February 2011
101 posts
Minimoonstar: My Top Ten Things About Lists →
cureforbedbugs:
… I finally started really enjoying list-making when I thought of it as more of a year-long game/process I played/underwent with myself (and, in some ways, against others real and imagined).
I can’t speak to the more institutional sense of “not mattering,” but I found when I first started the list-making process, as a kind of respect for critical canonry or whatever, that...
“People think that all of these things have to be done by geniuses behind huge...”
– Pomplamoose’s Nataly Dawn.
Also, something Pete Seeger would say.
“Even a song that lasts one day isn’t a waste of time. If it’s a good...”
– Pete Seeger (page 113).
Also: something that Pomplamoose would say.
January 2011
167 posts
2010 Mixes, Vols. 5 & 6
Hey! Do you still care about these! Whatever! Here’s the next two!
Previously: (1+2) (3+4)
Mix 5 [53:51, 192kbps, 74.2mb]
1. Here We Go Magic “Collector” (from Pigeons) 2. Reading Rainbow “Always on my Mind” (from weathervanemusic.org) 3. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti “Round and Round” (from Before Today) 4. DOM “Hunny” (from Sun...
“One of the things that marks this kind of music is the fact that the drummers...”
– Azerrad on “tom-tom rock”
One more from the same thing, on some parallel universe, what-if:
I know we’re gonna put out one more record, at least, and I have a pretty good idea what it’s going to sound like: pretty ethereal, acoustic, like R.E.M.’s last album. If I could write just a couple of songs as good as what they’ve written … I don’t know how that band does what they do. God,...
Rolling Stone, 1994:
How much of that physical pain do you think you channeled into your songwriting?
That’s a scary question, because obviously if a person is having some kind of turmoil in their lives, it’s usually reflected in the music, and sometimes it’s pretty beneficial. I think it probably helped. But I would give up everything to have good health. I wanted to do...
theatlantic:
In a stunning turn of events, one pitched battle in [Alexandria] ended with protesters and police shaking hands and sharing water bottles on the same street corner where minutes before they were exchanging hails of stones and tear-gas canisters were arcing through the sky. Thousands stood on the six-lane coastal road then sank to their knees and prayed.
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David Kirkpatrick and...
Al Jazeera English: Live Stream →
cureforbedbugs:
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themattsmith:
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“…one can go on to say that by and large (and especially among the unacquainted) silence is the norm and talk something for which warrant must be present…In holding our tongue, we give evidence that such thought as we are giving to our own concerns is not presumed by us to be of any moment to the others present, and that the feelings these concerns invoke in ourselves are owed no...
“In every society one can contrast occasions and moments for silence and...”
– I’ve been on a Goffman binge tonight. I love this man. What a nerd!
Unfortunately for the censors, Twitter allows... →
The Decemberists Score Their First Number One... →
ganzer:
rawkblog:
perpetua:
When I wrote this earlier I was astonished to learn that the Decemberists had managed to sell nearly five times as many copies of their new album in its first week than their previous record in its first week. Also, 65% of the units sold were digital albums, and Amazon was selling it for $3.99, which has to account for a pretty huge chunk of the overall sales....
We do not need to desire souvenirs of events that... →
Now, I know, of course, how important math and... →
Well, this certainly promises to change my EMP talk a bit:
The Fader Fort is celebrating its 10th anniversary of annoying South by Southwest officials with a new partner and plans to stream performances live in conjunction with MySpace Music. Expected to be held at the same Pine Street Station location at East Fifth and Waller Streets, the four-day invitation-only event will be called the...
Himanshu: When I was a kid I'd bang on pots and... →
Anonymous asked: can i go on a date with you?
The American underground—Bejar's phrase—is in... →
The penultimate paragraph of Mike Powell v. Dan Bejar, 2011 version. The man can end an article, folks.
But amid all the druggy anxiety, Costello came up... →
Trust is in fact really great, and Rob Sheffield predictably knows that, and explains it better than anyone.
Mainly for Bloomingtopians, but this is pretty major:
Nancy Fraser, the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, will present two Patten Foundation lectures this spring at Indiana University. Fraser will speak on “Nature, Labor, Money: Flashpoints of Capitalist Crisis in the 21st Century” on January 25 ...
For "Top Model," recruiters favor amusement parks,... →
breakfast in bed: TOP 10 TYPES OF TUMBLRS →
breakfastinbed:
Food blogs (writing/photos/reviews of where/what/when/why/how/who you ate)
Blogs of Food (pretty pictures of food)
Weight loss progress blogs
Skinny inspiration blogs run by people who follow blogs of food
People who tumble because their friends do
People who tumble because their friends…