May 2013
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“Perchance, when, in the course of ages, American liberty has become a fiction of...”
– Thoreau, as quoted by Robert Dewhurst in “A Philosophy of Surrender,” a stunning, rangy, concentrically radiant, and totally essential essay on David Rattray— HERE (via arianareines)
I find this idea to be simply head-spinning. I really don’t know anything about anything, but it seems like...
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Weed is a three-piece rock band from Vancouver.... →
I wrote a brief profile of a band called Weed, who are playing with this other good-sounding band Cascadia at Death by Audio next week. Seems like it will be a good show.
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Sly Fox's cool new "360 lid" is illegal in New...
brewyork:
The beer industry was abuzz during this year’s Craft Brewers Conference as Pennsylvania’s Sly Fox rolled out a new innovation in beer packaging - the “360 Lid.” The can, developed by Crown Holdings, allows the entire top to be pulled off a beer can so that the drinker can experience the full aroma and flavor of the beer. Already, the brewery has produced cans of their new Helles...
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License To Pill →
straightgangsterism:
That said, the closer I get drawn into it, the more I tend to wonder whether I am just enjoying this music from a safe arm’s length as I silently endorse it? Is there any hypocrisy in the fact that I, clearly not an advocate of drug use, made a track with Juicy J and Danny called “Piss Test”? We don’t appreciate rap songs based on the moral value of their lyrics, but rather...
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The Gay Bechdel Test: Why Hollywood Needs to... →
tylercoates:
Here’s a thing I wrote!
This is good. I think Hollywood needs a “______ Test” for every group of people who aren’t straight white Judeo-christian guys (who adhere to traditional western/capitalist values).
Also, this made me think of a particularly funny thing: on a somewhat recent Bill Simmons podcast, he’s talking with Wesley Morris, a super awesome...
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Those of us who depend on Wikipedia as a source of... →
As much as I use Wikipedia… I really dislike Wikipedia.
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Random Thoughts
It should almost be a crime the way people use the word “random”.
“Random” should really mean, I think, an outcome entirely uninfluenced by anything at all. Other than, perhaps, whatever it is set the outcome in motion. A non-subjective teleology, if you will.
I’ve seen a lot of people say (mostly on video game forums) that there is no such thing as “randomness”. I’ve often thought myself that...
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Crystal Clear Social Cues
I think it’s sort of interesting. A lot of Google’s ridiculous, definitely-being-evil policies seem to presuppose an anti-social, quasi-sociopathy that we (I) tend to associate with our (my) limited understanding of autism. Viz, The Verge:
“Privacy was top of mind as we designed the product,” Lee said, adding that he’s proud of the way his team has designed Glass....
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“I no longer stare at the “calories burned” display on the elliptical, but how...”
– This Trendy “Strong is the New Skinny” Thing (and what it could mean for the next generation of girls) | Sophieologie
PREACH.
(via jennirl)
This seems like a really cool thing. (Dork me wants to tell you that I just used a ‘strong’ tag for that.) I’ve happened to notice more...
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THE HEKTOR QUARTERLY: A Journal of Criticism, by...
This is pretty comprehensive.
sadybusiness:
Hello! Hektor is a critic now. Being a critic is a very hard job, for smart people! You have to look at things, and then you have to say, “things: do you make me happy?” And then you have to say it whether they do or not! You have to be very smart to do this, because if a thing makes you happy, everyone else has to be happy about it also. It is...
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“Anyone who wants to learn from the obvious must consider what the obvious can...”
– Menthol Mountains: Which Is Better, A Fast Horse Or A Slow Horse?
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“In the end, they wound up making the “Daft Punk sucks!” record...”
– Really enjoyed this Zach Baron profile of Daft Punk. The above summary of the album seems, after two listens, right on. The sort of inherent contrariness of the album makes me want to love it more than anything else. Random Access Memories is a dusty gold record hanging on a closed studio’s...
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“You limp out of there beaming, and when your wife or girlfriend asks you later...”
– I love how Bill Simmons just admitted that no woman he’s dating or married to knows the meaning of the word “bliss”. (Jk - 💚 u sportsguy)
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Chief Keef
“Citgo”
In my dream alternate...
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