A handful of movies (Monster, Boys Don’t Cry, Grave of the Fireflies) have ranked among the best of the last couple decades while ensuring that anyone would never want to see them a second time. These films are so emotionally raw and effective that only the most dedicated of cinephiles and drama junkies would willingly experience the journey again. “Support Our Troops OH! (Black Angels OH!),
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While many are beginning their participation in National Novel Writing Month, Stoplight Sleep is beginning a project of its own. Over the next few months, I'll be writing about 100 of the greatest albums of the 2000s. Each album will get approximately 500 words, adding up to the 50,000 authors pen for NaNo. I'd call it Local Music Criticism Quarter, but it doesn't have quite the same ring to it...
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While I've been busy writing about other things in other places, I've also been thinking a lot about the best of the decade. I'll be doing individual posts on some of the albums I think are the best over the next couple months.
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Maybe the 8-bit cover thing has jumped the shark (a phrase which has "jumped the shark"), but I couldn't help but love this one when I heard it during the latest Engadget podcast. Not a bad video, either.Dr. Zilog - My Girls (8-bit Animal Collective Cover)
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It's no secret that Stoplight Sleep is a big fan of Why?, so it got a little electric over here when Pitchfork posted a new track from the upcoming album, Eskimo Snow. You can also check out Pitchfork's interview with Yoni Wolf, the mastermind behind Why?, and details on the upcoming tour over at our friends Insulinfunk.Meanwhile, another Anticon act, Serengeti & Polyphonic are touring to promo...
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WARNING: The following post does not relate to the American government's space program or an 80s pop duo. The following video does, however, feature lyrics from Spank Rock, so, you know, NSFW.N.A.S.A. (the collaboration between producer Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon who released The Spirit of Apollo early this year) recently released an official video for their summer jam, "Watcha Doin?" The tr...
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You can check out my review of the new album Upper Air from Bowerbirds on Insulinfunk.More >
No, this isn't a post about Stoplight Sleep favorite Ra Ra Riot doing a Pantera cover. It's about this cool live video from Pitchfork!
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I put in I'm Frightened, the new album from White Rabbits, which was produced by Britt Daniel. I flash back to the summer of 2001. Girls Can Tell is on my car stereo.
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I've been writing a weekly feature (among other duties) over at Insulinfunk. Check out the reviews here. They usually go up on Fridays. While you're at it, check out The Rawking Refuses to Stop!'s Best of 2008 features. That's right, only 6 months later. Now that's some thoughtfulness I can get behind.
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It must be the beginning of Fallout 3, the way Megatons were blowing up today. First, Valve and Microsoft announced Left for Dead 2, the sequal to one of my favorite games of 2008. Some claim it's too soon, but I'm excited about the changes, namely a new setting, fresh characters, melee weapons, and an improved AI director. Now, players will experience changes in weather and environment.Also to..
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Here's an update on Stoplight Sleep's favorite current comic, Phonogram.I also wrote a review for Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound's new album, When Sweet Sleep Returns. Check out the lead track below.Two Stage Rocket - Assemble He...
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(SD) Kanye West - Robocop (1988 import version) from Myk Dawg on Vimeo.
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What has Stoplight Sleep been up to? Interviewing the creator and author of one of the best comics of the last decade, Phonogram! Hope on over to read the Insulinfunk interview with video-game journalist Kieron Gillen.
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For those of you who don't know, I'm now writing and copyediting for Insulinfunk, a blog about video games, music, movies, and whatever else. JPAG Godfather Wesley Johnson runs the sight from a special modified insulin pump attached to the side of his neck. You can head over now to check out posts on themselves and a spring music preview.
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I appeared on this week's Joystiq Podcast Appreciation Group Podcast. We discussed, among other things, the Shawn Elliott-curated internet symposium on video game review policy and ethics.You can read Joystiq, the site that hosts the podcast that inspired the group that hosts the podcast, here.You can join (or visit) the JPAG, here.
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I hesitate to call She & Him Vol. 1 a dissapointment, but when I first heard that M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel were collaborating, I didn't expect what we got. When I think of M. Ward, he's not just a warm studio sound with punchy acoustic numbers and a 50s country/pop angle; he's a husky, distant voice: Patsy Cline meets Tom Waits. Sadly, that voice was all but missing from the She & Him album,...
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Over the next several weeks, you'll probably see a lot of posts of oldish tracks, as I bask in the cool afterglow of 2008, enjoying albums I loved and discovering even more (I'll post on those, too.). For now, here's why 2008 sucked for hip-hop: there was nothing like El-P!The Overly Dramatic Truth (Mai...
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I finally picked up Fleet Foxes Sun Giant EP after hearing "Mykonos" on SNL. Thanks to NBC, you won't see that here, but you can watch the official video.
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I finally picked up Fleet Foxes Sun Giant EP after hearing "Mykonos" on SNL. Thanks to NBC, you won't see that here, but you can watch the official video.
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