December 2008
Meme Alt-ar →
This sounds really cool guys, sign me up.
travisekmark:
SK, Ted, and myself are on a quest to understand memes. We’ve started this Tumblr to house some of our findings. If you’d like to participate, send one of us an email.
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Favorite Musical Discoveries of 2008
This summer I was severely bitten by a hip-hop bug, and spent most of my time finally obtaining classic rap albums I’d always meant to check out, but there was still plenty of rock, pop, and good ol’ IDM to go around.
The Mai Shi - “Run To Your Grave” Battles- Mirrored Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory Basia Bulat- Oh, Darling GZA-Liquid Swords Ghostface Killah-...
Camptown Races, the Remix
I’ve taken up the harmonica again. It’s nice to have something to do that doesn’t involve a computer screen or books.
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Favorite Albums of 2008
In no particular order:
Vampire Weekend Thao Nguyen - We Brave Bee Stings and All Los Campesinos!- We Are Beautiful, We are Doomed Beach House- Devotion Girl Talk- Night Ripper deerhunter- Microcastle Animal Collective- Water Curses EP Dodos- Visiter Tv On The Radio- Dear Science Kanye West- 808’s and Heartbreak
Update to previous post regarding Animal...
You can listen to much more then just one song of the new album. It leaked and you can download it here.
The real joy of morning is not the return of the light, but the confirmation...
– Joe Reynolds
Merry Christmas
Wikipedia Article:List of Common Misconceptions →
This reads a bit like a Cliff Notes to Mythbusters, but it’s still interesting, provided of course they are all true
Hangover cures from around the world →
The Netherlands has the right idea as far as I’m concerned
via Buzzfeed
Make fun of my BA in English all you like, no English major’s fucked over the...
– Shorter Excerpts (via peterwknox) (via kaytee)
Totally true, plus the bottom will never unexpectedly fall out on anything I do. Although if I woke up tomorrow and it was announced New Historicist literary criticism had crashed! I would laugh pretty hard.
I always suspected it was true...
Holy Shit Ryan Kelley is the coolest person ever, with the coolest job ever. Please go look at these photos.
PS- Is Gamesville hiring????
ohryan:
Heading to Andover, MA to present a lucky Gamesville winner with a giant novelty check Publishers Clearing House style! Pictures all afternoon: http://ohryankelley.com
I Wish I Were The Moon, the video game →
An “alternative” video game based on the Italo Calvino short story “The Distance of the Moon.” It happens to be one of favorite pieces of literature ever, and also the basis for that song by Neko Case (I think) that Brenda really loves.
It describes itself as “alternative” because it doesn’t really have a start middle and finish, and your objectives are...
Ugh. Avoiding my Google Reader for a couple of weeks was a great way to focus on exams, but I still have 397 items to wade through and I’ve been reading all day
Flight of the Conchords - Season 2 Premiere Free... →
ohryan:
Flight of the Conchords - Season 2 Premiere
Available on FunnyOrDie starting today.
(via: rumorsontheinternets: azizisbored)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Boards of Canada (37)
Fugazi (18)
Sunny Day Real Estate (8)
Kanye West (7)
Brian Eno & David Byrne (5)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Los Campesinos! (21)
Vince Guaraldi (16)
Sunny Day Real Estate (15)
Deerhunter (14)
Manitoba (11)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Kanye West
Deerhunter
Yeasayer
The dB’s
Boards of Canada
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