This review is brought to you by the promise that I’d start writing whenever I felt I had something to say about a record, new or old. Also, real quick, before anyone gets anything I say twisted, fuck all the patriarchal bullshit in the world that crushes my friends and their friends and the people we’re not friends with yet. This is not a defense for you or any pigs. This is just a review of an album. Continue reading
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John Vs. “XXX” by Danny Brown
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Fermixtape #14: Pretending Not To Fall Behind
THEME: Okay fine things have been happening in 2014 worth talking about FINE OKAY FINE HERE’S A TAPE.
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John Vs. “Because the Internet” by Childish Gambino
I felt compelled to write this after posting the award dump where it’s revealed that my personal pick was this record, and I felt there’s kind of an explanation required. Continue reading
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FERMIXTAPE SPECIAL: Best Songs of 2013
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The Candidates For The Awards We Didn’t Do
This is where a huge monologue about the year would’ve gone. Instead, I’m just posting this for two reasons. You see, we did have genre awards and we did decide winners. We even had the personal picks done! We just couldn’t get shit together and get the Best Album podcast done, or other art done. So, here are the award categories and winners for 2013’s FOWRies, so you can see other shit that we were ready to hype. Winners underlined, personal picks marked with a * and a letter for the author. See if you can guess the other reason I posted this!
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John Vs. “R Plus Seven” by Oneohtrix Point Never, the Best Album of 2013
This is probably not a surprise if you have directly talked to us at any point after September, but before we talk about this album, let’s talk about MEEEEE. Continue reading
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Here’s this thing we’re not going to use.
We usually have these MP3 mashups leading into the year end podcast. I’ve had this one done but now that we’re not doing the podcast (more on that in the fan club) I’d put it here. This contains all of the genre winners and the personal picks, but it’s not clear what are what! Mysssteryyyyy!
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On Throwing Back
I thought nostalgia was defeated. This is the part of the movie trailer where the camera rises up from darkness, filming a busy sidewalk and playing it back in fast forward. I really thought we’d gotten over it. Daft Punk’s album came and went, now most known for the backing song of that thing Colbert did instead of an artistic statement of any value. That was the monster suddenly coming back to life for one last swipe before it really died, I thought. Camera passes through the concrete, somehow ending up exactly in a lit, large sewer. A shadow grows on the center framed wall. Sting, followed by sudden cut to black.
I was wrong. Continue reading
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Fermata over Whole Rest 