January 2011
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The Music Diary Project
Former Stylus Magazine musicophile Nick Southall has proposed an interesting project. From his blog, Sick Mouthy:
I’m going to suggest the first full week of April (Monday 4th to Sunday 10th) for this little social experiment, and I want you to join in. If you’re a music fan, writer, lover, maker, or whatever, and you keep a blog or website of any kind, join in. For a full week make a note of...
“To the fe-mooch, you are a piece of meat. A potential notch on the belt. A two...”
– Dad-isms
I didn’t like finish reading this notorious post, and I don’t know what a “fe-mooch” is (got to catch up on the Dad-isms-o-verse! Is that term canonical?) but to call this “paragraph” a “mixed metaphor” would be an insult to...
“Take the first sentence of David Foster Wallace’s story, “The Depressed Person”:...”
– Stanley Fish
No comment, I just had a reaction in my mind like, ‘Boom yeah.’
A Brief Programming Note
I was just thinking to myself, “Self, why haven’t you heard anything new this year that’s just, like, blown the doors off? On the one hand, it could be the beginning-of-the-year-thing, where nothing great happens in January. The Green Lantern is the number one movie in America, etc. and so forth. But that couldn’t be it all, could it?
“There’s been the Smith...
Cake “Commissioning a Symphony in...
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Another Person "Weighs In On" The F-Word/Dire... →
The whole time, I just wanted to say, “Just watch the Louie poker table sketch.” But, writing. You know?
egryan asked: Last night, I couldn't fall asleep because my boyf made me watch Fire In The Sky (a movie about aliens) and plus I couldn't get "Monster" out of my head. How do you suggest I remedy this problem in the future?
egryan asked: Last night, I couldn't fall asleep because my boyf made me watch Fire In The Sky (a movie about aliens) and plus I couldn't get "Monster" out of my head. How do you suggest I remedy this problem in the future?
Lady Gaga “Animal”
Further...
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Three Song Lyrics That I Blame For My Unconscious...
We got determination, bass, and highs.
White Castle fries only come in one size
—Beastie Boys, “Slow and Low” (1986)
Then the woman passed out in the driver’s seat
at the order board at White Castle.
We woke her up and she went ‘round to the pick up window
like she knew exactly where she was.
—Why?, “Gemini (Birthday Song)”...
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Thurston Moore “Delicious Beating”
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I feel like I started writing about Gucci Mane two days too early. #Drosophila #melanogaste
“In my opinion, Robyn’s music is generally more accessible to a much, MUCH larger...”
– $30 Project
I think this is an interesting idea to look at.
The only reasons I commented before is because you asked a question, I have a strong opinion about both artists— And someone (I think it was Bro-aud..?) said to me that he was sick of hearing about how Robyn doesn’t sell many...
“I have some commentary! Robyn sold LESS than Joanna Newsom! Did that surprise...”
– $30 Project: marathonpacks: Data
No! Robyn will never ever ever ever never ever sell many records. She’s here. No buys her albums. Get used to it. And I mean this in the nicest possible, Robyn-loving, Robyn record-buying way. At this point, though, I think she could change her name to a...
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You guys. I’ve been thinking all day of a blood libel/blood diamond meme to get Kanye involved, and I’ve failed at it so far.
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GPOYW
"There’s a lot to dislike about Gucci Mane." →
Gucci Mane is someone who I thought sounded like a mentally challenged person. After listening to his music and reading more about him, I realized that he may just have a mental illness, substance abuse problem, and a group of peers who are used to going to prison.
As well, he’s made some of the best rap music of the last three years.
If only there were a way for Tumblrs to talk to each other other than via its in-built message system, which I’m not certain is confidential/secure in any way/shape/manner.
You ain't nothing but a barn in the sky: Razzle... →
In going through my documents to upload them to Google Docs, I found this essay I wrote about The Replacements, a ridiculous seeming 10 years ago. A lot of it makes me cringe. I’m a very different writer now, but editing with the voice I developed over those ten years seems even worse than letting some shitty phrases alone. Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Clauses.
“This isn’t directly related, but since it involves Georgia (and jail), it does...”
– Shit and/or shinola
It staggers me that the absolute number of prisoners in the United States exceeds that in China. GDP and the valuation of the yuan be damned. If we’re primarily concerned with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in this country, then we need to work on the number...
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ReLink: Real Tumblr Search →
I’m going to reblog a reblog of mine (that one Greasemonkey script to reblog yourself did not work for me…) because I’m particularly happy with the post.
The Google search operator “site:*.tumblr.com” lets you search all (non-custom) Tumblrs. I’ve been using this search tons and tons because a lot of the information I want exists on someone’s Tumblog....
Wait… is Bob’s Burgers making sponsored tweets via prominent(ish, sometimes) bloggers?
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Real Tumblr Search
This is something I posted on Twitter, but since I have significantly more followers here, and it’s Tumblr (duh), I thought I’d post it here.
Are you sick of Tumblr’s (unfathomably) shitty search? I have a giant, pretty rotten, band-aid-y fix for you. The significant downside of this method is that it will give you too much information. But sometimes I’d rather have too...
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QuickCursor by Hog Bay Software
I just spent $5 to have a significantly worse alt + tab.
I read a few blog posts that very positively “reviewed” this app. While the reviews didn’t get into the specifics, I thought, “Well, I trust this writer. I’ll go buy it.” Now that I’ve had some time to use the app, I see why I didn’t think reviewers didn’t get into QuickCursor’s...
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“I’m not exactly sure I’d pay $4,000 to see a naked Steffi, but if it...”
– Casy Chan, author of “Andre Agassi Showed a Naked Picture of Steffi Graf on His Cellphone to Boost an Auction,” is an asshole.