December 2009
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I just watched a promotional copy of We Love...
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With Christmas in just a few days, here is one of...
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Danger Mouse and Shins frontman James Mercer have...
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self described "happy music for sad people"
I’ve been really into Darwin Deez for the past few weeks. The band has been getting a lot of good press online and are one of my votes for Mill acts in 2010.
Darwin Deez - “Radar Detector” (mp3 from WRMC)
The poppy guitars and claps of Radar Detector feels like it was jacked from the first season of the OC, but the simplicity and quirkiness of the song gives it more...
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K’Naan, who headlined the International...
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All I want for Christmas is Yeasayer’s...
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Snowball fight!
JJ - Things Will Never Be the Same Again
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Back to School, Back to Chemistry, Back to Physics
Google Chrome, now out for Mac, is Google’s new web browser. We’re not a tech blog (and I’m not a techie) so I won’t talk about the actual program (even though its awesome). However, I will return to my love of good commercials (no seriously) and praise the ad campaign.
The promo video, based on 8 short vignettes, is a refreshing break from the hi-tech, digital offerings...
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Deastro- i’m in loving awe.
I first...
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mellow out with the flying v
The Vince Guaraldi Trio…a definite heart warmer for the holiday season. You may recognize some of the tunes from the Charlie Brown Christmas episode. I couldn’t find any aesthetic way of presenting his music except for this eye-sore of a myspace page.
http://www.myspace.com/vincentguaralditrio
So take a deep breath and embrace these classy masterpieces…I recommend the Charlie...
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The Encyclopedia of Counterintuitive Thought →
So the holiday season is upon us. As we finish up finals and return to our respected homelands, we’ll soon be greeted with the obligatory holiday party circuit. We’ll hop from house to house - sometimes begrudgingly - and see friends and family of old.
Instead of telling them, for the millionth time, how your $200,000 degree in (Insert snooty liberal arts major here) actually will pay...
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there are few who'd deny, at what he does he is...
The extensive exhibition on the work of film mastermind Tim Burton has been open at the MOMA for a couple of weeks now, and it’s giving this Boston girl yet another excuse to head to NYC over winter break. He’s captivated my imagination since the first time I saw The Nightmare Before Christmas as a little girl at my uncle’s house, and just in case you haven’t heard…...
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EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Where the hell have I been?)
So I don’t know where I was, but I completely missed the whole Empire Of The Sun thing. Finals means I’m procrastinating more, which means I’m on Elbo.ws more, which means I come across things that I should have come across a long long time ago.
Anyways, Empire Of The Sun, like so many of their indie-electro contemporaries, are riding the psychedelic coat-tails of MGMT;...
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Viral Infection
Videogum, an internet paradise for kooky youtube memes, TV Show recaps, and entertainment/culture commentary, has compiled their favorite viral video sensations that collectively lowered our country’s GDP 5% by distracting millions of workers from their computers. Watch the video and check out the links to the full videos.
think of this post as either inspiration to become famous on...
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Let's Get Nerdy!
Let’s Get Nerdy!
Since it’s finals week, it seems appropriate to make a post with some references to getting “brainy.”
First: Check out the website Arts and Letters Daily. It’s like the pseudo-philosopher’s response to Hype Machine. The site publishes three articles, daily. These articles fall under the categories, “Articles of Note”, “New Books”, and “Essays and Opinion.” They have what seems...
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Bon Iver... It sounds good to me!
an outtake from La Blogotheque’s session with Bon Iver.
The guys perform “For Emma” a cappella and it sounds amazing. Wait until the 2 minute mark for the full effect of the setting
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gifting the blog with some much-needed musical...
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The film “Death at a Funeral” came out in 2008 and got a lot of recognition for its dark humor.
Less than a year later, we have an all-American version for this holiday season with an all-star cast.
The two trailers clearly show the contrast in British and American humor. Despite the blockbusting cast, I don’t really see the Hollywood version being successful…
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So I saw that Taylor posted about Pogo a while...
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mill book club: frosty winter break reads
Thanks to the talented and beautiful Kristin, the Mill’s Writing Studio is suggesting two books to cuddle up with over the winter break! Read one, read two, and come back ready to eat some goodies (like we won’t get enough at home) and discuss.
Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
A smart, unsettling, and meticulously hilarious novel of friendship and real estate among the rich and...
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Ride Like The Wind. →
Please excuse The Mill for our absence. Finals have officially taken over Trinity College.
In the meantime, though, check this out. Smooth Rock legends Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross reunite on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform Cross’ hit song ‘Ride Like The Wind’ with help from The Roots. The performance was meant to promote Cross’ new album The Cafe Carlye...
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Canuck Collaboration
Metric - “Monster Hotel (MSTRKRFT Remix)” (mp3 from The Music Ninja)
two excellent Canadian bands getting rowdy
enjoy
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Click above to listen to Alec Ounsworth (yes, of...
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Cleveland’s Kid Cudi got everyone talking with “Day N Nite”, then won over the entire Mill with “Pursuit of Happiness,” his indieful collaboration with Ratatat and MGMT. The music video for the song has just been released and features champagne, beautiful women, and Drake.
Cudi seems melancholy… probably because he misses the Cleve…
bonus - Steve...
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Fall Be Kind EP
Two weeks ago, Animal Collective released the Fall Be Kind EP.
Taking top honors for SPIN’s 2009 Top Album List, Merriweather Post Pavilion seemed like the best piece of work the band would put out this year. However, the Fall Be King EP builds off of a lot of the sounds and styles and offers another enjoyable, experimental psych-pop experience (can’t get enough of those!)
What...
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completely shameless →
A million thanks and kudos to Pat on Pop Tarts Suck Toasted for doing what I have wanted to write about but haven’t had the balls to actually post on here for months.
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Movies at the Mill presents ANNIE HALL
Come to the Mill on WEDNESDAY AT 7:30 (not 8PM) for Woody Allen’s Annie Hall.
The film, seen as a turning point in Allen’s career, is one of the most influential films of the 70s. Take a break from your finals studying and enjoy a good classic movie!
(this will be the last movie for the semester, but we will be back in the spring!)
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Cindy Sherman: Lack of Identity in Self-Portraits
Cindy Sherman, a modern female photographer, captures herself in a series of self-portraits from the late 1970s to contemporary time. Although Sherman photographs herself, she takes on different roles and personas within the images and subtly addresses gender and popular culture issues.
Her playfully ironic photographs of the nameless Hollywood celebrity, the young girl in the big city and...
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Canadian electro-funk duo Chromeo have come out with the music video for their newest single, “Night by Night.”
The impressive dance moves from David Macklovitch and co. are definitely the highlight of the video, but the talk box towards the end is a great touch. In my opinion, it’s cool to see Chromeo moving away from their 80s sound and stepping into the 70s.
While...
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Neave.com →
Paul Neave is a London-based Interactive Web Designer who has taken his expertise with flash (and coding and all that other nerdy nonsense that get’s me all excited) and channeled it into a pretty sweet medium. His homepage, Neave.com, acts like his own “personal interactive playground; a place where I can explore my ideas and try out risky experiments that I wouldn’t normally...
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For some reason a lot of bands from Australia...
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