February 2011
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January 2011
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First Listen: Bright Eyes, 'The People's Key' →
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“Shucks! ‘Bout the only really genuine thing left in this here cock-eyed,...”
– Willie Lusk, black bootmaker in 1940s Texas
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“Tomorrow is our permanent address”
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“But fuck you, sir, for grouping Matt Berninger with Colin Meloy. The...”
– LPowell in response to How the Decemberists ruined indie rock
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“my grandmother
used to sit at her kitchen table
lighting one smoke from the...”
– good olds ones
- John Grochalski, Winedrunk Sidewalk
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An extremely rare kinescope of the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV adaptation of The Fantasticks, directed by George Schaefer and starring Bert Lahr, Ricardo Montalban, and Stanley Holloway, originally telecast by NBC on Oct. 18, 1964 and never shown again. This print also includes the original commercials:
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“… the film release of Winter’s Bone opened millions of eyes to crime’s...”
– Garrett Kenyon, Literary Kicks
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
The Mountain Goats (26)
Interpol (21)
Tom Waits (17)
The Okmoniks (15)
The Birthday Party (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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WatchThe Decade’s Top 11 Music Performances On CONAN!
1.) She & Him - “I Put A Spell On You”
Holy smokes this performance gives me the goosebumps! She & Him put their signature spin on this classic tune, and the results are spine-tinglingly spectacular. So good, I didn’t even need to mind-meld two words together, the original “spectacular” does a good...
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WatchThe Decade’s Top 11 Music Performances On CONAN!
2.) Jack White & Conan - “20 Fight Rock”
The utter coolness of this performance caused ROCK N ROLL BRAIN EXPLOSIONS — at least in my brain. Conan’s pal Jack White came by to christen our first show with an awesome tune they performed together on tour and on Conan’s record “Live from Third...
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WatchThe Decade’s Top 11 Music Performances On CONAN!
7.) Deerhunter - “Helicopter”
Conan loves showcasing new bands, and we were proud to present Deerhunter in their first-ever television performance. They’re naturals!
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as the poems go
arsvitaest:
by Charles Bukowski
as the poems go into the thousands you realize that you’ve created very little. it comes down to the rain, the sunlight, the traffic, the nights and the days of the years, the faces. leaving this will be easier than living it, typing one more line now as a man plays a piano through the radio, the best writers have said very little and the worst, far...
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“1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled...”
– The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:
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“1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject...”
– This guy posts this every year— The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. (This has nothing to do with the Washington Post). Here...
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“When I have these moments, I just go all the way back to being 11 years old,...”
– Patti Smith
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Do Nothing for 2 Minutes →
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“I will forever remember, and I’m 83 years old now, Little Jimmy. One night...”
– Jim Setters
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“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with...”
– Tom Waits (via parkstepp, sharismatic & nickdrake)
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“But once again, the unknown person who for decades has left three roses and a...”
– Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Grave Visitor A No-Show
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“The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir: This is the blues, taken from the...”
– Eden Munro 