December 2008
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November 2008
56 posts
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The Old Believers - That’s All
Perfect for...
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Natalie: We're going to Lola's room next Friday.
Zac: Cool. But before that we should design a bike.
Natalie: I really have no idea how bikes work
Zac: me either!
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I had a thought regarding the subversion of the consumer powers that be while seeing M83 with Dave at the Doug Fir on Thanksgiving. I remember standing at the show thinking about all the technology crammed onto that stage. Guitars, pedals, keyboards, reverb soaked vocals, a laptop or two, and a sound wall behind which the drums played — all combined seamlessly. That great, truly affecting...
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What They Hate About Mumbai →
I… I… I don’t know what to think.
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The Libertines - Can’t Stand Me Now
I...
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WatchAMAZING.
This video is by Carlos Lascano, a filmmaker from Madrid.
Here’s a link to some more of his videos.
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Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost
Happy...
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Junior Boys - Double Shadow
cold clear evening...
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perceptions matter
Sometimes the whole “people before profits” thing at work feels more like the first half of a declaration that would conclude “.. and shiny toys above all.” I wouldn’t mind seeing fewer whizbang clip on gadgets or gratuitously large flat screen monitors.
I know they do good things there and I know I’m a small part of that story, but these perceptions matter...
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Chris Whitley - Accordingly
Always loved this...
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El Guincho - Palmitos Park
This sounded so good...
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There is one constant I’ll always have no matter the advances made in technology, no matter the evolutions in thinking, be them cultural or personal, and no matter the shape of my experience with what it is to be alive, and that constant is my faith in the human face to contain it all.
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Watch
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
Yann Tiersen
Beach House
Horse Feathers
Beirut
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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a record
In the past three days I have heard more people say more brilliant things than seems possible. In the moment I’ll mentally commit to quoting their brilliance, but I lose track of it all and what deserves a record for safe keeping slips through me and sinks to someplace I can’t verbalize. I havn’t been sleeping much lately, but I’m not distressed. I feel just the...
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Stars - Going, Going, Gone
I listened to this...
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One Small Step →
A nifty little way to save a tree or two. Who needs a phone book these days? There are plenty of perfectly decent people to talk to these days. Just take a walk.
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Sleeping States - Planning My Escape
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in the bread aisle
At the grocery store today I saw a woman facing the wall of bread in aisle one. I couldn’t yet see it, but she had an earbud plugged into one ear and streaming from it was, apparently, some sound that compelled her to move. As I take in this simple, not altogether unusual sight, I see a man come around the corner, take in the same sight from the opposing side and then to himself, laugh at...
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David Thomas Broughton - Ambiguity
Not even the...
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good nights start spicy and end in huddle...
The title pretty much sums it up. I’ve been meaning to write this down for a couple days. No matter. Sunday evening started out slow and spicy at Por Que No’s new, second location, on Hawthorne. Dave left us to make his way home, it being Sunday evening and all. Myself, Natalie, Christy and Caitlin headed to Space Room…er, no… BOG. No wait, no… Sapphire Hotel. ...
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Yellow.
Me: Everything comes [slurring] back to you.
Caitlin: Tell that to my yellow sweater.
Stars - Sad Robot.
Mmmmmm. French. I could go...
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Try to be
Try to be reasonable with me and ill go metaphysical on your ass.
Try to be deep with me and ill tell you what the science says.
Where am I immoveable?
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Truth is a coffee table.
magnoliasurgeon:
Like a violent affection Burning up from the depths of nostalgia Reaching a fiery hand into my chest Blackening my blood Turning all my ambitions on end I know very little of what I see And everything that came before has been distorted Corners have been sharpened or rounded as I please All is masked or intensified Until nothing of truth remains.
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Horse Feathers - Working Poor
Rainy headphone...
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Watchswing!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
TV on the Radio
Department of Eagles
Detektivbyrån
Ratatat
Thom Yorke
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You
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Prop 8
There’s been some discussion about the effect that Obama’s recent victory had on Proposition 8 in California. Prop 8, for those unsure, bans gay marriage in California, the United States most populated state. The thinking is that Obama turned out a disproportionate number of African American voters and that those voters supported Prop 8 by a large margin, tipping the balance and...
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Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Poof!
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Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.
Always loved this song.
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First Person Plural [link] →
Who are we?
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New Buffalo - I’m the Drunk, You’re...
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I glanced at the clouds today and felt inspired by...
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Berbati's
Man: Who comes to Berbati's to smoke cigars?
Me: Yeah man
Man: You smell that? What you thinking, Berbati's? Cigars?
Me: I know it. [slurring] Don't I know it!
Man: Now, you wanna come to Berbati's to stand next to a large black man at the urinals, talking 'bout cigars, thats whatchya do.
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WatchHeather and I arranged a trade: I would take care of her cats for two days and she would be in one of these videos. Done and done. This is Laurelhurst Park, well into the season of changing colors and just before the leaves started falling.
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WatchAfter a night of heavy partying, Ivy and her friend Tim come over early one Sunday. They walk along a fence.
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Delicious candy for your ears! Its M83 and their...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9) →
Cat Power
Burial
Department of Eagles
The Walkmen
Radiohead
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts.
Saw this band...
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WatchAlex and Christy have a dance off. We all win.
This is the 9th track on the Walkmen’s You & Me album and its actually quite danceable.
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WatchDave lets it all go. This is perhaps my favorite of the series, but I say that about them all.
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The Old-Believers - Granny’s Song
How I...
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WatchThe Walkmen’s most recent album “You & Me” blows my mind. Still. After weeks of listening to it. This is a video to part of the first song. It features Caitlin, on a lovely Fall afternoon, strolling Portland’s fine, fine streets. The 20 second mark features my favorite moment in all seven videos (so far — I’m talking to those of you Ive not a had a...