Elitish - Part 2

The Top Songs of 2009 – #50-31

December 7, 2009

Music, it seems, has something in common with wine grapes. It’s usually better in years ending with an odd number. 2008 had a few solid albums by some perennial favorites, but on a whole it was underwhelming. So underwhelming, in fact, that I had a tough time finding enough top tracks to make a year-end [...]

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DA SKEETZ INVAYDS DALITISH!

November 13, 2009

(note from editor- Da Skeetz, who informs us his whole name is “Da Skeetz Epstein”, is an enthusiastic, yet borderline illiterate reader who decided he wanted to write for Elitish.com. While his spelling is not conventional, and can be quite difficult- the editors have found it is best to sound out the words phonetically and [...]

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Overlooked- The Best Albums of 2008 (That Didn’t Make My Best-Of-2008 List)

November 9, 2009

We all make mistakes. For some people, it’s forgetting to pay a credit card bill on time. For others, it’s setting off a fire alarm by leaving popcorn in the microwave for too long. For others still, it’s forgetting about your friend you “pranked” with a fake kidnapping, and leaving him kicking and screaming in [...]

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Top 6 Awesome Lyrics (That You Could Never Ever Post As An Away Message)

October 31, 2009

Each generation sees a new slew of artsy wannabees who spend far too much of their time memorizing shit other people wrote so they can quote it at turn of a hat to make themselves sound deep/sensitive/(they’re trying to get laid, just a heads up). Back in Victorian England, people spouted Keats and Shelley and [...]

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Beaujolais- Love at Thirty / Admirations (review)

October 15, 2009

Ambient forest noise. A lonely bell tower ringing. And stripped guitar chords. So starts “Nightmare in a Healthy Brain,” from Beaujolais’ 2008 debut, “Love at Thirty”. “No one can take that from me…least of all you,” says Joe Ziemba in the opening track of his one man project before drums, cello, and keyboard enter into [...]

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INTERVIEW: BUKE AND GASS

September 28, 2009

Photo Courtesy of Buke and Gass Buke and Gass is a New York duo that sounds oh so much larger. Using homemade (yet professional quality) instruments, the “Buke”(pronounced “byouk”) and the “Gass”(rhymes with “pace”) in the band’s name stems from the actual names of the instruments they use (the nature of those instruments will be [...]

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Top 7 (Recent) Acts of Drunken Violence By Music Fans

August 13, 2009

In an age of drunken concert douchebaggery, let’s look at the 7 most epic instances of fans losing their shit at shows, with hilarious results.

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When You Got No Place Else To Go, Might As Well Stay

August 11, 2009

Well, Jeff is still here for now at least

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Down That Road Again

July 30, 2009

Well time has come. Kinda like before, you won’t find us here anymore. Find me JK here at my new home: http://concerningthis.com And you should follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/thejk And you can find Jeff at http://naivepegasus.tumblr.com/ and http://twitter.com/naivepegasus Peace

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