May 2012
32 posts
“as he recently did on fellow anti-chinophile”
– Grantland’s writers certainly never fail to catch my eye.
Conan O’Brien Didn’t Stop: Checking In on the Post-Buzz Era of TBS’s Flagship - Hollywood Prospectus Blog - Grantland
“Men and women who sometimes eye even people who have lived here for decades with...”
– Truth indeed. But I was also born in Bridgeport - the “dodgy” end no less! - and still get the stink-eye from new (re: non-native) and old Bridgeporters when I visit my parents. It’s what the neighborhood was and is.
Scuffle Breaks Out During Tense Chicago Anti-Police Brutality...
“But you are not really American, are you? It’s where you were born, not what you...”
– In Which We Can Feel You’re About To Forget - Home - This Recording
“The existence of mediated gaming makes it that much harder for individuals to...”
– “Dummy Discards a Heart” by Rob Horning (via vastandgrand)
“We learned from Dr. King in Birmingham,” he said. “We march in a disciplined,...”
– I wish more people here would remember that.
Anti-war protesters rally in Grant Park - chicagotribune.com
“His most famous quote would become a dictum by which ensuing generations of war...”
– Robert Capa and Gerda Taro: love in a time of war | Art and design | The Observer
“Another way of putting that is, the midwest still believes in the American dream...”
– The origins of the striptease and burlesque | The Bleader
WatchYes, this.
(via Nada Surf covers New Order | Music | A.V. Undercover 2012 | The A.V. Club)
Biden Is Obama's Perfect Foil - Politics - The... →
“If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked...”
– A.A. Gill is a bit of a twit, but he’s right around 100% of this article.
A Profile of London by A.A. Gill - NYTimes.com
“Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, called the president’s...”
– “Defense of Marriage Act.” I wonder, does this Act “protect” our nation from the “war” on marriage created by divorce? No? Oh. Point made.
Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal - NYTimes.com
“Live your Life. Live your Life. Live your Life.”
– Maurice Sendak has died. We’re changing the entire show today to remember him. This quote is from his most recent Fresh Air appearance last year. (via nprfreshair)
“By her account, the passion was as much about ideas and words as about their...”
– Young Barack Obama in Love: A Girlfriend’s Secret Diary | Politics | Vanity Fair
“I was sad and I was jarred. It felt like that party in college when I was...”
– Breaking Up Is Hard to Do With Dignity | The Hairpin
April 2012
40 posts
“The photograph itself, even an artily manipulated one, has become so cheap and...”
– Everyone’s Lives, in Instagram Pictures - NYTimes.com
The Quietus | Features | In Their Own Words | At... →
59 songs from Bill Drummond. One for every year he’s been alive. You need to give this a whirl.
“ It was an accident. I think it was just a violation of one of the cardinal...”
– Florida Man Mistakes Girlfriend for a Hog, Shoots Her | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo! News
“May she play the Drums to the fiery rhythm of her Own Heart with the sinewy...”
– A Mother’s Prayer for Her Child By Tina Fey | Write In Color
“Did her aunt give her any advice? Only this. “Remember,” she would...”
– Hannah Rothschild on Nica: ‘I saw a woman who knew where she belonged’ | Books | The Observer
“After a period of unnerving quietness, the Apple rumor mill is back up and...”
– Come on now. “Unnerving quietness”?!
Latest Rumors Peg An LTE iPhone For An October Release, LiquidMetal To Be Used For The Casing | TechCrunch
“The best feedback isn’t scheduled. The best feedback happens on the spot...”
– 5 Things Great Bosses Never Do | Inc.com
“Those journeys home with a pink paper bag stuffed with CDs – and I had little...”
– Remember what that was like? Buying something of which you didn’t know what it would sound like but buying it anyway? I miss that.
The records shops that shaped our lives | Music | The Guardian
London 2012 organisers wanted Keith Moon to play... →
“Drummer died from a drug overdose in 1978 at the age of 32”
