Linkwad.

Honeymoon photos coming soon! Promise.

• I don’t know if I buy the “Internet is killing serendipity” argument, but this essay makes the case as well as any I’ve read.
• The history of the reeeeemiiiiiix.
• Just FYI: “Everyone else is just as bad” isn’t really a good defense, Internet commentariat.
• Obviously, the answer to “Why do we need SOPA?” is, “We don’t.”
• Pitchfork’s impact and history. For you lazy-ass TL;DR types: “A Pitchfork review may ignore history, aesthetics, or the basic technical aspects of tonal music, but it will almost never fail to include a detailed taxonomy of the current hype cycle and media environment. This is a small, petty way of thinking about a large art.”

This seems appropriate.

See you in a few weeks. Photos will be posted intermittently on the tweet machine.

Linkwad.

1. Growing pot has a huge carbon footprint.
2. Saw Jeff Mangum on Monday night. Thoughts soon, but here’s the Awl’s report. Also, opener The Music Tapes were really intriguing.
3. All about Kindle’s new $200 Fire tablet.

Here’s “Minister of Longitude.”

The ones you try to forget.

Double Dagger, one of Baltimore’s better punk bands, is calling it quits after nine years. If you’re in Chicago¹, DC, NYC, or Baltimore², you should check out one of their last shows.

Update: I totally should have called this post “Our history has no future.” Oh well.

Linkwad.

• The AT&T-Mo deal looks like it just got shot down. Good news.
• What is even happening with music this year? Jack White and ICP? Doing Mozart?
• To get that out of your head, I recommend either M83′s new “Intro,” ft. Zola Jesus, or the Dresden Dolls’ cover of “Dance Me to the End of Love.”