February 2012
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Dead letter office →
There is still hope for people who, like me, won’t conform to the easily digestive trend of technology.
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September 2010
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“Initiative comes to thems that wait.”
– Anthony Burgess through Alex De Large
A Clockwork Orange
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I Like it Loud: Noise-Related Hearing Loss? Not... →
Scientists say that loud music isn’t so detrimental to your hearing as you may have been led to believe.
We all surely remember what our parents drilled into our brains about listening to loud music: Turn that sh*t down or you’ll go deaf! As it turns out, the prevalence of young people suffering from hearing loss thanks to loud music may be much lower than previously believed, according...
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SONG OF THE DAY: My Face is on Fire (7” single) by Felt
Felt was one of my favorite groups growing up. However prosaic this may sound, their melodic sense and minimalistic approach always fascinated me. I mean, a band which takes its name from the way the word “felt” was pronounced by Tom Verlaine (Television) on the song “Venus” must live up to great expectations, don’t it?
The song...
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August 2010
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SONG OF THE DAY: What’s in It For? by Avi Buffalo
New band Avi Buffalo really have a winner with their single “What’s in It For?”. I first heard the group while attending the South Street Seaport Festival this year and I immediately took a liking to this tune. I found the melody to be surprisingly soothing, delightful and captivating. I think it is one of the great...
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THE BEST WRITTEN WORDS FOR DEALING WITH SHITTY...
17 by Bob Dylan
after crashin the sportscar
into the chandelier
i ran out t the phone booth
made a call t my wife. she wasnt home.
i panicked. i called up my best friend
but the line was busy
then i went t a party but couldnt find a chair
somebody wiped their feet on me
so i decided t leave
i felt awful. my mouth was puckered.
arms were stickin thru my neck
my stomach was stuffed...
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“That’s how it is on this bitch of an earth.”
– Samuel Beckett
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Symbol over Selfhood →
Is the key to forming your identity related to the language you speak?
SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that any language forbids its speakers to think anything, we must look in an entirely different direction to discover how our mother tongue really does shape our experience of the world.
Another interesting article about the nuances of the mind, and the power of communication and symbol over...
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Little Things by Raymond Carver
Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water. Streaks of it ran down from the little shoulder-high window that faced the backyard. Cars slushed by on the street outside, where it was getting dark. But it was getting dark on the inside too.
He was in the bedroom pushing clothes into a suitcase when she came to the...
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Old Problems and New Questions →
Is this new approach to philosophy valid and practical or is it just unrealistic in its essence?
Philosophy has long been the province of abstract thinking and theoretical problems, conducted as easily in the armchair as in the lab. But recently, “experimental” philosophers have used surveys, fMRI’s, and other tools from psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science to...
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Me and Her Outside (No No Man) by Steven Jesse Bernstein
It is midnight and the sunglasses twirl my injuries a deaf plant warped in a Hollywood rockery of juice cans and hypodermic needles You’re so cool baby you don’t know what you need If the jaundice comes up get out of the traffic. A girl with an ass that makes me hurt all over again I know that girl’s ass hurts glass...
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SONG OF THE DAY: Put Some Sugar on It by Half...
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How Was It To Be Dead? by Richard Ford The exact status of my marriage to Sally Caldwell requires, I believe, some amplification. It is still a marriage that’s officially going on, yet by any accounting has become strange—in fact, the strangest I know, and within whose unusual circumstances I myself have acted very strangely.
Seven months ago, in April of this millennial year, I took a...
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SONG OF THE DAY: Sad Eyes by Bat For Lashes
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SONG OF THE DAY: Bring Me Coffee Or Tea by Can
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This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin
They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats.
Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal...
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Album Review: The Frogs - "It's Only Right and...
Umm… Let’s see… How to describe The Frogs’ music accurately? I Dunno. Well, I’m gonna give it a try, anyway: Tongue-in-cheek yet infectious and concise pop-rock-pseudo-punk-psychedelic-folk music; a mix between the Marx Brothers, The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart, and everything else in between. Enough with wordiness and redundancy: if you like good...
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SONG OF THE DAY: Heard Somebody Say by Devendra...
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GR8! Education 4 dummies: Earn a Graduate Degree... →
It is undeniable the fact that lowering the standards is the only trend in education these days.
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“If you love God, burn a church.”
– Jello Biafra
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Killer Cover Versions: The Bangles - "Hazy Shade...
From the series “Killer Cover Versions”, here are The Bangles doing a rad cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “Hazy Shade of Winter”.
This is a great example that pretty girls and rock ‘n’ roll really go hand in hand.
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The Neon Boys - “That’s All I Know (Right...
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The resurgence of literary experimentation →
A discussion about a possible comeback of experimental Literature as an art form in the English speaking world.
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Johnny Marr picks 10 essential 7" singles and...
When I first read this article on Mojo Magazine, I decided to hunt for all the tracks mentioned by Marr in the interview. My search, however, was mostly fruitless until I stumbled upon the great blog Plain Or Pan where to my surprise I found all songs compiled in one file and ready for download.
Don’t waste any time but hurry to get your dirty hands on this file before it vanishes in the...
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SONG OF THE DAY: Godstar by Psychic TV
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
Psychic TV is … uh… um… I mean, their work is… uh, like… mmm…
Well, you know…
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