Who are you? I’m Adam Kolff, and I am kind of an artist, I guess. I like to criticize things and love to be humorous. Some of you may know me as the founder of Something For The Ladies, a successful and pretty little music blog. Where are you? This domain, SFTL, and Flickr are the only places I call home on the internet.Tumblr (3.0; @draxiom)http://tumble.draxiom.com/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumble.draxiom.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/883546138/tumblr_l6exevkHwW1qz8bnw&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b><i>Revenge (Featuring The Flaming Lips)</i></b></p> <p>I am very certain that this album will go down in history as one of the most beautiful ever conceived.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/883546138http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/883546138Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:11:00 -0500“Dear The Onion, I’m color-blind. What’s green like? — Brian Ackley, Southfield,...http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/872748150http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/872748150Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:55:00 -0500<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V2kvBlGEXZc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V2kvBlGEXZc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2kvBlGEXZc" target="_blank">Major Lazer</a> put on a show that can only be described as clinically insane.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/834536774http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/834536774Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:41:00 -0500But that's why it was so fun.<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fz5NiEpj9g0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fz5NiEpj9g0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>If they ever tour again, you should drive hundreds of miles to see them. They are so great.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/826675841http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/826675841Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:05:33 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5qku7ePZ21qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>LCD Soundsystem</b>: The best friggin’ show of your life. Also, WHY? tore that minor stage in half, Raekwon is a genius, and Titus Andronicus and Wolf Parade are surprisingly awesome live.</p> <p>On the other hand, Panda Bear is a massive joke, especially live.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/826371586http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/826371586Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:37:19 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SD5U6nMn_Rc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SD5U6nMn_Rc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>El-P at Pitchfork</b>. He and Modest Mouse blew everyone else out of the water. Robyn had energy but got old after like three songs, and Kevin Drew is just a massive douchebag on stage. BSS seems like it tries too hard to actually have stage presence, and they can’t pull it off at all (probably because the band is so boring live).</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/822658496http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/822658496Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:28:00 -0500words that some friends will hate me for publishing.<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5orktuYFy1qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a booth full of nothing but fedoras at Pitchfork Music Festival.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/822382793http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/822382793Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:07:38 -0500hucking fipsters“This genre doesn’t require an audience in the traditional sense. It attracts children...http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/812836436http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/812836436Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumble.draxiom.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/809812126/tumblr_l5jan7p3hn1qz8bnw&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>The Roots - <i>The Return To Innocence Lost / Act Fore…The End?</i></b> <i>(Poetry by Ursula Rucker)</i><br/> This is, without a doubt, the greatest rap record of all time. If you disagree, I challenge you to prove that there is one better.<br/></p> <blockquote>Muffled sound of fist on flesh<br/> Blows to chest<br/> No breath<br/> Air gasps<br/> You ain’t nothing but white trash, bitch!<br/> With each hit, each kick, each…broken rib<br/> Crack, Crack!<br/> Bones are crying<br/> Mommy’s crying and bleeding<br/> And pleading<br/> And then…<br/> Daddy wants to fuck<br/> Dick hard, swelled with power rush<br/> And as if all that wasn’t enough<br/> Mommy’s seven months heavy with birth<br/> As…Daddy grunts and cursed drunk nothings in her bloodied ear<br/><br/> First…lullaby<br/> First…Son…will…ever…hear<br/> And never forget<br/><br/> Mommy almost bled to death when she have him…finally<br/> She’d already lost…three <br/> Uterus-bruised, shredded, and weak<br/> From being daily beat<br/> And Friday nights were the worse and…<br/> Daddy never came with flowers<br/> Instead he spent hours at some corner spot<br/> With some bar pop named Cookie<br/> Putting his thing down<br/> Soiling Mommy’s sheets with…<br/> Sweet…talk shit, <br/> Cookie’s cheap lipstick, <br/> Hair grease, sperm, and jezebel juice<br/><br/> To hell with the good news that…<br/> He was a father for the first time<br/> His thirst for wine and women<br/> Clouded his vision…<br/> No warm welcome for mother and son<br/> Just…<br/> The rank smell of ass-crack, funk, and cum<br/> But Mommy’s prayerful strength-her best defense<br/> She…burned the dirty linens<br/> Made a fresh bed<br/> Laid sleeping First Son down<br/> And never made a sound<br/> As she purged her scourge<br/> With birth-blood and quiet tears<br/> Watching as her fears and love and sacrifice<br/> Lie there in his soft skin and new life<br/> Breathing, dreaming, fresh from God’s eye<br/> Mommy’s little survivor<br/> Like…her<br/><br/> Mommy called crazy and scorned<br/> ‘Cuz she two more born<br/> One boy soon after<br/> The girl much later and…<br/> Although they were both sung the same lullabies of hate <br/> Her…First Son, the first one<br/> Whose…womb-world was profaned<br/> Came of age playing street games<br/> With Stewie, Rezzie, and Little Brother<br/> ‘Till his heart start to wither<br/> In pain and shame<br/> Blamed Mom for the wrong she let Daddy do to her<br/> And him…<br/> Let…sins of the Father cause his Innocence to wander<br/> Found out amongst thieves <br/> Chose to squander his dreams<br/> Stopped believing in himself<br/> Become prodigal with his life<br/> Make impossible shit right with…<br/> Gang-ties, crime, lies<br/> Erase wise, woeful words of Mother<br/> Replaced them with absurdities of others<br/> Who had also lost their way<br/><br/> Played a different kind of street game now<br/> First Son plunged deep<br/> Speak street-family vows<br/> Espouse no causes but his own<br/> See, he couldn’t protect Mommy’s neck from Daddy’s grasp<br/> Or…protect Mommy’s ass from Daddy’s wrath<br/> Couldn’t shield her ears from…<br/> Daddy’s foul-mouthed, liquor-breath jeers<br/> His only defense-served be confidence<br/> Brown bottles housed his swift descent<br/> Phones called cops on block frequent for his shenanigans<br/> Now…Daddy and him twins in addiction<br/> Driven to false-hearted heavens and friends<br/> By liquefied demons<br/> Had become what he despised from Conception ‘til End<br/> Destined for a demise<br/> Survived nine lives of staying high<br/> Conning, jewelry-pawning, arrests, theft<br/> Womanizing…only for money, never for sex<br/> Bullet in chest, baseball bat to the head<br/> Left for dead<br/> So, eyes wide and glassy<br/> Speech…slowed and slurred<br/> Lips twitched with caked-up codeine candy<br/> And mouth corners one December 24th<br/> Mr. Hyde and False Friend<br/> Took final ride to suburban supplier<br/> Shots were fired by the gray man<br/> With shaky hand<br/> But not shaky enough to miss…<br/> Hit…Lost Boy in back<br/> So-called Friend runs for door<br/> Leaves First Son blood-born<br/> Lying alone in blood on cold floor<br/><br/> Death was the cause of…<br/> Returning to Innocence Lost…<br/><br/> Baby ‘Sis awake for dawn on Christmas morn<br/> To Mommy’s sobs and shakes<br/> Daddy’s silhouettes of regret<br/> All past, omitted, and absolved by lost<br/> As they clung to each other<br/> Knowing…</blockquote>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/809812126http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/809812126Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:13:00 -0500“If robosexual marriage becomes legal, imagine the horrible things that will happen to our...http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/805107527http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/805107527Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:01:47 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumble.draxiom.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/805081332/tumblr_l5hb8yskVp1qaysjk&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>I’ll have to add Big Boi to my Pitchfork itinerary, apparently.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://jeremyokai.tumblr.com/post/804999853/turns-me-on-big-boi-im-only-a-few-songs-in-but" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">jeremyokai</a>) </p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/805081332http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/805081332Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:54:20 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5h9z25FFM1qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Free Caribou.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/804897055http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/804897055Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:04:13 -0500AFTER SEEING THEM LIVEAnne Lehttp://tumble.draxiom.com/post/800166726http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/800166726Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:29:12 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5fa34UasV1qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Architecture.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/800103804http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/800103804Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:11:28 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5cyx8mfTc1qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Arrival.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/794839127http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/794839127Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:15:08 -0500O'Haare InternationalGoes to show you that an uninteresting focus test can not only pass as a television show (and a...http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/791796896http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/791796896Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:11:00 -0500gimmicks are retardediPhone 4's FaceTIme feature.<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ym7bR4Jz1qz8bnwo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763723267http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763723267Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:13:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4yktnuI8d1qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via Luis, best person ever.)</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763630056http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763630056Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:44:10 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4yh7jkqUw1qz8bnwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Vuvuzela Concerto in B-Flat.</b></p> <p>I’m so going to buy one when I return from Chicago and carry it with me everywhere.</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763406282http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763406282Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:26:07 -0500<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FHIZ2Jl2vuQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FHIZ2Jl2vuQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHIZ2Jl2vuQ" target="_blank">Retail Rage - Center Closed During G20 Protests, Guy Has Meltdown</a> (via Luis)</p>http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763350625http://tumble.draxiom.com/post/763350625Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:05:41 -0500