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ilovecharts: Joey Roth- Charlatan, Martyr, Hustler

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:12:24 -0400

ilovecharts:

Joey Roth- Charlatan, Martyr, Hustler

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:56:39 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"The word processor is a stupid and grossly inefficient tool for preparing text for communication..."

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:50:01 -0400

“The word processor is a stupid and grossly inefficient tool for preparing text for communication with others. That is the claim I shall defend below.”

- 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 text via simple annotations. This is accomplished using a text editor, a piece of software not to be confused with a word processor. (I will explain this distinction more fully below.) Then one “hands over” one’s text to a typesetting program, which in a very short time returns beautifully typeset copy.

Steve used to sing the backing vocals (Killa Cam Killa Cam Cam...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:59:36 -0400

Steve used to sing the backing vocals (Killa Cam Killa Cam Cam Killa Killa Killa Cam, Killa Cam Cam Killa) of this all the time hanging around the house.

During FaceTime last night (weekly party where Steve and I videochat) we decided Steve needs to record himself singing the first 40 seconds of this song for our new morning alarms.

His girlfriend’s not amused.

"Sadly, an incident like this is something you never want to happen."

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:12:20 -0400

“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?

I love following these guys (@ryanpequin, @choadmalma,...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:26:22 -0400

I love following these guys (@ryanpequin, @choadmalma, @tomselleck69)

Saturday night! Mug of wine New Arcade Fire Not much happening...

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:02:09 -0400

Saturday night!

Mug of wine
New Arcade Fire
Not much happening on the Internet either

Pigions (feat. Wolf Haley) — Earl Sweatshirt GUYS! Earl...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:24:40 -0400

Pigions (feat. Wolf Haley) — Earl Sweatshirt

GUYS!

Earl Sweatshirt. Now you know and you downloaded it.

I’m extremely into this.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:30:42 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"However, “we sell more bones to artists than we do to science,” says Ronald Cauble, who..."

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:36:40 -0400

“However, “we sell more bones to artists than we do to science,” says Ronald Cauble, who has been running the Bone Room since 1987. “One of our biggest sales was to Damien Hirst,” he of the formaldehyde cows and diamond-encrusted platinum skull. Hirst bought that particular skull elsewhere, but Cauble says he sold the artist a whole pile of other bones. “They haven’t become any art yet, to our knowledge,” Cauble says. “He’s renovating his castle, he’s sawing things in half, he’s doing sharks in formaldehyde. He’s busy.””

- 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.

Pixel Art and Cartooning - John Martz’s Notebook

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:32:39 -0400

Pixel Art and Cartooning - John Martz’s Notebook

Kells’ verse in this (the first) is a gem. I was caught...

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:55:09 -0400

Kells’ verse in this (the first) is a gem. I was caught singing it all through the Harris Teeter earlier today.

And the lineup is nuts.

"I couldn’t find a published study that empirically compared God-attachment to..."

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:03:24 -0400

“I couldn’t find a published study that empirically compared God-attachment to Jesus-attachment. This is a thesis or doctoral dissertation just waiting to be done. And the outcome of such research should be interesting because, as we’ve noted, while relationship with God can easily become troubled (e.g., if God is seen as “wrathful,” you have negative father associations, or theodicy issues) Christians often report being “closer” to Jesus. I have a few friends who literally can’t stand God, and ignore him completely in their prayer life, and who focus their spiritual life almost solely on Jesus. Basically, lots of people seem to hate God but love Jesus. I think this is a common experience and it is just begging for some empirical attention.”

- Experimental Theology: The Psychology of Christianity: Part 6, Jesus and I

"My biggest beef with the New Newsroom, though, is what has happened to headlines. In old newsrooms,..."

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:19:11 -0400

“My biggest beef with the New Newsroom, though, is what has happened to headlines. In old newsrooms, headline writing was considered an art. This might seem like a stretch to you, but not to copy editors, who graduated from college with a degree in English literature, did their master’s thesis on intimations of mortality in the early works of Molière, and then spent the next 20 years making sure to change commas to semicolons in the absence of a conjunction.”

- 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 changed to “Conan O’Brien won’t give up ‘Tonight Show’ time slot to make room for Jay Leno.”

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:11:20 -0400

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Jarvis - Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:54:29 -0400

Jarvis - Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time

Sweet sameeryousuf: True to You: photograph of Rick Astley and...

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:41:06 -0400

Sweet

sameeryousuf:

True to You:

photograph of Rick Astley and Morrissey taken backstage at Top Of The Pops in London, February 1989. Morrissey’s “The Last Of The Famous International Playboys” and Rick’s “Hold Me In Your Arms” were released on the same day, and both charted on their first week of release.

One of those tweets I think about every now and then and always...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:13:46 -0400

One of those tweets I think about every now and then and always laugh.

It’s in response to this.

WHITE! I can’t stop listening to this song, where do I...

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:07:14 -0400

WHITE!

I can’t stop listening to this song, where do I find more of this guy?

I think Heems said it best:

the thing about this label is everybody at this label use a code name. its no coincidence they all sold cocaine. they made a lot of money in the dope game, then they put it all in their damn chain. have a code name, they gotta have a code name. move a lot of weight then they get a code name. to reiterate, code name gold chain in the dope game, a lot of diamonds, but probably more code names…

NEHRU JACKETS: white (cte representer)

"In 1989, Broward County Sheriff Nick Navarro banned the sale of our album, As Nasty as They Wanna..."

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:23:25 -0400

“In 1989, Broward County Sheriff Nick Navarro banned the sale of our album, As Nasty as They Wanna Be, and a federal judge backed him. We appealed. The next year, Kagan, who was working at a Washington, D.C. law firm, wrote a brief that argued the album “does not physically excite anyone who hears it, much less arouse a shameful and morbid sexual response.” In other words, my homegirl Kagan was saying people could not be aroused by the lyrics “‘cause my dick’s on bone” or “me so horny, me fuck you long time.” She realized these words did not meet the standard of appealing to prurient interests. She did a great job fighting on 2 Live Crew’s behalf, which lets you know that Kagan is not easily swayed by public opinion or by politicians with their own hidden agendas.”

- Luke of 2 Live Crew

Elena Kagan helped 2 Live Crew and blacks, so confirm her already - Miami New Times

(via paulfidalgo)