People really like Animal Collective! How do I know this? Well, any post that happens to have the words "animal," "collective," and "leak" in them does really well for us, Google-wise, even if said post happens to be talking about something wholly unrelated to
Merriweather Post Pavilion making its way out to the Internet. (It hasn't yet! Don't worry!) But today there's even stronger evidence that there are bros out there who are are, like, Tokio Hotel fan levels of mental about this band, thanks to a
Brooklyn Vegan post that mentioned a password-protected ticket sale for an upcoming Animal Collective show at New York's Bowery Ballroom. And if you thought that password was going to be given out lickety-split to the commenting masses, well, you must not know any
real music snobs.
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"It wasn’t until I clicked through a hyperlink for 'A&R Jobs' that I stumbled upon the sad reality of the music business in 2009: There’s an Abercrombie & Fitch in Columbus, Ohio, that would love to use your A&R talent as a Front Desk Associate." [
Courtney Love is back on the blog, and she has a few things to say about her impending menstruation-related sponsorships: "hey kids, were in a fucking DEPRESSION< NOT a recession ( didja know people stop wearing balck in depressions?) ( Fact() it all about colour gaudy garish colours and upcycleing" "Colour" like the blue dye that gets poured into pads in order to show their televisual absorbency? OK, I guess. Anyway, after a long digression about fashion and Etsy and where those ankle-cuffish things she was wearing the other day came from (dryrotted lace! uh, ick), she gets into some exciting news: She wants to bring back the mid-'90s—who among us, etc.—via a package tour that has a 50/50 male-female performer split. Is it an impossible dream?
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