June 2010
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“And so we ask the Internet to keep interrupting us in ever more varied ways. We...”
– Nicholas Carr, Wired.
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May 30th
Interview Magazine: Metric's Twilight Fantasies (...
Sometimes things get omitted because of word count. But I think Metric diehards would like to see what Emily Haines told me that didn’t make the final profile! NIKA: What’s been the biggest artistic shift for Metric in the past few years? HAINES:  Our last album [2005’s Live It Out] was a political rant about the Bush administration. [laughs]. But times change. I don’t want to be...
May 29th
More thrilling than a split infinitive.: Some... →
• I’m in pursuit of moss right now. • The dragon trees I pruned last week are beginning to grow new stems where I clipped them. • The baby spiders I clipped off the mother are beginning to take root in various glasses of water. • The avocado pit is still in the process of splitting. • The… I’ve grown to love Rohin’s motherly green thumb.
May 29th
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“There are great female performers out there. And I definitely feel that there...”
–  Emily Haines. Full interview on InterviewMagazine.com today.
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“Q: But hasn’t knowledge always been the most important currency?...”
– M.I.A., Complex Magazine.
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Secret's out.
P4K: Ghosts In The Machine Pitchfork has unearthed ‘witch house’ for a formal examination, meaning its days are already numbered. Kidding! Seriously, though, read this for a musical primer, but get out there and explore this style on your own. It’s new and unsettled, like a blind but hungry infant universe that is unfurling exponentially before our eyes. In my short...
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“‘In my experience, people looking for progress aren’t actually looking to move...”
– James Murphy.
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WatchWatch
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Where once you were younger, driven by the snow.
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either|neither|i choose both
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NIKA VERDICT: Top 5 Albums of 2010, to date.
1.) These New Puritans - Hidden (by miles and miles) 2.) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (monumental upgrade from the debut) 3.) The Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme (reliably terrific) 4.) MGMT - Congratulations (don’t let the haters sway you—it’s a trip worth taking) 5.) Dum Dum Gir ls - I Will Be (dreary melancholia sweetened for pop consumption)
May 4th
“Sure for the first time you’re wearing the right clothes. Now take them...”
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“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling...”
– Kerouac.
May 3rd
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Anonymous asked: how do you extract oil from ground?
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Anonymous asked: would you like to be famous?
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