December 2008
November 2008
britticisms:
“Larousse Baron Bic” by Rosa Yemen
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“Hello. I’d like to buy your label’s entire catalogue to date.”
– opening to a very friendly email we received from an Irish guy in Scotland
Two things I didn't mention to anyone today...
1) I found a rock in my salad from the cafeteria in the student union building (named after William Shatner, for real)
2) I stepped over a one foot-deep flood to enter the women’s bathroom, which, once I was inside, showed no signs of leakage, spillage, or explainationage. I was on the fifth floor of the library tower and I fear how long it will take someone (with janitorial duties) to find...
Supercook! →
Cool! I love this kind of thing…
I thought I’d share this website: it’s a recipe search engine where you enter the ingredients that you have, and it tells you everything you can make with what you have. It also saves your list, and you can delete or add items as you go. Perfect if you’re not sure what to do with all that extra crap you have lying around. (I made a really gross tuna...
Free Tape Op
From Nathan at Phonopolis record shop:
Until supplies last, you’ll receive a free Tape Op magazine (the new one!) with purchases of $10 or more at the store.
Phonopolis is an independent record store in Montreal, QC, Canada. It’s located at 5403A ave du Parc in the Mile End. The store has an emphasis on Indie and Experimental Rock, Jazz, Experimental music, International music and...
“Every day Shahryar (Persian: شهريار or “king”) would marry a new virgin, and every day he would send yesterday’s wife to be beheaded. This was done in anger, having found out that his first wife was betraying him. He had killed three thousand such women by the time he was introduced to Scheherazade, the vizier’s daughter.
Against her father’s protestations,...
Mothers of musicians talk about their favourite... →
Has everyone already seen this?
From Nicole Townsend, mother of JB Townsend from Crystal Stilts:
I listened to your CD several times through this morning, and I really like the sound. There is kind of a 60’s/ 70’s feel, mixed with the very contemporary and unique vocals. I still can’t understand what Brad is singing, but that’s besides the point!! I guess my favorites...
Lesson of the day:
No matter how far gone you feel, you can always start where you are.
(Start Where You Are is also the name of a great book by Pema Chödrön)
Watch
"Lots to unpack with this one," my postcolonial...
United States: The Revis family of North Carolina Food expenditure for one week $341.98 Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23 See more on...
“We die many times and each new infancy is a surprise”
– Will Oldham in “Disorder” from Arise Therefore
The Weaker Soldier by Will Oldham (Palace) from...
“You can’t live a sackcloth and ashes existence. At the end of the day, the tool...”
– Lawrence Weschler, in an interview with Jim Ruland.
This post about J.S.G. Boggs— an artist who hand draws American dollar bills and spends them, keeping the change and recieipt to display and making art patrons scramble to buy back the “Boggs notes”— lead me along an internet trail to an interview in The God Particle with Lawrence Weschler, the author of Boggs’ biography.
Without having read the book, or any of Weschler’s...
Dr. Internet →
I started using Mon.thly a little while ago to track my periods. Being the type of person to completely forget about having a cycle as soon as my period is over, I’ve never been able to remember when my last period was. My only prediction method is noting when I feel like crying during car commercials or get a huge migraine and feel antisocial. This is kind of annoying when say making sure...
