February 2011
Terrorism Underwriter →
fairest:
This position will underwrite Terrorism .
The Argument from the Fine-Tuning of the Universe
secondbalcony:
How lucky are we that you can’t make a portmanteau out of literati, glitterati?
January 2011
Shuffle Mix 1.11 →
Alarm Will Sound /// “Avril 14”
The Babies /// “Run Me Over”
Boy Friend /// “The False Cross”
British Sea Power /// “How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?”
Cloud Nothings /// “Been Through”
Cut Copy /// “Need You Now”
Dälek /// “Ever Somber”
Disappears /// “Superstition”
Dusk And Blackdown ///...
Spending A Whole Weekend On The Lower East Side
I hate you all.
Visiting this Wikipedia page flags me as troublingly disengaged from reality.
titivil:
Knowing Coves: Third World Protest as US Spectator Sport
zuky:
I’m not a fan of the US cultural habit of turning political turmoil in faraway lands into a gawkworthy spectator sport. I came to this realization in the aftermath of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square, as it gradually dawned on me that sheltered, largely clueless people who had no stake in what was happening had...
Hercules & Love Affair /// “Painted...
Cut Copy /// “Need You Now” ///...
Animals In Fiction
On reading At Swim-Two-Birds: the Pooka is, according to the mythology, a shapeshifter, and here I can’t picture anything but a giant rabbit.
A good line:
On occasion an owl or an awkward beetle or a small coterie of hedgehogs, attracted by the splendour of the light, would escort them for a part of the journey until the circumstances of their several destinations would divert them again...
“Please stop holding the doors. Please don’t be a hero.”
– The Most Depressed Subway Conductor In New York City
the royal anagrammer
ragbag:
IF you are hopping mad that your tax dollars are funding some idiotic study on ugly little shrews in nevada that nobody cares about OR a permanent exhibit on adversity at the museum of woes and anguish THEN you will instantly sympathise with the good people of france who watched in frustration as their king established the position of royal anagrammer.
In the reign of Louis XIII, we...
No-win situation: vending machine’s last two bags of Cheez-Its are languishing behind two bags of inedible plantain chips. You could lose a dollar and clear the column, but then you’d be someone who paid $1.50 for the tiniest bag of Cheez-Its they make.
Seefeel /// “Step Up” /// Seefeel
...
“Do you want me to come up to Binghampton this weekend?”
– Man Who Would Clearly Prefer Not To Have To Come Up To Binghampton This Weekend
“What’s up.”
“What’s up with you.”
“What?”
“I said what’s up with you. You addicted to anything these days? Love?”
“Can’t get enough.”
"I had 'F U G A Z I' down the leg of my pants"
rendit:
The Dismemberment Plan, Office of Future Plans, Fulton Lights // 9:30 Club, DC, Jan. 23, 2011
Coffee, it turns out coffee is what the 9:30 Club has on offer for those not drinking. And it’s not half bad, even!
Fulton Lights creeps up on you. The earnest, sure-footed Springsteenisms, like a locomotive stuck in the mud but plugging on anyway, would be easy to dismiss given all the...
Yesterday morning I slipped on a snowy patch of sidewalk and fell hard on my backside, splay-legged, headphones skittering along the wet concrete. It happened near a mother and her small, expertly bundled son. “Are you okay?” she asked. I said I was fine, thanks. “See,” she told the child, “that’s why you couldn’t take your scooter today.” Well fuck,...
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Last night as I was going to bed I took a moment to email myself the formulation “Dog choking on food = America.”
BREAKING: 68% OF AMERICANS THINK THAT MICHELE...
Official Stance on Everything
redneckzilla:
“Hand me a Nembutal will ya son?”
“Hey are you alright?”
“The fuck do you care?”
Remember how President Hamid Karzai is a heroin... →
But we WANT the pat-down, Mr. President.
summerofmegadeth:
We want the pat-down.
Obama says we should remove regulations that are burdens on businesses.
Robust applause.
Obama says we should also write new regulations that protect the American People.
Slightly less robust applause.
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100 Perfect Tracks, Vol. 5 →
Talking Heads /// “Don’t Worry About The Government”
This Mortal Coil /// “Another Day”
UGK /// “One Day”
The Unicorns /// “Sea Ghost”
Unrest /// “Cherry Cream On”
Velocity Girl /// “My Forgotten Favorite”
The Velvet Underground /// “The Black Angel’s Death Song”
The Verlaines /// “C.D.,...
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The Joy Formidable /// “Whirring” ///...