Listful Thinking

It's the end of a new year AND an end to a decade, which means list galore. And I'm all about lists. These are some list that have been keeping me busy and upbeat till the S.A.D. is over.

- Lady Gaga's Top 100 Outfits Even if you think she's annoying and hate her music and even if you're not a gay homo like myself, how can you not be mesmerized by Lady Gaga's clothing. She makes me want to buy dolls, make a bunch of crazy different outfits for them and have like a Project Runway competition with them. This list calms me down and helps me from not doing that.


-RA's Top 100 Albums of the 00's I love me some music lists. This one's my favorite because its a readers poll from a popular European website devoted to quality electronic music. A lot of the critics polls are all the same and they are always consistent in sucking. So I usually put my faith in readers polls for music and movies and such. Anyway, this list has some really great albums that, unless you're devote fan of edm, you'd probably never hear. So check something new out and expand your mind, maaaaann.


Worst Album Covers Ever I can look at album covers all day, good ones and bad ones. These are bad ones.

We've come such a long way baby

So so far now that Chris Matthews forgot that President Obama was black!


C'mon Chris, keep climbin', you're, almost, out, of, that, hole, just, one, more, you got it, come on, ooooohhh, you were so close.

Q-LICIOUS

A little Sprial Q for you and your loved one.



All you guys out there that don't know how to plan a date! This one's for you. Your welcome.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

This is the first single from the project of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck. This track is uses an MRI machine as an instrument. check. it. out:

So these new hats...

I'm out at the bar the other night and i'm looking around and see all these bear type gentlemen wearing bear hats! I'm talking hats that look like the face of a teddy bear or panda bear, or a cuddly koala with cute brown eyes and long floppy ears, or short lil round ears, whatever your taste. And now i'm thinking "This Is It!" Not that whole Michael Jackson "This is It" B.S. where he was going to play 500 shows in a row after being in an induced coma for 15 years. I wasn't ever exactly sure what "It" was that MJ was trying to give/do/show. Another unsolved mystery enters the world. Anyway, I didn't just see a few guys with these adorable dome pieces on, there were like 10 bear type guys rocking them with pride. Most of these dudes also had beards. This is way to much for me. This is it. If this trend catches on, It's going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back which will eventually break my boner. Total Catch 22. Thanks world.

Coffee. Can I live Without It?

I think Friday's are foods days here at the Minus World but I've been absent for about a month; moving across the U.S., suffering from S.A.D. (no pun intended. i used to think the phrase was "no fun intended" when i was little and i'd get all confused and think the person that said it was a moron.), and as of late I've been suffering from a severe case of poison oak. This isn't just any old case of the P.O.s, I got it so deep into my skin it began invading my lymph-node system. Which could have been fatal. Rad, huh? My face blew up so large you could no longer see my eyes...at all. I was unrecognizable as my normal self. I looked like a Cambodian guy (thats what my friends told me). Poison Oak lasts about two weeks if you're super allergic to it, like myself. My cracked, crusted, puss-logged lips bleed every time I crack a stupid smile, my skin feels like I fell asleep on a 92 degree day in August on the Jersey Shore san sunscreen for about a week long, and my genitals look like herpes times a million. So this has all been a bit of a distraction from my normal, bloggy self.
So, anway, about the food. I haven't been able to really eat for about a week yet because of the lips thing. It's too painful to put salt or other flavors around my mouth so eating is on the back burner now. I hope this doesn't resurrect my manorexia. Anyway, most of what i've been putting into my body has been drugs. Doctor type drugs, not the fun ones, silly. So, here is what i've been "eating" all week and what the foods are for and how they make me feel:

Prendnisone - "Prednisone is a corticosteroid hormone (glucocorticoid). It decreases your immune system's response to various diseases to reduce symptoms such as swelling and allergic-type reactions. It is used to treat conditions such as arthritis, blood disorders, breathing problems, certain cancers, eye problems, immune system diseases, and skin diseases."
- this one made me feel normal. it took the swelling down and got the job done. It's ok in my book.

Cephalexix - "Cephalexin is in a group of drugs called cephalosporin antibiotics and is used to fight bacteria in the body. It works by interfering with the bacteria's cell wall formation, causing it to rupture, and killing the bacteria. "Cephalexin is used to treat infections caused by bacteria, including upper respiratory infections, ear infections, skin infections, and urinary tract infections."
- this one made me feel crazy. The doctor gave me a disclaimer before prescribing me this shit to make sure I didn't have any violent tendencies or if ever have or had any suicidal thought (stupid question because who doesn't nowadays). I lied and said no just to get the damn things. After taking the huge pill, i felt surprisingly violent AND suicidal. I'm lucky I asked for a third script

Hydrocodone - This is a weak-ass painkiller which is generic for Vicodin. I specifically asked the doctor to not give me a painkiller with acetaminophen in it because the chemical is terrible for your liver. There are groups of people desperately trying to take it off the market because its over-the-counter, and over prescribed for everything and it's HORRIBLE for your liver. Anyway, the Doc said the hydrocodones had no acetaminophen in them but to my surprise, they each have 500mg in them. Thanks doc, you both lied to me and proved you're a moron.

So, what'd you all eat this week?

p.s. sorry if this post makes no sense. i've eaten a lot today and i am stir-crazy and want to peal the poisoned skin off my body and feed it to the fucking dog my 'part-time' roommate decided to have me babysit while he went to CO. all without asking me first or giving any type of warning that he had no one to watch his fucking dog. I officially HATE people and their dogs. I haven't had a new years resolution up to this point but God-damn here it is: My 2010 New Years Resolution is to officailly hate on People and their Stupid Dogs. I don't want to hear a damn thing what your stinky, shit-eating, butt-smelling, eye-boogers always, sidewalk-pooping, dumb dog is ever doing. It's never cute and no one will ever care about it but you. Unless you put your dog in a silly costume. Then you can email it to me.

p.s.s. oh yeah, I love coffee. i can't start my day without it. I get anxiety if i don't get a good cup of coffee in the morning.

Gold Panda

Listen.

Ahhh...Cai Guo-Qiang

Wow. Thanks Cai Guo-Qiang. We will now follow you.



"Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China. The son of a historian and painter, Cai was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Drama Institute. His work has, since the outset, been scholarly and often politically charged. He initially began working with gunpowder to foster spontaneity and confront the suppression that he felt from the controlled artistic tradition and social climate in China at the time. While living in Japan from 1986 to 1995, he explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings, an inquiry that eventually led to his experimentation with explosives on a massive scale and to the development of his signature explosion events, exemplified in the series Projects for Extraterrestrials."
--http://www.caiguoqiang.com/shell.php?sid=4

LATE RENOIR...

Sucks. If anyone wants to school us on why Renoir is important in art that would be AMAZING. Thanks!



Is there something that we should learn from these paintings? Is there some emotion or idea that is represented or is it just fat naked or half naked woman rolling around? This is just turn of the century soft porn. There are 181 of these paintings in the Barnes Foundation collection that is moving to Philadelphia from Merion, PA and they should leave all of the Late Renoirs there. Much of the collection are these horrible paintings, so the rich people that want to leave The Barnes collection in Merion should just keep those. A couple of people will come see them. Only a couple of people were going out to the Barnes in Merion anyway right?

HUMP DAY ADVICE!!!

Read Dr. Ruth's answers to submitted questions via the internet. If you can't find your answers about humping ask us and we'll get your questions answered.



She's got cred, Jason Schwartzman likes her.

Swap meets- you gotta love 'em

Indie chicks with cool clothes ask other indie chicks to bring their clothes by and trade them and stuff then these other indie girls screen cool stuff on them or that's kind of how it goes. It happened this fall but we just got word it's happening again.
Check this:


Check this too: Swap-o-rama-rama ramalama ding dong!

Another great show this week!

If you haven't seen The Peace Creeps. GO. CHECK. THEM. OUT. Really one of Philly's finest.

THE LOPEZ Beeeeches!

Liven up your Hump Day! Go see a band that makes good music to hump to.
ROCKERS!- Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:00pm

@ TRITONE 1508 SOUTH ST.
hosted by skribbly
THE LOPEZ
w/ THE MIGHTY PARADOCS
BRIK-A-BRAK(mem of DRAKE)
SUNNY ALI AND THE KID(mem of POPO)

Blu again-- definitely worth 4 min. of your time.

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

Ahhh...Blu

--"BLU is an Italian artist known for his HUGE murals depicting baby like bald headed men often missing limbs. His murals have been an inspiration for many artists. Blu has also been creating wall animations, which he paints the frames of an animation on abandoned walls. Using the form of walls his characters react to the shapes and textures they are painted on. This short film is possibly the most insane animation work you’ll see in your lifetime."
"http://anteism.com/home/2008/05/14/blu-muto-an-ambiguous-animation-painted-on-walls/"

10 Plastic Surgeries in one day still doesn't make the music better...

Let's not forget the new album is called "Superficial."

Because today's the day people are paying attention.

Two sad passings...

Veteran talent Teddy Pendegrass. (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010)


Young talent Jay Reatard. (May 1, 1980 – January 13, 2010)

Simply Faaaaabulous!

America still makes stuff. Maybe some of you didn't think so. Not everything has to be made in China or Taiwan or Indonesia. You can make stuff here, well some of us can make stuff here.

Yes WMMR was cool at some point...

An assumption made by Philebrity. Michael Tearson was cool because he had good taste, which made WMMR cool. Philly had good taste at one point in the 70's early 80's. Richard Bush from The Peace Creeps was fronting The A's.
Does anyone else wish Philly's music scene was this cool again? Originality. Style. Oh how we should have been alive then.

Ahhh...Zoe Strauss

Who isn't stoked for this? If you're not, then your heart isn't beating.

HUMP DAY ADVICE!!!

Get one. It's like the new black. Or, getting an HIV test is like the new black taco. Nevermind, just the new black.

GET YOUR FIX!

SugarHabit! Pop-up Warehouse Sale, Sat Jan 16th, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shopping makes us feel like we're on crack. Shopping at Sugarcube's Sugar Habit makes us feel like we're rabid dogs on crack. Don't get in our way at the racks, you will get bitten. Seriously. Bite. you.

The Minus World's base of music

Ok, if you don't have knowledge of any of these songs than you are not allow to criticize music or listen to music or create music. I imagine if you haven't heard any of these songs you probably started an emo band.

We like The Beatles in The Minus World but this "project playlist" or whatever doesn't have any of their songs. So if you haven't heard of The Beatles then the above still applies.

Music in 2010

The Minus World hopes that in 2010 these 10 things would happen in music- in no particular order, just please happen this year!

1. Radiohead's new album will come out and it will be sicker than ever


2. Emo will die off and hopefully never ever ever resurface again

3. Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas willl have a baby together named Lindstromas and bring it to Philadelphia


4. The Hives, you guys out there? You doing anything else? Please? 2010? Maybe?


5. 60's music will come back from the dead. We think it may have already tho. We've heard some kids spinnin' some good tunes at a NYE party in Philly @Lucky 13 Pub. Oh those Tough Sh*ts and former Dark Horse Carouselers.


6. Hot Chip's new, One Night Stand won't leave us feeling like we just had a crappy one.

7. The Best Coast pans out.
8. The Peace Creeps. We need a revolution and we think you have one in your computer. We heard some of it this past summer. 2010? Your year?
photo by R. Fredericks

9. DJ Gerrone, finally puts out a mixtape, playlist, tracks. Something for the public. Geez. really. Your stuff is sick.

10. At least 3 Philly bands will have markedly successful records (We really don't have to hope. This will happen.)

To all our friends!!!

photo by T. Gerome for The Minus World