December 2010
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pates tapes →
My favorite thing for always and forever will be other people’s mix tapes. Even better when they come from someone with a sizable collection of vinyl and good enough taste to know which records go next.
Currently playing: Anytown U.S.A. (filed under “Easy”).
(via REFERENCE LIBRARY)
The eclipse, in which the Earth’s shadow completely blocks out the moon,...
– Total Lunar Eclipse Visible From North America Tonight | Popular Science
Popular Science talks like the popular kids.
Love of the Common Zan: So far we just been usin'... →
duckandpenguin:
zzzan:
J: I just like picturing someone coming up to us and saying “Are you the parents of…” I don’t know… “Skye McQuade?”
Me: You just named our future child something HORRIBLE.
J: Whatever. They’ll come up to us, and be all jealous because you’re there in your jeggings after having triplets…
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How about “Runt,” “Wizard True Star,” and “Hermit of Mink Hollow?”
Now I...
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So far we just been usin' Junior.
J: I just like picturing someone coming up to us and saying “Are you the parents of…” I don’t know… “Skye McQuade?”
Me: You just named our future child something HORRIBLE.
J: Whatever. They’ll come up to us, and be all jealous because you’re there in your jeggings after having triplets…
Me: What are they called, Skye, Earth, and Wind?
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False nostalgia means that The A-Team was a success at $176 million, but it also...
– False Nostalgia: How VH1 Ruined the Taste of a Generation (via langer)
Someone needs drag Svetlana Boym into the conversation:
The danger of nostalgia is that it tends to confuse the actual home and the imaginary one. In extreme cases it can create a phantom homeland, for the sake of which one is...
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I was very young in those days, exceedingly young, marvelously young, younger...
– The Autobiography of Mark Twain (vol 1), page 228. (via bookavore)
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I really wanted to get coverspied today. I was reading Bonkand wearing a snood.
vimeo:
HD Channel: “Apollo Run - Stars - OFFICIAL VIDEO” by Alex Fischer
Vimeo gave a little Tumblove to my brother’s band and the amazing video Alex Fischer made for them. Hooray, internet; hoo-ray.
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FLUXBLOG 2010 SURVEY MIX →
perpetua:
This eight-disc, 157 song mix is a survey of some of the best and most notable music from 2010. It’s fairly comprehensive, covering indie, pop, rock, punk, folk, rap, R&B, soul, dance, country, modern classical, ambient and electronic music, and in many cases, hard-to-classify genre hybrids. I inevitably had to leave out some things, but I think you’ll find that this serves as...