Although some reunion shows have received a lot more press (My Bloody Valentine curating/headlining ATP, Love & Rockets and Krafwerk at Coachella or Sebadoh performing Bubble and Scrape, just to name a few from 2008). I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the flyer below:
A brief followup to the Yoon family tragedy that occurred earlier this week: You can send donations directly to the Yoon family or through their church. Here is the donation information from their church’s website:
In a moment, Dong Yun Yoon lost his entire family on Monday when a military jet crashed into his home here in San Diego, killing his wife, two infant daughters and his mother-in-law who had recently come from Korea to help care for the newborn.
How does a person live through something like this? During this interview on CNN, Dong Yun Yoon, surrounded by his church community, reveals his deep faith in Christ even as he reveals his broken heart. When his voice breaks and he talks about his daughters, it is utterly crushing:
I can’t believe they’re not here right now.
Lately, I’ve been noticing this bit of grammatical trickery floating around the internets, often in the following form:
Best. Day. Ever.
I often see it associated with gaming/comic/nerd culture. For example, a recent episode of Heroes used this particular phrase during a subtitled portion of Hiro’s dialogue, which was spoken in Japanese. In the same scene, Seth Green’s character utters the phrase out loud, with dramatic pauses in between each word (as the periods after each word would seem to dictate).
A couple of weeks ago I set out to figure out the origins of this particular phrasing. Read the rest of this entry »
Head over to 4AD for some great free tracks from Deerhunter, Bon Iver and Department of Eagles.
There, you can see the news about the latest Red Hot + compilation, curated by The National. Dark was the Night is set for release on February 17, 2009 here in the States. This will be the 20th Red Hot + release, each dedicated to raising awareness about AIDS and to raising funds for continuing research.
Here’s an alphabetical list of featured performers on Dark was the Night:
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