What happened to The Shins Will Change Your Life?

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My favorite blog, The Shins Will Change Your Life (inderock4eva.blogspot) seems to have moved or shut down. Does anyone know what happened to it? Is it cached somewhere?

― JINY, Saturday, 13 August 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

a mystery for the ages.

― strng hlkngtn, Saturday, 13 August 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

The teenages?

― M. White (Miguelito), Saturday, 13 August 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

It was rubbish...

― Billy, Saturday, 13 August 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

the blogger's life was eventually changed by the Shins. it happens.

― donut ferry (donut), Saturday, 13 August 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Zach Braff put a hit out on him.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 13 August 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

it's been renamed The Killers Will Change Your Life.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 13 August 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

Your Mom Will Change Your Diapers

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 13 August 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

That site did serve a purpose, though. It could have become, or maybe even became, a disciplining agent - I'm sure it briefly forced some people we all know to think twice before unloading the next batch of hyperbole...

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 13 August 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

We can relive past glories on here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/indierock4eva/

It starts with a bang and ends with a whimper. Structure becomes shrapnel, air becomes fire, people become obituaries. Everyone-even the most candyass of heart, those who dare not think in curse words let alone utter them-reacts the same way: You motherfuckers.

When the London Underground came under attack earlier this month by Islamic killbots purchasing four tickets to Allah's bootycall with a backpack of C-4, I know the first thing you thought and the last thing you'd ever admit: God save the Libertines.

That may be the single worst piece of music writing I've ever seen.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

The Shins Will Change Your Life Will Change Your Writing

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

"The Shins Will Change Your Life was the clarion call for a new generation of writers, its utter brilliance demanding all readers take notice of its talents. To even be allowed to view it was to sense that beauty had finally ripped into your pathetic soul."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

Dear indierock4eva:

Love,
Ian

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

Anyway, how many letters in the name of the guy that ran TSWCYL? I always thought it was eight, but word around the campfire was that it's fourteen.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

The Zombies Will Change Your Death

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

neither, dom

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

Probably the most offensive, sure. The worst, however, is this (punctuation preserved):

Au Revoir Simone, the all girl, Brooklyn-based trio, wants you to be their fan. Go ahead and do it. Combining whispery vocals and sparse electric keyboard pop, you'll like it.

(an intro to an interview, no less. from the Deli, New York's increasingly laughable scenester rag).

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

Combining whispery vocals and sparse electric keyboard pop, you'll like it.

this doesn't even make any sense!

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 14 August 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

My name has fourteen letters.

Just sayin'.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 14 August 2005 01:31 (twenty years ago)

I KILLED IT DED WIF MY "BIG GUN" WINK WINK (I MEAN MY PENIS)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Sunday, 14 August 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)

Hey you're that guy Trent Reznor wrote that song about.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 August 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

ME AND MY "FUCKING" GUN (GET IT?)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Sunday, 14 August 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Combining whispery vocals and sparse electric keyboard pop, you'll like it.

this doesn't even make any sense!

Well, if we're to read it literally, this means that, whilst you combine your own whispery vocals with keyboard pop, you will simultaneously experience affection toward Au Revoir Simone.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 14 August 2005 02:24 (twenty years ago)

i don't know where it's gone, but i have to say that tswcyl was terrific, a one-stop source for all the best and most critically-acclaimed albums in the whole world of music. it turned me on to so many awesome cds-- real, meaningful, experimental cds that weren't getting the attention they so richly deserved.

it's funny to mention zach braff, because did you know the site got its name from his movie, garden state? there's a scene where natalie portman plays "new slang" by the shins and says "listen to this, it'll change your life." it's a really awesome scene.

― casey bates, Sunday, 14 August 2005 05:29 (twenty years ago)

*cough*

― Roz (Roz), Sunday, 14 August 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

13 letters

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 14 August 2005 05:54 (twenty years ago)

did you know the site got its name from his movie, garden state

YOU DON'T SAY

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 14 August 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)

that casey person is someone taking the piss right?

― gem (trisk), Sunday, 14 August 2005 08:28 (twenty years ago)

it's marissa marchant

― some stockholm cindy talking (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 14 August 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

why would i be taking a piss? (??) i just really liked the site, and it's too bad it had to fold or whatever-- it was great, like all the best writing about all the best albums, all linked in one place. i found so many terrific albums that way. did you guys not like the site or something?

― casey bates, Sunday, 14 August 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

okay, now yr definitely taking the piss.

― jermaine (jnoble), Sunday, 14 August 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

what does that even mean!?? i'm at my computer, i haven't finished paying it off yet, and if i pissed on it it would break. you do the math.

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 14 August 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

oh shit the jig is up!

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 14 August 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

hahaha.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Sunday, 14 August 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

NAUGHTY NABISCO. NO BISCUIT.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 August 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

haha nitsuh i love you

for a dollar, i will reveal the shinsblog mystery

― strng hlkngtn, Sunday, 14 August 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

paypal ok?

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 14 August 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

on second thought make that ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS

― strng hlkngtn, Sunday, 14 August 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

I was actually curious to see how ILM would react to trixing in the other direction. But as you can see, I make a very poor troll. Person behind this site is someone whose full name contains thirteen letters -- to which I say fuck yes, I just knew it was Britney Spears. From what I was given to understand, it's someone in the thirteen-letter spot, yes, with five of the letters being proper everyday vowels, though only three different vowels appear (two appear twice); two letters extend above the middle line, and one extends below the bottom (not counting caps, obviously).

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 14 August 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Are we classifying "y" as a vowel?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 14 August 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

All relevant hints about this rumor I heard are contained within the post above. It might not even be worth decoding, given that I may have been lied to.

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 14 August 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

do dotted i's count as crossing the middle line?

― strng hlkngtn, Sunday, 14 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

OK guys, you found me out.

― doynut shinnah (donut), Sunday, 14 August 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

BASTARD.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 August 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

Does that person have the same initials as a music magazine?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 14 August 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

RYAN SCHRIEBER!

HOLEE SHIT! HATH THOU MOCKED THY MARKET!!

― donut ferry (donut), Sunday, 14 August 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Characters: 13.0

― donut ferry (donut), Sunday, 14 August 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Five vowels, two letters extend above the line (h,b), one below (y)!

Although only one vowel repeats. And then there's the question of "y" being a vowel or not.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 14 August 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

RYAN SCHRIEBER!

HOLEE SHIT! HATH THOU MOCKED THY MARKET!!

http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/uploads/mcmahonvincewk_010.jpg

IT WAS ME AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 14 August 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

haha

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 14 August 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

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THEN I WILL KILL IT AGAIN WITH MY GARGANTUAN PENIS

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

The Shins failed to change my life and I am still waiting for my money back.

― I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

i will txt him that msg right now, daniel

― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

haha i can't believe my phone knew both "gargantuan" and "penis"

― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Paolo needs to get a little (okay, a lot) more discriminating in some of his choices.

totally. i see what he's trying to avoid with the choice to run everything, and God bless him for trying to be a purist, but someday its gonna stop. i like that deli longs to be a local presence, rather than be a local pretentiousness. i think it has places to go from its shaky first issues.

and, hell, on the half-pagers, paolo's own band (amongst other editors' bands) got half-pagers. i don't think the dude is trying to hide anything about the "editorial process." ;)

the pay for play thing is crappy, most def. alls i knows is that a rag like that isn't ever gonna generate much ad rev. and right now, its people's own capital and the events that are gonna keep it going. i thought in this case, though, the bands got a half-page and THEN are asked to play. i know for sure they did a thing on inouk and when they asked if inouk wanted to do a show, they said no... the piece ran anyway. as for their covers, i think the devil wins on that one.

― katie, a princess (katie, a princess), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

WHAT DID HE SAY, JESS????????????

― The Ghost of Penis In The Wings (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

he hasn't txt'd me back yet, dan. maybe he's scared.

― strng hlkngtn, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

DON'T FEAR THE PHALLUS

― The Ghost of Come On, Baby/Hold My... (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Katie,
fair enough! I got more on the subject but I'm afraid we should start a Deli thread or move this to ye olde email ([email protected], heh)

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

YEAH, THIS IS THE THREAD WHERE I SEXUALLY ASSAULT A MUSIC BLOG. WITH MY PENIS.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

the wife out tonight?

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

(I'm still at work.)

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

HELLO FIREWALL PEOPLE

― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

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― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

This is the way a thread ends
This is the way a thread ends
This is the way a thread ends...

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)

This is the theme to Garry's show
The theme to Garry's show
Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song
I'm almost halfway finished
How do you like it so far
How do you like the theme to Garry's show?

This is the theme to Garry's show
The opening theme to Garry's show
This is the music that you hear
As you watch the credits
I'm almost to the part
Of where I start to whistle
Then we'll watch It's Garry Shandling's Show

[whistle solo]

This is the theme to Garry Shandling's show

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

"What happened to The Shins Will Change Your Life?"

Holy shit, the site is back! Except it's now called, "Her first big cock"

― van der who (van smack), Saturday, 3 September 2005 01:38 (twenty years ago)

The Shins Will Hurt His Shoulders

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Saturday, 3 September 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Guess who's back with a brand new rap?

http://theyareimportant.blogspot.com/

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 September 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Whatever happened to the Shins?

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 September 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

that cant be the same perps

― W i l l (common_person), Friday, 30 September 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Actually, yeah, a link to David fucking Shrigley? That's not the original Shin Life Changer. FRAUD.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 September 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

"Not all accolades are necessarily Gift of Gab's though, as Xcel continues to push the envelope and 'crafts' some of hip-hop's most blended and distinctive sounds to date."

The writing above is pretty flat, but surely there's a bigger villain than this for them to take down...?

Then again, I barely know this blog's reputation.

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 30 September 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

What came first, the blog, the line in Garden State, or the review?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 29 January 2007 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I've read a single review of the new album that hasn't referenced the Garden State line. Barf.

― Nigel (Nigel), Monday, 29 January 2007 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

good times

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 29 January 2007 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

i felt like cassandra up there

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 00:03 (nineteen years ago)

One time I checked the "google blog" RSS feed thing and discovered the author's name was right at the top of every entry. "Now I know why Slocki was going insane," I thought.

Anyhow, the identity revealed!
http://www.myspace.com/indierock4eva

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

that crazy... author.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

Wait a minute, I thought we established it was my blog.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

Hey, their album is #2 on the Billboard charts. Good for them.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003539656

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

i think i might start a blog called prettyrickey4eva

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

seriously, justice was served today

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

Last night I had wonderful braised beef shins for dinner and I kept enthusing about them and trying to offer tastes to my fellow eaters, and cracking myself up.

― Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

huh crazy..altho i'm sad it displaced the afghan whig's black love record! : (

in other news, the new saliva outsold the good, the bad, the queen.

― M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty Ricky Vs. The Shins and Saliva Vs. The Good, The Bad And The Queen, next on Battle Of The Shitty Band Names!

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

http://elysesewell.livejournal.com/73490.html

― max, Sunday, 6 January 2008 08:42 (eighteen years ago)

And, girl, you can tell who do it 'cause they got like a big rash or whatever on they face from puttin' it down in the toilet and shit. Damn..

damn, son

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 January 2008 09:23 (eighteen years ago)

wow

― Davey D, Sunday, 6 January 2008 10:46 (eighteen years ago)

damn, son

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, January 6, 2008 3:23 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 January 2008 10:54 (eighteen years ago)

btw what did this have to do with the shins or whatever

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 6 January 2008 10:58 (eighteen years ago)

the dude "MARTY" she refers to is marty crand4ll aka the keyboardist in the band that will change your life

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 January 2008 11:07 (eighteen years ago)

jordan got the shins/antm knowledge

― max, Sunday, 6 January 2008 14:27 (eighteen years ago)

nabisco's attempted troll upthread = awww, sweet.

― caek, Sunday, 6 January 2008 14:40 (eighteen years ago)

Jezebel also linked this story.

― J0hn D., Sunday, 6 January 2008 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/47789-shins-crandall-girlfriend-arrested-for-domestic-assault

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 January 2008 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

the shins will rearrange yr face

― bernard snowy, Sunday, 6 January 2008 21:31 (eighteen years ago)

girl deform me

― gershy, Sunday, 6 January 2008 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

nice

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 January 2008 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 January 2008 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

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