February 2010
54 posts
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“Hardly anyone reads the “great writers” of the Elizabethan era, and...”
– Orson Scott Card
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“In the scatological vein - for which he had a particular fondness - he liked to...”
– Dan Franck discussing poet Guillaume Apollinaire’s fondness for vulgarity
January 2010
96 posts
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“Echo and the Bunnymen had an air of mystery. Maybe it was the long coats, or the...”
– Bill Dunn
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“Malcolm McLaren and David Bowie are both cultural vampires. David is a nice...”
– Danny Fields
“Salvador Dali was an absolute wanker. He wanted to meet me, so Andy [Warhol]...”
– Nat Finkelstein
Le Tigre worked with Christina too?? →
What the hell kind of album is this going to be?
Original reactions to the iPod in the Mac Forums →
$400 for an Mp3 Player! I’d call it the Cube 2.0 as it wont sell, and be killed off in a short time…and it’s not really functional.
Seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it?
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Coachella no longer offering 1 day passes →
I think I can understand why they did this, but I have a feeling it might backfire.
WatchOoooh yeah!
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JD Salinger's son confirms the author has died at... →
“When that chute opens you feel like you’ve done something kings and queens can’t...”
– — Gary Busey, on skydiving (via kevin) (via itallstarted)
What would happen if Gary Busey and Shakira were married? The universe would implode, that’s what.
CNBC anchor says iPad reminds her of 'feminine... →
Ladies can’t say dirty things! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Ellie Goulding (4)
Marina and the Diamonds (4)
Franz Ferdinand (3)
Róisín Murphy (3)
Thom Yorke (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Peter Berg is off Dune remake, replaced by Pierre... →
Honestly, this seems like really good news to me at this point, as most everything Peter Berg has said about Dune made me wonder if he’d ever actually read it. If this movie isn’t at least 3 hours long I’m going to stage a fucking revolt, however. While I firmly believe that the Sci-Fi miniseries is probably the closest anyone will ever come to getting Herbert’s universe on...
Marion Cotillard sings on new Franz Ferdinand... →
I think this is the real reason no one liked Nine. As if anyone would cheat on Marion Cotillard with Penelope Cruz! We can accept a lot of crazy plot twists Hollywood, but that one’s going just a touch too far.
The 1980s Revival That Lasted an Entire Decade →
Of all of them, Gaga was the most electroclash-indebted. Her image games, her line of patter, and her little plastic penis echoed the pro-pretentiousness/”against nature” rhetoric of Fischerspooner, the drag queeny fabulousness of Berliniamsburg faves like Sophia Lamarr, the glitz ‘n’ glamour fantasies of Miss Kittin (who had monotoned with icy hauteur on Frank Sinatra...
“Can’t you see you’re not making Christianity better, you’re...”
– Hank Hill
“Billy Corgan is recording music with his girlfriend, the pop singer Jessica...”
– Billy Corgan and Jessica Simpson to make sweet music
“I don’t pray really, because I don’t want to bore God”
– Orson Welles
“Animation is not just for kids, it’s also for adults who take drugs.”
– Paul McCartney, introducing the Golden Globe award for best animated feature
soozies:
I just lasted all of 45 seconds watching Mama Mia. Yucko.
Seconded! I’d rather just go back and listen to my Abba albums.
Blink-182 & Fall Out Boy team for Tim Burton's... →
What the hell Tim Burton? It’s taken me 10 years to forgive you for Planet of the Apes. Don’t pull this shit on me now.
Jay Reatard Confirmed Dead at 29 →
cherry-waves:
inthejunkdrawer (via yvynyl)
Whaaaaaa?