100 MILES PER HOUR WITH YOUR RADIO ON
― usic, Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
word one-uh word one-uh witcha radio ooohan
world one-uh one-uh one-uh going under miles per hour
an wier hittin on rackets like and the germans do the shit like the macarena 7^9
― usic, Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:36 (sixteen years ago) link
7^89
it's a jungle banga i said COLE jamma nol
m.i.a. comin back wit powa powa
― usic, Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:37 (sixteen years ago) link
a bit tyma
its a bamboo bhanga
bidtg
yea i'm nocking on the doahs uv ya hamma hamma
― usic, Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link
what a mormon look like she a dead ringa
she said nutler that's hellerious
― usic, Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
M.I.A. Retires
M.I.A.Cult British/Sri Lankan star M.I.A. has announced her retirement - at the age of 30. After canceling her European tour last week due to exhaustion, the hitmaker took to the stage at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Friday and told fans it was her final show.
Three times during her set at the Tennessee festival, M.I.A. said "This is my last show," adding at one point, "... and I'm glad that I'm spending it with all my hippies!"
Midway through her high-energy set, fans climbed over barriers at the front of the audience to join M.I.A. onstage, where they stayed for much of the rest of her set.
After the devotees were kicked off, M.I.A. closed her gig with hit Paper Planes and ended her performance by stating, "Thanks for coming to my last gig."
M.I.A., real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, has been a cult live act since 2004 when her first releases turned her into a controversial star.
She has put out two critically acclaimed albums, Arular and Kala - which was named Album of 2007 by both Rolling Stone and Blender. M.I.A. has been nominated for two Shortlist Music Prize honors and was on the shortlist for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize in her native Britain.
― mr x, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I've seen lots of bands play the last gig of a particular tour and refer to it as simply "our last show" without qualifier, seems entirely possible people are flying off the handle.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
it sounds like she was joking
― deej, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
hell by the time sinead o'connor was 30 i think she'd already retired twice.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Ozzy Osborne has been on his final tour -- off and on -- for 15 years.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP big man
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
terrible news
http://stylebubble.typepad.com/style_bubble/images/2007/12/26/miamj1_2.jpg
looks so peaceful
― am0n, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
services to be held tomorrow says nme.com
― am0n, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2007/06/27/gal_funeral7.jpg
Guardian and Pitchfork journalists all made it out for the funeral, at least.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://weblog.ceicher.com/bigsuit.jpg
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
(xpost)
farc fuck tha world
― usic, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
when you're burnt out at the end of a tour and you don't want to even listen to music, it's best to chill out for a couple of weeks before announcing the end of your career? but what do i know.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:13 (fifteen years ago) link
http://deadcantrant.com/shared/images/photo.matthew_lesko.gif
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Lame.
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee196/Gotterdun59/Rob_4.jpg
^^^ rly needs to be a better 'pour one out' gif
― banriquit, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 10:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I love how at any given club at any given time almost zero people will know the lyrics to a song with 'gunshot' SFX in it but they will know EXACTLY when the gunshots sound out. Paper Planes is a jam, really love Boyz and Jimmy
― VeronaInTheClub, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe she's just retiring the MIA persona, like in the Pennebaker Ziggy Stardust...
― poortheatre, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
here ya go
http://misterirrelevant.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pouringforseantaylor.jpg
― am0n, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't believe a word of it.
― chap, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah..."taylor"? gimme a break.
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
gb2tamil tigers w millions of USD plx mia
― usic, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know that it proves or disproves anything and it could just mean she'll be the 2008 men without hats, but in re the last four years of snarking about whether she'll "make it," m.i.a. has a top 5 u.s. single as of this week.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 14 August 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
top 5 eh? which track?
― the next grozart, Thursday, 14 August 2008 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
she really is our Gavin Rossdale
― blueski, Thursday, 14 August 2008 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean new Gavin
"paper planes." partly attributable to being played on every "pineapple express" tv ad for the last 2 months.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 14 August 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
does that make diplo gwen?
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I've only bothered to listen to Kala the whole way through twice. Arula still gets the odd play, though.
― chap, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
you mean arugula.
kala is still my almost-4-year-old son's favorite album. his favorite songs keep changing, though. lately it's been "20 dollar" and "hussel."
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
best toddler ever
― blueski, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't comprehend only bothering to listen to Kala twice.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
also heard paper planes on some olympic filler, maybe one of those "holy shit look at what michael phelps eats!" spots.
― Jordan, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
-- tipsy mothra, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:56 (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Together we made it (you see we did it niggaz!) We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon) Forever we waited {ha ha!} And they told us we were never gonna get it But we took it on the road (to the riches) on the road (to the ghetto) On the rooooad (and the projects to this bangin instrumental) On the road (ride with me) on the road (we come and get it) On the rooooad (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Kala sounds GREAT now. I've really come around to it.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll give it another shot at some point.
― chap, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
if i want to hear anything, it's just the first three tracks and maybe the paper planes remix w/bun b
― Jordan, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
The tracks from this that I always play through no matter what:
Bamboo Banger Hussel $20 XR2 Paper Planes
The track I always skip:
Jimmy
― HI DERE, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't like 'The Turn'
― blueski, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the queasy vibe of "The Turn" but I don't always want to hear it; when I'm in the mood, though, those quavery tremolo filters on the synths shoot right through me.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 14 August 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link