February 2009
56 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
of Montreal (83)
M.I.A. (31)
Sigur Rós (22)
Pants Yell! (22)
The Submarines (22)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
This is neat. This should happen automatically now every week. You can see this week I discovered M.I.A., embarrassingly late, as well as early Of Montreal.
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January 2009
54 posts
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WatchSomething about seeing DEVO live is just amazing. I just found this video from when I saw them this summer at the Bank of America pavilion in Boston.
Here’s a song you’ve never heard...
WatchThe way I am when I just wake up in the morning, I think that’s how Michael Cera lives his life.
But what’s with those people interviewing him? With so many people like me unemployed, how did they get jobs?
PS The point of this clip is that Cera is still being wishy-washy about an Arrested Development movie. I don’t know if he’s actually being a hold out, but would it...
Watchtiffehr:
How I Made a 1,474-Megapixel Photo During President Obama’s Inaugural Address (David Bergman). Via seoulbrother and texburgher.
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On the subject of Oscars... What TNR said,... →
Watch30 Rock should really stop stealing jokes, especially from shows on their own network. This time from The Office. But at least they steal good ones.
It’s “a historic,” non “an historic.” The only way the latter would be true is if you pronounced the word with a silent “h”: “‘istoric.” And if you do that, you shouldn’t.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esliart.html
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Rob Thomas Confirms 'Veronica Mars' Movie. This is... →
File under: good TV shows you thought were bad.
WatchAmazingly addictive site just showed to me by roommate Nick, 5 Second Films.
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“Just let me be
It’s all I ask of this world,
Which wants so much of...”
– I just found this, unattributed, on a blog from my adolescence. I have no idea why or what it’s from, but I actually kind of like it.
It’s so interesting to read my thoughts from back then. On one hand, they seem so childish and stupid, but on the other hand, I remember exactly what I...
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“In America, the cult of popularity—wanting to be liked by everyone, including...”
– Notes from Susan Sontag’s Reborn (via unshared)
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It's probably not northrax...
jillianjorgs:
One of the reasons I love 30 Rock is its use of Manhattan and New York City.
… [In] the episode that begins with Liz, Tracy and Jack all smelling the same maple syrup smell. Jack tells Liz it’s “probably” not northrax, a chemical agent we sold to the Saudis in the 1980s that smells exactly like maple syrup.” Instead, he blames the factories on Staten Island where food...