February 2011
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squashed:
I heard that the Wisconsin unions are greedy. I also heard that the greed o the rich is what makes capitalism function. Could somebody remind me how much you need to make a year before self-interest becomes a virtue instead of a vice?
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Watchsonlux:
Day 26 of Son Lux’s Album-In-A-Month Project. DM Stith tracks vocals in his home studio in Rochester, and Faux Fix records vocals from a New Orleans hotel room. Son Lux pulls the pieces together and gives a preview of the track from his studio.
An Existential Term a Day
fuckyeahexistentialism:
Facticity (throwness): We find ourselves existing in a world not of our own making and indifferent to our concerns. We are not the source of our existence, but find ourselves thrown into a world we don’t control and didn’t choose.
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Howard Stern: Do you think you're a genius?
Billy Murray: Uh, no. I mean, genius, no. I mean, I'm pretty good at what I do. I'm as good as anyone in my neighborhood.
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“(this is inarticulate, but I meant it. I wrote it while i was very very tired.)...”
– Zak Smith (via aar0n)
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“I go out walking after midnight,
Out in the moonlight just like we used to...”
– Patsy Cline, Walking After Midnight
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“I can sense somewhere right now I’m being prayed for.”
– Why? The Fall of Mr. Fifths
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“And all at once it came to me
And I wrote and hunched ‘till...”
– Joanna Newsom, Inflammatory Writ
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“This is an old song,
These are old blues.
And this is not my song—
But...”
– Joanna Newsom, Sadie
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Watchcatsolen:
new music vid!!!
THE WHITE LOOP
sounds: Diana Joy
pictures: Cat Solen
edit: Aaron Morris
star: Diana Joy
This is fantastic, Cat!
“At the end, the reason why I yell all the band names, is because I suddenly...”
– James Murphy on “Losing My Edge”, from yesterday’s episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross. This is a terrific interview. (via perpetua) (via kavalierandclay)
But have you seen my records? This Heat, Pere Ubu, Outsiders, Nation of Ulysses, Mars, The Trojans, The Black Dice, Todd Terry, the Germs,...
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hitrecordjoe:
MIDNIGHT RADIO from Hedwig &...
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“No great book is explicable, […]. Interpretation replaces the original...”
– from William H. Gass’ introduction to William Gaddis’ The Recognitions
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