nugatory \NOO-guh-tor-ee\ adjective of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential having no force : inoperative Then I found five dollars! When you have said something utterly retarded this phrase can be added to the end of your statement thereby nullifying the fact that you have just made a complete jackass of yourself. Hey you know what I miss about being a little kid? Playing Candyland. Um. Then I found five dollars! Trivia . History Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's second wife was beheaded (1536) Tariff of 1828: was passed to protect US industry; it was denounced as a "tariff of abominations" by ...

Recently signed to Dangerbird Records (Silversun Pickups, Minus The Bear), the New Orleans-based six-piece Royal Teeth are offering up their debut EP Act Naturally as a free download on their Bandcamp page.  The contrasting male/female vocals of Gary Larsen and Nora Patterson blend well with their infectious and colorful brand of synth-laden dance-pop.  The super-poppy 5-song EP contains four original tracks including the jubilent and shimmering standout opener, "Wild" as well as their stunning 80's-inspired cover of The Knife's cold-wave smash "Heartbeats".  Also the iTunes exclusive download contains a bonus remix of "Wild" by in demand Swedish ...

We gotta admit, when we first heard about Elijah Wood starring in a remake of the 1980 splatter pic "Maniac," we figured it was just going to be another run of the mill genre outing. And having Franck Khalfoun -- the guy who directed two movies you didn't see, "P2" and "Wrong Turn At Tahoe" -- at the helm didn't exactly bolster our confidence. But when the movie selected for the Midnight lineup at the Cannes Film Festival, we wondered, could it be something more? Well, we'll have to wait for the verdict to come in but until then ...

Grace Woodroofe Always Want [Modular; 2012] by Joe Hemmerling Rating: When I saw that the first three words of the press release for Always Want were “Australian folk-blues chanteuse,” my testicles crawled back up inside me. Visions of some awful repeat of the Ursa Minor debacle danced before my eyes like a flashback to some wartime atrocity. But while Grace Woodroofe’s debut wouldn’t exactly sound out of place sandwiched between Nora Jones and Califone on a Muzak Holdings LLC playlist, the young songwriter manages to side-step the biggest pitfalls of “folk-blues” pigeonholing to deliver a surprisingly diverse and ...

A 1,500-foot-long vintage streamlined 1948 California Zephyr train. Two weeks. Three bands with their own unique sounds, riding the rails. Jamming, recording, playing a concert here and there. That was the idea behind the Railroad Revival Tour. Last spring, Los Angeles indie collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, London folk group Mumford & Sons [...]

That awkward moment when you realize the music you've been bumping for weeks... was written by someone who spends most of his time RIGHT DOWN THE HALL. That was my experience w/ Eppard (aka Kevin Messinger) (aka lives on south campus, but chills in Barrows (my dorm) almost exclusively) (aka fellow...

That awkward moment when you realize the music you've been bumping for weeks... was written by someone who spends most of his time RIGHT DOWN THE HALL. That was my experience w/ Eppard (aka Kevin Messinger) (aka lives on south campus, but chills in Barrows (my dorm) almost exclusively) (aka fellow...

The hoodoo is just dripping off this one — gris gris psychedelia, circa 1969. In terms of pure vibe, Dr. Kanaga has nothing on this. Product of Jamaica, Nora Dean’s “Angie  La La (Ay Ay Ay)” defies easy genre categorization existing in an Obeah netherworld. File under: Jamaican psych. MP3: Nora Dean :: Angie La La [...]

You may have heard of BAMCinematek's awesome "Hey Girlfriend! Lena Dunham Selects" series curated by none other than Dunham herself, the director and star of the Criterion-approved micro-indie "Tiny Furniture" and the writer, producer and co-star of "Girls," her upcoming HBO show also produced by Judd Apatow. That eight-film series (tickets on sale here), which will feature in person appearances by Dunham, Nora Ephron, Whit Stillman, Chris Eigeman, and Claudia Weill and includes films like "The Last Days of Disco," "Clueless," and Weill's prizewinning debut "Girlfriends" from 1978, has added one more film to its slate:...

Saturday, March 31, the Vanaver Caravan celebrates 40 years of dance, music and community building with a Gala chaired by Natalie Merchant honoring Nora Guthrie followed by a concert/performance featuring the Hudson Valley Philharmonic at UPAC in Kingston, NY.

We couldn't be more thrilled that Bob's Burgers is back on Fox for our second season. And to show our excitement, we're going to bug the writing staff each week to glean insight into the creative process, learn the behind-the-scenes skinny about each episode, and just basically revel in the majesty of well-executed dick jokes. First up: Jon Schroeder, who wrote the Goonies -inspired Season Two premiere, "The Belchies," in which Louise, Gene, and Tina search for treasure in a soon-to-be demolished taffy factory, while Bob and Linda search for Louise, Gene, and Tina. Also, Bob has ...

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Anna Webber In between Son Volt albums, Jay Farrar likes to collaborate with bygone American icons: First Jack Kerouac, and now Woody Guthrie . Farrar's latest project, 'New Multitudes,' involved setting previously unrecorded Guthrie lyrics to music with My Morning Jacket 's Jim James (in his Yim Yames persona), Centro-matic's Will Johnson and Gob Iron partner Anders Parker -- just in time to help commemorate the 100th anniversary this year of Guthrie's birth . "In a weird small way, we're kind of carrying on Woody's vision," Farrar tells Spinner, a few days ...

To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of pre-punk/folk procateur Woody Guthrie , Nonesuch Records has announced plans to reissue a deluxe 3xCD/1xDVD version of Billy Bragg and Wilco 's musical collaborations set to Guthrie's lyrics. Two albums were released in 1999 and 2000, Mermaid Avenue and Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, . The new collection will collect both albums plus a third volume with 17 previously unreleased recordings from those sessions, the 1999 documentary on the sessions, Man in the Sand ; and a 48-page booklet with new liner notes by Nora Guthrie, lyrics, archival photographs, and facsimiles ...

There isn’t much information out there on the internets about Nora En Pure, other than that they’re from Zurich, and that they’ve created a song that manages to take Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat” and make it even sexier and smoother than the original. “You Make Me Float” is so intricate and sensual that listening to [...]

A lot can change in a century. In the one hundred years since the birth of Woody Guthrie our planet has witnessed two world wars, several recessions, the emergence of the Internet and the first African-American President of the United States. Some things, though, remain timeless. A wandering, restless spirit Woody Guthrie wrote continuously - and these artefacts are still inspiring new musicians. Held in a vast collection, the Woody Guthrie archive sits at the centre of 'New Multitudes'. A new work featuring Jay Farrar, Jim James, Anders Parker and Will Johnson the album finds each of the four musicians interpreting ...