Monthly Archives: October 2008

STL Saturday: Broken Social Scene vs. David Byrne

By Todd | Published: October 17, 2008
Tomorrow night, here are your choices: It’s either these guys… …playing here (and unless you’ve already got tix, you’re essentially SOL), or, it’s this guy… …playing here for at least $42.50 a pop. Just be sure not to forget about this in the morning. The Post-Rockist will return with full sentences and paragraphs and other [...]
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Johnny Cash doing Elvis (1959)

By Todd | Published: October 16, 2008
Just what the title says. This is great. Truly vicious. Well worth three minutes of your life (thanks, Mike): Historical sidenote: Is this one of the earliest examples we have on video of the emo comeover, or “emo-ver,” as the kids call it these days? (Sorry, I only know one person who might find that [...]
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Millions of Brazilians’ “Armenia”: A Post-Rockist Exclusive

By Scotter | Published: October 15, 2008
Millions of Brazilians – Armenia [Audio clip: view full post to listen] from Millions of Brazilians’ upcoming EP, to be released late 2008/early 2009 It is with great pride and pleasure that The Post-Rockist gives you a sneak preview and new track from Detroit’s Millions of Brazilians‘ upcoming EP, to be released in late 2008/early [...]
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One More Baltimore Round Robin Post (last one, I promise) – Blackmoth

By Scotter | Published: October 13, 2008
The visual artist I was talking about in this post goes by the name of Blackmoth. The video was playing behind a performance by Smart Growth. It’s only the middle 30 seconds or so of the video, which is a shame because the build-up is the best part–watching all of the elements added gradually to [...]
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Bob’s Yer Uncle!

By Todd | Published: October 13, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Robert Pollard – “Gratification to Concrete” (from Robert Pollard Is Off To Business) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Boston Spaceships – “Ready to Pop” (from Brown Submarine) I went to see Bob Pollard, or Boston Spaceships (or whatever he’s calling himself these days), over the weekend. [...]
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Some Feelings on Baltimore Round Robin: Feet Night

By Scotter | Published: October 10, 2008
The Baltimore Round Robin has caused some heated and even somewhat rabid discussion on the interwebs today about the difference between the Detroit scene and the Baltimore scene. I have nothing else to say about that. To be honest, reading these territorial pissings on the blogs started to make me forget how much fun I [...]
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Baldimur Round Robin: Eyes Night, Mocad, Detroit, October 8

By Scotter | Published: October 8, 2008
Ever been out somewhere, at some place or something, watching stuff going on, and people doing stuff, and people playing instruments and stuff, and doing weird stuff and fun stuff and unusual stuff, and realize to yourself, “Wow, I’ll probably never see something like this ever again.”? Well, I had this feeling about 20 minutes [...]
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