Discovery Does Planet Earth
In case you haven’t been watching the Discovery Channel’s amazing documentary series Planet Earth, here’s your friendly reminder to catch the wave. It is awe inspiring. As an added bonus, thanks to one of our favorite neighborhood blogs, we now have The Planet Earth Drinking Game.
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Vincent Moon and Arcade Fire Walk Into An Elevator….“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”
Water Water Everywhere…. “Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists. I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]
So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s BookA man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]
Matilde UrrutiaIt isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]
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My Oral Fixationis the unsexiest in all the history of oral fixations. I refer, of course, to my ongoing dental woes. And woes they are. Lamentable, tragic and never ending. This Winter, if you see one movie, make it this one: the epic story of one woman’s journey into night (though there will be a dearth of [...]
Growing PainsI sat in front of my computer this morning and watched, somewhat obsessively, as Kirk Cameron from Growing Pains attempted to dazzle the audience of ABC’s Nightline with “absolute, scientific proof in the existence of god without relying on faith.” As you might guess, he and author Ray Comfort were generally unsuccessful in this endeavor [...]
Is This the Bandwagon?Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of the students killed at Virginia Tech yesterday. It’s a terrible tragedy which, if anything, illustrates the need for every human being to find a way to look past the option of violence as a problem solver. Now, onto John McCain’s crumbling campaign. Sure, we could [...]
I Can’t Tell If My Funny Is Working Anymore[Warning: The default volume on this seems loud to me. And pause it before the commercial plays at the end. Also, when the fuck are they going to learn how to normalize between skits and commercials. I think Comedy Central and others are guilty of this, too. Though I think if you're using Safari with [...]
Checking Up on the Drug WarAnd we quote: “House Republicans Thursday unveiled a package of bills to combat drug abuse and vowed to make America virtually drug-free by 2002.” – Reuters, May 1998 We’re not saying they were “unsuccessful”, but then, you’re probably doped up right now. What are you high on today?
