August 2009
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“…in some bat-squeak echo of other time.”
– Clare p. 4; “The Time Traveler’s Wife” - Audrey Niffenegger
July 2009
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“Since [1946] she has borrowed at least six books every week throughout each year...”
– A 91-year-old Scottish woman closes in on borrinwg her 25,000th book
So awesome.
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“The secret is to focus on making whatever it is you’re trying to improve and...”
– Are You Better Than Yesterday? (via boboroshi)
Has been my own modus operandi for awhile and I think it’s worth repeating.
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the Movie title stills collection →
Awesome.
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Heroes Volume Five (season 4) trailer
“Redemption” looks promising (T-Bag’s preaching notwithstanding; which is creepy more so than a red flag); maybe that title hints at the writers’ contrition for Volume Four. One hopes.
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For a couple of months, I’ve been hearing about Regina Spektor (A.O. Scott even mentioned her appearance on the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack¹), but not actually hearing her music.
And in my head, I kept trying to work out the resurgence of an ’80s pop singer ’60s girl group goddess (corrected by Mark).
Today, I saw this:
And I realized, I’ve been seeing...
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Acoustic cousins
“Knife (KEXP Version)” - Grizzly Bear / “Slang Tang” - Discovery
It’s the vocals gamboling around an echo-chamber thing that I like (and which these 2 songs do) so well.
(You didn’t ask, but after a number of attempts, what I’ve learned is that I don’t like Grizzly Bear. (I’m sure they’re lovely!) What I love is that KEXP version of...
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“Ta-da, the miracle of physics!”
– How do rockets work in the vacuum of space? (via Kottke)
That made me snort. (:
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tiffehr → The Way We Live Now → The Place of Women on the Court
From the Brooks op-ed:
This isn’t the old story of a career woman trying to balance work and family. This is the story of pressures that affect men as well as women (men are just more likely to make fools of themselves in response, as the news of the last few years indicates).
What I hope we don’t see — and so far I...
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Music in July
Thus far…
“Expialidocious” - Pogo
“First Train Home” - Imogen Heap
“Osaka Loop Line” - Discovery
“Incidental Music To Ablelazar, Or The Moor’s Revenge” (10-15) - Henry Purcell
Thomas Cox and Jwan Allen live on WRCT Pittsburgh 06/29/09 (via Mark)
From ISO50:
“David” - The Radio Dept
From J:
“Like I Do” -...
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“escalatory waltz”
– Acephalous: Best to only ever fight wars you already won.
That needs to be an album title.
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“People quit booze, heroin, and (maybe hardest of all) cigarettes, but rampant...”
– Enough Already (via tiffehr)
Ha!, says I.
Addendum! (Naturally.)
“…I got a question that was interminable and nearly incomprehensible. It was Polonius and Nestor working a tag team, with an occasional behind-the-ropes assist from Derrida, their manager.” Cracking my shit up over here....
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“i.e., between the hours of Last Latte of the Day and First Beer of the Evening”
– “Dead Sea Diving”, Matthew Baldwin, Infinite Summer.
Hee.
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“… distant-champagne-cork sounds of scores of balls being hit down at the East...”
– “Infinite Jest”, David Foster Wallace (p. 61)
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Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (via h): swoon.
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Midori & Berliner Philharmoniker Bruch & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos (via kusc): gorgeous
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Addendum!
Jakub, over @ Scott Hansen’s ISO50 blog, is always spot-on. No less so with today’s entry which includes “David” from The Radio Dept. Love.
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