September 2010
August 2010
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29) →
Broken Social Scene (54)
Arcade Fire (24)
Le Loup (23)
Tame Impala (20)
The Beatles (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
neoncrayon:
Twin Sister - “I Want A House”
dropping acid,
painting roomz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-22) →
Sufjan Stevens (26)
Broken Social Scene (10)
Dirty Projectors (10)
Arcade Fire (8)
Wolf Parade (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Google Augen
handsacrossthewater:
specbebop:
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. a state of momentary confusion when you’ve blanked on what you had intended to search for, and with fingers dancing impatiently above the keys, you glance at the word ‘Google’ and for a split second take it to reference ‘goofy cartoon eyes,’ in a backchannel appeal by your childhood self to get you to call your grandmother while...
“Literature was born not the day when a boy crying wolf, wolf came running out of...”
– Nabokov, “Good Readers and Good Writers”
Scoping out the freshmen honeys
moving to Berkeley this week (I was searching tagged posts in a fit of homesickness, NOT LIKE BEING CREEPY OR ANYTHING DUH), and I’m so jealous. Unadulterated enthusiasm for “starting a new chapter” all across the board, quaint concerns about a 10 minute walk to campus and encounters with the homeless, Telebears screenshots with 9 am classes (LOLWUT), the wild and keening joy,...
“When I was a girl, my life was music that was always getting louder. Everything...”
–
(via thegrandinquisitor) (via sugar-cane)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Man Commits Suicide On Stage at Swell Season... →
On the other side of the show spectrum…
didn’t even think about cigarettes today! except right now. go me!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15) →
Arcade Fire (38)
Sufjan Stevens (38)
LCD Soundsystem (29)
Wolf Parade (21)
Dirty Projectors (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
"When we think of ruins, we typically think of... →
fette:
Mike Anton, A desert city that didn’t fan out, August 2010 for the Los Angeles Times. Via. See also.
from my D.A.R.E. Student Workbook, Grades 5-6
LAURA
Lately, Laura, a ninth-grader, has been cutting classes. Her grades are falling. Her favorite expression is “boring” because she has no interests or future plans. She feels good only when smoking marijuana, which is no longer as exciting as it used to be. She is looking for a stronger high.
In class one day, Laura passes a note asking a friend about cocaine. Her teacher picks...
Arcade Fire Announces Greek Theater Show Oct. 2 →
To put things into perspective, 10/2 is also day two of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Frisco’s LovEvolution. I’m so jazzed right now. Also scared, as this would conclude my Top 3 To Sees: Wolf Parade, Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire.
LUCKIEST FRIDAY THE 13TH EVA.
The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. →
Watch-bears:
Rachel Ray eating things
