http://www.triggercut.com i've got a message for you Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Once again this year I'm not going to rank anything but just list it out -- you can see a big correlation between the artists I saw live and the records they put out.  Enjoy! Top Albums: Abe Vigoda - Skeleton Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont Flying Lotus - Los Angeles Gang Gang ... http://www.triggercut.com/2008/12/tops-of-2008/ [myspace 48089534]   This is taken from the new Jim Carrey movie "The Yes Man," and I have a feeling its all I really need to see from this thing -- they sort of bury Zooey in the ads, she would be the only reason to see it anyway. http://www.triggercut.com/2008/12/munchausen-by-proxy-feat-zooey-deschanel-and-von-iva-sweet-ballad/ Just a quick note and link to my brother blog, All Our Noise, where I they posted a piece today I wrote about the new Pavement "Brighten the Corners" Nicene Creedence Edition that comes out tomorrow. Enjoy! http://www.triggercut.com/2008/12/pavement-brighten-the-corners-nicene-creedence-edition-on-all-our-noise/ "Twenty animated shorts bundled into ten episodes based on the art and writings of Charles Schulz. Each episode is taken from actual comic strips that Schulz created in the year 1964. Episodes range from stories about Christmas and Halloween, to school elections, baseball games in the summer, and Valentine Day ... http://www.triggercut.com/2008/11/free-peanuts-video-on-election-day/ Pitchfork.tv just posted a new Stephen Malkmus video for Gardenia that features several cameos: Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, Brian Bell of Weezer, Gary Jarmin of the Cribs, Steve Turner from Mudhoney, the dudes from Ratatat. Its mostly a yawn, but the sequences that animate the cover art ... http://www.triggercut.com/2008/10/stephen-malkmus-gardenia-video/ Idolator has a quick piece on the new issue of Stop Smiling that covers a bunch of DC topics, including music;  "George Pelecanos and The Wire's Anwan Glover (a.k.a. Big G of local go-go heroes the Backyard Band). Pelecanos, of course, was deeply involved in The Wire, but the best ... http://www.triggercut.com/2008/10/stop-smiling-dc-issue/ I wanted to mention the show I'm playing this evening in DC at Black Cat with Stamen & Pistils. We're opening for our good pals The Cassettes and it should be a damn good time. http://www.triggercut.com/2008/10/the-cassettes-w-stamen-pistils-tonight-at-black-cat/ I'll let this video speak for itself, but I'm a big fan of work by both Flying Lotus and Tim and Eric's Awesome Show (Great Job!) Eric Wareheim so this is a fantastic match. (Disclaimer:  Video contains some NSFW elements and lots of flashing lights) http://www.triggercut.com/2008/10/flying-lotus-video-directed-by-eric-wareheim/ I must take an opportunity to plug the new LP out this week by my good pals The Rosebuds, and also drop a link to my brother's review in the Durham NC publication Independent Weekly. My band Metropolitan shared a bill with the Rosebuds for the very first time back in ... http://www.triggercut.com/2008/10/the-rosebuds-life-like-out-now/ I find it pretty amusing that Kanye debuted this video on the Ellen Show of all places but I've been digging on the song so much lately that I had to see the visuals.   Definitely some interesting things going on here, and not entirely what I would have expected from ... http://www.triggercut.com/2008/10/new-kanye-video-debuts-on-ellen/