The Girlfriend Track is song that SkinnySlim deems sexy for a lady to feel. We're talking about songs where, if my girl said "Yo, turn this up", I would be turned on.
During the courting process I'll inevitably tell a lady about the 'Stamps. Then I imagine them actually reading this crap. Besides the corny jokes, I've encouraged children to
sell crack,
dedicated songs to hot girls, relayed stories about
exes, and dropped quotes like "
Fuck the fucking Jews." Still, the cool girls understand. Which brings up another delicate courting/website situation: The Girlfriend Track. The Gee-Tee is a hit with these "cool girls", but I fear they can use it to tie me down. Take, for example, this French chick I've been seeing. Let's call her Charlotte Rampling. This past weekend Charlotte and I jaunted upstate to a Bed and Breakfast. When this sultry number came on my speakers, Charlotte exclaimed, "Oh, it's zee
Air! Wery pop-u-larr in Franz. Wery sexy muzik. You shoul make dis a Gurrlfriend Track on your lit-ile vebsite, the Badminto Stamphs [sic]." I like Charlotte, but she's not my one-and-only. And I don't want her to think she has free reign over the Girlfriend Track, lest you be inundated with Édith Piaf,
Jordy, and Jerry Lewis soundtracks. Just as I was about to counter with a, "Slow yo' roll, Froggy", Charlotte read my mind. She smiled coyly, "Jon't think just cuz I request Gurrlfriend Track dat I am gurrlfriend, ho-kay?" Then she put the song on again, did a cute can-can, and I went downstairs for some warm scones (if ya know what I'm saying!*) Ahh, the French; so cowardly yet so progressive.
There are podcasts, and then there are Sean-spotting, show-previewing, Tecate-fuelled podcast free-for-alls. Guess which one R5 
You can tell a lot about a person by which kind of floss, if any, they use. First we have the non-waxers. They like it rough and wild, unafraid to get up in their mouths with a hard-core attitude. Then there's the waxed floss users. A bit more refined, delicate. Maybe they even like their floss garnished with the smooth taste of mint. It's a more glamorous, elegant method. For example, when flossing their 
You call 
Umbrella choreography. Understood by few, underappreciated by many, it is in fact as important an American institution as baseball, apple pie, and imported Japanese automobiles. Without umbrella choreography, 
If you frequent the on-line home of Philadelphia's NBC 10, then you're familiar with 
And here you thought corporate mega retailers like Tower Records were the only ones stepping in 
Comin' atcha first thing every Monday morning, it's The Pony Track, a super-fantastic long distance dedication to BadmintonStamps Collective founding member Aaron "Pony" Child. No fancy links, no clever write-ups, 'cause these awesome songs don't need no splainin'. So c'mon, ride the pony!
Is it possible that we posted no hip-hop all week? Have we lost our minds? Thankfully, as the last minutes of the week wind down, SkinnySlim is here to save the day. With the end of summer fast approaching, let's post one of the dirtiest songs of the hot season, keeping it clean for irony's sake.
Comedian Jackie Mason has filed a lawsuit against Jews For Jesus, those duckbilled platypi of the religious world, after his image was used on a promotional pamphlet distributed by the group's recruiters throughout New York. Now, exactly how 
Last week, SkinnySlim jaunted to the West Coast for business meetings relating to a new bunny rabbit painting venture. Between power point presentations, he found time to visit the Mecca of record stores, Amoeba Music. This week he brings you selected winnings from the trip.
Tonight, enter a magical land of unintimidatingly progish wonder and delight at the 
Impress Beck with your mad stickering skillz. Submit your adhesively improved 
Last week, SkinnySlim jaunted to the West Coast for business meetings relating to a new soil drying venture. Between power point presentations, he found time to visit the Mecca of record stores, Amoeba Music. This week he brings you selected winnings from the trip.
If somebody asks you what you're up to this fine Thursday night in Philadelphia, just remember that there's a right and a wrong answer. The right answer is "I'm going to see 
Who knows what's getting into people in the nation's 
In this feature, inspired by William Safire's New York Times Magazine column "On Language", SkinnySlim explores the etymology of popular off-color words and phrases.
Last week, SkinnySlim jaunted to the West Coast for business meetings relating to a new miniature tennis venture. Between power point presentations, he found time to visit the Mecca of record stores, Amoeba Music. This week he brings you selected winnings from the trip.
Ain't no party like an Early Man party, 'cause an Early Man party don't stop. Unless, apparently, it's at the North Star. From the band's 
Last week, SkinnySlim jaunted to the West Coast for business meetings relating to a new plexiglass animal sculpture venture. Between power point presentations, he found time to visit the Mecca of record stores, Amoeba Music. This week he brings you selected winnings from the trip.
As we've discussed before on BadmintonStamps, there are certain rites of passage that almost any celebrity aiming for the "rock star lifestyle" will have to undergo. In an effort to clear up any confusion over said rites, let's examine the recent missteps of several rock star wannabes. Now, engaging in sexual relations with multiple young women is obviously a crucial element of any legitimate bad boy image. Unfortunately, MTV's Vincent "Don Vito" Margera overshot the target by just a wee bit (
Luck is a tricky thing, open to interpretation. In current indie hit Little Miss Sunshine, Greg Kinnear claims "Luck is the name losers give to their own failings." In Titanic, Mr. Billy Zane takes a more proactive stance, saying "I make my own luck." Woody Allen offers a different view; "Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage." Inspiring words, especially coming from the man who said, "Life is like a concentration camp... you can't leave without dying." But whether luck is an excuse, an opportunity, or ultimately irrelevant, we can all agree that lucky numbers are real. If you're a follower (7), a devil-may-care vagabond (13), or an unpredictable individual (429), your lucky number defines you. I'll never forget the time in middle school when I told the Local Chapter of Bullies that my lucky number was Pi. I thought I was being real clever, what what with my "decimal points" and "infinite chain of digits". They didn't see it that way. The LCBs proceeded to beat the crap out of me, holding me upside down and making me recite as many Pi numbers as I could (forty two!). Then they poured chocolate milk down my corduroy shorts. And in a final insult, I was brutally wet willied nine times in each ear. "Why nine?", I pleaded. "Cause it's our lucky number, Pi-hole."
Last week, SkinnySlim jaunted to the West Coast for business meetings relating to a new fish weighing venture. Between power point presentations, he found time to visit the Mecca of record stores, Amoeba Music. This week he brings you selected winnings from the trip.
Used to be that any chef could dream of hitting the gastronomical big time. You could step up the the stove looking like a 
Some celebrity ads from Japan to get you through the day...
Last night, the world bid a teary, sappily-scored goodbye to seven more strangers picked to live in a house and so on and so forth. Once more, friendships were formed, lessons were learned, and flamboyant homosexual stereotypes were reinforced. The show's producers would have us believe that the main throughline was blonde basketcase Paula Moronek's magical transformation from punching bag 
The Girlfriend Track is song that SkinnySlim deems sexy for a lady to feel. We're talking about songs where, if my girl said "Yo, turn this up", I would be turned on.
Vacations are a double-edged sword at Pitchfork. On the one hand, they allow the review staff to do what they love most: answer questions nobody was asking, like "hey, so what was really the 186th best song of the 1960's?" On the other hand, plastering this listurbation on the welcome page cuts down on their precious page views. Instead of clicking an additional (sixth? seventh?) time to reach the news items or track reviews they want, people just temporarily abandon the site altogether. It's a shame, too, because then the truly deserving content on the main page goes unappreciated. Like 
Our dear friend Kayne West recently announced his 
Plane tickets to Micronesia: 900 Ringgits. Exhibiting "gross indecency": 10,000 Ringgits. Inspiring a whole new batch of Zoolander jokes: 
There's not much worth seeing inside the First Unitarian Church this evening, but there may very well be some entertaining activity outside. Last night's hardcore 
Japan, Testicles, and Tongue Twisters. Just 
It's been a tough year for televised marriages, let me tell you. While the general divorce rate for American marriages is standing pat at around 50%, MTV has seen every single one of its celebrity couples call it quits in just the past few months. Back in July, while the nation was still reeling from the end of Nick and Jessica's Newlywed fairytale, Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro announced that they, too, would be parting ways long before death 
Back in '89, Faith No More unleashed "
Phoenix's live show is all about the schtick, and when it works, brother, it works. But seriosuly guys, what was up with that atonal, avante-garde, totally vibe-smothering guitar solo? If you were there Saturday night, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. What the fuck was that?
Over the past few days, attention has 
Finally, a group of scientists that has their priorities straight! While the brain trust over in Taiwan is still geeked out over the 
As the immigration debate heats up this summer's political landscape, it's good to see the powers that be take a moderate, even forgiving position. For example, the manpower starved U.S. Armed Forces is now allowing illegal immigrants to serve 
Tonight, take your pick. Oppenheimer bring their fuzzy-wuzzy electronipop all the way from the emerald isle to our very own 
Both members of Michigan-based Skanbino Mob are murdered within days of eachother. Widowed fiancée Turquoise laments 
As 
Besides "open bar" and "
Everybody knows that U2 lead singer Bono is a modern day messiah, what with his whole "save the world one cool wrap-around 
So often in life, we are tempted to give attention to things that, in the long run, we're better off ignoring; a mosquito bite, Terrell Owens, global warming. But breaking the habit is easier said than done. Looking left when there's a train wreck on the right doesn't come naturally to anyone, and Paul Anka can only repeat himself 
