March 2012
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School of Seven Bells
When I was a barista who hated my job, I listened to this song every early morning on the train ride to work. This song is perfect for that moment when it’s so early that it’s dark out and you’re: half awake; riding a mostly-empty, above-ground train; and feeling generally discontent. I’m also a sucker for the first lines:
“Sometimes I go whole days/ listening,...
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Things James Franco Says →
This might just top the Ryan Gosling ‘Hey Girl’ meme and all its derivatives, it’s Things James Franco Says.
My personal favorite:
“Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I’m James Franco. Then we dance.”-James Franco (Thanks to nellabellaboo for reblogging the quote which led me to this.)
Sphero: use your iphone to play with your balls
The Ball. Evolved. from Sphero on Vimeo.
I would only want one of these if I had a few friends who also owned one, some black light paint and a racetrack as shown in the video. Or if I really wanted to blow a pet’s mind. All the same, it’s pretty cool.
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
– Oscar Wilde (via myartisnotforsale)
February 2012
156 posts
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Lady GaGa Writes a Good Song, Periodically.
Pop music jokes for Chemists.
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The Impossible Project
I went to the Impossible Project a few weeks ago and really enjoyed geeking out on all the film and cameras. For example, did you know there was a Spice Girls camera?
I try to have a Polaroid of all the people I love and have loved (they frame the mirror in my room) but when Polaroid film became extinct my project was put on hold and my collection remains incomplete in stasis. The Impossible...
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A quick apology to my followers for my recent typography obsession. I went on a Tracey Emin kick and have been geeking over neon and word art ever since, I somehow blame a certain Ms. Frisbie. On a different note, have any of you in the tumblr world taken speed-reading classes? I was thinking about buying myself one for my birthday. Perhaps the most boring present of all time but, I mean, there...
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A Commercial Trend I Can Get Behind
I am a big fan of this trend in commercials: elaborate ways to play a song. First in the forest, over running water, with gorgeous photography, for a cell phone: Then with a complicated race course, helmets and OK Go, for a car: Yet another reason why I applied to a graduate school that will let me supplement my film courses with advertising courses: I want to direct features, shorts, music...
“Never look back unless you are planning on going that way.” -Henry David Thoreau
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Whitney Museum Breaks With Corporate Sponsors →
Talk about social responsibility. This makes me want to donate money to the Whitney.
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You Got It
I had some of the most complicated dreams I’ve ever had in my life last night, but this song wove through all my dreams. This is one of the best love songs of all time.
Did you know that before Beatlemania took over, Roy Orbison was invited to open for the Beatles on their English tour? He performed 14 encores before the Beatles ever made it onstage. Yeah, Orbison.
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French Camp
Last night was French Camp’s album release party in Williamsburg. The Brooklyn band is comprised of former residents of Charleston, SC who are very talented and all-around sweet individuals. I’ve seen these guys play in various musical incarnations over the years and I always enjoy them as people and musicians (I have fond memories of one of them on an extended Lost marathon on my...
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neutri-nope
So, it turns out the neutrino results that caused so much uproar in the physics community might be attributed to a faulty cable. I hope you guys didn’t throw out your Einstein posters prematurely. Still, to refute a century’s worth of physics in one go was pretty exciting to think about. Looks like relativity is here to stay.
Stephen Hawking is a big fan of private sex clubs....
iheartchaos:
Stephen Hawking is a fan of science, obviously. But the theoretical physicist is also apparently a fan of private sex clubs. Because when you spend all day trapped in your barely functioning body thinking about the universe, you deserve a little slap and tickle from professional ladies of the trade. I just hope they give it to him for free.
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How To Archer by Sterling Archer
Obviously, I need this: The back of the book:
“Hi. I see you’re reading the back of my book. This tells me that you either:
A) are hoping to find a brief summary of what to expect from a how-to book by Sterling Archer, the world’s greatest secret agent, or B) don’t know how books work.
If your answer was “A,” your best bet is probably the table of contents, which is where you’ll...
The World's Oldest "Yo Mama" Joke is 3,500 Years... →
A tablet inscribed with riddles from 1,500 BCE includes the Babylonian equivalent of a ‘yo mama’ joke! I’m using this to attribute my overabundant use of ‘that’s what she said’ and ‘I heard that about you’ jokes to genetics. Ten points to humanity.
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Fear of a Bot Planet
Sometimes Futurama really does do a great job sneaking in the nerdy references. First, they reinforce the robot racism satire aspect of the episode by referencing Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet in the title (sidebar: if you ever have a chance to see Public Enemy live, DO IT, they’re awesome.) Second, they reference the man who coined the word ‘robot’ by naming a...
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New Beirut Video
Vagabond-Beirut Filmed in Greenpoint’s Brooklyn Hall Warsaw by Sunset Television.
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I'm writing a french lit, gangsta rap.
It’s going to be called: Molière, Mo’ Problems. by The Notorious Bourgeoisie.
(The Notorious Bourgeoisie is my new rap name. Stay tuned.)
