January 2012
6 posts
Spencer is my friend/bandmate/roommate/partner in...
1 tag
Record Time
I got some recording stuff for my...
4 tags
4 tags
December 2011
5 posts
Why Elif Batuman Doesn't Read Reviews →
I also do not read reviews. I haven’t put a lot of thought into why - I just never cared very much. But this is an interesting perspective on the subject and one I’m going to be thinking about. Maybe you will too!
How To Pack Like A Rock Star →
My friend Shaun Huberts wrote this book, which contains contributions from many awesome musicians, including several from me! It’s sort of my literary debut, and Shaun did an incredible job, so you should check it out. He’s already passed his Kickstarter goal, but as I understand it that page is the only place to order your copy, so you should go and do that right now.
“You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they...”
– Recording Engineer Geoff Emerick describing The Beatles recording ‘The End’
November 2011
4 posts
Just got this
Thank you for contacting my office regarding the housing crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation, and for sharing your ideas with me. We have received many offers of help from Canadians and this response of goodwill has been very inspiring. Unfortunately, since the state of emergency was declared in Attawapiskat, not a single federal or provincial official has visited the community.
On October...
"What we are witnessing is the inevitable result...
I know I don’t use this thing very often, and I usually try to shy away from being too political in any medium because I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but in this instance I can’t help myself. It isn’t really about politics at all, of course. Really important things rarely are. But right now it’s a situation that politicians are, for better or...
“You can hang somebody’s heart on that minor 9, and they don’t know...”
– John Roderick
October 2011
5 posts
WatchHoly shit.
How Toronto Lost It's Groove →
Fantastic read about where Toronto has gone wrong, and where we can continue to go wrong if we don’t start taking the long view of things. From The Walrus.
This is what happens when a saxophone meets a...
September 2011
3 posts
1 tag
“Magazines were invented so that Ryan Gosling would have something to appear on...”
– Jordan Morris (via putthison)
“In most respects, the Parents Television Council is a media watchdog in the same...”
– -AV Club
tokyo police club livestream playlist V
flew mostly solo on this one, last song picked by greg
video killed the radio star - the buggles just what i needed - the cars another girl another planet - the only ones 99 luftballoons - nena i touch myself - diviynls incense and peppermints - strawberry alarm clock discovering japan - graham parker we built this city - jefferson airplane i melt with you - modern english take on me - aha...
tokyo police club livestream playlist IV
slightly schizophrenic mix brought to you by myself and josh
umbrella - rihanna dashboard - modest mouse time to pretend - mgmt brainy - the national alex chilton - the replacements whats my name - rihanna why i love you - kanye west and jay z lift off - kanye west and jay z f/ beyonce old dan tucker - bruce springsteen foxes mate for life - born ruffians
“There’s no destination. There’s no getting anywhere. There’s just the going. The...”
– Patton Oswalt
August 2011
5 posts
tokyo police club livestream playlist III
courtesy of me, Greg, and your requests
the power of love - huey lewis and the news listen to her heart - tom petty and the heartbreakers thirteen - big star i’ve got dreams to remember - otis redding can’t fight that feeling - reo speedwagon five o clock world - the vogues you’re my best friend - queen mr blue sky - elo yakety sax - benny hill yakety yak - the coasters always -...
Tokyo Police Club Livestream Playlist I
Courtesy of myself, Greg Alsop, and Paul ‘Mean Beard’ Bullock
someday somehow - marshall crenshaw
twisting the night away - sam cooke
my girl - the temptations
be young, be foolish, be happy - the tams
deuces wild - link wray
no more hot dogs - hasil adkins
my uncle used to love me but she died - roger miller
time is on my side - rolling stones
i’m coming home - the...
Tokyo Police Club Livestream Playlist II
courtesy of myself, Greg Alsop, and your kind requests.
super bass - nicki minaj
don’t go breaking my heart - elton john
sussudio - phil collins
don’t lose my number - phil collins
give up the funk - parliament
cell mates - mariachi el bronx
careless whisper - george michael
baker street - gerry rafferty
nothing compares 2 u - prince
kurt vonnegut - born ruffians
mardy bum...
July 2011
3 posts
“Toronto is also sweet. You order one slice of Pizza and you always get two.”
– Said The Whale
Anonymous asked: Pretty sure you've always wanted to see me naked.. Well.. I'm feeling pretty adventurous today so go to datelink3(dot)com (switch [dot] with .) then sign up and find my profile under the username 'lolsummer69'. I hid my face in the pictures. but I want you to guess who I am and then hit me up on Facebook lol. Good luck.
“I had a cat, the cat died, and now the stuff I used to say to the cat all day, I...”
– Colson Whitehead
June 2011
7 posts
“If I was a betting man, I would wager my Nord NS2 Stage 2 73-Note Compact...”
– Courtesy of http://apk.tv (who also provide the biggest image of the album cover you’re likely to see ever)
In retrospect, this might have been a better path…
wesmeadows asked: Hey Graham, would you mind if I recorded a cover of When I Get There? I wouldn't be making any money off of it, my friends and I just really like the song.
“Not essential obviously, but I know you like to talk about yourself.”
– My publicist, setting up interviews.
Anonymous asked: Where does the band get most of their gear? I've seen Dave and you rock some nice vintage guitars and such!
May 2011
3 posts
baby's first podcast →
hedreamsofparadise asked: Hey, Graham, what's up?
I know you get lots and lots of asks everyday, but all I want is you to tell me what is the model of these glasses you're wearing on this pic: http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcx2p94gp01qbcg14o1_500.jpg
Seriously, I'm in love with it and I need to have it.
If you could just tell me, I would look for it online and buy it.
I know you get lots and lots of asks everyday, but all I want is you to tell me what is the model of these glasses you're wearing on this pic: http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcx2p94gp01qbcg14o1_500.jpg
Seriously, I'm in love with it and I need to have it.
If you could just tell me, I would look for it online and buy it.
Oh Thursday morning, I dreamt that I was watching the Americanized version of Black Swan (which was already an American film but anyway). It starred Catherine Zeta Jones, Robert Downey Jr with a bad moustache, and Russell Crowe. It had a tacked on happy ending. And it still scared the hell out of me.
March 2011
1 post
Lester Bangs: The Doors? Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet.
Alice Wisdom: I like the doors.
Lester Bangs: Give me the guess who. They got the courage to be drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic.
February 2011
2 posts
G: Ugh Pete Campbell is the worst
R: He's the Wesley Crusher of Mad Men.
The Full McBain Movie Hidden Across Multiple... →
This is definitely the best thing you’ll see this week. It’s awesomeness cannot be overstated.
aidanknight:
Fantastic.
January 2011
10 posts
Promoter: We have karaoke gong show tonight, hosted by Skeletor.
Greg: ... I did not understand that sentence.
“There is an excitement, but it’s the excitement of being hunted, not being...”
– Ira Glass again, on performing live. Many quotes from this AV Club interview.
“I don’t like that whole “art should challenge you” thing....”
– Ira Glass