November 1, 2009
tristn: Sesame Street Disco LPs This album was weirdly influential for me.

tristn:

Sesame Street Disco LPs

This album was weirdly influential for me.

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October 31, 2009

Hey, want to watch the Pete & Pete “Halloweenie” episode?  Of course you do.  It’s an amazing episode!  And also it has Iggy Pop.

Watch ‘em all: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

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A brief but telling statement about political information

“I don’t know anything about Tibet.  I have very vague knowledge about Tibet.  Except that it needs to be freed.”

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I have to put together a costume for the departmental Halloween party tomorrow and I think I’m going to be Tom Wolfe, mainly because it will only require me to find a large white hat, a cane, and a pocket square—with the added benefit that I will then own a large white hat, a cane, and a pocket square. I am a little worried, however, that people will think I’m trying to be a “pimp.”  Well, it’ll be a good way of determining who I do and don’t want to be friends with, I suppose.

I have to put together a costume for the departmental Halloween party tomorrow and I think I’m going to be Tom Wolfe, mainly because it will only require me to find a large white hat, a cane, and a pocket square—with the added benefit that I will then own a large white hat, a cane, and a pocket square.

I am a little worried, however, that people will think I’m trying to be a “pimp.”  Well, it’ll be a good way of determining who I do and don’t want to be friends with, I suppose.

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October 30, 2009
Hellooo Paseo.

Hellooo Paseo.

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“ Rand’s particular intellectual contribution, the thing that makes her so popular and so American, is the way she managed to mass market elitism — to convince so many people, especially young people, that they could be geniuses without being in any concrete way distinguished. Or, rather, that they could distinguish themselves by the ardor of their commitment to Rand’s teaching. The very form of her novels makes the same point: they are as cartoonish and sexed-up as any best seller, yet they are constantly suggesting that the reader who appreciates them is one of the elect.
Adam Kirsch, Ayn Rand’s Revenge, NYT
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fuckyeahbritpop: achtung: “Porklife” “Get some exercise!” Look, the sun isn’t even really up here yet, so this is the best I can do right now, OK?

fuckyeahbritpop:

achtung: “Porklife”

“Get some exercise!”

Look, the sun isn’t even really up here yet, so this is the best I can do right now, OK?

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October 29, 2009
Pitchfork: Track Reviews: Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground"

If you haven’t read Matthew’s review of that Sleigh Bells track, you should.  The Swizz Beats comparison is 100% right on.

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Here's my problem with people making morality-by-association arguments

The first real movie was a recruitment film for the KKK.  Does that mean we should never make movies, because they BEGAN WITH RACISM?  Does context always matter?  Does context matter more than content?  Does history matter more than intent, always, no matter what?

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October 28, 2009
Things that are wrong for a number of reasons.

Things that are wrong for a number of reasons.

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