January 2012
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Watchmaura:
Donating to the Best Music Writing series is the functional equivalent of pre-ordering the 2012 edition of the book—which will collect 2011’s best pieces of criticism, reportage, and other media on music from publications of all types and from all corners of the globe. Why not do so today?
This is such a good point! If you think you might want to buy the book when it’s out, go...
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“6a. If you can’t kill your darlings, anesthetize/copy & paste them in a...”
– The Rumpus | FUNNY WOMEN #73: How To Write Like A Funny Woman
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My favorite episodes of This American Life,...
And by “sometimes” I guess that shakes out to maybe just twice in the last few months? Once was Dave just now and I kind of brain-dumped on Twitter, then realized perhaps it would be helpful and /or benevolent to collect them all in one place. (I always assume everyone listens to the show already but obviously this isn’t true, but either anyway it’s basically just one of my...
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“25. Chattanooga, Tenn. A city stages a comeback fueled by artists and retailers....”
– New York Times | The 45 Places to Go in 2012
Hey hey hometown! Right between Vienna and Dakhla, Morocco, where it belongs, I guess.
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“The real difference between Jim [Henson] and me was his power as a team player,”...”
– Paris Review | Lamb Chop in Search of a Martini
This tribute to Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop is so great, although I am baffled by its failure to address “The Song That Never Ends.”
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“Some college students manage to persuade the town’s big businessman, A. J....”
– The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) - Plot Summary
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“The outbreak of World War I expanded the demand for condoms, but they remained...”
– The Daily | The History Page: Protection racket
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Things the first season of Breaking Bad, which Joe...
Coughing fits (now associated with undiagnosed/untreated lung cancer and also red phosphorus poisoning or whatever)
Wallabees (now associated with standing otherwise naked in your underoos in the middle of a dessert wielding a gun you don’t want to shoot wondering what has become of your life)
Granny-square afghans (now associated with terribly repressed Family Meetings)
Brian, one of...
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“Parents always ask, ‘Who would like to marry my kid? They’re so weird,’ ” she...”
– New York Times | Navigating Love and Autism
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“An article on Monday about Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college...”
– From the department of New York Times corrections, December 30th, 2011. Even better, a self described “adolescent with Asperger’s” pointed the mistake out, initially, in the comments. (via elisabethdonnelly)
I love this correction and I also love the original story.
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“Growing up takes the whole time, doesn’t it?”
– Cold Antler Farm
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An oral history of the Goats in Trees 2012...
rawkblog:
Harris Greenberg*, 16-year-old: First I thought I’d make a Tumblr, get 10,000 followers and try to convince them to give me money on Kickstarter. Then I saw that fucking Hipster Puppies book and figured, why not go straight to the big boys?
Rupert Vanderslice, Art Director: Animals in trees are always a big hit for us. For 2012, we really wanted to shake things up. Goats! Right? You...
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December 2011
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“Several weeks after I visited the set in Portland, I had breakfast with...”
– Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia” | The New Yorker
Also, “Stumptown Girl”? Could this be better?
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Pre-emptive and of course totally subjective...
1. If your engagement involves a ring, buy a damn ring holder. Buy a few, actually. Put them in every room in your house where you suspect ring-removal will happen (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom). I used to think these were for sad forgetful grannies but I am now fairly sure they are the reason I have made it one whole year and a few days without losing my ring. Having said that I will now lose it.
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“Two of the defendants, Jeanette Ogle and Randall Sorrow Jr., both in their 20s...”
– New York Times | In Georgia, Pecan Thieves Find Windfall, at $1.50 a Pound
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“Those who did not care to listen wandered about eating dumplings and popcorn,...”
– A Wedding as a Festival of Ideas, and Self-Promotion - NYTimes.com
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