December 2009
17 posts
“The man who has perhaps done as much as anyone to bring the natural-foods...”
– John Mackey and Whole Foods : The New Yorker
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Quasimoto (7)
Bukka White (7)
The Ex (6)
The Soft Pink Truth (5)
Death (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Brief History of Crossword Puzzles The first crossword ever—more recent and less dated than you might imagine…
Best of
I think I remember my young self pouring over best of lists, tangible ones in books and magazines and zines, even writing meticulous lists from them—of the books and movies I would familiarize myself with as a direct result. Loving these lists betrays a certain optimism my 20 year old self certainly didn’t celebrate or even acknowledge…I mean, the universe was apparently filled...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Quasimoto (16)
Yo La Tengo (9)
Lee Fields & The Expressions (8)
Rekid (6)
The Moth (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
One reason to check out a meritorious best of over at the New Yorker is the “Knife in the Back” essay on the misdiagnosis and mistreatment of back pain…
(Last November, I was wiped out by back spasms that had me behaving like the terrible protagonist in one of those dumb, boorish husband + his hot, smart wife sit-coms: lying flat on the floor, unable to walk. I went to a...
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It’s worth it to skim through the whole F2K series, past the novelty tracks that no one listened to anyways, but through the songs that you heard about, yet can’t quite recall…to get to gems like:
…And then there’s the bridge, which sounds like an experiment that could only have been dreamed up by the mind of an overly hormonal, musically theoretical dude: “If I...
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I hate my giant plaster mitten
I broke my hand. It’s hard to type. So I just listen.
“Foolish is the soul who would lay money on the candidates for Best Picture before “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel” has even been released. “
“a faux micro-convenience store that serves as a tongue-in-cheek critique of the art fair environment…” some old pals from Austin are making some noise in Miami and I wish I could see it. I also recommend checking out their circular, scroll down etc.
Will you miss the voice?
If you really want to entertain my favours, perhaps one of the top 3 books on this list? Even though I did just find La Technique out in Richmond…
Best Cookbooks of 2009 Roundup Spectacular (I’ve read the This book, I don’t think one needs to own it)
“In addition to all the parts of the brain associated with motor skills, like moving the tongue or lips, she used a part of the brain associated with analysing or doing a complex transformation of a visual image…”