#patrickstump.com

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don’t tell me that doesn’t make your heart beat happily

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patrickstump.com blog from February 9, 2008

Patrick to Co-Host Pre-Grammy Everybody seemed to have a realLy good tIme at thiS one. if you missed it, i Am sorry.

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patrickstump.com blog from March 21, 2009

Listening pleasure

Inara George is doing so much good stuff right now. First the new Bird and the Bee record and now "An Invitation," her album with the legendary Van Dyke Parks. I wish I were capable of making music like this.

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patrickstump.com blog from March 19, 2009

Stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

Go to Stuffwhitepeoplelike.com and laugh at me. It's sad how nail-on-the-head it is.  http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/11/18/116-black-music-that-black-people-dont-listen-to-anymore/ http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/11/09/115-promising-to-learn-a-new-language/ http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/09/15/109-the-onion/ http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/10/27/112-hummus/

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patrickstump.com facts from March 12, 2009

The new Mos/Dj Deckstream track "Life is Good," is legendary. As far as older stuff, I'm loving Wayne Shorter's album "Adam's Apple," with Herbie Hancock on piano. Some funky pre-funk jazz

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patrickstump.com blog from March 3, 2009

JT, pop music's Darryl Hammond

Head over to Idolator to check out Justin Timberlake on the Jimmy Fallon show doing a sick Michael McDonald impression...and I was bored with Michael McDonald humor after yacht rock. Skip JT's John Mayer, it's good but only Phantom Menace good. His McDonald is A New Hope Good. (Kidding Skywalker Ranch folks, my girlfriend was out of town for one day and I spent it watching all 6 movies in one sitting...maybe a couple with the audio commentary). PS, the Roots are probably the best live band on Earth. It's incredible how much groove they put into backing Timberlake in the aforementioned bit. All in all, good job Mr. Fallon. -p.v.stump

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patrickstump.com facts from February 8, 2009

Records

People ask me all the time what I'm listening to, and obviously I'm a raging narcissist so I feel obliged: Janelle Monae - Metropolis Best thing happening to music or pop or art culture in general right now. I love every second of music I hear from her. I'm at a loss for words. Alphabeat - This is Alphabeat This is a couple years old now but I saw them at an award show in Belgium not too long ago. I really really really wish I wrote "Fascination." Jamie Lidell - Multiply I know he's got a newer, very good record out but "When I Come Back Around," is just so damn good. I wish more artists were less afraid of funk. the Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future  I love this band so much. Inara George has a gorgeous voice and a great sense of humor in her lyrics while Greg Kurstin is one of my favorite producers/songwriters/arrangers...so much understated class. An electronic inflected Burt Bacharach for the post-Jon Brion world---but a billion times more fun. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreaks Even I'm getting sick of how much I talk about Kanye in interviews. He's just one of the only dudes on Top 40 radio doing it the right way.

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patrickstump.com facts from January 27, 2009

Trivia train of thought

I don't like a lot of vampire movies. One amazing one is the F.W. Murnau's classic silent film "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie Grauens" (more commonly just called "Nosfuratu," cause I mean, come on) in which Max Shreck plays the horrifying "Count Orlock" (a legally plagiarized Count Dracula). The great dark comedy "Shadow of the Vampire," was based on the Hollywood legend that Shreck not hadn't made any other movies before, but his chilling performance was due to his actually being a real vampire. "Shadow of the Vampire," featured John Malkovich as an overzealous film-maker and Willem Dafoe as Shreck, in this case a real vampire. This makes Dafoe one of the few actors to portray both Jesus Christ and some form of Count Dracula.  Dafoe (who's real name is "William," but kept it due to an interesting type-o) was originally considered for the role of the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman." Oddly enough, its sequel "Batman Returns," featured equally creepy character actor Christopher Walken as a character also named "Max Shreck."