November 2009
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Nov 26th
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thebarstoolromantic: John Divola, Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert series, 1996-2000.
Nov 26th
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Wall Street conspiracy theories dissected, defined →
Nov 26th
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Is it Monday now? →
A new single-serving site from the gentlemen of Monday Night Brewery.
Nov 23rd
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“A book needn’t be an author’s life work; a squib of novel insight...”
– Justin Wehr
Nov 23rd
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Jeanne-Claude, Christo’s Collaborator on... →
This is a real downer. (via kottke)
Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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“We have to start the concert at 8:00 and we have to stop sometime because the...”
– Interview with Kraftwerk. Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider talking with Synapse Magazine. September, 1976. On a side note, Ralf und Florian is a fantastic album.
Nov 18th
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John Adams Re-Imagines the Hymn : NPR →
I’m not particularly religious, but Christian Zeal and Activity has become one of my favorite bits of classical music. See also the Lego version that focuses on the preacher segments.
Nov 18th
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“I ended up in the Southwest because I knew that nobody had ever written about...”
– Cormac McCarthy on The Road - WSJ.com
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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new Beach House MP3, "norway" →
austinkleon: so excited for this album. Easily my favorite song when I saw them in concert a few weeks ago.
Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 13th
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“It’s the lyric that makes a song a hit, although the tune, of course, is...”
– Irving Berlin. This applies to many things besides songwriting.
Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Listenchristmasgorilla: Yeasayer - Ambling Alp New...
Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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“Childhood is a branch of cartography.”
– from Michael Chabon’s The Wilderness of Childhood in Manhood for Amateurs.
Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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“I am frankly embarrassed that most of my musical life has been spent in the...”
– John Cage. What silence taught John Cage: The story of 4’33” by James Pritchett. (via)
Nov 9th
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“Nobody has any business to destroy a social institution until he has really seen...”
– G.K. Chesterton.
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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Live | TEDxMidAtlantic: Tyler Cowen on Stories →
Economist Tyler Cowen on stories and the risks of narrative-influenced thinking. Embrace the messiness of life.
Nov 6th
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Nov 5th
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Birdhouse for Your Soul →
(via torrez)
Nov 5th
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“People like to be educated about tragedies that they’ve never shaken their heads...”
– What to Write Next: Picking a Genre for Your Next Novel by Colson Whitehead - NYTimes.com
Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Saudade →
austinkleon: The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness. (via molly lambert) Which reminds me of Chega de Saudade, which some say is the first...
Nov 3rd
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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived...”
– John F. Kennedy (via mihirai)
Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd