February 2011
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feastingonroadkill:
The Raincoats: ‘In Love’
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My Mom on Hollywood
“One of the stupidest speeches ever.” (regarding Natalie Portman’s Golden Globes acceptance speech)
“I saw Andrew Garfield on TV. I don’t know what the big deal is, he doesn’t do anything for me.”
“(groan of disgust) stop right there.” (when I was reading the Best Actor nominees and got to James Franco)
“If the producers of the Oscars...
January 2011
137 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
Plan B (30)
Super Furry Animals (17)
Gorillaz (16)
The Nation of Ulysses (16)
Au Pairs (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Knowing Me, Knowing You...possibly
how did you get one of your scars? By running to my (childhood) home in the rain and tripping over a concrete artifact from a ship. *this is a true story and I still have the scar.
how did you celebrate your last birthday? By getting drunk and listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. How uncharacteristic.
how are you feeling at this moment? Useless.
how did your night go last night? ...
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“Enjoyed 30 Rock, but compared to Brass Eye’s take on celebrety whoring to...”
– From a comment on The AV Club’s review of 30 Rock.
So true it almost hurts.
idg why everyone is shitting themselves over that...
I had a bad day. It made me laugh. Stupid things make people laugh sometimes.
Also, Tumblr, and the internet as a whole, is pretty ship/OTP/whathaveyou-happy.
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“I admit the briar
entangled in my hair
did not injure me;
my blancing and...”
– William Butler Yeats, A First Confession
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Echo & The Bunnymen (17)
Richard Hawley (11)
Deerhunter (11)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (7)
Plan B (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Ciccone Youth—Into The Groovey
Best...
sixstepsback replied to your photo: Getting post-punked at home.
what are you listening to?
I’ve been putting together a mix featuring a lot of female post-punk bands (The Raincoats, Essential Logic, etc.), so I was listening to that. Then I had to write a review of a Plan B album, so the post-punking didn’t go for as long as I would’ve liked. I did listen to The Birthday Party...
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sixstepsback replied to your chat: sixstepsback replied to your quote: Ever had sex…
lol we’ve been BRITPOP’d.
Britpop’d and Anglophiled!
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insidesomnolence asked: I Know A Girl Called Johnny
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sixstepsback replied to your quote: Ever had sex with an incredibly skinny person?...
jarvis on sex with a skinny woman: ‘two skeletons wrestling in the dark’
--->Haha, this is exactly the quote I thought of when I first read the Brooker piece. I think Jarv's description is slightly better, but I'm entertained all the same.
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“Ever had sex with an incredibly skinny person? It’s like fighting a...”
– Charlie Brooker
Well, I do love a challenge.
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teenagehitwonder:
It snowed all day today so I stayed home. I spent the afternoon watching series 4 of The IT Crowd (thanks for the links drowninginhoney!) and making collages. I guess having a broken foot does have some advantages, then.
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Video: Neil Hannon: How I wrote At the Indie Disco... →
I can’t sleep, so I’m watching videos on The Guardian’s website.
I’ve chosen wisely.
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“Now, when I tell people I think that Winter’s Bone was the best movie of 2010,...”
– David Edelstein, on the Oscar nominations
So happy for Winter’s Bone!
Well, not really, because it’s just a movie, but relatively speaking…
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Books I just purchased with my Powell's gift card
The Teds by Chris Steele Perkins
Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, & Art by Lewis Hyde
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock and Roll by Simon Reynolds
sadly, I’m most excited about the book on Teddy Boys.
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Wikileaks' Julian Assange gets his inevitable... →
Someone who commented on this article predicts that Ben Whishaw will play Julian Assange.
That person was not me.
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