July 2009
“can Bon Iver enjoy a really good plate of nachos or does he just sigh, thinking...”
– @rafikam (via maura)
June 2009
“Is that enough proof for you [expletives]? I was right. You were WRONG.”
– unknown Floridian Wikipedian, upon finally being allowed to update to Wikipedia regarding David Rhode’s kidnapping following his escape from the Taliban and the subsequent lifting of the NYT—Wikipedia undercover effort to keep the kidnapping secret. [nyt]
Watchnickdouglas:
CollegeHumor: Web Site Story.
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GIGGLES, KIDS. GIGGLES
utterly delightful & compulsively rebloggable.
Saturday concrete BBQ, the shade zone →
More Songs About Feelings and Women →
A longish rambly profile of Stuart Murdoch on the occasion of the God Help the Girl album. There are some interesting bits in there, and of course I lapped them up, but mostly it made me think that the saddest part of the “death of print” phase is probably the waning influence of good editors.
“In today’s Post there were already reports that some youngsters were turning...”
– From John Roberts’s letter advising President Reagan against inviting Michael Jackson & his brothers to the White House in 1984. [the Awl] As commenters already pointed out, by this time “newcomer” Prince had already recorded Purple Rain. The rest of the now Chief...
She & Him Cover The Smiths' "Please, Please,... →
Two things about this movie: (1) if Zooey Deschanel didn’t already exist, I’m pretty sure Disney would have created her; (2) in defense of (500) Days of Summer and its overcute preview, I will say that the actual movie openly acknowledges, and is almost built upon the fact that stable relationships aren’t built off shared affection for the Smiths.
Rocks on North Beach →
Deception Pass EuroCamp →
Madrid
distorte:
I check into my room later than expected, half elevenish, so there’s no time to meet anyone. I drop my bag and leave again, book underarm, to have a quick beer and some croquettes before bed. My hotel is just off Gran Via so I head down towards a bar I know. At a pedestrian crossing an exceptionally beautiful black girl draws up beside me and says something. I deploy my usual: “No habla...
Ze Frank: That Makes Me Think of . . . →
“nobody said it would be easy being green.”
catbird:
You know when you’re at a mall? That overhead map kiosk thing? Is there a website/service that works that way for cities? I mean, Google Maps and Yelp and all that are great if you’re looking for something specific, but I want to be able to say, “I’m at 55th and 3rd— what are all the businesses that are within “n” square blocks of me?”
this sort of works with google maps on iPhone...
discovery →
four tracks from their LP, right there for the listening. (Part of a series of embeds that look a lot like ads)
“If we should be able to criticize Ayatollah Ali Khamenei without fear of being...”
– Jack Shafer tries to put Twitter’s power in the Iranian demonstrations into perspective. [slate] (This is not to say that there are better options or that the information isn’t fascinating, but one has to worry that this is kind of like getting all news of a war from a few committed...
siff tweets →
Now that it’s all over, for the sake of posterity in the face of Twitter’s sub-optimal searching capabilities (even with the dreaded “hashtags”, it fails), a compilation of my SIFFgoing in 4369 characters.
Doing this ridiculous activity reminded me of one of my favorite middle school sports: writing 25-word-sentences for points in English class. (I imagine that if Ms. S.,...
“Questions have also been raised about the financial relationships that have...”
– from “Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It” [NYT]. They don’t say anything about the social component (either at the centers with booze grants, or, I suspect more importantly, among the moderate drinkers who are consistently found to be healthier.).
At the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch. →
SIFF is finally ending; so let’s brunch at the Space Needle.
“Alec Duffy, the guy who won exclusive rights to an unreleased Sufjan Stevens...”
– “Brooklyn Man Bogarts Sufjan Stevens Song” [vulture]
Video: Animal Collective - “Summertime Clothes” →
mbvmusic:
Animal Collective - “Summertime Clothes”
You can download a widescreen Quicktime .mov of the video here.
The Summertime Clothes 12″ (ft. the track + 3 remixes) is out 7/7
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I liked this album plenty when it came out this winter, but now that the temperatures are climbing, certain parts of it make so much more sense.
If David Lynch had directed Dirty Dancing- recut... →
maura:
barthel:
igather: (via moderndancers) Embedding is disallowed but this is AMAZING.
Really very good.
wow. yes, indeed.
fantastic. as good as, if not better than, the sleepless in seattle or shining recuts.
web 2.0 is the one millionth word (or phrase) in... →
spangley:
hahaha - REALLY?!? n00b was also a contender?!? hahahaha. haaaaaaaaaa. ha.
amazing. the level of contrivance required for this to occur is shockingly appropriate.
