May 2012
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“The multimillionaire John Nicholas Brown was a prime factor in making Fishers a...”
– There are people who vacation away from your vacation spots, and they celebrate Memorial Day all year round.
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Shy is just an adjective
npluspersonals:
Shy and willowy, thirty-something Chicago writer in loveless marriage seeks woman for summer fling. Overly educated, underpaid, you fill in the rest. Must be open-minded (obviously), non-judgmental, and like tall skinny guys. Age is just a number.
This is a great personal advertisement.
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David Berman's "The Summer Before the Night...
MY FRIEND KYLE always had a lot of money and could get me into the expensive kind of trouble without the trouble sticking. He didn’t mind paying for me if it meant raising hell with loyal company. We were seventeen. You only needed one reason to be friends at that age. I figured we had at least three. So we broke the law every day in every way and laughed our asses off at the fucking stupid...
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No Trivia @ SPIN: Rap Release Of The Week, Skywlkr... →
no-trivia:
Skywlkr’s instrumental tape Impressions is my pick for this week. Sorry, but I still can’t keep a straight face when I hear that sub-par Crystal Method impression on the first track on El-P’s Cancer For Cure, so maybe it’s mind-blowing eventually. Just not for me.
I’ve been listening to this SKYWLKR thingy off and on all day. It is amazing. “30”, which ends Danny...
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It's just strange, but I'm not complaining.
Michael Ian Black: Hi, I'm Michael Ian Black, and back in 1993 I was paid OK money by MTV to make a show called The State.
Paul F. Tompkins: Hi, I'm Paul F. Tompkins, and back in 1995 I was paid decent money by HBO to help make a show called Mr. Show.
Me: Hi, I'm me, and right now I listen to your two guys's podcasts over and over for free. It's awesome.
Misanthropic Circle
Smith: I guess you forgot what it's like to be younger.
Jones: You have no idea what it's like to be older.
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Kool A.D.
“Damien Hirst” (feat....
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“Saluki-faced Thierry Poutrincourt leans back in her chair and and presses her...”
– Definitive Jest covers my all-time favorite description of a face. I want a saluki so badly, but apparently they’re a little hard to find.
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“When I was in the navy, I finished two years at Bakersfield Junior College in...”
– Barry Hannah, “Love Too Long” (via michaelrobbinspoet)
Ok jeez. I’m convinced to buy that collected stories book already.
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How to Read Ezra Pound
wwnorton:
At the poets’ panel, after an hour of poets debating Ezra Pound, Abe the Lincoln veteran, remembering the Spanish Civil War, raised his hand and said: If I knew that a fascist was a great poet, I’d shoot him anyway.
-Martín Espada, from The Trouble Ball
I’d shoot him / anyway.
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perpetua:
Hannibal Buress imagines Young Jeezy...
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“You don’t need me to tell you this, but “Passin’” is an...”
– Eric Harvey’s on a historiographic music writing tear! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this review, and learned even more.
“When I was young, I watched about a thousand PSAs on TV about why I shouldn’t...”
– — I am, however, going to write you a Rookie article about quitting. Which contains numerous panic attacks, lots of relapses, a search for my boyfriend’s hidden cigarettes, and an ongoing journey.
For those seeking an update: I relapsed some more, went back up a bit on nicotine lozenges, and...
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You Should Say Why You Like Things
I’m no expert, but I believe you should say why you like things.
Now, like I said, I don’t exactly know what I’m talking about here, but it makes sense to me for people to explain or at least describe why they like certain things. Otherwise, life becomes a neverending unPinteresting slideshow of flag planting and aesthetic curation. Life turns into the cultural apocalypse...
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“Shields says that the effect of the differences is cumulative and best...”
– My Bloody Valentine Loveless (Reissue) By Mark Richardson; May 11, 2012
I think this is really the best/last word on the remaster aspect, which is clearly quite important to the release seeing as virtually everyone’s been able to listen to one of the most perfect albums ever made since it...
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“Directors do matter, even with huge movies. For example, Jon Favreau, executive...”
– You know who thinks “The Avengers” is pretty feminist and rad, despite its mostly-dudes cast? I think “The Avengers” is pretty feminist and rad, despite its mostly-dudes cast! Now I’m going to tell you about it!
You thought you were prepared for how insufferably into everything I would be, during...
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No Trivia @ SPIN: On ZZ Top covering "25 Lighters" →
no-trivia:
Did you see this? ZZ Top covering DJ DMD ft. Lil Keke and Fat Pat’s “25 Lighters.” Obviously, Rick Rubin was involved. This was more just an excuse for me to write about ZZ Top who are one of my favorites bands of all time.
This is awesome. I also love ZZ Top, and this is a good look for them.
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“Moving to New York was also a radical change in our landscape; it’s very...”
– Progress Report: The Blow (via zachbaron)
I love The Blow, and I’m so excited for a new project.
Kitty Pryde
I have listened to a song called “Justin Bieber” versus songs by Justin Bieber in a 10:1 ratio. Never has there been such an ode to underage boys since The Symposium.
Boys are like milk, and they expire if you wait on them.
I can’t tell if it’s subversive or merely versive, but I do think it’s great. I’ve listened to it about three times a day on average...
“Why, in the long run, would being amateurish be a bad thing for feminist blogs?...”
– So, hey! I have gotten really kind feedback for this piece on the aesthetics of feminist blogging. Which is nice. The piece sort of sets out to vindicate the bits of the genre that other people (including myself!) have taken issue with; the lack of grooming in the prose, the aggressiveness and...
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#MusicDiaryProject 2012, Day One
Today I was very emotional! Mogul get emotional, and I’m the mogul. Gah. It’s not usually like this. But I was reasonably productive. I:
worked for a solid nine hours,
also came up with a few pitches or ideas,
had a thought about something or other, and
got some exercise.
This morning I had this idea that I would be able to turn the verbal data below into something really cool....
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Haters Going To Hate: Jennifer Egan Is Great,...
It’s definitely a function of the sample, but I see a lot of aimless antipathy directed at Jennifer Egan on my dashboard. I thought A Visit From The Goon Squad was one of the best pieces of fiction I’ve read in a while, though. It was emotionally visceral, surprising, and pleasant to read. I can only compare Egan’s command of plot, character, and language to a really talented...
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New York Magazine: The Big Gulp →
willystaley:
I hung out with a 7-Eleven franchisee at his 7-Elevens in Manhattan. There will be 100 of them by 2017 in Manhattan alone. I wrote about how 7-Eleven corporate wants bodegas to become 7-Elevens, and why they might.
Interesting! The piece is very redolent of this other New York Magazine one on Duane Reade. Is it sort of amazing that (multi)national chains are just now figuring out...
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Music Diary Project 2012
The Music Diary Project (#musicdiaryproject) is the creation of Nick Southall, of The Stylus and other websites fame. You can read about it on his website, Sick Mouthy. Here’s a link to my entries for 2011, which range from very long and detailed to kind of tired and less detailed. (The wane corresponds to the week going from young to old.)
I look forward to continuing this year, and you...
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