August 2009
58 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Passion Pit (38)
The Beatles (28)
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (26)
Guided by Voices (22)
Wilco (21)
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sharpless:
jasonpermenter:
Sgt. Pepper’s...
moviescore:
Mark Mothersbaugh “Ping Island /...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
The Olivia Tremor Control (31)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (9)
Michael Stipe (6)
Michael Jackson (5)
Archers of Loaf (1)
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Edward: Let me tell you something about Jacob. We...
pheonixb:
sayhellojo:
This is amazing….
Just wait. You’ll get it eventually…
Name the show and character of origin.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
Spoon (13)
Uncle Tupelo (12)
Wilco (11)
Ratatat (8)
Simon & Garfunkel (1)
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An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a...
cannibalcalvin:
The first orders a beer, the second orders half a beer, the third orders a quarter of a beer, the fourth an eighth, and so on. The bartender looks at the line going out the door,turns to the line and says “you guys suck!”. Then he pours two beers and walks away.
This joke is amazing. I feel sorry for people who don’t get it.
Watch“Crazy in Love” - Antony and The Johnsons
“When I complained about church, I complained about the usual things a kid...”
– A passage from John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany. I’ve never been a religious person, but this passage especially hits you like a ton of bricks, because Owen’s 100% fucking right. Who knows what God thinks about current events? Don’t tell me “God hates fags”, or that “God supports John McCain”,...
A Lesson on Internet Sarcasm
ronworkman:
gynecologistcobra:
For some reason or another, no one understood this joke. So let me completely spell it out- Bfeld & I know Heath Ledger died. Everyone knows that Heath Ledger died. That’s the joke. By saying that we didn’t understand the last panel, we were saying that we didn’t know Heath died, and that we weere incredibly ignorant. But we’re not. Get it? Got it? No? Well,...
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Productivity at an all-time low
Brian: And while Harmonix sells most Rock Band downloads in the form of individual songs completely removed from the context of their original release, the downloadable Beatles music will be presented in the form of the band’s complete albums (although people will still be able to buy individual songs from the records). The first three albums scheduled for release are “Rubber Soul,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Abbey Road.
Brian: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/magazine/16beatles-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Brian: sweet jesus
Jeff: oyyy
Brian: we're fucked
Jeff: yup
“he has been curiously ill-served by a press short of useful criticism, with...”
– The Economist - discussing what Obama has had to cope with. (via ronworkman) (via steamyv)
Sincerely, John Hughes →
christr:
A post by a girl who loved John Hughes movies and swiftly became his pen pal for a number of years and how his death yesterday affected her.
Seriously.
This is one of the best blog posts I’ve read in a long time. Not only because it shows that one of my favourite directors was as down-to-earth as anyone else in the world, but also because it’s so well written.
Check this out, even if...
Budd Schulberg, ‘On the Waterfront’ Screenwriter,... →
First Karl, now Budd