January 2011
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Admit it Monday (music edition)
Someone dumped me and I was stuck at his house and because I didn’t know what else to do, I played The Dismemberment Plan album Change at a discomfiting volume for, like, an hour after said dumping.
I got fucking hammered at an Okkervil River show in a very small club and had the only blackout of my life. All I remember from the concert was a couple—strangers—turning around to my friend...
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Boy O'Clock
It’s always…
“Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there’s not going...”
– Ken Kesey (via stevelabate)
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chock full o'beans
Tonight, I went to see Washed Out (who were fun, but seemed disappointed that they were unable to force massive amounts of dancing) at an event that was billed as a “temporary restaurant happening” by an artist-type guy who used to live here and has done “pop-up restaurants” around the country. They served some red beans over white rice with scallions sprinkled on top and...
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Bloody Mary (cocktail) - Wikipedia, the free... →
Best thing about brunches in Charleston: Pickled okra comes standard in yr Bloodys. Liking some Old Bay salt on the rim, too.
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tesslynch:
steely dan — any major dude will tell...
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Easily pleased
Today, a man riding a Rascal came to the bookstore selling bags of boiled peanuts for only $3! Then my friend brought me a latte! And after she left, I sent her a text saying: “Thanks a LATTE! Har har har.” A+, day, A-fuckin’-plus.
“Every aspect of life is an experiment that can be better understood if it is...”
– Roger Schank (via plsj)
WatchDestroyer - “My Favorite Year”
Circumstances forced me to sell my Dismemberment Plan ticket. D-Plan ticket money allowed me to buy tickets to two different Destroyer “orchestra” shows in April! Happiness runs. Could orchestra mean Neko Case, maybe (she prayerfully said)? Does anyone even know who the female singers are on the new album? Will we have to wait until the tour...
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Illinois poised to abolish death penalty | Reuters →
“We’ve had 20 innocent people on Death Row,” said Jeremy Schroeder, executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty. “It’s time to be done with the moratorium and do the right thing.” State Sen. Kwame Raoul, the current measure’s sponsor, said too many mistakes had been made in Illinois. “We have an historic...
“Members of Congress are legitimately concerned about their own safety now, but...”
– (via yourkitchensink, who added: ”The New York Times says pretty much what I’ve been thinking about all day.”) Hear, hear.
Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American... →
“Rep. Karen Yarbrough and other supporters made clear, concise points in favor of repeal. They noted that the state has spent more than $100 million over the past decade prosecuting death penalty cases, despite the fact that no one has been executed. They also made clear that the death penalty is not a deterrent and that supporting the death penalty means accepting the very real possibility...
vincentstockholm:
I like this song, fresh and...
Pitchfork: Interviews: Destroyer →
“Dan Bejar has been making twisted indie rock songs as Destroyer for 15 years now, teasing out his own strain of enigmatic Stephen Malkmus-like brilliance along the way.”
Always fun to peek at Bejar brain processes.
However, a nitpick: This first sentence is a taking-too-far of Malkmus worship. Why did Ryan Dombal say “teasing out his own” and IMMEDIATELY demote Dan...
Feminism’s Social Side Effects →
“…women’s equality, sprinkled into a culture, benefits the entire community in myriad ways. Side effects provide desirable enhancement to everyone, perhaps even males with deep fears of emasculation.” —Hank Pellissier
Anyone else ready to move to Scandinavia?
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Björk - “Pagan Poetry”
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Bands I admire very much on a technical level but...
The National
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“I just got off the phone with Andre. We’re going to get in there and finish the...”
– New Years Resolutions: Big Boi - WSJ.com
[Ed. Note: YESSSSSSSSS!!]
(interweber.)
Let’s discuss 2011 and the high potentials for cultural awesomeness therein: New Okkervil River. Destroyer album rules with an iron fist clutching a saxophone, and apparently there is some kind of...
"Freedom '92"
The aforementioned story…
Growing up in a middle-class, single-parent household ensures one thing—day-care will be a constant part of your childhood. When I was 12—a freshly-minted middle-schooler—the change in grades and schools meant my little sister and I had to get a new babysitter. Our old one had been a riot—Debbie’s kids had a Super Nintendo, a computer with King’s Quest...
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Expansion
Tonight, I went far out of my comfort zone (/upheld a resolution) and told a story on a microphone in front of a bar full of people. I’ll post it here later…something silly about my childhood. I feel… embiggened.
20 predictions for the next 25 years | The... →
“Maybe we will understand what’s happening when we immerse our heads into the colourful night blender of dreams. We will have cracked the secret of human memory by realising that it was never about storing things, but about the relationships between things.” —David Eagleman
If you enjoy the novels of Kurt Vonnegut, the good money’s on you finding value in the...
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Important Observation
abloodymess:
waftist:
Kids In The Hall is streaming on Netflix Instant starting today. It really is a happy new year.
a news years gift for all (that have netflix)!!!
OH MY GOD I DIDN’T THINK IT COULD GET BETTER
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