i remember cassettes, cathedral var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6708523-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @jaredmcd)http://jaredmcdonald.com/8bitnyc.com: check ithttp://jaredmcdonald.com/post/436539741http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/436539741Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:12:00 -05008bitnycmapsnew york<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyahyEASp1qztbndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>artifact</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/434175593http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/434175593Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:39:34 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SaAbThDo1iI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SaAbThDo1iI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Vampire Weekend does an acoustic rendition of “Cousins.” Sort of reminds me <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLRxui7vXU" target="_blank">this video</a> of <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/the_dodos" target="_blank">The Dodos</a> playing “Fools,” except the Dodos video is canned over the recording and VW does this one live. Definitely check them both out, though.</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/428033919http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/428033919Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:55:00 -0500vampire weekendthe dodosfoolscousinsvisitercontramusic“Died of what? Probably Death.” - Susan Howe, in “Secret History of the Dividing...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/419727475http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/419727475Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:47:47 -0500poetrypoeticssusan howeGANGLIANS: played a sick Daytrotter session last week that you should check out, linked above. This...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/416075464http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/416075464Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:32:00 -0500musicgangliansdaytrotter session<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyfkx7SoxS1qztbndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>THROWBACK THURSDAY:</b> <i>Building Nothing out of Something</i> (2000) by Modest Mouse. Some gritty, half-polished stuff from Modest Mouse, somewhere between “Shit Luck” and “Float On.” Definitely worth some listens on shitty, soggy Philadelphia snow days.</p> <p><i>Building Nothing out of Something</i>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Building-Nothing-Something-Modest-Mouse/dp/B00003A9E2" target="_blank">amazon</a></p> <p>Check out archived Throwback Thursday posts <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/throwback_thursday" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/412554520http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/412554520Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:10:18 -0500building nothing out of somethingmodest mousethrowback thursdaymusicgo to the broken social scene website, brokensocialscene.ca, enter your email address, download, and...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/402119311http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/402119311Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:33:51 -0500broken social scenemusicworld sickforgiveness rock record<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky21muIMyh1qztbndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Throwback Thursday: <i>Liquid Swords</i> by Genius. The album is full of unbelievably sharp hip-hop lyricism from one of Wu-Tang’s unsung heroes—all accompanied by equally sick RZA production. Check out the title track below, featuring a classically bizarre Wu-Tang intro and lines like “<span>I’m low-key like seashells.” What more could you want?</span></p> <p> <object width="320" height="25"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Bsl44gJAPY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Bsl44gJAPY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="25"></embed></object> </p> <p><i>Liquid Swords</i>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Swords-Genius/dp/B000000OUJ" target="_blank">amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/432627039267765252/GZA_the_Genius/Liquid_Swords" target="_blank">lala</a></p> <p>Check out archived Throwback Thursday posts <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/throwback_thursday" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/397104805http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/397104805Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:44:54 -0500throwback thursdaygeniusgzaliquid swordsrzawu-tang clanmusic"HOW PURPLE CAN YOU GO (LUDACRIS x JOKER & GINZ)": by the hood internet (download or stream by...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/394432584http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/394432584Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:13:00 -0500the hood internethow purple can you gojoker &amp; ginzludacrismusicmashupsremember light-freckled concrete curbs, or spectral leaves lined by sunburst, branches zigzagging,...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/385369674http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/385369674Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:34:24 -0500writing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxq2hyoWUC1qztbndo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/133921071/throwback-thursday-chin-up-chin-ups-2004-debut" target="_blank">virginia, don’t drown</a>; the dry spell is com-ing</p> <p>(still cranking out a paper on <i>Mrs. Dalloway</i>, so don’t expect a new Throwback Thursday post—sorry. check out archived TBT posts <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/throwback_thursday" target="_blank">here</a>, and I’ll hopefully be back in action next week.)</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/385278861http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/385278861Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:32:00 -0500virginia woolf<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rza1GBTx0ts&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rza1GBTx0ts&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Music video for <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/neon_indian" target="_blank">Neon Indian</a>’s ”Terminally Chill”—and seriously, were you expecting anything else for a song called “Terminally Chill”?</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/383473417http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/383473417Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:15:00 -0500neon indianpsychic chasmsterminally chillmusic<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxe7k5RuJE1qzcdbeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://notational.tumblr.com/post/373109371/thejogging-re-daniel-chris-2010-image" target="_blank">notational</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thejogging.tumblr.com/post/373056899/re-daniel-chris-2010-image-o-o" target="_blank">thejogging</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><i>RE: DANIEL, CHRIS :)</i>, 2010</p> <p>Image</p> <p>•º•</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/377780022http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/377780022Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:38:07 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KTOg_RGOEBg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KTOg_RGOEBg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Throwback Thursday: “Halftime” by Nas, off 1994’s landmark <i>Illmatic</i>: “Cuz I’ma ace when I face the bass.”</p> <p>Click <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/throwback_thursday" target="_blank">here</a> for archived Throwback Thursday posts.</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/371981187http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/371981187Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:16:00 -0500halftimeillmaticmusicnasthrowback thursday<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx4uan82at1qa583uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton" target="_blank">hollisbrownthornton flickr</a> (via <a href="http://computervision.tumblr.com/post/363875642" target="_blank">computervision</a>)</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/367329737http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/367329737Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:42:39 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwx1l5QKsE1qzar91o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://likethesea.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">likethesea</a>)</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/357609824http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/357609824Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:18:30 -0500wu-tang clan<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://jaredmcdonald.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/341281018/tumblr_kwgilaN0Hy1qztbnd&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Diplo remix of <a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/spoon" target="_blank">Spoon</a>’s “Don’t You Evah”—pretty sick. You can download the track <a href="http://5acts.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-shuffle_17.html" target="_blank">here</a> (thanks to Mike for the link).</p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/341281018http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/341281018Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:10:00 -0500diplospoondon't you evahremixremixesmusicfeels like a million years have passed between today and yesterday, like a million ideas have come...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/340423092http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/340423092Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:02:24 -0500writing<object width="400" height="231"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/H-JHYYdvzWz6EbRXkWGsiw/2213" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/H-JHYYdvzWz6EbRXkWGsiw/2213" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="231"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jaredmcdonald.com/tagged/japandroids" target="_blank">Japandroids</a> play “Wet Hair” on Jimmy Fallon earlier in the week. Pretty awesome, though the studio audience behind them looks like a bunch of robots…</p> <p><i>UPDATE (2/8/10): sad, the video stopped working—if you want to watch (you should) just search for japandroids + jimmy fallon and it should probably show up all over the interweb)</i></p>http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/322969848http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/322969848Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:31:00 -0500japandroidsmusicjimmy fallon livepost-nothingwet hairclick here for THROWBACK THURSDAY: Sunset Rubdown did a Daytrotter Session in 2007. Who...http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/321112879http://jaredmcdonald.com/post/321112879Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500sunset rubdownspencer krugdaytrotter sessionmusicthrowback thursday