January 2010
30 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
The Jayhawks (46)
Vampire Weekend (15)
Spoon (11)
The Avett Brothers (6)
The Rolling Stones (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Soul Coughing (14)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (8)
Vampire Weekend (7)
Michael Jackson (5)
The Avett Brothers (2)
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The Beatles In 1957
all-thats-interesting:
The Beatles in 1957. George Harrison is 14, John Lennon is 16, and Paul McCartney is 15.
“You are not a little teapot, honey. You’ve just got my hips. I’m...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Mom Takes Children’s Songs Literally.
“Introduced in 1965, SpaghettiOs has been a fixture in the American pantry ever...”
– Donald Goerke, SpaghettiOs Creator, Dies at 83 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
“In creative writing seminars over the next two years, everyone continues to...”
– How to Become a Writer by Lorrie Moore
“Where has sex, as a serious literary consideration – “a force that could change...”
– The Millions: Sex, Seriously: James Salter Trumps the Great Male Novelists
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
The Avett Brothers (80)
Frank Turner (12)
Glee Cast (7)
Old 97’s (4)
Michael Jackson (3)
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“I’m not as cooperative as you might want a woman to be…Every man, I...”
– Carrie Fisher: “I’m Not As Cooperative As You Might Want A Woman To Be” - Carrie fisher arts and leisure weekend - Jezebel
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What’s the best gift you’ve ever given?
A long time ago when I was a foolish 20something girl (so maybe like 10 years ago), I spent a lot of money on a rare edition of Infinite Jest autographed by David Foster Wallace for an orange-haired boy.
I wish I’d kept that book.
Ask me anything
“The squonk weeps continually at its own ugliness, and when surprised dissolves...”
– Unlikely creatures from American folklore
“Whether my higher power was the Lord or Cormac McCarthy, those were the words I...”
– Nil by mouth - Roger Ebert’s Journal
“1. Writing is not mysterious to them, so they will not romanticize, mythologize,...”
– HTMLGIANT / REASONS YOU SHOULD NOT DATE WRITERS (IF YOU ARE A WRITER)
“We’d much rather play for fifty people who know us than a thousand who don’t...”
– Paul Westerberg, neatly summarizing the one salient point of every “niche content” consultard; be picky about who you overserve. (via merlin)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
Glee Cast (18)
Michael Ponti (12)
New Philharmonic Quartet (7)
Munich Symphony Orchestra (5)
GLEE Cast feat. Kristin Chenoweth (3)
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