January 2010
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tuneage:
Mama Cass Elliot - “Make Your Own Kind...
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Washed Out - “Feel It All Around”
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“We like to believe - underneath all the strategy, posturing and maneuvering -...”
– A.C. Kleinheider, in an article called “A man of no people” in Monday’s Nashville City Paper (but I can’t find it online). Kleinheider’s a columnist, and the article’s about a politician named Harold Ford Jr. who was formerly a typical southern Democrat from...
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Amanda's here
…which means I won’t be updating here very much, what with work and spending time with her and all.
I do intend to try to throw something up on Musical Guests every day or so, though.
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It's Tumblr Tuesday!
staff:
It’s Tuesday, which means I’m back with another five awesome Tumblr blogs.
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Fake NYC Restaurant Reviews These funny fake restaurant reviews are making me fake hungry. It’s like a hot new diet craze.
I started following this one solely because the description says
“these eats will make you feel brand new/these bites will inspire you”
Very clever.
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Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"... →
This really is a must read, but especially today.
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“…while they’re obviously parodying the bluster and bravado endemic to...”
– Music critic John M. Cunningham, writing about “I’m On a Boat” at The Singles Jukebox. This quote is pulled from the comments section.
Yes, I realize that post is slightly more than ten months old, but I just found it while browsing Singles Jukebox’s archives. It’s...
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Tumblr is having trouble uploading photos now, so... →
There are a lot of people full of hot air involved in sports television, but I nominate Tony Siragusa for most annoying.
He sounds like he looks - turn on Fox right now if you don’t know what I’m talking about, he’s calling the Saints/Cardinals playoff game. He yells a lot, for some reason he’s on the sidelines and not in a booth, yet still chimes in ALL THE TIME.
Oh,...
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Exclusive First Listen: Spoon's 'Transference' :... →
(via chainofknives)
This record is great, btw. Seemingly regressive and mindbogglingly forward-thinking at the same time. Believe me, it’s possible.
Can’t cosign that yet because I’m just now giving it my first listen, but Spoon is great, so that wouldn’t surprise me.
Sure, Contra’s out (and $3.99 on AMZNMP3) and Dirty Projectors are giving away a single + b-side for...
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“Whenever I’m sad, I just need some Harry Caray pictures.”
– Amanda. She was looking through Cubs books in a Borders in Chicagoland today, so basically I have succeeded.
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Blogroll
If this is going to be my primary blog, then I ought to let you know what else I read regularly. I’m going to start with blogs of friends and acquaintances, but might update later with category blogs (music, news, sports, etc.). You can see the Tumblelogs I follow in the right-hand column of any page on the blog.
Other places you can read my writing
Musical Guests, a Tumblr for great...
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My Current Reading List
I just finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (book 2 of the series) by J. K. Rowling this afternoon. As good as book 1 was, this was much, much better; highly recommended.
In that vein, here’s my current reading list - all books I’ve never read before starting with what I intend to read first:
The Economic Naturalist by Robert H. Frank (Thanks, Mom and Dad)
The Great...
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A Manifesto Expanded
A few months ago, I received Advent Conspiracy’s book for free with the stipulation that I had to write an Amazon.com review about it when I was done. They didn’t choose me; they just said “first 40 to email get it” and I was, apparently, one of the first 40. I was pretty busy through the fall, so unfortunately didn’t review it until this week.
Below I’ve...
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“If my last name was Sapien I couldn’t resist the temptation to name my kid...”
– Wyatt, my younger brother, upon learning during player introductions of last night’s Fiesta Bowl that Boise State has an offensive lineman named Kevin Sapien.
This quote-pun is much funnier if you understand that it did not take him long whatsoever to say this after Mr. Sapien’s name...
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The Stylus Decade →
tomewing:
The format I want to read this in is print. And not just any print, late 80s music weekly newsprint. A special edition 32-page end of decade supplement giveaway. One that’s sat in the bottom of a cardboard box since I bought it and gone yellow and I rediscover during a clearout years later and spend an hour reading and get pins and needles.
I suspect that’s not an option though so...
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indierawk:
Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere and Its...
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Vampire Weekend's new album "CONTRA" is streaming... →
(via indierawk: jandro)
“Horchata”, “White Sky”, and “Cousins” have already been floating around as promos (free mp3, stream, and video/first single, respectively). Now we can hear the whole thing.
Pre-order on iTunes and get “Cousins” immediately, plus bonus track “California English, Part II” when the album’s released 1.12.10....