February 2012
Mint Julep /// “I Never Wanted You...
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That said, neither of these witnesses had anything useful to tell him. Houellebecq had lots of enemies, they had repeated, people had shown themselves to be unjustly aggressive and cruel towards him; when asked for a more precise list of them, Teresa Cremisi, impatiently shrugging her shoulders, offered to send him a press file. But, when asked if one of these enemies could have murdered him,...
Random P. G. Wodehouse Quotation Generator →
“What’s your thesis—you always have to have a thesis, right?”
“…”
“My thesis is: What now?”
‘You’ve never opened a newspaper?’
‘Yes probably,’ said Jed good naturedly, but in fact he had no memory of ever doing so. He managed to visualise piles of Figaro Magazine on a coffee table, in his dentist’s waiting room; but his dental problems had been solved a long time ago. In any case he had never felt the need to buy a newspaper. In Paris the atmosphere...
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Rapper Ja Rule, serving two years for gun... →
The Queens-raised rap star says disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and corporate greed poster-boy Dennis Kozlowski took him under their wings.
“I told him I only wanted two things: flowers, and for his roommates not to be there when we …”
“Yeah.”
“I am so mad at his roommates.”
monodialogue:
When I was 10 Dadbro took me to see Garbage because he thought I needed to be listening to strong female musicians and he thought No Doubt (the other option at the time, if you were 10 and living in Los Angeles and listening to KROQ) was terrible (we were not a ska household).I spent the next year listening intently to my Discman and wishing I could dye my hair Shirley...
thenewinquiry:
‘erotic capital’
To-Do List
1. Conquer superstition about never writing To-Do Lists.
2. Become most efficient organism on planet.
Rejection
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Rejection
Dear Miles Klee, Thank you for sending us “Feedback.” It was read with interest, but we didn’t love it enough to send it to the next round of consideration. As I’m sure you know, so much of the submission process is about finding that right match, and that’s what we hope for your submission: that it finds its perfect home. Thanks again. Best of luck with...
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“[Sneezes].”
“Bless you.”
“[Sneezes].”
“Bless you.”
“[Sneezes].”
“All right, that’s enough.”
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January 2012
Shuffle Mix 1.12 →
Alcest /// “Summer’s Glory”
Alias /// “Dahorses”
Beat Happening /// “Our Secret”
Belle & Sebastian /// “Too Much Love”
The Big Pink /// “Stay Gold”
Cardinal /// “Silver Machines”
Chairlift /// “I Belong In Your Arms”
Cloud Nothings /// “Fall In”
Fujiya & Miyagi /// “Your...
I don’t think that loneliness is necessarily a bad or unconstructive condition. My own skill at jamming time may actually be dependent on some fluid mixture of emotions, among them curiosity, sexual desire, and love, all suspended in a solvent medium of loneliness. I like the heroes or heroines of books I read to be living alone, and feeling lonely, because reading is itself a state of...
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