March 2009
51 posts
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Baby, why’m I...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-29) →
Matt & Kim (23)
The Submarines (14)
Mazzy Star (12)
Lykke Li (12)
Why? (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
howwhiteami.com →
saltypancakes:
44% white. I don’t know if this is good or bad. I always felt like a sista at heart.
ouch. i’m 73% white.
my new genre recommendations from netflix's taste...
critically-acclaimed gritty documentaries
comedies directed by Woody Allen
witty French comedies
romantic independent dramas
visually-striking dark biographical movies
also, you can now slice and dice further based on your interests in specific storylines. while i might choose, say, coming-of-age, unrequited love, or summer camp, there are dozens more, including ninjas, bounty-hunter, and...
Share Your Traumarama! →
I’m so glad to know that Seventeen Magazine’s Traumarama still exists. It’s comforting to know that, while I have gotten older, teenage girls everywhere continue to be dying of mortification.
However: “Upload a photo of yourself during the actual trauma, and it might appear next to your quote.” WHAT?
annicka:
britticisms:
I remember this song...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-22) →
Matt & Kim (69)
Cut Copy (67)
Steve Forbert (17)
Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel (15)
Wye Oak (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
On Paul Rudd
Manohla’s got a point here:
” [He’s] a slack screen presence who owns the patent on male adorableness and is charming to watch, even if all he can do are variations on a theme: adorable embarrassment, adorable goofiness, adorable sexiness. He’s the ultimate in nonthreatening masculinity (Seth Rogen seems macho by comparison), the male equivalent of one of those plush animals...
List of festivals in Louisiana →
i’ve spent the afternoon figuring out how i am going to get to Lafayette in April for Festival International. then i found this list of everything else i could do at some point in the next year if it doesn’t work out.
“I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note in Microsoft Word,...”
– Demetri Martin
Matt & Kim - “Lessons Learned”
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Installed Tumblr on my phone. Just testing the waters.
lizistwentythree:
Dent May & His Magnificent...
The recently passed Omnibus bill included a $6... →
(via twocities)
“Officials say it would involve using 6.6 miles of new or rebuilt CTA track, and that they could build it over 10 to 15 years in three phases.”
uh, cool, but then how is it part of the city’s transportation plan for the 2016 Olympics? am i that bad at math?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-15) →
Cut Copy (135)
Belle and Sebastian (27)
Matt & Kim (11)
New Order (9)
The Submarines (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Fine Diving in Chicago →
inspiration for a spring furniture project.
includes a map of good dumpster diving spots.
Chicago is the #1 city for recent grads. →
(via windycity)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-8) →
The Cure (28)
Songs: Ohia (21)
The Submarines (19)
Talking Heads (16)
ABBA (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“I retain all my vitamins because I am always steamed.”
– Stephen Colbert
Audubon Zoo sea lion dies after 32 years... →
“Sea lions in captivity have lots of spare time. They are not out looking for food, and they don’t have to avoid predators, ” DeLorenzo said. Instead, they spend their days swimming, training with zoo staffers, sunning on rocks, having their teeth brushed, and dining on a salty concoction of herring, mackerel, squid and capelin.
this sounds lovely.
NASCAR, barbecue make Nashville "manliest" city →
“Despite high ratings in the bowling category, New York City came in 50th because it apparently lacked in areas such as fishing, home improvement and drag racing.”
this is stupid.
ChicagoCrafty.com →
(via Gapers Block)
The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Drinking Game...
You Drink Every Time:
-Jimmy Fallon cracks his trademark “Boy Grin” -Jimmy Fallon seems in over his head -Jimmy Fallon runs a hand through or in any other way draws attention to his carefully mussed hair -Jimmy Fallon references the internet -Jimmy Fallon surprises you with an actually really funny joke -You miss Conan
And throw in one drink to Jimmy Fallon’s health and...
