May 2013
1 post
April 2013
4 posts
Time Warp Wednesday - April Mix 2005
Notice how amazing my music taste was as a sophomore in high school. Stumbled across this gem of a playlist today - I used to make a themed mix for each month of the year and this was apparently what I thought of April. Note: Prom was in April hence track 4.
1. Plainsong - The Cure
2. Rebellion (Lies) - The Arcade Fire
3. Legendary - Lou Barlow
4. Existentialism on Prom Night - Straylight...
15 Swedish Words We Should Incorporate Into... →
kateoplis:
“Swedish, adding to all the awesomeness, has proven especially adept at coining new words for the new circumstances occasioned by new technologies. Below, some of the best Swedologisms I could find, via the Swedish news site The Local. We should, obviously, incorporate them into English as soon as possible.
1.Bloggbävning, n. Definition: Literally translating to “blogquake,” the word...
March 2013
4 posts
“America being behind France in ‘upward mobility’, is like France being behind...”
– Ariana Huffington (via kateoplis)
February 2013
2 posts
The Justices on Voting Rights
Chief Justice John Roberts (to SG Verrilli): “General, is it — is it the government’s submission that the citizens in the South are more racist than citizens in the North”
Justice Antonin Scalia (to SG Verrilli): “And this last enactment, not a single vote in the Senate against it. And the House is pretty much the same. Now, I don’t think that’s attributable to...
January 2013
8 posts
Saturday mornings sound like this.
2012 Playlist: Mayan Melodrama
Part I
Metric - Artificial Nocturne
Cat Power - I Found a Reason
Sharon Van Etten - Give Out
Alabama Shakes - I Found You
Miike Snow - The Wave
Bronze Radio Return - Digital Love
Andrew Bird - Orpheo Looks Back
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Jack White - I’m Shakin’
Etta James - Sunday Kind of Love
Fitz and The Tantrums - Money Grabber
The XX - Tides
Totally Enormous Extinct...
December 2012
5 posts
Worst Words of 2012
“amazeballs: You think it’s irritating that people overuse the word amazing, particularly when they pronounce it ah-mah-zing. But amazeballs makes you want to commit violence against your own eardrums. For realballs.
artisanal: If you have to listen to one more hipster brag about something being artisanal, you are going to snap their Ray-Bans in half. “Artisanal” has become such a commonplace...
From Tehran to the B Train →
November 2012
8 posts
I ART THIS
How amazing is this installation in Japan? Each year the city of Kuwana creates a magical garden turned light theme park. The result is an enchanted wonderland. Not to sound cliché but we want to skip through this park while listening to this.
October 2012
6 posts
September 2012
6 posts
August 2012
7 posts
Robyn - Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do
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“When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and...”
– Stray Bird by Rabindranath Tagore 