February 2011
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So I might have just signed onto a certain website that I haven’t looked at for months (oh god why, I can’t even pretend that I did this under the influence of any substances) and within five minutes a straight edge dude with face tattoos sent me a message asking if I was kinky.
And apparently I can’t deactivate my profile again for another week.
(And while I’m here: I...
internetgrandma:
They Never Got You — Spoon
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
The Dismemberment Plan (39)
Rilo Kiley (27)
Raekwon (20)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (19)
Robyn (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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January 2011
WatchBuddy Guy - “Out of Sight”
The American Folk Blues Festival (1965)
(via braiker, dixiefunk)
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DPlan Party Weekend 2k11 wrap-up
Jay McCarroll was at the party we had last night (#fakecelebrities)
the cops came too but I think they only issued a warning and didn’t give anyone a ticket (but it’s still kind of funny how even when nobody at the party is underage, the immediate reaction is “OH SHIT, THE COPS! HIDE!”)
hot tub
Reading Terminal is a terrible, horrible place to go when you’re...
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"You'd think I'd turn him down, but I love scotch... →
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keeping it together in 2011
This weekend was really great and I had an amazing time with everyone but I also let things stress me out way more than they should have and was a really terrible host as a result. It’s probably nothing that some yoga and a good night of sleep won’t fix, but in the meantime I’m at the point where being told that acne prescription medicine is going to cost almost $200 (after...
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a quick rundown of things that happened at the...
we ran into Scott from We Versus the Shark, who now apparently lives two blocks away from me in Philadelphia
Travis Morrison spoke directly to Laura, the Birthday Bitch, from the stage at least twice
he dedicated “Time Bomb” to her
and then later made everyone sing “Happy Birthday”
some bitch apparently refused to sing it, though
when we went up to him after the show...
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John has been at my house for 15 minutes and has already demanded a beer.
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The Dismemberment Plan at the Cal Robbins Benefit... →
I’m not usually into listening to recordings of live shows, but this one is special because I was there. You can even hear Travis talking to my friends and I (“Is this really Atlanta?” “Scream!” ”It is? Aw yeah, hell yeah!”) after they played “Do the Standing Still.” Because we’d been screaming in some kind of way that indicated we were...
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things that I will probably (drunkenly) shout...
Chick-fil-a
Keith Olbermann
Amy Chua
pizza
snow/winter in general
Ben Roethlisberger
abortion
Nebraska
the internet
the ways in which people talk about all of the above topics on the internet
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“Strategies that deal with vacant spaces by generating new paths to employment...”
– Diana Lind - The Bright Side of Blight - NYTimes.com
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“The president later made it clear that he was not referring to those citizens...”
– Obama: Aside From All The Weirdos And Freaks Around Here, The State Of The Union Is Strong
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Watchfolkinz:
savage skulls & douster ft. Robyn: bad gal
this year’s “Backseat”
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Single-Serving Tumblr: Accuweather Graphics →
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notjenny:
dolly parton - here you come again
magnificentruin:
Shangri-las I Can Never Go Home...
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Maybe it's because it's 1:45am
but I just finished reading Kapitoil and can’t stop giggling over a joke that Teddy Wayne made in the accompanying material at the end of the copy I checked out from the library (interview, essay, etc.). The section is titled “Kapitoil Trouble Shooting Guide,” and I have transcribed the part that is tickling me so:
I am having problems organizing a folk music-filled hootenanny...
Act 2: Cover beats original
number34:
Atlantic City by The Band. (Springsteen Cover)
Dreams really do come true. The Band covering an obscure Bruce Springsteen song? This song arrived in my lap like a care package from my musical guardian angel. The original comes from Springsteen nerd fave, Nebraska. Spooky and sparse, this record is often used to combat the snarky uninitiated who hold Born in the USA as their only...
New Congressional Intern Disillusioned With... →
WASHINGTON—Once-idealistic Penn State senior Marc Leitman set a congressional internship record Tuesday when, within seven minutes of his arrival on Capitol Hill, he became hopelessly disillusioned with American politics, having overheard his sponsoring senator offer a government contract to a construction company in exchange for free home renovations. “I didn’t even get a chance to...
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jasencomstock asked: I asked the 'bus this question yesterday:
Lets say that everything in the world is terrible and Randall Terry gets a 30 second extreme Randall Terry ad played during the Superbowl. knowing what you know of pro-abortion groups, if they are given equal time what does their ad contain?
What would you have the ad contain?
Lets say that everything in the world is terrible and Randall Terry gets a 30 second extreme Randall Terry ad played during the Superbowl. knowing what you know of pro-abortion groups, if they are given equal time what does their ad contain?
What would you have the ad contain?
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Jeff Deeney - THE HORROR, THE HORROR: How Holes In... →
As a social worker I have counseled women not unlike those who live in the poor West Philadelphia neighborhood the Women’s Medical Society targeted for providing unsafe and illegal abortions. I’m talking about TANF moms, young single parents with no income source for supporting their families other than public welfare. The typical TANF mom will get her other health care needs served at one of...
also re: David Lynch and race
In the extended version of that David Foster Wallace piece I posted yesterday, he has a section on race (or the absence of it) in David Lynch movies in which he basically concludes that because Lynch’s movies are really about individual alienation and that including characters of color would distract and politicize movies that are inherently apolitical. At least, I think that’s what he...
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David Lynch Keeps His Head, by David Foster... →
If you can get your hands on the extended version in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, I really recommend it. (Sara, I’ll give this book back to you in like three days.)
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Rilo Kiley - “With Arms Outstretched”
A Guide to Riding SEPTA, by bthny dot tumblr dot...
If you are on a bus, you might feel like you are going to die. This is normal. (This is much less common on trolleys and trains, but still possible.)
SEPTA’s slogan is “We’re getting there,” which is quite possibly the most appropriate slogan in the history of slogans.
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Back-Alley Abortions in 2011: How Anti-Choice... →
“Because of the Medicaid ban on abortion funding and state restrictions, poor women in the state and in Philadelphia really face horrific choices about what to do if they have an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy, or a pregnancy that poses significant health problems,” says Rose Corrigan, a professor of politics and law at Drexel University. “So what I’ve seen is that women often shop around for...