April 2010
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Like many people concerned about “humanity,” he was contemptuous of actual...
– Christopher Caldwell reviews a new biography of Arthur Koestler, who, it seems, had a brilliant mind but was a rather awful person. (via thebronzemedal) (via libraryland)
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Canceled classes means parks, picnics,...
It was warm, there were children, dogs, ducks, and old people…and my closest friends. What will I do when all but Rachel return to the west coast in 20 days?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Balmorhea (65)
Laura Marling (31)
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (20)
MIDI LIDI (11)
The Maccabees (9)
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Time is making fools of us again.
I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days —three such...
– John Keats, Letter to Fanny Brawne, July 1, 1819
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
Ingrid Michaelson (20)
The National (16)
Owen Pallett (11)
Passion Pit (8)
MIDI LIDI (6)
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My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies,...
– Patricia Highsmith, age 26, at 2:30 am New Years Eve 1947 in her journal. (via theresearchsociety)
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why...
dharmmabumm:
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I have forgotten, and what arms have lain Under my head till morning; but the rain Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh Upon the glass and listen for reply, And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain For unremembered lads that not again Will turn to me at midnight with a cry. Thus in winter stands the lonely tree, Nor knows...
How to make animal noises in different languages. →
sixstepfailure:
Very useful when traveling abroad.
hahah, this is one of the most relevant articles about being abroad I’ve read
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
The National (59)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow (45)
Pomegranates (40)
Bon Iver (27)
Loney, Dear (27)
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I AM DJ-ING AT A CLUB IN PRAGUE TOMORROW NIGHT!
It is 4am here and I haven’t 1) finished mixing my set 2) even started my visuals. AND I AM SO NERVOUS!