January 2012
“He later continued, “You have to give up everything to discover that you can do...”
– The 1st Five » “Not Built For 9 to 5′s”: Hard Work, DIY and the Steady Rise of Into It. Over It.
just listened to a song from the new cheap girls... →
i think i would like it if i hadn’t known tom gabel produced it. i can’t stop hearing how harsh it is. what i’m saying is, i think i have some prejudices.
12 for 2012
1. beirut - port of call
2. world/inferno - go with it girl
3. dear landlord - goodbye to oakland
4. operation ivy - someday
5. calvinball - brighter lights
6. good luck - 1001 open hands
7. latterman - my dreams about not sleeping until 3 pm
8. bomb the music inudstry! - syke! life is awesome!
9. bouncing souls - undeniable
10. belle and sebastian - seymour stein
11. paul baribeau...
11 for 2011
1. cee-lo green - fuck you
2. avett brothers - i and love and you
3. ted leo and the pharmacists - where was my brain?
4. dead to me - little brother
5. andrew jackson jihad - hate, rain on me
6. laura stevenson and the cans - master of art
7. into it. over it. - daniy
8. rvivr - edge of living
9. apologies, i have none - deconstructing jim’s shoulder
10. bouncing souls - kate is...
December 2011
All censorship schemes impact speech beyond the category they were intended to restrict, but these bills are particularly egregious in that regard because they cause entire domains to vanish from the Web, not just infringing pages or files. Worse, an incredible range of useful, law-abiding sites can be blacklisted under these proposals. In fact, it seems that this has already begun to happen...
74% →
jtotheizzoe:
That’s the amount of climate change attributed specifically to man-made activities, according to a new study. More at Nature News.
so, since last friday...
so i got a twitter account finally??? →
???? it started as a joke because my friend kept telling me to get one and i wanted to make the point of how impersonal it is (which so far i still think). but one of my GAP YEAR GOALS is to be a more open person, and even though i don’t think the internet is really a solution for that, i’m going to give twitter a fair shot anyway. maybe it will be fun! i will be surprised! i...
“But the pepper video is also disturbing because of what it does not show. I’m...”
– Amy Rebecca Klein: Hot Topic: Pepper Spray, Police Violence, and Protest
November 2011
The Fracturing of Pennsylvania - NYTimes.com →
About five years ago, leases began to appear in the mailboxes of residents of Amwell Township from Range Resources, a Texas-based oil company seeking to harvest gas through hydraulic fracturing. “Fracking,” as it is known, is a process of natural-gas drilling that involves pumping vast quantities of water, sand and chemicals thousands of feet into the earth to crack the deep shale deposits...
sign at least one petition, alright? →
synecdoche:
hey internet do you want to talk about taking back sunday?
last night i went to this show and this power-emo band played, and at first i was like “YEAH! THIS SOUND!” but as their set progressed i kept thinking about how what they really needed was a horn section. miss u asob.
