Archive for 2008
Kanye West - 808’s and Heartbreak
In September 2007, Kanye West made a major breakthrough: After conquering charts and capturing hearts with two huge, deeply flawed near-masterpieces, he delivered his first perfect album. Graduation, a daring synthesis of French house-skewed disco and the familiar feel-good hypersoul dude made his name on, was as relentlessly pleasurable as West’s previous records while simultaneously [...]
Cock Bloc’ed: The “Intimacy” Fiasco, Part 1
So I was all set to write up a review for the new Bloc Party album, “Intimacy,” which was released online a month ago, with a physical release date set for October 28th. I held off on purchasing the record through Bloc Party’s website for ten dollars (with an option to spend twenty and receive [...]
DBOW - “Douchebag of the Week”
Does this look familiar. Yeah, Sherman and Tingle, Q101’s afternoon drive-time jockeys have a new segment they’re calling “Douchebag of the Week.” This qualifies as both a Shenanigans and a DBOW in SWinc’s book.
For Your Consideration - A New Joker *Spoilers*
I’m about to make an unpopular suggestion. Look at the end of The Dark Knight. The Joker and Batman have a showdown and the last we see of Heath Ledger’s Joker is him hanging upside down, laughing, and getting arrested. That’s it–that’s our “good bye” to a terrific character. There’s a [...]
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Tim thinks the new strong words inc design is fantastic and probably will make at least 2 more people tune into the podcast.
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