March 2009
1 post
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” — Edward...
– Via Thor Muller’s twitter stream. (via clivethompson)
January 2009
4 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-11) →
Devendra Banhart (42)
Portishead (34)
Belle and Sebastian (30)
foibles (27)
Elliott Smith (21)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-4) →
Belle and Sebastian (1)
Explosions in the Sky (1)
Badly Drawn Boy (1)
Mates of State (1)
Chairlift (1)
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December 2008
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Devendra Banhart (41)
Portishead (35)
foibles (26)
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down (24)
The Moldy Peaches (22)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Devendra Banhart (41)
Portishead (35)
foibles (26)
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down (24)
The Moldy Peaches (22)
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Smell is of all senses by far the most evocative: perhaps because we have no...
– Patrick O’Brien, Post-Captain (via ambivalence)
Reminiscent of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time (A la recherche du temps perdu).
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Pavement (56)
Brian Eno & David Byrne (42)
Talking Heads (41)
The Moldy Peaches (36)
Belle and Sebastian (28)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Au Revoir Simone (23)
Stars (13)
Portishead (12)
Lionel Neykov (8)
Brandi Carlile (5)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Devendra Banhart
Elliott Smith
Ketch Harbour Wolves
Picastro
Au Revoir Simone
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November 2008
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
Radiohead
Nirvana
Elliott Smith
The Beatles
Devendra Banhart
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DEAR TUMBLR:
furryrabbits:
itsbedtime:
mykol78:
awesome-everyday:
Name one (or more) of your favorite female fronted bands.
me:
1. No Doubt
2. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Cranberries
Guano Apes
Garbage
Rilo Kiley Tilly & The Wall Tegan and Sara New Pornographers
Lavender Diamond, Rilo Kiley, Camera Obscura, The Long Blondes, Tegan and Sara, Elk City, Blondie, Hem, Metric, Stars, Portishead, The...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
Devendra Banhart
Daniel Johnston
Elliott Smith
Ketch Harbour Wolves
Carrie Rodriguez
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9) →
Devendra Banhart
Daniel Johnston
Radiohead
Belle and Sebastian
Elliott Smith
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Pardon the bulk mailing. I Can’t Vote. I am an immigrant with a Green Card and,...
– I Can’t, But You Can by David Byrne [via email] (via ambivalence)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2) →
Daniel Johnston
Aimee Mann
Carrie Rodriguez
Devendra Banhart
Elliott Smith
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October 2008
7 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-26) →
Daniel Johnston
Elliott Smith
Ingrid Michaelson
Aimee Mann
Belle and Sebastian
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-19) →
Kaki King
Meiko
Sigur Rós
Carrie Rodriguez
Devendra Banhart
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Him: “I find it funny that ur crowdsourcing an answer when u have 2 ppl in a...
– Wonderful tweet by Ariel Waldman. Reminds me of how, when someone mentions something new to me in face-to-face conversation, I often find myself mentally preparing a Google query … (via clivethompson)
CameraBag →
cubicle17:
I found this iPhone app through Dave Shea, and I couldn’t be happier that I did. A relatively simple app, CameraBag uses the iPhone’s camera to take pictures in the style of a few famous lo-fi cameras, a famous photographer, or some generic film styles. In short, this app turns the iPhone’s crappy camera into something you might actually want to use:
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-5) →
Devendra Banhart
Thievery Corporation
Belle and Sebastian
Sigur Rós
Portishead
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September 2008
9 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-28) →
Aimee Mann
Radiohead
The Postal Service
Portishead
Martha Wainwright
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Choose a singer/band/group- Answer using only...
furryrabbits:
theninth:
Choose a singer/band/group- Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group.
The Magnetic Fields
1) Are you male or female? Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits 2) Describe yourself. Strange Eyes 3) What do people feel when they’re around you? Very Funny 4) How would you describe your previous relationship? I Don’t Really Love You Any More 5) Describe your...
Good teachers know that now, in what’s called the civilized world, the great...
– The Way We Live Now - Geek Lessons - NYTimes.com (via clivethompson)
Q. How long did the Great Flood last? A. We know that Noah was 600 years, two...
– Creationism: Your questions answered :: rogerebert.com :: News & comment
Robert Ebert is a creationist idiot.
(via ambivalence)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-21) →
Portishead
Kaki King
Radiohead
Nirvana
Nine Inch Nails
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-14) →
Radiohead
Nirvana
The Beatles
The Killers
The Cure
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Alex's Rules for Computing Happiness →
Some great tips… “Use as little software as possible” & “Keep as much as possible in plain text” are spot on.
cubicle17:
Covering software, hardware, and file formats, Alex Payne of Twitter lists his 25 rules for computing happiness. And with advice that starts with…
Use as little software as possible.
Use software that does one thing well.
Do not use...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-7) →
Radiohead
Cocteau Twins
The Clash
The Smashing Pumpkins
David Bowie
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June 2008
1 post
Welcome
Welcome to Logical Extremes (the tumblr Director’s Cut).