December 2010
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parallelthinker asked: Just wondering, Are you from the CLLCT site? I'm asking because you like Existential Hero.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Freezepop (94)
Paul Baribeau (85)
Existential Hero (73)
Kids & Explosions (56)
Joanna Newsom (49)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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see yall in 2k11
Going to get my sister and my pop soon from Heathrow and then I get a few days to show ‘em around London (my turf now) then we jet off to Ireland/North Ireland for Christmas and then spend New Years in Scotland!
I’m excited to take in the chilly fresh air and see some green (or white). I am going to take my Canon AE-1. Be prepared for some more 35mm photos when I return!
I will...
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“You and me and the devil makes three”
– a very seductive line from “Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby,” a traditional song sung by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch for the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
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Reading 'n' Junk: Narnia of What Order?
okay so I’m going to start the Chronicles of Narnia over my trip, BUT WHAT ORDER SHOULD I READ THEM IN?
There is the chronological order, the published order and the written order. Plus probably another few some people have come up with…
what say ye?
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No need to bash Twilight.
To be honest I find all the Twilight bashing tiresome. Look, us HP fans all got huge cocks why do we need to keep slapping Bella around?
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My friend Hunter suggested that “The KKK...
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licking envelopes currently
and I’m getting sick.
Everyone I’m sending Christmas cards or letters to will now get my germs as well.
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“Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mine.”
– by Bob Dylan from “Shelter From The Storm” off Blood On The Tracks.
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What I don't want for Christmas via Strong Bad →
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being a student
I’m really tired of having no money. Can’t I just prostitute myself? I don’t have any self-respect anyway.
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Along the same vein’s as “Christmas...
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Conversation between Philip Pullman and Dr. Rowan... →
“The two men met […] to discuss the meaning of religion in art and literature -and its enduring relevance to the education of our children. This is the record of their conversation…”
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Reading 'n' Junk: His Dark Materials Trilogy
I just finished Philip Pullman’s post-modern fantasy epic His Dark Materials. I lugged around this omnibus edition of the trilogy, known separately as Northern Lights (The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, for the last month or two on trains, the underground and late night buses home.
In short, the reading of this story, about Lyra, Will, dæmons, alternate...
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“Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.”
– by Philip Pullman in the acknowledgements section of His Dark Materials. It was his mantra during the writing of the trilogy. Very inspiring…
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If forty-two seconds of filthy exclamations...
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Top Ten Albums of 2k10
I haven’t felt this satisfied with a best of albums list in a long time and I realize that the quality of a year truly depends on whether or not you keep up, dig deep and try anything and everything. Key word is to try anyway. Below are my top ten albums of 2010, not arranged in any order other than alphabetical. I know not ranking them is bullshit, but you’ll just have to find some way around...
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I don’t know if you could call...
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“but do I ever come up in discussion over double pump lattes
and low fat...”
– Drake from “Thank Me Now” off Thank Me Later. This line always kill me because I think it represents this super insecure feeling that I can relate to a lot. Love often falls apart that’s a fact, but is that time you spent with the person ultimately mean something? Do you...
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Top Twenty Tracks of 2k10
These songs below, arranged for a mix cd, are my favorite tracks of 2010. These are the ones that stuck with me, shook with me, inspired me and were just simply very enjoyable and demanded to be put on repeat.
Without further ado:
“Despicable Dogs” by Small Black
Chillwavers turned Psychedelic groove machines Small Black get their Casio JAMC on during this heavenly track of their debut EP.
“King...
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Nothing says Christmas cheer like lonely folkie...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
The Jesus and Mary Chain (151)
Nicki Minaj (40)
Nickel Creek (40)
The Cure (38)
Robyn (38)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Lunartik In A Cup Of Tea, so cute! →
These are really cute and I want one, but I’m afraid, due to the very nature of the product, I will get obsessed and spend all my money on collecting…are they cool enough to make a purchase knowing the danger that lies ahead?
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Jean-Luc Godard FONT →
Elaborate title card sequences are an integral part to many of Godard’s films (I’m thinking immediately of Pierrot Le Fou and Masculin, féminin) so the folks over at Atelier Carvalho Bernau made a Godard typeface to celebrate the his 80th birthday!
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“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien as Haldir during a conversation the character has with Frodo in Fellowship of The Ring. Probably my favorite quote from the entire trilogy.
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“Love hurts when you do it right.”
– Robyn from “Cry When You Get Older” off Body Talk, Pt. 1. Currently my favourite song of the moment.
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“Relativity sets limits on what humans ultimately can do. The universe is not...”
– Carl Sagan on Einstein’s theory of relativity during episode 8 of Cosmos.
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Edibles & Drinks: Mulled Wine
After a week of disaster for London Public Transportation I would say I was pretty fed up with delayed and cancelled trains, slow buses, stranded cars and all around incompetence from TFL and co.
So with this in my head as I walk tentatively toward Waterloo hoping for a bus I decided to check out this little gypsy-esque Santa’s Village along the South Bank. It had all kinds of...