Ramblings, fanboyism, and somethings you might consider cute & offensive….Tumblr (3.0; @kitschfrays)http://blog.kitschfrays.com/<p>Beck’s background singers are the offspring of Isaac Hayes’ background singers; genetically adapted to not flinch, run, or scream after walking into a seemingly innocuous room and being told the lyrics you’re needed to sing.  </p> <p>Supporting evidence: you could only(willingly) take part in<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Midnite-Vultures-Beck/dp/B000030009"> </a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Midnite-Vultures-Beck/dp/B000030009">Midnite Vultures</a></em> if somewhere along the line, your ancestors had been required to be a part of <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8k3uJu6K8">Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic</a>.</em></p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/837196083http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/837196083Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:13:00 -0700<a href="http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html">Missing Missy (A Must See)</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://jermbob.tumblr.com/">jermbob</a>)  click and read.  i laughed a lot, you should too.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/818729854http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/818729854Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:41:25 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5hm4qayil1qz7dl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>new bus!</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/805734976http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/805734976Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:26:50 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.kitschfrays.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/803834344/tumblr_l5gqd1eBz51qz7dl3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Beck & Bat For Lashes - Let’s Get Lost (Twilight Eclipse OST)</strong></em></p> <p><del>Thank</del>Fuck you two for making me put Twilight-related anything on my computer.  I feel dirty, but not near as dirty as you should feel.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/803834344http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/803834344Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:00:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5gox8nPp11qz7dl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://animadiseno.blogspot.com/2010/06/imagenes-de-buscando-nemo-2.html">animadiseno.blogspot.com</a> (click through for more)</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/803309434http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/803309434Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:29:00 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4yigbjSKI1qz4axuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tedroden.tumblr.com/post/763641591/soxiam-hand-of-god-tm-sox-is-my-idol-classic">tedroden</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://soxiam.com/post/763479284/hand-of-god-tm">soxiam</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>HAND OF GOD™</p> </blockquote> <p>Sox is my idol. Classic.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/768649199http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/768649199Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:13:48 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.kitschfrays.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/723605795/tumblr_l4e4ovlVMX1qz7dl3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound of Settling</strong></em></p> <p>This weekend, my dumbass roommate revealed the following:</p> <p>Oblivious of the title but aware of the band’s PNW roots, he had always thought the chorus of this song was “This is the sound that salmon make”</p> <p>Give it another listen and kindly join me in having a laugh at his expense.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/723605795http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/723605795Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:43:43 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.kitschfrays.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/721017973/tumblr_l4cqa99uTi1qz7dl3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><em><strong>The Dø - Unissasi Laulelet</strong></em></p> <p>a happy lil summery song to make up for how incredibly dreary this Seattle solstice weekend was.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/721017973http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/721017973Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:34:00 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l44bfdps191qz7dl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW: at Sasquatch with my Sil</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/705045372http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/705045372Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:33:13 -0700<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pwnefUaKCbc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pwnefUaKCbc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jstn.cc/post/699141763">jstn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (via <a href="http://totes.tumblr.com/post/698922789/janelle-monae-ft-big-boi-tightrope-james-brown">totes</a>). This is the best music video I’ve seen in a long time.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/699964049http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/699964049Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:00:00 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3wesojUmn1qarmpfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://nanoviski.tumblr.com/post/699002863/daisycore-seanxvx-elengberg">nanoviski</a>:<a href="http://daisycore.tumblr.com/post/698991138/seanxvx-elengberg-djsupersoakxvx">daisycore</a>:<a href="http://seanxvx.tumblr.com/post/698983754/elengberg-djsupersoakxvx">seanxvx</a>:<a href="http://elengberg.tumblr.com/post/698915828/djsupersoakxvx-friendlyatheist-dbb-doesnt">elengberg</a>:<a href="http://djsupersoakxvx.tumblr.com/post/698894991/friendlyatheist-dbb-doesnt-mean-its-not">djsupersoakxvx</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://friendlyatheist.tumblr.com/post/698890077/dbb-doesnt-mean-its-not-true-although-the">friendlyatheist</a></p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.<br/>—<strong>Isaac Asimov</strong></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/699138598http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/699138598Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:24:53 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l414uox28I1qz7dl3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/699120530http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/699120530Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:18:24 -0700dangermerman<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3s0s4AEBe1qz7dl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Frightening image from <a href="http://ifitwasmyhome.com">ifitwasmyhome.com</a></p> <p>Creepy how it just covers all of the good parts of Washington.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/682073617http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/682073617Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:12:00 -0700iknowi'majerk<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l272dzE2T51qz7dl3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/people-of-class-drink-alcohol/">People of class drink alcohol | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine</a></p> <p>Time to either join AA <em>or</em> return to my religious roots post-gender-op and find a way to drop this Caucasian act.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/586291231http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/586291231Mon, 10 May 2010 01:03:00 -0700<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2011825202_sounders10.html">Sounders FC to refund fans for poor outing</a>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/585462034http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/585462034Sun, 09 May 2010 18:16:21 -0700damn<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1uzyz4AZ31qz7dl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One more for good measure.  Stella was found yesterday abandoned in a park, tied to a fence.  Previous owner left her with a cardboard box containing food, puppy liners, and dog shampoo.  Super sad, but happy to have her with us now.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/568828822http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/568828822Mon, 03 May 2010 12:40:11 -0700stella<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1urkfFzOI1qz7dl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>newpuppynewpuppynewpuppynewpuppy :)</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/568518070http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/568518070Mon, 03 May 2010 09:38:39 -0700stella<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1ojj03XPu1qz7dl3o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.theawl.com/2010/04/in-praise-of-five-cigarettes-a-day">In Praise of Five Cigarettes a Day - The Awl</a></p> <p><em><span>why not accord the temperate smoker the same respect we bestow on the moderate drinker?</span></em></p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/560444578http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/560444578Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:59:24 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.kitschfrays.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/541444565/tumblr_l1as3tqADI1qz7dl3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Spoon - Back to the Life</strong></em></p> <p>Spoon at the Moore: amazing.  We upgraded our seats to the open ones 15 rows ahead of us and had an amazing view of the girls who bought balcony seats but needed to dance anyway.  Realized how awesome Spoon older stuff is and kicked myself for not giving it my ear before.</p> <p>BUT there are too many awesome unfinished ideas like this song on every album of theirs I’ve listened to.  Too many times where I’ve cursed myself for having a shitty rip of their album, only to discover that no, the song does indeed end abruptly like that.  What the fuck is so hard about writing outros?  Two minutes a song does not make.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/541444565http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/541444565Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:38:17 -0700that's alli love it anyway<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=10995672&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10995672">Record Club: INXS “Need You Tonight”</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/videotheque">Beck Hansen</a>)</p> <p>Too often, I’ve forgotten that Beck is busy, even though I don’t see him putting an album together or touring.  The Record Club efforts are exactly what I want more of in music: awesome artists coming together and having fun,  </p> <p>and then sharing that with me.</p>http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/532267845http://blog.kitschfrays.com/post/532267845Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:16:00 -0700st. vincentliarsbeck