There Will Be Violent Dramatics If You Don’t Pay My AMEX

Junior Boys “High Come Down” – This sounds sort of like a twitchy, uneasy slow jam, and the vocals have been somewhat accurately described as “Darryl Hall with a sore throat.” It makes me think of being in a nice comfortable bed with red silk sheets and heavy handed romantic lighting, shifting around restlessly trying to find a comfortable position.

White Trash “I Don’t Love You” – Ah, yes, I do love the sound of cartoonishly shallow emotional cruelty when it is set to a dance beat. RIYL: Emma Frost, Lindsay Bluth, most Heather Locklear characters.

Ryan Adams Whining Into Jim DeRogatis’ Answering Machine – Oh man. This recording is making the rounds right now, and you’ve got to hear this. It’s just too good. This is nearly three minutes of Ryan Adams whining about a bad review that DeRogatis wrote about one of his gigs from about three weeks ago. This almost sounds like a Jon Wurster or Andrew Earles character on the Best Show. Adams’ ego and petulance apparently has no limit. Highlight: “You obviously have like, a problem with me, not with the music, because you can’t refute it, obviously, because it’s too fucking good, and you know it is.”

Tom Scharpling Weighs In On The Ryan Adams/Jim DeRogatis Thing – Tom rips apart the answering machine message, as well as the (even crazier!) essay/journal entry that Adams posted on his website.

(Thanks to Milo and Nate!)

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