October 2011
2 posts
July 2011
1 post
What's invisible at Harvard →
The whole thing seemed structured to teach you, “Yes, as long as you can talk loudly and confidently enough that everyone shuts up and listens, you have the right to tell me I don’t have any rights.”
So many things about this article!
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
3 posts
Haiku for Phoenix
too extreme to bear gaping holes and a wild heart claimed for us alone
January 2011
3 posts
1 tag
The Breeders - Off You
I am the autumn in the...
December 2010
3 posts
Jawbreaker - Sluttering (May 4th)
WatchSafwat Saleem, on racist political messages.
November 2010
3 posts
This year’s Thanksgiving theme:
Punks in...
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
1 post
Bands featured in OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE that I wish I could have joined (from most to least):
Fugazi
Sonic Youth
Minutemen
Minor Threat
Replacements
Husker Du
Big Black
Dinosaur Jr
Black Flag
Butthole Surfers
*Mission of Burma is excluded for obvious reasons **Mudhoney and Beat Happening still being read
July 2010
3 posts
Santa Cruz Spa Vacation, Tone Style:
Book a one-star motel by the beach
Have a beer for dinner at the Taqueria next door
Hit up CVS for a four-dollar, green, purifying mint mask
Mask it up and watch Tommy Lee Jones in a cheerleading movie?
June 2010
4 posts
Rock History 101: Billy Bragg - "St. Swithin's... →
…That’s why Billy Bragg is such a warrior poet in the truest sense. He screams just as loudly for love as he does for justice. He is as balanced as it gets, songbook-wise, and it’s tough to find anyone else who can toss in lyrics about British victory, a patron saint, and masturbation in such a straightforward manor. Cheers, Mr. Bragg. Cheers, Mr. Love and Justice.
Supermodel - Kepi Ghoulie
The Pleasures of Imagination
I have argued that our emotions are partially insensitive to the contrast between real versus imaginary, but it is not as if we don’t care—real events are typically more moving than their fictional counterparts…
But there are also certain compelling features of the imagination. Just as artificial sweeteners can be sweeter than sugar, unreal events can be more moving than real ones....
May 2010
2 posts
Sorry guys, I was late to meet you because there was a PILOT MATT DAMON situation on 30 Rock.
April 2010
2 posts
Pixies - “Cactus”
Run outside in the...
March 2010
2 posts
February 2010
2 posts
January 2010
7 posts
Maricopa County Sherriff's Office evolves into an...
For more than two years, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched his deputies to arrest hundreds of illegal immigrants as he’s retooled his force into an immigration enforcement agency.
But it’s Maricopa County’s residents, particularly those living in small towns and rural stretches, who have paid the price for his decision. People wait far longer for deputies to arrive at life-threatening...
How is a ‘coffee cup’ allowed to be a different size than a ‘cooking cup’ and how am I a coffee-drinker-in-my-twenties without this knowledge? Also, my coffee maker and coffee beans disagree on whether a ‘coffee cup’ is five or six ounces. If units of measurement can’t bring us consistency in an uncertain world, what CAN we count on?
December 2009
5 posts
Spirograph Forever →
November 2009
7 posts
The Mountain Goats - “Southwood Plantation...
Nicknames for Sassy
I didn’t give my dog her name, but I can alter it as I please:
snack pack lunch box sass machine sassytron sassytronics ol’ dirty sasstard kid adventurous the assassin lil’ hip hop