Remember record stores? They were the place you bought those plastic silvery things called CDs and also where you could pick up vinyl if you were trying to be über-authentic. Ah, yes the days before iTunes. But while Sam Goodys and FYEs might not be commonplace anymore, local records stores still seem to hold a place in our hearts. Perhaps that's why National Record Store Day was invented, to remind us there is nothing better then tearing into the CD packaging of that Norwegian black metal, pol
Harvard UniversityJump the Shark - Used to describe the moment when a TV show or other cultural phenomenon has outlived its usefulness or creative steam, e.g. Phil Hartman's death stalling NewsRadio.Land it in the Hudson - A sentiment of encouragement, usually given in the midst of a crisis, based on US Air Flight 1549's successful crash landing in the Hudson River, as in, "If General Motors can turn a profit before the 4th quarter, they could still land it in the Hudson..."Land Sharking - To us
No one said that lasting through the summer of 2009 would be easy, but alas, you've made it and finally there's shit to do on the weekend. Major shit to do. Tonight it's all about the music: Married duo Calahoney jams at Tobacco Road, techno gets the Pickle treatment by Bruno Pronsato, synth-disco duo Glass Candy plays live at the Vagabond, underground hip-hopper Termanology turns it up at PS14, and Hot Nights, Cool Jazz keeps it smooth at the Bass.
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