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Foxes

Written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor on 07 Mar 2009. Posted in Courtney.

Alright we’re just about decided on the remixes of Amigos. It was very difficult since a multitude of genius remixers went ahead and got involved. Maybe we’ll announce on Monday.

Well, Denver again. That magical land where there’s no traffic jams. Really. I’ve never been in traffic in Denver.
Anyhoo check this out. This is one of the coolest installations I’ve seen anywhere. This is in the Denver Art Museum.
Heres what it looks like:

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And here’s what it does with flash photography:

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“Fox Games” by Sandy Skoglund

They’re having an exhibit of 300 rock posters which FatHead and I will be checking out later this month between skiing.

COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR

Psychedelic Fish

Written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor on 03 Mar 2009. Posted in Courtney.

Check out this new fish that they just found. I think it was listening to The Dandy Warhols Come Down when they discovered it, cuz they called it H. Psychedelica. I can’t imagine what the H is for, though.

FISH

Here’s what the Associated Press says:

Like other frogfish — a subset of anglerfish — H. psychedelica has leglike fins on both sides of its body.

But it has several traits not previously known among frogfish, wrote Pietsch, of the University of Washington.

Each time the fish strike the seabed, for instance, they push off with their fins and expel water from tiny gill openings to jet themselves forward. That and an off-centered tail cause them to bounce around in a bizarre, chaotic manner.

The fish, which has a gelatinous, fist-size body covered with thick folds of skin that protect it from sharp-edged corals, also has a flat face with eyes directed forward, like humans, and a huge, yawning mouth.

Zia thinks the H. is short for HEAVY.

COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR

Denver

Written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor on 19 Feb 2009. Posted in Courtney.

Well I tried to think of a great Autotuned® song but I can’t.

Anyhoo I’ve been in Denver for a few days and even went skiing for a half day. Nice. Jeez I’m sore. Well Denver was apparently just recently rated the most liveable city in America by someone who knows. Puh leeez. There’s a mall for every neighborhood and they’ve also distributed real big city ghettos so evenly that wheather you’re in a $300,000 or three million dollar neighborhood, you’re always three to eight blocks away from an actual ChicagoDetroitWashingtonDC styley ghetto.

Here’s the only photo I took:

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Beach

Written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor on 09 Feb 2009. Posted in Courtney.

I went to the beach with a couple of my old friends from high school. Time moves very slowly at the beach and there’s not much to do. Or rather time moves slowly anywhere when there’s not much to do. Yes that’s the Goonies rock. We used to call it Haystack Rock.

So of course we watched a couple movies: Team America and Spinal Tap. You could read my review of Team America but I’ll save you the time… TEAM AMERICA IS THE FUNNIEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmw8UB4HCU

Now, Spinal Tap on the other hand is not funny at all. It’s very serious. Very real. It also got me thinkin about my time spent in the industry. I did so much bitching about it when i was on Capitol Records but really, the first group of people there were amazing. And I miss it’s ability to get art into the world.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5FwzRBc_Y

For example, these were people who got very good at their own little tweaker things. This can only really be done alone, without the immediate rewards of applause or even a big pat on the back. Generally in teenage bedrooms. Here are three examples from my alma mater:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV74PsUo1dc

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_anbEJsr6s

COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR

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