February 2012
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woothesaloon:
White Town | Your Woman
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shabbydoll asked: If you're still doing top fives...Wire
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jonathanbogart:
**In tragedy we are doomed because the gods have it in for us; in comedy we are free to dig our own graves, because the gods don’t give a shit.
This is another of those go read the whole source post thing, because it’s excellent and Jonathan raises some good points, but I’m singling out this line because I think it’s kind of important. It’s why, at the...
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Phrases And Philosophies For Young Critics
hndrk:
1. There are no guilty pleasures. There is only “guilt” and “pleasure” and you really never should conflict the two.
2. Before you commit to saying you hate something that brings joy to people (and doesn’t hurt others), think long and hard about your reasons for doing so. If in doubt, enthusiasm beats cynicism.
3. There is no authenticity, only sincerity.
4. It is more important to be...
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What Lot's Wife Would Have Said (If She Wasn't A... →
eating-poetry:
Do you remember when we met in Gomorrah? When you were still beardless, and I would oil my hair in the lamp light before seeing you, when we were young, and blushed with youth like bruised fruit. Did we care then what our neighbors did in the dark?
When our first daughter was born on the River Jordan, when our second cracked her pink head from my body like a promise, did we...
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lightbulbhead asked: Wish I had seen this last night! But in your possibly hungover state, I want top five LEONARD COHEN.
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insomnius asked: The Mountain Goats! And Low!
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sutcliffecateringco asked: Fugazi
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shoplifteroftheworld asked: Guided by Voices!
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goodbyemisery asked: Pavement, The Magnetic Fields, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
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douglasmartini asked: The Twilight Sad
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advancesnone asked: Sloan, Smog, Springsteen
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convincingindie asked: Alright, I'm not gonna overthink it. 5 favorite songs by _____ band? How about 5 favorite songs by THE BAND. Go!
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woothesaloon asked: BNL & The Hip
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murkytimeistimeschool asked: thrush hermit.
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porknachos asked: Fucked Up, Sleater-Kinney, Why?, Pixies
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GIVE ME BANDS →
I see all of you, asking each other to list five favourite songs by ____ band! And I’m drunk! So at least some of you had better ask me the same thing, or I’ll be very sad. Let’s do this.
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One Man's No Holds Barred Thoughts on Rape →
irunfrombears:
alisonj:
matthewmorgan:michellehaimoff:
If you read nothing else on this blog, read this. All the way through.
Spot fucking on.
Let me tell you something. I have three younger sisters and one of them has already been a victim. The two youngest have a pretty high chance of being raped also and I’m very protective of them only because of this. My sister was raped when she...
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I bet Rick Astley struggles with Lent.
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just so everyone can be as disturbed by this as I... →
rubyvroom:
Apparently, if someone nuked the state house with an average warhead, my apartment would survive. However, if I was at work at the time, I’d be toast.
The largest bombs ever tested would pretty much vaporize the city.
All but the very smallest bombs dropped on downtown would kill me in various ways if I was at home.
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“My goal is and always has been fairly simple. I will use Americans to kill the...”
– An Open Letter To Rick Santorum From Satan (via)
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I don’t want to die in a language I can’t understand.
Jorge Luis Borges (as quoted in Alberto Manguel, With Borges)
and the light, it burns your skin in a language you don’t understand
Low, “Two-Step”
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“When your mother hits you, do not strike back. When the boys call asking your...”
– “Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls With Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair,” Jeanann Verlee (via floralnymph)
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Seventh graders describe scientists before and... →
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I Just
abloodymess:
want to drink a pint of melted mozzarella cheese.
wish when you got pho they served it with a pint glass you can pour the broth into when you’re done everything else.
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Watchdoomandgloomfromthetomb:
Talking Heads - Dortmund, Germany, December 20, 1980 [complete show]
More killer footage of Talking Heads on their Remain In Light tour! Hat tip to Dangerous Minds again for the heads up. Fa-fa-fa-fa!
Psycho Killer Cities I Zimbra Once In A Lifetime Animals Crosseyed And Painless Life During Wartime The Great Curve
This is fantastic. I always forget Adrian Belew...
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The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of... →
oldtobegin:
doyourwardance:
Have fun!
i love this:
Being a straight male is tremendous fun and sexuality’s lowest difficulty setting: You know what you want and everyone else in your demographic will praise you for being able to do it. No one else on the spectrum of sexual orientation can say that.
My personal favourite bit might be the next couple of lines:
If women hate you for...
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no artist, no matter how much you love them, is so...
oldtobegin:
that is the ineffability and transience of art and it is beautiful
get used to it
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““When we got this on the freeway and it was doing 70 miles an hour and...”
– Robot cars. I know, I know, there are ALL SORTS of caveats (political, technological, legal etc etc etc). But still. Robot cars!
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