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LIARS THOM YORKE BRADFORD MOTHERFUCKING COX!!!!!!!


Yes children, all are going to be working on the new Liars album. Mon fuckin dieu!!!!

Mary's top 50 favorite songs of the decade!

Choosing these songs have been quite distressful, music is really I have to live for nowadays, so I hope I didn't make too many mistakes. Unfortunately, not many great punk songs were created in the past decade, so I went for more Top of the Pops, so to speak. Please don't punish me if I fucked up on my choices!

The "*" means especially loved, or applies to my life, or both. Just take notice at the * songs.
*1. Blink 182- I Miss you ... I would like to dedicate this song to SARAH AND ASHLEY; you are FOREVER in my heart and I miss you.
"Hello there the angel from my nightmare,The shadow in backround of the morgue,The unsespecting victim of darkness in the valley,We can live like Jack and Sally if we want, where you can always find me, and we'll have Halloween on Christmas"
2. Outkast- Hey Ya! (2003)..."1,2,3, UHH!"
3. The Hives- See Through Head(2000)..."You always end up losing 'cause you got a see-through head"
4. Mya- My Love is Like Whoa(2003)"My love is like (whoa)My kiss is like (whoa)My touch is like (whoa)My sex is like (whoa)My ass is like (whoa) My body's like(whoa)"
5.The Strokes- Hard To Explain(2001)"Well I'm too young, and they're too old, the joke is on you, this place is a zoo, you're right it's true."
6. The Hives- A.K.A. Idiot (2000) "Put up with being laughed at, cause I put up with being me, And then on artificial someone says I'm the i-d-i-o-t."
7. Justin Timberlake- Sexy Back (2007)"Dirrrty baabe, you see the shackles? Baby, I'm your slave, I'll let you whip me if I misbehave, It's just that no one makes me feel this way"
*8. The Distillers- Oh Serena(2000)"Well they all have scars on their eyes, its true, night and day its like a haunted replay, I know it girl i'll pray for you, just remember its not stronger than you."
*9. The Strokes- 12:51(2003)"Talk to me now that I'm older"
10. Animal Collective- Summertime Clothes(2009) "My bones have to move and my skin's gotta breathe, you pick up the phone, and I'm so relieved,you slide down your stairs to the heated street, and the sun has left us with slippery feet"
*11. Atlas Sound feat. Panda Bear- Walkabout (2009) "What did you want to be, what did you want to see when you...grew up?"
12. Boris- Pink (2005)"What color would I use to paint all over, to open your eyes, in a line, trying to kill off the dizziness, in an agony, trying to make the reason,in a line, without averting the eyes, as always"
13. No Doubt- Bathwater (2000) "So why do we choose the boys that are naughty, I don't fit in so why do you want me?"
*14. The Strokes- Reptilia (2003)"Yeah, the night's not over, you're not trying hard enough"
15. Britney Spears- Toxic(2003) For: SARAH MOUSSAVI"There's no escape, I can't wait, I need a hit."
16. Dr. Dre feat Eminem- Forgot About Dre (2001)"I told 'em all, all them little gangstas, who you think helped mold 'em all,now you wanna run around and talk about guns, like I ain't got none, what you think I sold 'em all?"
17. Franz Ferdinand-Take Me Out(2004)"So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you."
18. Radiohead- 15 Step(2007) "You used to be alright...What happened? Did the cat get your tongue?"
*19. Atlas Sound- Shelia(2009) "We'll die alone, together..."
20. Albert Hammond, Jr.- In Transit(2006) "I'm not going to change, 'til I want to..."
21. The Strokes- Someday(2001)"You say you wanna stand by my side, darling your head's not right"
22. Shakira- Hips Don't Lie (2006)"I never really knew she could dance like that. "
*23. Plot to Blow Up The Eiffel Tower- One Stab Deserves Another(2002?) "I wish I could protect you from the bats that live in her heart, but we all find out for ourselves...I just want to forget!"
24. Blood Brothers- Trash Flavored Trash(2004) "I told a widow that she was beautiful, when half of her smile was missing"
25. Blood Brothers- Love Rhyms with Hideous Car Wreck(2004)" You met Jane four years ago today, dancing at some vomit-stained frat party, her newspaper gown, flashing headline brown, her violent gypsy dance, her tired underpants.."
26. No Doubt- It's My Life(2003) "Caught in the crowd, it never ends..".
*27. The White Stripes- Apple Blossom(2000) "All the people you tell your problems to, they don't really care for you."
28. Animal Collective- My Girls(2009) "There isn't much that I feel I need, a solid soul and the blood I bleed."
29. The White Stripes- Blue Orchid (2005)"...So I gave you the truth from showing up, how dare you, how old are you now anyway?"
30. Camera Obscura- Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken (2006)"Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken, I can't see further than my own nose at this moment"
31. Hakan Hellstrom- Ramlar(2000)"Och det är lång väg ner, och jag skulle aldrig ramla mer"
*32. Hakan Hellstrom- Kom Igen Lena!(2000) "Elvis boys that throw cellies in the air"
33. Art Brut- Bad Weekend(2005) "Popular culture no longer applies to me."
34. The Libertines- Up The Bracket(2004) "You see these 2 cold fingers? These crooked fingers I show you a way to mean no"
35. Babyshambles- Fuck Forever(2005)"I can't tell between death and glory? Happy endings, no, they never bored me."
36. Radiohead- 2+2=5 (2003) "It's the devil's way now, there is no way out, you can SCREAM and you can shout, it is too late now"
*37. Yeah Yeahs Yeahs- Kiss Kiss(2007) "I dropped my musings out of site, I drank until the water dried, it's all cute 'til someone dies."
38. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Pin(2004) "I like to sleep with him, pushing in the pin."
*39. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Y- Control(2004)"Under the gun gun gun, and I believe them all"
40. Desaparacedos- Manana(2002)" We will learn, we will love, we will work, to change each other, we will spread, we will cover the earth, like air and water (Water! Water!...Change each other)"
*41. Deerhunter- Never Stops (2008) "Haunts my days."
42. Kanye West- Can't Tell Me Nothing(2007) "I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny, and what I do? Act more stupidly."
*43. The Stills- Yesterday Never Tomorrows'(2003) "The dark winter snows bright, please stay here tonight, walk on my face straight through my pillow"
*44. Liars- Plaster Casts of Everything(2007) "You say lets ride this way..."
45. HEALTH- Nice Girls(2009)"...Your eyes, your lips...."( this song kills me )
46. D-12- Purple Pills(2005)"I take a couple uppers, I take a couple downers, but nothing compares to these blue and yellow purple pills."
47. Incubus- Megalomaniac(2003) "You're no Jesus, yeah you're no fucking Elvis!"
*48.Rihanna- Disturbia (2008) "It's a thief in the night to come and grab you, it can creep up inside you and consume you, a disease of the mind, it can control you, it's too close for comfort"
49. The Killers- Mister Brightside (2004) It started out with a kiss, How did it end up like this? It was only a kiss...it was only a kiss.
50. Weezer- Photograph (2001) For Ash =)
"If you need it, you should show it
'Cause you might play so monastic that you blow it
'Cause everybody wants some hope
Something they can barely know"

1 Hund-O

Top 100 Tracks of 2009 favorites:
91. HEALTH- Die Slow
89. No Age- You're a Target
87. Here We Go Magic- Fangela
85. Wavves- No Hope Kids
78. Charlotte Gainsbourg- IRM
72. Matt & Kim- Daylight
63. Real Estate- Fake Blues
61. Atlas Sound- Quick Canal
60. Kurt Vile- Freeway
58. Fever Ray- If I Had a Heart
57. Sleigh Bells- Crown on the Ground
47. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll
43. Camera Obscura-French Navy
34. Atlas Sound feat. Panda Bear- Walkabout
23. Animal Collective- Brother Sport
20. Japandroids- Young Hearts Spark Fire
10. Washed Out- Feel It All Around
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Zero
5. Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
3. Phoenix- 1901
1. Animal Collective- My Girls (!!!!)





http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/

It's winter in my heart, it never stops....

A song I hold close to my heart, it describes me perfectly at this moment in time. Don't read too much into it, though.

I had dreams
That frightened me awake
I happened to escape
But my escape, would never come
Would never come


Bonne nuit...

I'M OBSESSED

Sorry, but more Atlas Sound. I tried not to post this, but I couldn't resist. This song live is like nothing else.

And another

One more video from the outstanding Atlas Sound performance with Choir of Young Believers. They created this song only one day prior in London...

"This song is for Mary"

Thought I would share my experience with Bradford Cox with you guys...

Atlas Sound at Point Ephereme!

Atlas Sound's new sound, "Criminals". Trés genial concert, merci Bradford Cox!
Opening Band: Choir of Young Believers, from Denmark!

Jay you Reatard!

Jay Reatard cancelled on Paris two nights ago- apparently his band has quit on him for being a total drunken fool and pissing on his guitarist...love it. Anywho, this means I have an opportunity to see either Atlas Sound or The Horrors to compensate for a lost, loud night. I also learned today that Grizzly Bear plays in Stockholm the night beforemy arrival there. So I suppose seeing both Atlas Sound and balances out okay, oui oui oui??

Summer Boner Jams

So I have failed to mention the new Panda Bear/Atlas Sound split released on July 17. Called "Walkabout", it is the song of the summer and all summers to come. Atta' boys!

5 Reasons Why I'm a Failure

With anguish I will count down the top 5 bands I absolutely MUST see before I die from being ran over by a stampede of alpacas. I may include a few that I will never be able to see because they're dead or something.

1) First, I tend to miss out on seeing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. When I skip town, they feel like visiting the neighborhood. The fuck.

2) Speaking of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen's ex's band Liars is a wet dream for me. Soundgasms for everyone. I'm sure I'd die, but that wouldn't be tragic in anyway. Imagine! They would be so loud and crazy and I'd want to join in the mood! And while I bring up Liars, a similar, yet crazier band simply known as HEALTH would be more than pleasant to see open for them. Thus, I need Liars and HEALTH to arrange a tour together, please.


3) Deerhunter.

4) Tied are two popular rock bands: The White Stripes and Led Zeppelin. Indeed, I get slack for loving those two bands because they are no longer considered unique in this dane age, but that is completely fine with me because I can have them all to myself. May I add that I tend to feel somewhat flattered that Jack White sings a song titled, "Now Mary". Merci Jack.


5) Band I better see or my life will be utterly pointless: RADIOHEAD. They're playing at the Reading Festival and Leeds Festival right before I get to Europe, so I will unfortunately miss them. And enough said.



Probably the top 5 important bands I have seen are:
1) Adolescents
2) The Strokes
3) Boris
4) The Hives
5) Polysics