January 2012
14 posts
“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this...”
– President Obama’s statement on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via barackobama)
Jan 23rd
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WatchWatch
The Case Against Liberal Despair
Jan 19th
“Part of me feels ‘confused’ as to why any one would even want to ‘be a music...”
– Hipster Runoff (via Splitsider) captures my professional dilemma circa 2004-2006
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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“Americans are much more likely than citizens of other nations to believe that...”
– ‘America’s Unlevel Field’ by Paul Krugman | NYT
Jan 10th
“But time … how time first grounds us and then confounds us. We thought we were...”
– “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes
Jan 7th
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Jan 5th
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“Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does: otherwise there...”
– “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes
Jan 4th
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December 2011
13 posts
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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“In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices...”
– “The Joy Quiet” by Pico Iyer for The New York Times
Dec 30th
“We live in time — it holds us and moulds us — but I’ve never felt I understood...”
– “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes
Dec 28th
Dec 27th
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An Alphabetical Exercise in Futility by a Man Who...
The Decemberists | The King is Dead (Rough Trade) Iceage | New Brigade (What’s Your Rupture) Cass McCombs | Humor Risk (Domino) Cass McCombs | Wit’s End (Domino) Josh T. Pearson | The Last of the Country Gentlemen (Mute) Real Estate | Days (Domino) Talons’ | Songs for Boats (Own Records) Kurt Vile | Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador) Tom Waits | Bad as Me (Anti) The War...
Dec 22nd
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“Ignatius Martin Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke...”
– Joe Hill | “Horns: A Novel”
Dec 20th
Dec 18th
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“I wake up every day to a sensation of pervading disgust and annoyance. I...”
– Christopher Hitchens | Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
Dec 17th
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Josh T. Pearson | "Woman, When I've Raised Hell"
Dec 14th
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“I don’t look for answers; I look for questions. I like when people leave the...”
– Terry Gilliam | Los Angeles Times
Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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November 2011
14 posts
“For a nation struggling to know what to make of the newly dawned nuclear age,...”
– “One Nation, Under Arms” | Vanity Fair
Nov 30th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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“We want revenge, not justice. That’s the problem with Democrats.”
– Chris Rock, on the disappointment in President Obama and the problem with Democrats in power, on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast.  This is exactly what I’ve been trying to figure out how to say for 27 months. (via deadpresidents)
Nov 4th
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Nov 2nd
October 2011
20 posts
Crumbler: On 'adult contemporary' →
crumbler: I was delighted this week to see Stephen Deusner stroke out over the idea that Wilco and Feist are “too dull to even hate,” an idea so commonplace that such a hysterical reaction could only mean it were true. He was writing, of course, about this Nitsuh Abebe piece, and its argument that…
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 20th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 17th
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