February 2010
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January 2010
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In which I try to listen to rap/hip hop
I don’t know why, but today the fact that I know very little about rap and hip hop music made me sad. I hate not knowing things. So naturally I went to Twitter to try to rectify that. Eric Harvey (@marathonpacks) was very helpful, so now I will be listening to nothing but the next few albums, and will be making my way through his recommendations in the next few weeks:
Bizarre Ride II The...
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Roger Federer as Religious Experience →
David Foster Wallace writes about Roger.
Of course, in men’s sports no one ever talks about beauty or grace or the body. Men may profess their “love” of sports, but that love must always be cast and enacted in the symbology of war: elimination vs. advance, hierarchy of rank and standing, obsessive statistics, technical analysis, tribal and/or nationalist fervor, uniforms, mass noise, banners,...
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Possible band names gleaned from wilful...
The Communal Body
Sex Vultures
Liquid Joy
Crusty Colonists
Booty Hoochies
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Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings
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Frinds, Roomuns, coontrimun, lend me yurr eerrs. →
(via Metafilter)
Oy coom too berry Sayzurr, nut too preyze im.That’s a reconstruction of how Brutus’s famous speech from “Julius Caesar” may have sounded to Shakespeare’s original audience. (Scroll down in the linked page for the rest of the speech — or look inside this post.) If you’d like to learn more about Original Pronunciation (OP), check out...
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“Is this good? I mean, it feels good, but are you sure it’s good?”
– Glenn Cullen from The Thick of It shares his insights on the iPad.
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Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you / from... →
Ask me, I won’t say no; how could I?
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These New Puritans - Orion
“On the flip side, a woman who identified herself as Val, a home-school teacher...”
– I live here now. Yes.
Toronto’s Romeo and Juliet is just too racy for Nashville - thestar.com
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Good Night.
(via nashvilleneedsmoremetaphors)
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“You should découpage the shit out of that!”
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Talking Heads (21)
Spoon (19)
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (18)
Split Enz (9)
The Smiths (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Pretty Goes with Pretty: Intro to Tennis, Indie... →
pgwp:
You, my dear readers, are all so good at arguing over Pitchfork lists, yet so terrible at discussing tennis. So I’ve helped you by converting the Australian Open into a Pitchforkian Battle of the Bands. Federer is Radiohead. Roddick is Wilco. And the other remaining 14 players you may not be not familiar with are Battles, Dirty Projectors, and so on. Now you have no excuse but to choose...
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Stellastarr* - My Coco
The fact that this song...
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Websites visited on what is supposedly a work...
The LOLcat Bible
thingsthatlooklikecocknballs.com
thingsthataredoingit.com
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WatchHere Lies Love, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, a concept album about Imelda Marcos, coming in February. (Early birthday present hint hint)
“The story I am interested in is about asking what drives a powerful person—what makes them tick? How do they make and then remake themselves? I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great if—as this piece would be principally composed of clubby dance music—one...
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“I have been dull to-day, haunted by the thought of how much there is that I...”
– George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, XVI (via Laudator Temporis Acti)
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Split Enz - I See Red
Start your weekend off...
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I am willing to do many things for you, America,...
but telling temperatures in Fahrenheit isn’t going to be one of them.
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Χάρης & Πάνος Κατσιμίχας - Ρίτα Ριτάκι
My...
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“How do I put this…he’s a horny old geezer who makes you sympathize with his love...”
– My professor’s take on Anacreon. Must be the first day of Greek Lyric Poetry.
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I’m like butter ’cause I’m on a roll
American School at Athens Summer Session application: sent
American Academy in Rome application: done
Rush transcript request: sent
Recommendations: sorted
Books for next semester: ordered
Milk: bought
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“Applicants should be in good physical condition and prepared for long, fairly...”
– The application to the American Academy in Rome’s 2010 Classical Summer School. Standing in museums is more tiring than it sounds; I have been Classicked out a couple of times just because some museums are really overwhelming and you can’t just look at everything in one go.
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How to Write a Ph.D. Dissertation →
anthropophagous:
“… Abstract: In this paper we demonstrate that writing a Ph.D. dissertation can have many benefits. Not only do you obtain extensive typesetting experience, but afterwards you can have your frequent-flyer literature addressed to “Dr. Your Name.” …” [via]
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“IN his viva voce examination for ‘Divvers’ at Oxford, Oscar Wilde was required...”
– Anecdotes about Oscar Wilde.
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WatchA short clip of what is by far my favorite thing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Art (besides the ‘Lake of Fire of the Knife-Wielder’, but that’s a different story):
The installation, created by South African video artist Candice Breitz, is part of the exhibit “Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs,’’ which runs through Feb. 21 at the MFA. Called “Queen (A Portrait of Madonna),’’ the piece features 30...
LECHON
Nothing makes me happier to be Filipino more than a whole roast pig on the table.
Now excuse me while I eat a year’s worth of fat, cholesterol, and deliciousness.
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