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We still need the @@LDRO bandage... @

So eventually my order placed in September for Night Time, My Time got cancelled. Fucking great. I really feel like some 1970s farm boy living in the middle of nowhere in America where there the next record store is like 1000 miles away. Why is it so hard to get this album? I don't want some bullshit release with random and pointless bonus tracks/discs.

I hate surprise releases but I love them. And I love this song.

Only these three since they are the only titles that have been confirmed/announced. Beck - Morning Phase (February) Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (its coming you little bitch) Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (May)

The protagonist in Franz Kafka's The Castle is called K. Just realised that the other day and felt the urge to say this.

Gaga's involvement with Carter's Atom Factory officially ended November 4th, a week before the release of ARTPOP. Troy is credited in the album booklet (would be interesting if his name is erased in the second prints) which makes it seem like their split was a rather spontaneous and impulsive move following the dispute over a follow-up single. Remember that the background image of Gaga's Facebook page was updated within like one hour announcing a variety of songs as the second single ("Venus" and "Gypsy" being among them). "Creative differences" were officially stated to be the reason for their split, and I assume those differences are related to Troy possibly advising against the release of "Do What U Want" as the follow-up single based on solely iTunes sales (since that was a highly risky decision ignoring the majority of other markets). If you ask me, this is strengthened by the apparent shelving of its music video due to label dispute. At the end of the day, we'll never know until either Gaga is in a particularly rant-driven tell-all mood or Troy writes an autobiography.

Björk - "All Is Full of Love (Vespertine Live)"

I really hope so... but let's not forget that Ghost has been sold at her shows, too.

UGH. What a shitty idea. This is so messed up. What the hell is Ghost doing there? I mean... just imagine the back cover. What the actual fuck. I'm pissed.

Those crocodiles look kinda cute like that.

Deptford Goth - "Union"

I have like 80 pages left of this, but I'm so blown away by this very unusual autobiography. This might be the most challenging book I've read thus far. The amount of secondary literature I had to look up in order to even get the point of two sentences addressing whatever biblical thesis or archetypical causality. It's sort of intimidating in a way, but so enriching... I think I've learned more from this book than I did in three school years. I did laugh plenty of times and was shaken to the core at other times. It's quite an emotional journey, really.

Strange how different she looks when her dark circles are covered by make-up.

Please go away.

First off, the album cover postcard was the last one I could get my hands on. I'm going to check again and see if they refilled that strange stand if anybody wants one of these (not like I'm too desperate to keep this one, though)! I'm not gonna charge you for a postcard that's been lying around for free. No, but seriously... I'd just send this postcard as it is to your address. Unless you want it all neat, then I would sent it in an envelope - in any case, shipping is 0,75€ (20g) if you want one. You can send me this on PayPal simply. Is this cute little emote sprawling out his little arms to grab one? Does it want a Lorde post card? Shall I send it one? I am so bad at deciphering emote meanings.

This is what happened when I realised my university had gone hipster all the way... By the way, if anybody wants one, I can get many more.

Sounds like he thought a lower-than-low-quality YouTube rip of "Video Games" would save the "sample" from being credited. By the way, this is as horrible as the sample quality.

First of all, my knees are getting weak hearing this electric piano play throughout the song. I really am a sucker for electric pianos. They sound so cute, yet seductive in opposite to their intangible and majestic sounding ancestors: acoustic pianos. Why did they have to use a (sampled) acoustic piano in the outro? I think this sort of mirrors Lizzy Grant(/Lana Del Rey), though. Cute, yet seductive. I'm not sure but are there two guitars playing? One acoustic guitar and one electric guitar? Do I see a patter there? Let's just say... if I were Twin Peaks' Audrey (in drag), I'd want this song played by that jukebox. And I'd certainly dance away like this, get lost and stumble over something like I usually do. "On Our Way" is totally an 11pm "let's just play one more" jukebox kinda song. It's not necessarily the kind of song that would make me stay. Rather the kind of song I'd listen to before leaving, but one that stays in your ear while you're driving through the dark forrest surrounding Twin Peaks. It has this "we are on the way" kind of quality to it because, well, we are "On Our Way." Sure, not necessarily physically but I really get this traveling vibe from it. As for its lyrical content, I think @@lola pointed that out really well. There is quite nobody else that could get away with something like this, because it is Lizzy Grant/Lana Del Rey/You Name It through and through. Yes, I cringe so bad when I hear your random YouTube girl do a guitar cover of a Lana song like this. Because n o! I don't see this girl do anything mentioned in the song. I just don't because it's a Lana Del Rey thing to do. End of story. I really like this Song of the Week idea.

Oh, I really love that idea. I think what was really missing on Lana Boards lately were highly speculative song discussions!

I love how random her new photo is compared to the high-profile, all glamorous background image.

Tori Amos - "Taxi Ride"

I just watched this video of him handing out tickets... A W W W

I think his Twitter account should be verified considering the apparent wide attention whoring interest in him. As for Rob himself: you can be my daddy. Or granddaddy, rather.

Definitely something that needs to be covered by major media outlets. I hope national television in all countries reports about it!