February 2012
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The Rise of Pinterest and Our Love for Digital... →
After a few years of feeling like “nothing new” was coming in social media, it’s great to see a new platform gain so much ground and shake up the game.
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In honor of Valentine's Day.
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“I asked Michael why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts...”
– Ben Affleck, on the Armageddon commentary track.
(this and a number of other intriguing insights are found on Film School Rejects’ “61 Things We Learned From the Armageddon Commentary”)
This slayed me. I’ve always wanted to know that, too!
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January 2012
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The evolution of Nic Cage's hair.
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“You can’t explain why you like something. The bigger question for me was always...”
– Stew, on how people like music or don’t like music because they think other people think they should like or dislike it. (via nprfreshair)
So true. And this is why my Spotify is set to private right now.
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““The old mouse was brought out and plugged in beside the new mouse. Still,...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero. (via stryker)
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Paula Deen waits until someone pays her for having... →
What an asshat.
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Pinterest.
I understand I’m supposed to like it, but mostly it just wears me out. What am I doing wrong?!
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More love.
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Head and the Heart - Winter Song
I infinitely love this band. And I can’t wait for the new album. And I can’t wait for March. True love.
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American Horror Story Season 2 Spoiler
Via Entertainment Weekly:
“It’s been a week since the shocking finale of FX’s American Horror Story, which found the entire Harmon family dead but happily haunting their home. Co-creator Ryan Murphy told the media last week that season 2 would be a complete reboot of the show with a new location and new cast. He also teased that the secret to next season could be found in AHS’ final three...
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Break shit, get a refund on PayPal. →
“Erica sold an antique violin to someone who paid $2500 for it over PayPal. The buyer disputed the authenticity of the violin — which had been authenticated by a top luthier — and PayPal instructed him that he could have his money back if he destroyed the violin.” (via Boing Boing)
Said by Patrick Carney of the Black Keys
“Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world… So they became OK with the idea that the biggest rock band in the world is always going to be shit – therefore you should never try to be the biggest rock band in the world. Fuck that! Rock & roll is the music I feel the most passionately about, and I don’t like to see it...
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The best part of 2012
1/27 - Los Campesinos! at the Metro
3/8 - The Head and the Heart at the Vic
3/27 - Magnetic Fields at the Vic
3/30 - Childish Gambino at the Riv
Other probables but not yet purchased:
Youth Lagoon (4/4), Wild Flag (4/5), Neon Indian (4/6), Cults (4/20)
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About the time I thought about killing myself
“It’s pretty easy to seriously consider ending your life when you honestly feel like there isn’t anything left inside you to offer the world. June of 2009 was a particularly brutal June, and not just because celebrities were dropping dead, or because analog TV was banished, or because the Swine Flu hit Europe. It’s because my heart was broken into a million indiscernible pieces. I had...
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