.
- Diana Jou
The Obama family behind the scenes at the DNC. We now have a president-elect who…

Smashing Pumpkins Public Service Annoucement

By L. Russell Allen - Nov 13th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

I bought tickets to see the Smashing Pumpkins play a club on Halloween. The show was advertised as an acoustic reflection on the groups 20…

Obsessed: ACIDIC, Cabinet Newsladder, and The Cutest First Daughter Ever

By Bradley Portnoy - Nov 7th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Sasha Obama. I am convinced that she is the real Sasha Fierce Beyonce keeps marketing to the masses.
- Loryn Wilson
Cabinet Newsladder. Everyone’s talking…

Obsessed: The Election, Elizabeth Edwards, and Love Lockdown

By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 31st, 2008 at 5:18 pm

We’re actually just all obsessed with the election.
Elizabeth Edwards. She may be getting press for not wearing her wedding ring, but she actually knows…

Music for a Monday

By Jesse Singal - Oct 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

I highly recommend you check out Plants & Animals, a band that reminds me of everyone from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles.…

Obsessed: Swedish Dance Pop, Grad Students, and John Legend

By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 24th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

We were all really obsessed with FiveThirtyEight.com, but we thought these would be a little more interesting…
Robyn. You may remember this Swedish artist from…

Video: Frankmusik - “3 Little Words”

By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 21st, 2008 at 9:40 am

Vincent Frank, aka Frankmusik, is currently feeding my appetite for early 1990s-inspired electronic dance pop quite nicely. Hailing from London, Frankmusik has released relatively few…

Steal This Blog Post

By Kay Steiger - Oct 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am

Randall Munroe, author of xkcd, said it best when he railed against the music industry’s effort to stem illegal downloading.

A new study conducted by…

Obsessed: Your Jalopy, Joe the Plumber, and Bluegrass Fiddle

By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 17th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

It’s 18 days until the election–what did you think we were obsessed with?
I am obsessed with the new camo cans. Delicious and discrete.
-…

Powell-ing Around With Colin

By Erica Williams - Oct 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

Colin Powell had some interesting things to say about Africa’s responsibility for its own development at the THISDAY Africa Rising Music and Fashion Festival in…

Obsessed: Lookbooks, MacBooks, and American Books

By Bradley Portnoy - Oct 10th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

We can’t bear to watch the stock market fall, so we’ve been occupying ourselves with:
The brooches Michelle Obama seems to be wearing on her…