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Put two and two together. This performance, filmed only a year or so after Pavement was donezo, is goofy bliss.\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e(Source: \x3ca href=\x22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD5ADZqWXA\x26amp;feature=related\x22 title=\x22youtube.com\x22\x3eyoutube.com\x3c/a\x3e)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxk568Ltj31qzt1yyo1_400.png\x22 alt=\x22jakefogelnest: Revised Coachella lineup.\x26nbsp;\x0aAs you can imagine, I could not be more thrilled about Pulp coming to the United States. (I assume they will come to the East Coast in the week between the two Coachellas \x26amp;#8212; they can\x26amp;#8217;t play on the West Coast in that time for contractual reasons.)\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3ca class=\x22tumblr_blog\x22 href=\x22http://jakefogelnest.com/post/15593113241\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3ejakefogelnest\x3c/a\x3e: Revised Coachella lineup.\u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eAs you can imagine, I could not be more thrilled about Pulp coming to the United States. (I assume they will come to the East Coast in the week between the two Coachellas \x26#8212; they can\x26#8217;t play on the West Coast in that time for contractual reasons.)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_video_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_video\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3ciframe width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22299\x22 src=\x22http://www.youtube.com/embed/LCxHb7mf_N8?wmode=transparent\x26autohide=1\x26egm=0\x26hd=1\x26iv_load_policy=3\x26modestbranding=1\x26rel=0\x26showinfo=0\x26showsearch=0\x22 frameborder=\x220\x22 allowfullscreen\x3e\x3c/iframe\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eDavid Bowie\x3c/strong\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cstrong\x3e\x26#8220;TVC 15\x26#8221;\x3c/strong\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cstrong\x3eLive on Musikladen, 1978\x3c/strong\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eA lot of paranoid, cynical songs have been written about television  as a corrupting, socially destructive medium. Most of them seem kinda  quaint and silly now, particularly in the era of internet saturation and  smart phones. In light of much bigger problems, it\u2019s hard to take  something like \x3ca href=\x22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOWTM5R2DA\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3e\u201cTelevision, the drug of a nation!\u201d\x3c/a\x3e seriously, and knowing what life is like now, if you go back over \x3ca href=\x22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KVAFeEwIpo\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eold Zoo TV footage\x3c/a\x3e, the notion that clicking through \x3ca href=\x22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVv70Dwsim8\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3e57 channels\x3c/a\x3e of television amounts to \u201cINFORMATION OVERLOAD!!!\u201d is kinda laughable.  Nevertheless, as much as this stuff comes out seeming ham-fisted and  clunky today, the artists were right to be concerned about media, and  the increased mediation of daily life. Being wrong about the specifics  doesn\u2019t mean they weren\u2019t basically right about the future.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eOf all the songs I know about television, David Bowie\u2019s \u201cTVC 15\u2033 is  the finest, and also the earliest. It\u2019s also the funniest, the smartest,  the grooviest, and the one that has aged the best. Some of that comes  down to the fact that it takes place in the future, and the technology  is beyond what we know now. More importantly, though, there\u2019s not any  particular judgment in the song. It\u2019s basically a surreal love story \u2014 \x3ca href=\x22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggy_Pop\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3esome guy\u2019s\x3c/a\x3e girlfriend literally disappears into the immersive, holographic world  of his television set, and he ponders the possibility of jumping in and  finding her. The song isn\u2019t a strident comment on propaganda or a  statement in favor of a more authentic existence. I mean, how could it  be \u2014 when Bowie wrote this he was obsessed with Nazis and in a state of  severe cocaine psychosis! If anything, the song is really about that  paranoia and detachment from reality, and the fear that he could lose  the ability to tell the difference between real life and colorful  fantasy. And, perhaps accidentally, that\u2019s how \u201cTVC 15\u2033 resonates today \u2014  not as a condemnation of virtual life or an information glut or an  overdose of escapism, but as a song that approaches this intersection of  various forms of reality as a weird, scary, lonely, fun, and romantic  place to be. (Originally posted on \x3ca href=\x22http://www.fluxblog.org/2010/09/jump-down-that-rainbow-way\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3e9/29/2010\x3c/a\x3e)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cb\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://everywhereforever.tumblr.com/\x22\x3eeverywhereforever\x3c/a\x3e asked: What\x26#039;s the most you\x26#039;ve changed your mind about an album after reviewing it? Are there any albums whose ratings you would change by 2 points on pfork or by a whole star in RS if you had the chance? On another note, are there any albums you reviewed that were given a rating by an editor that you strongly disagree with? I\x26#039;m assuming that since you\x26#039;ve become a more prominent critic that that hasn\x26#039;t happened as much.\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cp\x3eI\x26#8217;ve never really had anything I\x26#8217;ve turned in altered in any significant way for any publication I\x26#8217;ve written for, and generally speaking, editors have a sense of what kind of review you will write when they assign you a record. I don\x26#8217;t really think of these things in terms of scores, but there are some reviews where my take on the record changed over time. One good example is my review of the New Pornographers\x26#8217; \x3cem\x3eTogether\x3c/em\x3e for Pitchfork, which is an album that changed a bit for me as I lived with it, and my favorite songs on it over time were different from when I wrote the review. \x3c/p\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cb\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://alexwhines.tumblr.com/\x22\x3ealexwhines\x3c/a\x3e asked: Do you think spotify is going to have an impact on the economics of the music industry?  Do you think spotify will be around in three years?\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cp\x3eFor some reason, three different people in a row asked me about Spotify. Spotify seems to be pretty popular, and they\x26#8217;ve made some really good deals with Facebook and various top-shelf media companies, so they are positioned to be very successful in the long term. That will certainly have an impact on the record industry in terms of shifts in how people consume music. I think the main thing here is that while artists and labels will get some revenue out of this company, the current deals in place give those people an almost negligible amount of money. So while a pittance is preferable to no money at all, things will need to change if this is ever going to be a viable/sustainable model for the people who make and distribute music.\x3c/p\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cb\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://michpalmer.tumblr.com/\x22\x3emichpalmer\x3c/a\x3e asked: I\x26#039;m in love with concert photography and have been lucky to take some photos for an independent blog a couple times. What is your relationship with photographers? Do they normally work more directly with the editors? Do they typically contact you, or do they get contacted for specific jobs?  Are photographers typically writers as well?\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cp\x3eDespite having a degree in photography from Parsons, I have had virtually nothing to do with photography in the past decade, and don\x26#8217;t really have any sort of relationship with photographers. I know the people in the photo/art department at Rolling Stone, but have very little insight into what they do since it has almost nothing to do with my work. If you want to do music photography, you should get in touch with the photo editors of magazines/websites, not the writers/editors.\x3c/p\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cb\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://silenceissilver.tumblr.com/\x22\x3esilenceissilver\x3c/a\x3e asked: If you could pick a band to reunite and tour in 2012, whom would you choose?  (All band members have to be alive.)  Thanks for the great blog.\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cp\x3eI still hold out hope that Pulp will come and play reunion dates in the United States, or at least in NYC. But since that reunion actually happened, it doesn\x26#8217;t quite answer your question. So: Elastica. I would love to see Elastica again, and I would want them to make a new record while they are at it because it\x26#8217;s been way too long since we\x26#8217;ve heard from Justine Frischmann. \x3c/p\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cb\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://ryanbed.org/\x22\x3eryanb\x3c/a\x3e asked: How hard was it to start out as a blogger and then go on to write for Rolling Stone, Spin, and other publications?\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cp\x3eI\x26#8217;m not sure if I understand what you mean by \x26#8220;hard.\x26#8221; If you mean \x26#8220;was it difficult to write for editors after becoming accustomed to doing things by myself,\x26#8221; then the answer is no, because I like working with editors and having my own thing makes it easier for me to cater to a publication\x26#8217;s voice without my ego getting in the way. If you mean \x26#8220;was it hard to leap from non-professional to professional writer,\x26#8221; the answer is\x26#8230;not really, because doing my site is the reason why I started getting writing assignments, and that eventually became a full-on career.\x3c/p\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3cb\x3e\x3ca href=\x22http://nicholasboyd.tumblr.com/\x22\x3enicholasboyd\x3c/a\x3e asked: What\x26#039;s your favorite NYC venue?\x3c/b\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x3cp\x3e\x3cp\x3eI suppose it\x26#8217;s Webster Hall, which is a medium-sized venue that attracts a wide range of artists I like, has good sound/sight lines, has an excellent and accessible location, and generally runs on time and closes early. I have some sentimental attachment to this venue, as a few of the very best concert experiences of my life - Sleater-Kinney\x26#8217;s final show in NYC, Basement Jaxx as a full band - have been there. Music Hall of Williamsburg is also quite nice for similar reasons and has the advantage of areas where you can hang out and not be watching a band, but it\x26#8217;s not super convenient unless you live in Williamsburg or Greenpoint. Bowery Ballroom is fine but wildly overrated, particularly by artists themselves. I have a fondness for Hammerstein Ballroom, though few things get booked there anymore thanks to the prominence of the utterly horrible Terminal 5. I also quite enjoy seeing shows at Madison Square Garden from time to time. As far as outdoor shows go, I like Rumsey Playfield at Central Park best of all. I just moved to Park Slope, so I assume my previous reticence to attend shows at area venues such as Union Hall, Littlefield and Bell House is about to be reversed quite dramatically.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eThough I did answer this, I do ask that people avoid \x26#8220;what\x26#8217;s your favorite?\x26#8221; questions!\x3c/p\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a\x3c/ol\x3e');

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