July 2010
22 posts
Jul 29th
112 notes
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Earl Sweatshirt (38) The Cars (24) Georgie James (21) Arcade Fire (17) Eugene McGuinness (16) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 27th
“The word processor is a stupid and grossly inefficient tool for preparing text...”
– Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient Good stuff. Later: I am suggesting, therefore, that should be two distinct “moments” in the production of a printed text using a computer. First one types one’s text and gets its logical structure right, indicating this structure in the...
Jul 27th
3 tags
ListenSteve used to sing the backing vocals (Killa Cam...
Jul 26th
1 note
“Sadly, an incident like this is something you never want to happen.”
– David Glanzer, Comic-Con Director of Marketing and Public Relations, after a fella got stabbed in the eye with a pen. Care to rephrase?
Jul 25th
Jul 25th
Jul 25th
1 tag
Jul 23rd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
John Vanderslice (19) Dr. Octagon (18) Sun Kil Moon (9) Idlewild (8) Sufjan Stevens (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 22nd
“However, “we sell more bones to artists than we do to science,” says...”
– An artistic body of work’s bone of contention This is an interesting article! Tangentially, if you’re an art-head and you know me IRL ask me about my Damien Hirst rant. Not a fan.
Jul 20th
1 note
3 tags
Jul 20th
6 notes
5 tags
ListenKells’ verse in this (the first) is a gem. I...
Jul 18th
2 tags
“I couldn’t find a published study that empirically compared God-attachment...”
– Experimental Theology: The Psychology of Christianity: Part 6, Jesus and I
Jul 18th
1 note
2 tags
“My biggest beef with the New Newsroom, though, is what has happened to...”
– Gene Weingarten - Gene Weingarten column mentions Lady Gaga. Also: Early this year, the print edition of The Post had this great headline on a story about Conan O’Brien’s decision to quit rather than accept a later time slot: “Better never than late.” Online, it was...
Jul 16th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Earl Sweatshirt (24) Big Boi (24) Mew (17) Mogwai (14) Eugene McGuinness (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 13th
1 tag
Jul 13th
2 tags
Jul 11th
1 note
1 tag
Jul 10th
1 note
2 tags
Jul 10th
1 note
“In 1989, Broward County Sheriff Nick Navarro banned the sale of our album, As...”
– Luke of 2 Live Crew Elena Kagan helped 2 Live Crew and blacks, so confirm her already - Miami New Times (via paulfidalgo)
Jul 9th
1 note
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Mindless Self Indulgence (15) Curl Up and Die (5) Say Hi (5) Morrissey (3) Slayer (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 8th
1 tag
“If you’re a small-business owner,” Johnson says, “you get up...”
– Conservatives use Pelosi as face of liberalism in campaign ads
Jul 1st
June 2010
37 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Radiohead (20) Emmy the Great (18) Jeremy Warmsley (17) John Vanderslice (14) Doves (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 30th
Jun 29th
1 note
Jun 26th
1 tag
“Lower-nose accoutrements are often associated with certain professions, such as...”
– The ‘stache caucus - Emily Schultheis - POLITICO.com
Jun 25th
4 tags
Jun 25th
69 notes
Jun 25th
Jun 25th
Jun 24th
2 notes
1 tag
Kafka Makes You More Patriotic - The Chronicle of... →
But does reading Kafka threaten our sense of meaning? To find out, researchers had participants read either the parable “An Imperial Message,” about a hopeless messenger and his futile mission, or the “Tortoise and the Hare,” the Aesop classic about why it’s good to be slow and steady. And also why hares are jerks. … The theory is that when a person’s...
Jun 24th
2 tags
Jun 21st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
The Drums (42) Emmy the Great (36) Maps & Atlases (21) Lil B (19) Scissor Sisters (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 21st
1 tag
Jun 19th
1 tag
“The one primary role for government is to protect people who are being taken...”
– Joe Biden on Joe Barton: “Incredibly Out of Touch” | Blue Wave News
Jun 19th
1 note
Execution by firing squad
squashed: It happened last night in Utah. And, apparently, a lot of people are uncomfortable about it. Get over your squeamishness. Was it barbaric? Yes. Disgusting? Yes. A rare unmasking of the barbarity we try to cover with a myth of civility? Yes. The death penalty is a terrible thing. We waste money on it because we’ve decided we like killing—even when it’s unnecessary. If we’re going to...
Jun 19th
38 notes
“Public prosecutors are conducting investigations, but the case is complicated....”
– Lucrative Business in Danger: Falcon Breeder Hit by Mystery Deaths in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Jun 18th
1 tag
Jun 18th
1 note
1 tag
ListenFace of the Earth - The Dismemberment Plan
Jun 16th
5 notes
"Let us strangle the last king with the guts of...
johnvanderslice: Attributed to Diderot (1840)
Jun 16th
3 notes
3 tags
Jun 16th
1 tag
ListenSo this is what we do in our freetime. (Download...
Jun 15th
1 note
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Talking Heads (20) Face to Face (18) Say Hi (17) Elkland (14) Blitzen Trapper (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 14th
2 tags
Jun 13th
“Describing Emeralds’ music feels a little like capping that underwater oil...”
– Seriously Pitchfork? Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Emeralds: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Jun 13th
3 tags
Jun 12th
1 note
3 tags
Jun 12th
Jun 12th
1 tag
Dear Adidas US, Help customers solve their Adidas problems in the medium of their choice! - Phill I contacted the company three different ways, each time they pointed me to a different place.
Jun 11th
3 tags
Jun 10th