May 2011
WatchLove is All by The Tallest Man on Earth
Pardon my computer’s awful microphone. Also, I think Tumblr will probably cut off the video before it is over because of that 5 minutes of video per day rule. Oh well. Watch me rock out.
April 2011
WatchFell Down the Stairs by Tilly and the Wall
God helmet →
bestofwikipedia:
God Helmet refers to an experimental apparatus used in Neuroscience, primarily in the field of neurotheology. The apparatus, placed on the head of an experimental subject, generates weak fluctuating (i.e. “complex”) magnetic fields. These fields are approximately as strong as those generated by a land line telephone handset or an ordinary hair dryer, but far weaker than that of...
“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
– Aristotle
dreammpop asked: Hey beard-man, what are your psychological and sexual problems?
“Do you think that your 16 year old daughter hasn’t masturbated already? Like, do...”
– Kevin Smith (director) on the ridiculousness of movies about sex receiving NC-17 ratings while extremely violent movies get by with R ratings.
“There is a theorem in publishing that each graph halves a book’s audience. Its...”
– Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
You Cheated, You Lied by The Shangri-Las
White Evangelical Christians are the group least...
changingmyperspective:
link to source
The results from a recent poll published by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Tea-Party-and-Religion.aspx) reveal what social scientists have known for a long time: White Evangelical Christians are the group least likely to support politicians or policies that reflect the actual teachings of Jesus. It...
“She began to whisper something in my ear. It’s the strangest thing about poetry...”
– How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil Gaiman
“People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point,...”
– Flannery O’Connor
Interviewer: What is your definition of love?
Bukowski: Love… is kinda like… you know when you see a fog in the morning when you wake up before the sun comes out? It’s just there a little while, then it burns away. It burns away… Absolutely… quickly. Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.
“In Egypt, libraries were called the soul’s remedy treasure because, in there, it...”
– J. B. Bossuet
March 15th, 2011, Lincoln Hall, Elephant 6 Holiday...
disinterestedyouth:
(photo via The Chicago Reader)
Once upon a time, in a magical place called Athens, Georgia, there was a kingdom known as Elephant 6. In the kingdom of Elephant 6 the grass tastes like peppermint, Unicorns poop soft-serve frozen yogurt, and Abraham Lincoln regularly stops by (flying in on his Presidential Jetpack). The citizens of this whimsical and wonderful kingdom...
Good Vibrations by The Elephant 6 Orchestra
Live...
I made you a mix: On the Cusp of Summertime →
It is almost summer! Can you feel it in your bones? I can. Especially in the bones of my inner ear. This is just a little something I put together that I could enjoy while reading out in the sunshine. These songs feel like driving around aimlessly and late night conversations and wind on your knees. Enjoy!
On the Cusp of Summertime
1. What a Pleasure by Beach Fossils
2. The Wall by Yuck
3....
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ron-swanson:
michael-gary-scott:
…oh my god. what if? what if?
Guys, this is totally what they are gonna do. The line from Phyllis wasn’t funny enough for it to just be there as a joke.
And writers don’t just throw in two “abandoned baby” jokes in the same episode without there being some sort of connection. Good writers don’t, anyway.
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Human mail →
bestofwikipedia:
Human mail is the transportation of a person through the postal system, usually as a stowaway. While rare, there have been some reported cases of people attempting to travel through the mail. This form of travel is both illegal and highly dangerous, with cases leading to prosecution and serious injury. (via sleevia)
“While government corruption comes in many forms, nowhere is it more prevalent...”
– Corporate America’s War on Political Transparency
Jungle by Ganglians
“Life, in her experience, had a kind of velvet luster. You looked at yourself...”
– Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
“I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it...”
– Catherine Breillat
“Fundamentally, it’s an art of composition, the same way that, if you’re a...”
– Interview with Chris Ware
Look at that, a just-about-perfect definition of the creative process in three sentences. It’s all about organizing: taking each experiencing, processing it and framing it, and then making something new and real and true.
(via jarrettfuller)
