July 2010
Girl Groups Mixtape by Mike Powell for Stylus... →
gotagirlcrush:
“This is a completely non-definitive selection of 15 of my favorite songs from the girl group era, sucker cuts included, with some history and a little reflection. In the interest of being concise, I didn’t repeat artists, but suffice it to say that a lot of these groups have at least 3 or 4 absolute classics.”
I don’t know. It seems pretty definitive to me. Originally...
June 2010
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Kanye West (30)
Dara Puspita (26)
The Mountain Goats (14)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (14)
Wavves (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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WatchCan’t Take You Anywhere - Puro Instinct (live)
apparently, Pearl Harbor changed their name
i love their sound and i’m eagerly awaiting an album
via
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Just A Thought
Let’s say you’re getting dressed in the morning, and you’re thinking about what you have to do today. Today is your court date. The state of Nebraska has filed a motion to terminate your parental rights. You’re familiar with this procedure, because you’ve went through it before with four (yes, FOUR) other children. Child number five was taken away a few days after...
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“Ten reasons why you can trust me with your kids: Number one, I’m a...”
– Terry Bellefleur, True Blood
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Two Albums That Are Not New But Deserve Repeated...
Superwolf - Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney
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23 - Blonde Redhead
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Fighting in a Sack - The Shins
songs i remember...
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“Maybe this seems like ambivalence, Your Honor, and I suppose in part it was, but...”
– Nicole Krauss: “The Young Painters” : The New Yorker
I liked this story enough to add The History of Love to my summer reading list
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Yusef Komunyakaa: “Orpheus at the Second Gate of... →
things i read and analyzed while battling a vicious hangover this morning
A Story For Matt
This week in court, I accidentally laughed out loud.
There was this kid, about 15, who was originally in trouble for possession of marijuana. The county attorney said that she was angry that the child was not taking his rehabilitation seriously. During his summer school program, he was assigned an English essay. He wrote about how 4/20 is the best holiday ever.
How am I supposed to keep a...
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Watchmvmvmv:
The Radio Dept. - Heaven’s On Fire
(via yvynyl)
textsfromlastnight:
(970): Just got a lecture from Dad about how I need to be more responsible and start buying my weed in larger quantities so that i can save money. Like he was serious and kind of disappointed in me for not adapting to his method earlier.
textsfromlastnight:
(317): The future queen of Norway was pregnant with a druglord’s baby when she met the prince. We still have hope.
“One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to...”
– In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That - NYTimes.com
Life is hard. Here is someone.: These are my two... →
These are my two favorite parts of the Jonathan Safron-Foer story in the New Yorker fiction issue:
You were terrible in emergencies. You were wonderful in “The Cherry Orchard.”
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We were all doing well. I was still in love with the Olympics.
They are basically the same.
I love these…
It was awesome to read this. I’ve been thinking about this story a lot this week. I...
“Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious...”
– Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love
What your email address says about your computer... →
Two people in my class both have aol e-mails and whenever they tell anyone, the whole room starts laughing and they never understand why.
Good Mail Day
invitation to the rehearsal dinner for a wedding of two people that i am absolutely thrilled to see married
free thong and $5.00 coupon from american apparel
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
The Mountain Goats (38)
The Radio Dept. (35)
Broken Social Scene (27)
Janelle Monáe (18)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Games We Play
Setting up boundaries in a workplace relationship is like the adult version of playing Red Light, Green Light.
