May 2011
53 posts
“I had a great time in high school, but it wasn’t the high school...”
– Mindy Kaling liked hanging out with her family. I think she’s awesome and witty. Like Fran Lebowitz, but with really cute shoes. (Also, Joni Mitchell and older valets make her cry. We can hang out any time you want to, Mindy.)
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I Would Hate Me If I Didn't Know Me →
Now welcoming submissions.
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“We can’t let the obvious-but-magnificent things disappear for a false...”
– John Jeremiah Sullivan, Paris Review – Charles Hardin Holly; Clovis, New Mexico; May 27, 1957
WatchKurt Vile - Jesus Fever
Just.
(He’s playing to a sold out Bowery Ballroom in June and I’m incredibly jealous of every person who will be there. I saw him open for Big Star a few years back and it’s the only time I’ve ever become a fan of a previously-unknown-to-me artist over the course of an opening set.)
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Jane Pratt: No.
danielleh:
Why I’m not on board with Jane Pratt’s new website, xoJane.com.
Hint: It’s probably because I don’t find jokes about rape and mental illness HILAAAAAAAARIOUS. (Also because The Hairpin is already doing this better.)
I spent a good deal of energy today ranting to a friend over email, spinning my head around trying to say what it was about this site that bothered me so much....
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The Burning House →
bluishorange:
styro:
None of these assholes would take their pets? Jackasses.
Edited to add: my mortgage & insurance paperwork, marriage license, passports, etc, are in a fire-proof safe but I’d probably grab that and my pets and my husband and fuck everything else. Are you kidding me, sunglasses and your sandals? You shallow worthless piece of shit.
I would go down this list in...
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This is as much as my brain is going to work...
Sometimes I can’t help but think that guys with six-packs just look like they have lots of extra boobs. (via)
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Note To Self
When you’re headed back to work after the dentist where they use that horrible powder spray that gets all over your face so that the hygienist offers you a wet towel to wipe your face but it wipes off your tinted moisturizer too and you have the brilliant idea to go to Sephora and use the sample Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer to fix your face for free, DO NOT ENGAGE THE SALESPEOPLE because...
“I also get the feeling that Gaga isn’t making statements to do anything but make...”
– Tiger Beatdown › I Think I’m Ready To Stop Kidding Myself About Lady Gaga’s “Judas”
Exactly what I’ve been saying about Lady Gaga since day one.
This was an unexpectedly fantastic read. (Not unexpected from Tiger Beatdown, who are quality, but unexpected because it kind of feels...
“TQ: You moved to LA last year after 25 years in New York City. I am not entirely...”
– Moby re-ignites the long-simmering LA vs. NYC debate. Meanwhile, New Orleans quietly continues to be the coolest fucking city in America, and it’s not even close. (via cajunboy)
I miss that NY, too. There’s no sense of pride for making it through Times Square or Alphabet City alive and unharmed...
Songs Prince Wrote But Others Made Famous →
kellydeal:
Stand Back by Stevie Nicks is a surprise.
I have an entire Pandora station based around this song. Which, according to this old Tumblr post, I started because I was “trying to get Pandora to create the worst station possible.” 2009 Zan: sorry, but you LOVE this song now. Frequently heard — and loved! — on same station: “Easy Lover,” various Cyndi...
How the Dead Live →
kfan:
I’ve got a thing in The Morning News today. It’s about being a commuter, and some weird shit that happened in junior high.
Shout-out to Crans & the team at TMN, who totally banged this into shape.
THIS. This is EXACTLY what I mean. (Though really: click his link, not mine. There is something to be said on this earth for polish.)
“Why compare memoir with novels? They share more with other art forms -...”
– Emily Nussbaum at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (via housingworksbookstore)
I put a little heart next to this one and walked away but in my head kept coming back to it over and over again. This is huge and so true. Oddly, last night just before or after I read this quote, I was on my couch reading...
I wanna let go
awpeeps:
zzzan:
Me_on_IM [12:05 PM]: i am UNBELIEVABLY tempted right now to stand up in the quietness of this office and sing out “YOU SHOULDA BEEN GONE” all Steve Perry style
Me_on_IM [12:05 PM]: like ACHINGLY tempted
Me_on_IM [12:06 PM]: like the words are sitting in the back of my throat right NOW tempted
Can we somehow duet this?
I’m made very uncomfortable by the idea of...
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I wanna let go
Me_on_IM [12:05 PM]: i am UNBELIEVABLY tempted right now to stand up in the quietness of this office and sing out “YOU SHOULDA BEEN GONE” all Steve Perry style
Me_on_IM [12:05 PM]: like ACHINGLY tempted
Me_on_IM [12:06 PM]: like the words are sitting in the back of my throat right NOW tempted
Michelle Obama Knows How to Dougie | The Hairpin →
I love the first lady with a passion, and while this video makes me love her even more for her indisputably fly moves, I am about to get so pedantic you will hate me, because that is NOT the Running Man. Arms go back when the legs do, Michelle.
(I’m also guessing Mamie Eisenhower was a phenomenal jitterbugger.)
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Record Haul No. 11
Laura Nyro - Christmas and the Beads of Sweat Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Beyond the Fringe: Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
Record buying has taken on a desperate, scrambling nature. I’ve started to become possessive, to think of records as ephemeral...
