February 2012
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January 2012
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“Minus twenty.”
– Phil Ochs, shortly before his suicide, when asked how he felt on a scale of one to ten.
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“French culture and rock do not go well together. It’s like English wine.”
– Electronic pop vets Air talk to us about why they could never be proper rockers in our latest 5-10-15-20 interview. (via pitchfork)
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The Real 'Stuff White People Like' →
“In general, I won’t comment too much on these lists, because the whole point of this piece is to let the groups speak for themselves, but I have to say that the mind of the white man is the world’s greatest sausagefest. Unless you’re counting Queens of the Stone Age, there is not even one vaguely feminine thing on his list, and as far as broad categories go we have: sweaty...
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Flotation Device - A Mixtape
“As the title sort of implies, this is a collection of songs that can make me feel as if I’m slowly drifting down a rural river on a raft in the fading afternoon. Think Huckleberry Finn, but with less racist undertones. Here you’ll find lots of: slow tempos, pianos, a lulling sense of repetition, classical guitar and breezy ambiance.”
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1. Evening Breeze - Emahoy...
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October 2011
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September 2011
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An Atlas of Clouds: Ireland, August 17-September 5
“Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides…I mistook them for adulthood. Assuming they were a fixed feature in my life’s voyage, I neglected to record the latitude, their longitude, their approach. Young ruddy fool. What wouldn’t I give now for an never-changing...
August 2011
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Coming Very Soon!
No, this blog isn’t dead……I’m just in Ireland! I’m here in Cork and have been for a week already, but since I don’t have internet in my room yet (they keep telling me that it’s coming tonight, tomorrow, etc) I’ve barely had any time to be roaming Tumblr, let alone make any posts. I’ll be making this into a trip diary of sorts, along with the...
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“I used to be really into bolo ties. I thought bolo ties were the shit,...”
– Paul Rudd on tattoos, in an interview with Grantland (via gq)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
Phaseone (22)
Do Make Say Think (19)
Radiohead (18)
Cut Copy (14)
M83 (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“The thrush alone declares the immortal wealth and vigor that is in the forest. Whenever a man hears it, he is young, and Nature is in her spring. Wherever he hears it, it is a new world and a free country, and the gates of heaven are not shut against him.”
- Henry David Thoreau
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“The world must be all fucked up when men travel first class and literature goes as freight.”
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
“The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.”
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
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A Trifecta of Mixtapes →
Three mixtapes for ya’ll that I’ve been rummaging through over the past few days, via my post today at B.A.
- Phaseone’s White Collar Crime
- A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s Sgustok Magazine podcast (AWVFTS is Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid and Dustin O’Halloran)
- Washed Out’s Rough Trade Mix
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Alright you faithful readers, I’ve got...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Hammock (15)
Do Make Say Think (13)
Bon Iver (12)
Fleet Foxes (12)
The War on Drugs (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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July 2011
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“I hate when I’m on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me...”
– Kanye West, via Twitter
I really want to make a mixtape and/or playlist with songs that have nature sounds/birdsong in them—anyone have some suggestions?
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Little Dragon - Crystalfilm
Written by yours...
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“One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate...”
– Larry Summers, President of Harvard University
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“This time is a really important time for you guys because nobody knows who you...”
– John Mayer to a group of students, “Manage the Temptation to Publish Yourself” (Oh God, did I just quote John Mayer? Yes. Because, in the beginning, obscurity is good.)
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Life in DC, wks. 5 and 6: 65 Days of Solitude
Just earlier tonight, I was standing in line at the local supermarket by my house where I’m staying in residential D.C., NE side, buying a few groceries for the next few days. I’m sure you can easily picture the scene—it’s 9 PM on a Monday, so obviously no one wants to be grocery shopping right now. It’s been a hot, probably long first day, and everyone just wants to get home to...
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