“Rickyisms” from Trailer Park Boys
Indianapolis Jones!!!
Well, since you asked…
My BRAT-titude says, “Who greenlit this ad campaign and/or Playtex slogan—neither of which make sense to women who can pronounce words, use question marks, and have support systems that don’t include major multinational corporations—and what can I do to get him fired (for surely a ‘him’ is behind this)?”
Meanwhile, my BRAH-ttitude says, “Ooh, side-smoothing!”
Hey, a story! That I wrote.
{pssssst, a tip for even more extra fun: while you’re there, read the other stories that Meg wrote, too!}
Click for a great post about this week’s New Yorker cover, by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware. What a beautiful cover.
I’ve had this for three days now and I keep waiting to crack the stories because I don’t want to rush my dive into Wes Anderson and all the graphic goodness of the Cartoon Issue…
Brand New - “Logan to Government Center”
During the winter months of 2003/04, I worked with this guy who was around 20 and listened to screamo, EXCLUSIVELY. I tried to get him into the D-Plan and even Bright Eyes (circa Lifted…), but he wasn’t havin’ none of it. So the only band we ever agreed on for work soundtracking was Brand New, because they are sort of surprisingly awesome.
This song is from the band’s debut album, Your Favorite Weapon, and there are two best parts: the first is around 1:54, in the bridge, when Jesse Lacey whoops; the second is at 2:26 — “So let my hand stray past the boundaries of your back/And get you breathing (get you breathing)/Get you started (get you startttttted!)” I will remember Matt forever for introducing me to this band, and when I need to stay awake during a roadtrip, I always know that Brand New will keep me hype and yelling along at top lung velocity.
"everyone talks funny" (Something for the Aussies!)
My mother just remarried for the first time—and hopefully the last!—after more than two decades living in Single-Mom City. The wonderful man she married (Hugh) is an Australian tennis pro who was born and raised in the Outback but recently became an American citizen after many years spent living and teaching here. Last year, he took her to Europe for a tennis tournament—her first time traveling outside of the U.S.—and they departed for their Australian honeymoon two days ago. (So jealous!) She called me from the airport before they boarded the first plane and told me that she’s most excited about seeing “the weird way the toilets flush in the Southern Hemisphere.” Here’s the e-mail she sent to let my sister and I know that they arrived safely:
“we survived the long plane trip and are waiting to fly our last leg of the trip for today, we are now in Brisbane and and will end up in Sydney today by noon ( here)..
So far ,everyone talks funny, but not much different than Hugh.”
It’s An Indie Halloween! - eMusic Spotlight
My Morning Jacket as Ghostbusters = brilliant! Dude who’s got to be their manager as Robert Evans = priceless.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO WEAR THIS!? via Regretsy
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO WEAR THIS!!!!
Chad VanGaalen :: Soft Airplane B-Sides EP : Download
An EP of free B-sides from Soft Airplane, one of the best albums of 2008? Why, that sounds like a verrrrry merry unbirthday to me… to YOU!
(unimportant-but-vaguely-amusing addendum: the built-in and oddly judgmental Mac dictionary definition of “B-side” is “the less important side of a pop single record”)
