injection http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/ Objects which interest Geoffrey Litwack. en-us 2005-08-14T22:32:14-08:00 What you have or have not been waiting for http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001177.html My new mixtape is done! I'm proud of it this time - I dug through a ton of stuff to arrive at a tracklist of (mostly) good ol' indie rock. Here's a Yousendit link which expires seven days from now or after 25 downloads bladhy blah blah.

Cherry Coke

01: Akron Family - Awake: I always start mixtapes off with a song about waking up and this time is no exception.

02: Deerhoof - Twin Killers: The new Deerhoof record is more pop-y and I like it a lot, although not as much as I LOVED Milk Man.

03: Art Brut - These Animal Menswear: Non-LP b-side. I think Art Brut are pretty great and doubtless next to get the MTV2 treatment after Franz.

04: Karate - Cherry Coke: Slint punctures his liver and Nirvana drives him to the emergency room and then afterwards they make friends.

05: Malcom Middleton - No Modest Bear: MM is the guy who writes the music in Arab Strap and he sings, too. This is my favorite song from his new LP.

06: The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up - Jailhouse Rock: The new JYPU album is good. This song sounds like Pedro the Lion and Hayden, or something - I know these are facile comparisons, but it's striking how much this one sounds like something else. Wanted to slow things down a touch.

07: Moon Mann - Light of the Moon: I know nothing about Moon Mann and thought nothing of this song the first time but then heard it in the car.

08: Broadcast - I Found The F: I don't like using the first tracks of albums in mixtapes but this time I'll make an exception. Broadcast is down to two members and one dude who left is teaming up with the guys from Plone (!!awesome) in a band I think is called Seeland.

09: Rogue Wave - 10:1: Sort of reminds me of early Cave-In. Yeah, I liked Cave-In, so what!

10: Jason Forrest and Margareth Kamerer - The Lure of You: Amazing. I CANNOT WAIT for the record. I adored The Post-Disco Crash but this is so much tighter.

11: Coldplay - Trouble (gayest remix): Just listen.

12: Juelz Santana and Fabolous - So What's It Gonna Be: Internerds are all like "that whistle song is going to be huge" but I THINK this is the huge song. Straight up rips off In Da Club for the bassline. If you replace "bitch" with "baby" and "ho" with "babe" this song is not an inaccurate snapshot of how, you know, I feel sometimes.

13: Soft Cell - L.O.V.E. Feelings: This is off Soft Cell's GREAT four-song freshman TWO-TRACK ep; mad thanks to Andy for YSIing it to me and having it in the first place when Soulseek etc didn't.

14: The New Pornographers - The Bones of an Idol: Yeah mythology!

15: Neon Blonde - Chandeliers and Vines: Runner-up for most psychotic song I've heard this year. Neon Blonde is a Blood Brothers side project.

16: Erlend Oye and Bjorn Torske - The Talk: What if disco were sad all the time?

17: Jackson and his Computer Band - Hard Tits: What if RJD2 were German?

18: SECRET BONUS CHILL-OUT TRACK!

]]> Music geoffrey 2005-08-14T22:32:14-08:00 Oh man http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001176.html
The ugly pictures of you are what you really look like, like, in action. I'm looking to my right because a photographer is screaming 'get out of the frame!' at me.

]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-08-12T08:14:16-08:00 Yo check it http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001175.html Movies
Last night I saw The 40 Year Old Virgin and am here to testify: it is VERY VERY FUNNY. Tell your friends and see it when it opens wide on the 19th. Serious. You owe it to yourself. Don't you wanna don't you wanna laugh?

Music
So I bought (yeah that's right BOUGHT) Controller 7 Bumps mixtape and it's fantastic. Everything I want my own oldschool mixes to be one day, basically. Includes MC Serch - Back To The Grill, which I've never heard - feat. Nas! - so good. Speaking of mixtapes, my R&B tape (really) is done, and I'm putting the finishing touches on a traditional indie mix for fall not to brag but PACKED full of gems. Don't sleep!

]]> Film geoffrey 2005-08-11T11:58:59-08:00 Newsflash http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001174.html Magnolia Electric Co. Werewolves of London is such a weird cover! Weird!

]]> Music geoffrey 2005-08-09T01:52:33-08:00 So is anyone http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001173.html a member of A Small World? I don't want to join, but I am curious about the phenomenon.

]]> Research geoffrey 2005-08-04T15:13:28-08:00 Litwack.org to real-world exclamation point conversion table http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001172.html ! = ?
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]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-08-04T15:09:02-08:00 Cute dog picture http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001171.html Here's my downstairs neighbor Marino with Titan, the miniture pommeranian he was dog-sitting for a while. I don't like small dogs, but Titan was an exception. So cute and QUIET. Quiet as a mouse. Good show.

]]> Animals geoffrey 2005-08-02T16:01:23-08:00 Mass general http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001170.html How many people feel exhausted in their souls? Everyone? Yeah. I'm trying to think of it as a kind of breath-drawing. Anyway, onto the trivia.

Pictures they don't want you to see
I've seen three pieces of media slightly in advance of their US release dates: the Family Guy direct-to-video movie, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) and the pilot of Fox's Kitchen Confidential. All sort of ehh plus plus. The Family Guy movie thankfully isn't too movie-esque; no great plot hinders the snaps. Two jokes in particular have stuck with me (the Kool-Aid man and the Brian-catches-Stewie-in-the-bathroom moments), but it's less funny than some of the best episodes of this new season. Night Watch was fun visually but sort of incomprehensible/meaningless (it's based on a series of Russian horror novels, so maybe if you've read them there's healthier resonance). Kitchen Confidential I liked more than I expected; it's a glossy Darren Star Sex-In-The-City-For-Dudes type deal starring two former male sidekicks to powerful women action heroes: that dude who worked at the newspaper in season 1 and 2 of Alias and had a shine on for Sidney, and Xander from Buffy. Also, Harold from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle plays a pastry chef. Jaime King's in it too. It's about a chef and Anthony Bourdain's book is about a chef, but that's as far as the resemblance goes.

Speaking of movies
The New York Times review of Tony Takitani (the first film with American distribution based on a Haruki Murakami story) GIVES AWAY THE CONTENT OF THE LAST SCENE. Manohla Dargis, what the hell?

In case you're late to the party, like me
Digg.com is on fire right now. "Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control." Will it be better or worse as it scales up?

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When will my heart beat again

]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-08-01T13:16:12-08:00 Anecdote http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001169.html Tonight a Chinese Buddhist (we were just chatting; I didn't catch her name) told me she liked to go back East for winter because because because due to all the Jews in Beverly Hills it just doesn't feel Christmas-y in December.

I sort of like to just chat, you know? I'm chatty lately.


Golden yoked, babes

]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-07-25T22:03:46-08:00 Something you may not know about seals http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001168.html Because seal spawning and breeding grounds are very far apart - days, to the seal mother - and because the seal mother effectively fasts on the round trip between them, seal females have developed a milk for their young which imparts the maximum amount of energy in the smallest dose, so they can get back to their own food source as soon as possible.

So if you're sensitive to fatty foods, like me, and some smartass offers you some seal milk, turn that shit down.

Sorry about the downtime, if anyone noticed. Everything's fixed, thanks to my wonderful (seriously) hosting company support. Thanks American Internet, Sean!

]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-07-23T09:07:15-08:00 James Jarvis is awesome http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001167.html Last night I went down to Santa Monica to meet James Jarvis, who was signing at Kid Robot. Turns out that not only was he signing, he was doing detailed sketches for every fan who turned up. What a lovely, lovely guy. I had a chance to talk with him and gleamed a couple of interesting facts: he thinks of himself as an illustrator or a cartoonist as opposed to a true fine artist, and drew a further distinction between theory-based art and (not his words here) 'true art,' a concept I whole-heartedly agree with. He brought up Doré as an example of an illustrator who made good with beautiful paintings. I complimented him on his Beach Boys cover for Relax Magazine and asked if he still had it and he said that he's kept all of his originals(!) and wants to put out a big sketchbook with reproductions. Bring it on! As for the toys, he told me he thought of them as total mass produced fun items, anyone who wanted them should have them, and that limited editions flew in the face of that - huge cosign. Special shouts to my linemates who made the long wait fun - Carl, Color Ninja, Stephanie. Here's the piece he did for me - getting it framed! I asked him to stick in the moon and he went all out with the starfield. Thanks James - it was a pleasure!

]]> Art, Design, Kicks geoffrey 2005-07-20T08:58:25-08:00 Boredom week continues http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001166.html Just back from the dentist. Some tenderness on the back molar gum; otherwise everything's fine. Carrie polished the hell out of my teeth and now they shine like brand new porcelain.

Update: went to Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills and it's true: the cupcakes are awesome. Awesome. I'll take you there.

]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-07-12T10:58:34-08:00 The apple of my pie http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001165.html I bought Red Delicious apples today...anyone remember those? Yeah, they're lousy.

Anyway, back to the back to the plucots. Or hascap. Whatever.

]]> Food geoffrey 2005-07-11T19:39:19-08:00 Jokes #2 is out http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001164.html Some of the content will be familiar to you, blog readers. Sorry. Here's the link.

]]> Books geoffrey 2005-07-10T13:18:36-08:00 7/7 http://WWW.litwack.org/injection/archives/001162.html London hit by four pipe bombs. At least 33 dead, over 1000 wounded. Presumably Al Qaeda is responsible; presumably the motive is to remind the G8 that they're still capible of pushing around the civilized world. This is where the blogs really shine: according to Joi, post-explosion London is calm, and George says that everyone is okay. I'd like to get word from Chloe - is she still there?

Wikipedia's page seems to be the best source of information as it develops. From Flickr, photos of central London, empty.

This will never stop. Imagine a game of chess where the pieces regenerate.

]]> Current Events geoffrey 2005-07-07T09:14:24-08:00