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February 20, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Live Blog 2/20/10

Every week we will be live blogging our radio show. Post requests/comments/famous-sayings in the comments section. Call in at 757-221-3268 to talk to us on the airz!

the morning benders “indie” wall of sound

Have You Heard of Hip Hop?

You may have been under the impression that you heard it all, right? Like you probably think you’re some sort of music expert, correct? Well you haven’t heard nothing yet until you’ve heard this hip-hop stuff (“hip-hop” pictured below).

CHECK OUT DJ E!!!

The Broken Bells’ video for “The High Road”

  • Is this album going to be good?
  • Is James Mercer still relevant?
  • Is Danger Mouse cool/overrated?

Do you like Neon Native Americanz new single? Is it “TIGHT”? Is it “CHILL”?

Did you catch my tween mistake?! I mentioned Selena Gomez starred in “Camp Rock” but I was totally wrong! It was Demi Lovato!!! MY MISTAKE KIDZZZZZ

Star

Will Sleigh Bells be big in 2k10? Do you know who Sleigh Bells is? Do you wish you could live down the hall from a writer for Stereogum?

Is Real Estate still relevant? Is lo-fi over? Will there next album be huge?

Buy some Phoenix tickets for their show in Norfolk at the Norva

You into this pic?

MGMT’s new album art for Congratulations

Is this lame/cool?

  • Do you like the MGMT? You excited for their new album? Does this art make you more/less excited?
  • What happened to their collab with Of Montreal? Where did it go?

END SHOW

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February 6, 2010

Aesthetic Octopus Radio Show Live Blog 2/6/10

Every week we will be live blogging our radio show. Post requests/comments/famous-sayings in the comments section. Call in at 757-221-3268 to talk to us on the airz!

Would Lady GaGa’s relationship just turn out to be a bad romance? Are we really lame for making such a pun? Should she hook up with James Franco and James Franco’s pillow?

The Sigur Ros documentary is playing at the Kimball Theater two weeks from today. Let’s go see it as a family!

Kids know how to get viral these dayz…

  • Are the kidz already taking over?
  • Could you have come up with this at 5 or 7? Could you come up with this now?
  • Should keyboards be alphabetical?

Lady GaGa + Joanna Newsom collab the greatest thing everz?!!!

We should all get radon checks!!!! A healthy family is a good one.

Backs out of contractz

Justin Bieber unfortunately backed out oh his contract to perform a Soulja Boy medley with Lady GaGa on our show. So blame him. Lady GaGa isn’t here because she is busy getting a boyfriend.

If anyone wants to come into the station and sing Soulja Boy you are more than welcome!!!

Woman are a natural resource

  • Should we start offshore drilling for women? Mining? Do we need alternative sources of women to sustain our civilization?

New Favorite Spam. In reference to a post on a Longcat Fleece Scarf. “Bullet Proof Vests are so important. I have a wife and kids to think about. Always safety first.”

  • Can someone please think about the kids and make a Bullet Proof Longcat Fleece Scarf?!

Snowpocalyspe

Rememberz to lock your doors and windows!!!! Burglar No Burglaring!

Is wearing a live cat on your shirt cool or trying to hard?

  • Is this offensive?

END SHOW!

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January 22, 2010

Links of the Third Daily Trimester 1/22/10

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January 22, 2010

Links of the First & Second Daily Trimesters 1/22/10

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January 12, 2010

Ezra Koenig and Chris Baio Explain Contra Track By Track

Informative! Too bad Rostam wasn’t there, because he is the best. Not necessarily any more the best than the other members of Vampire Weekend, but still.

Perhaps you have already read this (if so, you the best as well!), but here is our view of Contra.
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January 12, 2010

iTunes Users Hate Beach House

Beach House’s single, “Norway,” is the iTunes Free Single of the Week right now which apparently is a horrible fact to people who still use Apple’s digital download service. The song, which is featured on our home page’s left sidebar and in my opinion will be one of the best songs of the year, is currently sitting at a 2 out of 5 stars rating with almost 500 reviews.

Shows what I know! I suppose the argument can be made that Beach House’s fan base stopped using iTunes when they were still in middle school (or never if they are old timers) and therefore their voice is not being heard, but if a song is really great why would a song need to be so reliant on only a certain demographic? Has our demographic succumbed to the groupthink of Stereogum/Pitchfork for too many years and are now so out of touch that we listen to rubbish?

Was Merriweather Post Pavilion the worst album of 2k9?

Was The E.N.D. by The Black Eyed Peas the best album of 2k9? It certainly sold well in the Circuit Buymarts! Does the fact that I had to add the clarification “by the Black Eyed Peas” because the readers of this site probably had no idea what “The E.N.D.” was (I certainly had no clue) mean we all know nothing about good music? Are we noobz?

Should we buy into Ke$ha stock? Would that be a good investment into our future?

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January 11, 2010

Dirty Projectors Release "Ascending Melody" For Free

The Dirty Projectors have released a couple songs that didn’t quite make the final cut of their last album, Bitte Orca. If you go to their website, you can download the songs for free and buy a physical copy of the songs.

Also, whoever does the artwork for their albums and what not, A+ to you!

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January 11, 2010

Hipster Castes Based on Favorite Music

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January 9, 2010

I'm So Over Being Mainstream, The Animal Collectives Is My New Hottest Band

Tonight, I’m going to own the night. I’m gonna’ be runnin this town alright! Earlier this morning I was listening to my iPod Nano on full blast, becuz my parents were being SO ANNOYING and I had to drown them outz, and after the fifth time I listened to “Boom Boom Pow” by the Black Eyed Peas on repeat I had an epiphany like you see in the movies all the time! (FYI: That last link was for the grownupz! Trying to appeal to everyone to get more viralz.)

My epiphany, that was superz awesomez by the way, was that I need to be more of an individual! I need to be more like Bella Swan. Even though she had a lot of friends, she always stuck true to herself and to her heart and that is why Edward lovez her so much! She may just be a lamb but she’s her own lamb!

So that is why I’ve decided to completely revamp myself. Total makeover! As soon as I had reached my epiphany, I ran over to what was formally named Jonas (I named my laptop Jonas, like a mainstream loser!) and searched the internet for my new self. After literally yearz of searching, I finally found the new me. It’s called The Animal Collectives.

The Animal Collectives

I immediately bought all of their mp3s on my iTunes and was immediately singing along to their catchy tunes which I blasted on the speakers my parents gave me this last Christmas. My little brother ended up trezzpazzing into the room to ask what “that awful noise” was, and I told him he needed to SHUTUP. He just didn’t get it. Some people are so DUMB sometimes.

So after my annoying brother finally left what is supposed to be my private room to express myself, I went back to the internet on The Geologist (I renamed my laptop) to find something I could wear while being my new self. Something that was really me. You know?

And then…drumroll please…I found it. Or should I say, them? LOL! Continue reading…

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January 7, 2010

Lady Gaga Is the New Creative Director For Polaroid/Queen of the Hipsters?

Lady Gaga is bringing back the discontinued Polaroid camera, probably! And inventing new Polaroid products!

Lady Gaga says…

“I am so proud to announce my new partnership with Polaroid as the creative director and inventor of speciality projects. The Haus of Gaga has been developing prototypes in the vein of fashion/technology/photography innovation – blending the iconic history of Polaroid and instant film with the digital era – and we are excited to collaborate on these ventures with the Polaroid brand.”

Via.

She has to be queen of the hipsters at this point. Continue reading…

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