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//RECENT
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 [...]
//FROM THE ARCHIVES
Anatomy of a Breakup“The most interesting thing about breaking up with someone is finding out how many of your friends actually hated the man you spent two years of your life with.”
Colbert Melts Down in Tribute to His Idol and Mentor“And I, and my tiny, tiny penis, will not stand for it!” Thanks, Bob!
The Measure of a Man or O’Reilly Awesomeness“If the O’Reilly Flip-Out video is not longer available it’s because CBS took it down.”
be betterI have just been catching up with my friend Laura’s life by reading her LiveJournal. It used to be that when she and I were (frequently) mutually unsociable, I would keep up with her doings and happenings online. It saved a lot of time when we finally did meet up for cupcakes and knitting. I’ve [...]
Of Puritans and Labor RelationsWith Thanksgiving just a couple days away, it’s a tough business to realize that here in Southern California we’re gonna have a hard time finding a decent turkey with all the grocery peeps out on strike. So if you didn’t need a reminder, the days of “unions = bad” have very much come to an [...]
