May 2012
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“Sue— shit ain’t changed, bitch. Y’all need to stfu. It be...”
– E-mails from the Medill alumni listserv, the best listserv around, in an e-mail thread about Etan Patz and the safeness of NYC then vs. now. Professionals!
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“I just think you’re dreadful, and I honestly don’t want to talk to...”
– Anderson Cooper reminds us to say what we mean and mean what we say.
“There was one sign above all that I thought was unique. It was held by a tall...”
– Don’t think this excerpt from John Kass’s column about the NATO protests was intended as parody, but I’m giggling a little bit. Altogether, though, it’s a slightly hack-ish but not entirely off-base take on this weekend’s events — at any rate, he ably captures the...
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“Waka flocka flocka waka flocka flocka waka flocka FLOCKA! / Waka flocka flocka...”
– TuneWiki transcription of the lyrics to Waka’s “Bustin’ At ‘Em”
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“Freedom is merely an illusion of your mind. So don’t give me that bull crap...”
– Maybe the best WSJ comment I’ve ever seen, on an article about Floyd Mayweather Jr. seizing dat opportunity to support gay marriage
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“The Director of the Baghdad District Police for the Interior Ministry has...”
– From a February 13, 2012, statement by the Iraqi Interior Ministry, removed from the agency’s website in March. Translated from the Arabic by S.T. McNeil (Harper’s, June 2012)
“Obviously, I am a teenage girl here. I am gonna read into every single thing...”
– Interview: Kitty Pryde Talks “Okay Cupid,” Internet Hate, and Her Crush On Danny Brown | Complex
I don’t know, I’m finding this tremendously fun.
(via zachbaron)
Agreed!
(via desnoise)
Earl deleted the Tweet! Is this a bloggable story?
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“G: What I just went through (which I do believe, genuinely) is a biased view of...”
– This whole thing at The Billfold is kind of hilarious & Worth Reading, but this part is why I’m giggling in this coffee shop like a 3-year old watching Barney. (edit: excerpted more to both contextualize and FUCK UP YR WALL)
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whatfreshheckisthis asked: Bonnie Raitt is pretty rad at slide guitar, yeah? I mean, she's certainly more important to guitars than, say, Skrillex. I know people will point out that lists like this are link bait and trying to get a rise out of readers etc. but we can at least call them on their bullshit, right? To your point in that post, I poked around on wikipedia mumbling "shit I know women play the...
jennpelly asked: Honestly I would have just liked to have seen one of the women on the list up higher! But I mean, can only take these kinds of lists so seriously.
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tumbling presence: All Ten Female Guitarists on... →
brooklynveganette:
Yikes. No woman in the top 20? Okay, Spin. Fine. Be that way.
jennpelly:
27 PJ Harvey 39 Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag) 56 Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders) 77 Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females) 82 Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses) 84 Lydia Lunch 87 Marnie Stern 91 Viv Albertine (the Slits) 93 Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
Can’t really fuck with this top…
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A line like “Wrapped up in mohair /...
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This new Santigold song cribs the drums from Kate...
April 2012
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“To be clear: I don’t think the Wire has all the right answers. It may not even...”
– BUFFY SUMMERS UBER ALLES
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“The Groupon Staff Historian is tasked with documenting the company’s past...”
– I mean, let’s go all the way with the title for this frankly goddamn ridiculous sounding job and make it into something truly pretentious, not aspirationally so. Why not something like “Pagemaster” or “Whisperking”? “Hi, I’m the Groupon Whisperking. I tell...
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“I am over sixty and I can tell you that everything has just gotten worse and...”
– NO ONE EVER EXPECTS ODD FUTURE
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“Not only do spirit hoods define who you are as a person, apparently, but they...”
– “What My Spirit Hood Means to Me”: Coachella-Goers Explain
Just North of Something Important: In case you... →
barthel:
I remain deeply suspicious of older critics’ love, however, which feels at times like a parent finally showing you affection because you’ve broken down and decided to join the family business, or like someone who’s never had Middle Eastern food before praising a so-so falafel as the greatest thing they’ve ever eaten. (That so few have mentioned the frankly awful acting from almost...
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“For all the Atlantic Ideas Festival bullshit about Twitter becoming a force for...”
– Best Internet Ideas: Inappropriate At-Bat Music
David Roth on the scene, as always.
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“Meooooowwwwwwwwwwww.”
– Boston cat falls 19 stories from high-rise window, walks away
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“A sun, a moon and a star mystically wrapped in the rhythm of a wave.”
– TripAdvisor: Le Petit Hotel
March 2012
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“I GOTTA ADD THIS TO MY SMASH PLAYLIST!”
– Guy to his girlfriend at The-Dream, during “Roc”
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