tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21561369292212001932024-02-02T02:36:19.874-06:00auspicious conditionscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-1632439114822829722011-11-29T04:34:00.003-06:002012-01-19T23:45:53.908-06:00off trekking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzCkp3f19a_YfxW1cSfBf1LddP51g4CdcuF_VfT4_p89vZtVyWepJZsHZbdEDB1tpOtRSX2hybubCftKAubKlb6iHGrsXWagbbJNy1MwX22gQP_jeqgLIoB0YAf_O0I4-klHX4JVF4eI/s1600/mountains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBzCkp3f19a_YfxW1cSfBf1LddP51g4CdcuF_VfT4_p89vZtVyWepJZsHZbdEDB1tpOtRSX2hybubCftKAubKlb6iHGrsXWagbbJNy1MwX22gQP_jeqgLIoB0YAf_O0I4-klHX4JVF4eI/s1600/mountains.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...trekking through the last few weeks of this semester, that is. I've been buried alive in deadlines, papers and other time suckers so I apologize for my lack in activity on this blog lately. My normal posting will resume <strike>soon </strike> eventually. Meanwhile, enjoy the scenery and think of me as I attempt to use one, if not all, of <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/stuff-you-say-when-youre-avoiding-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThoughtCatalog+%28Thought+Catalog%29">these excuses</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On another note: you can look forward to a monday mix <strike>next week</strike> soon of all of my favorite 90s hits (or most, at least... there are so many!) Also I have another weekly blog post up my sleeves called Midnight Sessions, so check in again soon!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lox/33885582/sizes/m/in/photostream/">photo source</a></span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-17828006895899544022011-11-16T09:00:00.008-06:002011-11-16T09:00:08.323-06:00I Believe I Can Fly: flight of the frenchies<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31240369?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/31240369">I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies). Trailer</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/chamonix">sebastien montaz-rosset</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These guys are <i>crazy</i>. This documentary follows a group of (mostly) French guys in their recreational activity of "skylining" (which combines base jumping, tightrope walking, and slacklining). My heart was racing just in the few short minutes of this trailer as I watch these guys just casually do flips off cliffs that are hundreds of feet up (my limit is 30ft), tightrope-walk across buildings and said cliffs, or y'know, just hang by their toes with just a parachute to catch them when they (inevitably) fall...</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't wait to watch the rest.</span></li>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No mix this week. Unfortunately, time escaped me this weekend. On the bright side, this video by Jarbas Agnelli is incredibly interesting. Having taken a photograph of birds perched atop wires, he wondered what 'sound' they would make if they were instead notes on staff paper (the kind of paper you write music on). Without digitally altering any of the birds, he produced a melody to the photograph.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agnelli said, "I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating." Well, I disagree. I think it was incredibly original and fascinating to watch. And it was a sweet melody, too, that will likely pop in my head now whenever I look up and see birds scattered along the wires.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Other musical links from around the webosphere:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">A sweet <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/a-mixtape-for-my-future-wife/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThoughtCatalog+%28Thought+Catalog%29">playlist</a> for a bride from her groom.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">A relaxing <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/10/wordless-9-weekly-music.html">Wordless</a> playlist by Kate Miss at For Me, For You</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">For the francophile in us, a list of <a href="http://flavorwire.com/224001/10-french-bands-that-everyone-should-know">10 French Bands that Everyone Should Know</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hilarious infographic: <a href="http://flavorwire.com/226439/awesome-infographic-the-musicians-least-likely-to-get-you-laid#more-226439">Musicians Least Likely to Get You Laid</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An intriguing <a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/features/why-we-fight/8703-on-beauty-which-really-does-not-have-to-be-dull/">article</a> from Pitchfork on "narrative" and "beautiful music."</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://seesawdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-you-remember.html">Catchy song</a>, but mostly a very eye-catching music video.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want to play a game? The challenge is: Can you make it through the month? This "game," released in February 2011, is created by <a href="http://www.umdurham.org/who-we-are.html">Urban Ministries of Durham</a> (a non-religious based organization in North Carolina) who provides food, clothing, shelter and other services to its surrounding communities.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their concept is simple. As the player you learn that you have lost your job and are already low on cash (because, really, how many of us are able to maintain a large savings account?) and you're then asked the basic question: "Can you make it through the month?" The two first options you are confronted with are A) find a job or B) exit the game. By accepting the "challenge" you then </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enter a heart thumping series of choices and confrontations each with their own consequences (that come from <a href="http://playspent.org/doc/UMD_Spent_Sources.pdf">real statistics</a>.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I barely made it through the month (which sounds similar to my own reality), but overall this idea is an engaging way to educate those who don't quite understand what it's like to live on a low-income salary. So I <u>triple dog dare</u> you. Play the game and see how <i>you</i> do: <a href="http://playspent.org/">Spent</a>.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-13740460382914696592011-11-13T10:00:00.007-06:002011-11-14T16:48:33.173-06:00aubade - philip larkin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RaFPRABsXeIDdndN_Av8XZHyLaGCG5XP6rvKwJPke9VYGimu-9fk1U98YVI0cvccjVpppvpNM_37CJq40HgH18BlD-Ni7uXU6rTL9y3woF7hS0FwhlAuGjzP04Ufm4txeXN7gk_jHeM/s1600/stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RaFPRABsXeIDdndN_Av8XZHyLaGCG5XP6rvKwJPke9VYGimu-9fk1U98YVI0cvccjVpppvpNM_37CJq40HgH18BlD-Ni7uXU6rTL9y3woF7hS0FwhlAuGjzP04Ufm4txeXN7gk_jHeM/s1600/stairs.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I work all day, and get half-drunk at night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In time the curtain-edges will grow light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till then I see what's really always there:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unresting death, a whole day nearer now,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making all thought impossible but how</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And where and when I shall myself die.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arid interrogation: yet the dread</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of dying, and being dead,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flashes afresh to hold and horrify.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The good not done, the love not given, time</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Torn off unused - nor wretchedly because </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>an only life can take so long to climb</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But at the total emptiness for ever,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sure extinction that we travel to</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And shall be lost in always. Not to be here,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not to be anywhere,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And soon; nothing more terrible, nothing more true</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a special way of being afraid</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No trick dispels. Religion used to try,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That vast moth-eaten musical brocade</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Created to pretend we never die,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And specious stuff that say <i>No rational being</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Can fear a thing it will not feel, </i>not seeing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That this is what we fear - no sigh, no sound,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No touch or taste or smell, nothing to think with,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing to love with or link with,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The anaesthetic from which none come round.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so it stays just on the edge of vision,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A small unfocused blur, a standing chill</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That slows each impulse down to indecision.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most things may never happen: this one will,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And realisation of it rages out</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In furnace-fear when we are caught without</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People or drink. Courage is no good:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It means not scaring others. Being brave</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lets no one off the grave.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Death is no different whine at than withstood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slowly light strengthens, and the room takes shape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It stands plain as a wardrobe, what we know,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have always known, know that we can't escape,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet can't accept. One side will have to go.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meawhile telephones crouch, getting ready to ring</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In locked-up offices, and all the uncaring</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intricate rented world begins to rouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sky is white as clay, with no sun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Work has to be done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Postmen like doctors go from house to house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This young (& extremely talented) artist, Fredo, is giving the late M. C. Escher a run for his money with these amazing 3-D illustrations. A few of these required me to take a second, and third, glance just to separate what's real and what's not. These are making me nostalgic for my M.C. Escher pop up book I had growing up as a kid...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/230550/fredos-incredible-3d-drawings">Source</a> and <a href="http://fredosis.com/">Fredo's website</a>.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-7090531308079754462011-11-12T16:41:00.000-06:002011-11-12T16:41:11.084-06:00Murmuration<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31158841?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/31158841">Murmuration</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3069761">Sophie Windsor Clive</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Above) This music video created for the song "Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn" - by Evelyn Evelyn is mesmerizing. <a href="http://flavorwire.com/226176/animated-foggy-window-drawings">source</a> or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you heard of the <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/case-study-got-your-pickleback/">pickle-back</a>? Honestly, I only skimmed the article, but it's about something that is truly delicious (if you also like whiskey). My roommate and I always have pickles in our refrigerator, and it's not just because we like the crunch.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only did I hear about the amazing film <i>The Future</i> through Kate Miss's blog (For Me For You), but she's already gotten me excited about <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/11/it-chooses-you.html">Miranda July's new book, <i>It Chooses You</i></a>. Can't wait for winter break reading...</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inwardly did a Stephanie Tanner 'yesss' when <i>Hoop Dreams</i> was named <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/the-one-must-see-documentary/">all-time best documentary</a> by Current TV (and covered by the New York Times). Have you seen it? Stop reading and go watch it now.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another good piece on Thought Catalog - "<a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/the-intimacies-of-the-urban/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThoughtCatalog+%28Thought+Catalog%29">The Intimacies of The Urban</a>." Definitely rings a bell having lived in a few different cities.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every week I look forward to the new <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/style/fashionandstyle/columns/modernlove/index.html?offset=0&s=newest">Modern Love</a> column in the Times, but <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/fashion/when-your-father-google-stalks-your-boyfriends-modern-love.html?ref=modernlove">this one</a> is still my very favorite laugh-out-loud story.</span></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these comics bring me joy, daily...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a lot of work, work, work around here this week. Semester is halfway over which equals lots of looming deadlines. Also, with two jobs in the hospitality industry, things always seem to peak a little around the holidays before its inevitable crash and temporary fade in January.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With all the running around, I've relied on music to keep me mellow. Here are just a few of the songs on this week's rotations. Enjoy.</span><br />
<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love is All - The Tallest Man On Earth</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fade Into You - Mazzy Star</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Bob Dylan</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jungle - Emma Louise</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bittersweet Melodies - Feist</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Round Here - Counting Crows</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Existentialism On Prom Night - Straylight Run</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walk In The Park - Beach House</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gone - Vacationer</span></li>
</ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can download the mix here: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?um0xw4s3hfmm3u5">Gone</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"><b>Please: If you enjoy the music, seek out and support the artist (ie: buy music).</b></span></div>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-52196563143550582202011-11-03T00:10:00.000-05:002011-11-03T00:10:17.015-05:00in where i wish i could sing<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mNE9bUa2D0c" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had never heard of this Swedish girl group, Erato - but I like!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/29399425">I Need Nothing - a nearly useless odyssey</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/caoceito">Cãoceito</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I came across this music video through the blog <a href="http://www.yesandyes.org/2011/10/i-need-nothing.html">Yes and Yes</a> the other day. Visually, the video is stunning and I especially loved the thought that went behind in producing the mock record albums. As the video played its course, however, I had a nagging feeling that I had seen something like this before. After going to the Vimeo page of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cãoceito + Burdman, I could see clearer the idea behind their project:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i>" </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Repositories of stories and its enriching emotions, the covers, that accomodate the existing panoply of musical genres, are the motto for this exibition. The focus is made on album covers that often conquer our memory even when music slightly reached our ears." </i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, perhaps the similiarity was on purpose - that images (whether still on a record cover or moving in a music video) stick with us, even when it becomes difficult to place them. And also, of course, this doesn't mean that these guys (C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">ãoceito + Burdman) are copycats, because in fact their idea is still authentic! This connection I made pleased me because it almost proves <a href="http://auspiciousconditions.blogspot.com/2011/08/inspiration.html">a theory by Jim Jarmusch</a> that "Nothing is original... Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent." He, of course, within his quote steals a line from Jean-Luc Godard, "It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to." Frankly, that's what my blog is about. I am merely a vehicle of expressing things I see, hear, and read around me and sharing them on my blog. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">*Also - when watching </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">ãoceito + Burdman's "I Need Nothing Video," Dylan is there. The mock album says the lyrics "I'm Not" and is a re-imagining of the poster for the biographical film based on Bob Dylan's life, "I'm Not There." Clever, clever.</span></div>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-67598606227485899292011-10-21T13:04:00.001-05:002011-10-22T23:49:26.267-05:00bookmarked: have a great weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNm7OlMlsg5o-S5rUEg5JI8sitvUzp415edyAVV3lOPqafqDUwiXyUXASJCyfBjHvA3jpRdZxfLHvpW4WotPkR0AJhf7gu_IMLoEkxqo6wsz_Q989Lk8FCq_b5_oNiDxy9xVvYfwJj95Y/s1600/street_art_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNm7OlMlsg5o-S5rUEg5JI8sitvUzp415edyAVV3lOPqafqDUwiXyUXASJCyfBjHvA3jpRdZxfLHvpW4WotPkR0AJhf7gu_IMLoEkxqo6wsz_Q989Lk8FCq_b5_oNiDxy9xVvYfwJj95Y/s400/street_art_11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In awe of these </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=2014">Street Art masterpieces</a> (like the one above).</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These reimagined <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2011/10/modern-fairytale-posters.html">modern fairy tale posters</a> are pretty incredible, too.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/crazy-san-francisco-craigslist-roommate-post">Craigslist ad</a> is from August and it's hysterical. Who <i>wouldn't</i> want to live with this guy?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A thought provoking list: <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/34-regrets-i-have-about-the-past-34-years/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThoughtCatalog+%28Thought+Catalog%29">34 Regrets I Have About the Past 34 Years</a> </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm loving Kate Miss's Wordless posts: <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/10/wordless-1.html">1</a> / <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/10/wordless-2-weekly-music.html">2</a> / <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/10/wordless-3.html">3</a> / <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/10/wordless-4.html">4</a> / <a href="http://forme-foryou.com/2011/10/wordless-5.html">5</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A well-written article on "<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141513949/crossing-the-border-between-haves-and-have-nots?sc=fb&cc=fp">The Haves and Have-nots</a>"</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and lastly, three minutes of pure <a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2539916142295">90s nostalgia</a>.</span></li>
</ul>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-4469437216056492992011-10-18T13:07:00.000-05:002011-10-18T13:07:42.017-05:00fake english<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever said a word so many times that you become disconnected to it? Try it. Just a repeat a word, for example, "Toast," and repeat it as many times as possible until it's empty of its meaning. toast.toast.toast.toast.toast.toast. Eventually you start to hear just the sounds... just a combination of noises your voice makes. Language is funny that way. The actual concept of language as merely a series of repeated noises is only noticeable, really, when listening to an unfamiliar language. It's difficult, however, to see this about one's own native-language. This video, shared by <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-english-sounds-like-to-foreigners.html">Cup of Jo</a>, is a hilarious illustration of what English (my first language) probably sounds like to non-native English speakers. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went through my iTunes library the other day and browsed the songs that are written around the topic of love, just because. It's not really surprising that in my very quick five minute search I accumulated fifty songs (and I know there's more there) - some pro-love, some not-so-much. And, when making this mix, I kinda-sorta created this compilation to resemble the course of some (but, not all) love affairs. Yep, I got that crazy with it. Enjoy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Too Afraid to Love You - The Black Keys</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart Skipped a Beat - The XX</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abducted - Cults</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart to Tell - The Love Language</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beat of My Heart - Noisettes</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How Deep Is Your Love? - The Rapture</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Give Me Love - Lucky Soul</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Say No to Love - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin' - Mayer Hawthorne</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fools In Love - Inara George</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It Ain't Me, Babe - Bob Dylan</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love and Leave - Scattered Trees</span></li>
</ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can download the mix here: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?040ze5mp3d3dd89">something like fluttering</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"><b>Please: If you enjoy the music, seek and out and support the artist (ie: buy music).</b></span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If only I was a better skilled artist, I would take to my walls a sharpie and forget about hanging stuff like <a href="http://www.curbly.com/chrisjob/posts/5316-the-10-sharpie-room-makeover">this guy did</a>. (photo credit)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved this <a href="http://brainyjane22.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/sometimes-i-think-about-whales-and-just-about-lose-my-mind/">collection of musings</a> shared by a teacher of her students. Children are way more insightful then most give them credit for.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will never forget being in Paris and a young Frenchman came up to me and touched my tree of life tattoo on my back and shouted excitedly, "Speederman! Speederman!" (Spiderman). I was more amused than bothered, but having other tattoo-touching scenarios less pleasant, I can agree with this Thought Catalog piece on <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/why-we-dont-touch-tattoos/">Why We Don't Touch Tattoos</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Appreciated this article on needing a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/fashion/maybe-its-time-for-plan-c.html?_r=2">Plan C</a>. (I have plans a - z)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Admittedly, I rarely need an excuse to waste time... but <a href="http://flavorwire.com/204664/the-best-time-wasting-websites-for-rainy-days">this list</a> is pretty rad if you do need one.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just love the stuff that yum&yuk shares on her blog, including <a href="http://yum-and-yuk.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-what-work-is-by-philip-levine.html">this poem</a>.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week's playlist is a selection of my favorite songs from a very mellow, relaxed mix I've had on repeat all week. All of the tracks are sweet and slow and the perfect background music as I absorb myself in studying and paper-writing. They're also great tunes when listened to while cooking - trust me, I just made a lasgna and the overall experience was very cathartic. Enjoy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Bob Dylan</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Atlas Hands - Benjamin Francis Leftwich</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Between The Bars - Elliot Smith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Blood Bank - Bon Iver</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Thinking About You - Big Scary</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Fair - Remy Zero</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Crosses - Jose Gonzalez</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Skinny Love - Bon Iver</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can download the mix here: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8td9pmqpcbzioct">sound of silence</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">original source unknown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(saw this on a friend's Facebook status)</span></div>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-9098031927197158982011-10-03T23:02:00.001-05:002011-10-03T23:03:19.734-05:00music for your ears: links<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EgIb1l3-2TNsteK_cuR0tY01MNUGLfEoGgz1KKn_k8qNrgPxdHxNrYegrlJGiBN2E-x1jHOzo_xm9KLR6N5gXG5wBIfnIO-LNYPnqLeYWMsPI-X3RdSqQYp8M_8iDSJnsmvebW1vhiA/s1600/avett_brothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EgIb1l3-2TNsteK_cuR0tY01MNUGLfEoGgz1KKn_k8qNrgPxdHxNrYegrlJGiBN2E-x1jHOzo_xm9KLR6N5gXG5wBIfnIO-LNYPnqLeYWMsPI-X3RdSqQYp8M_8iDSJnsmvebW1vhiA/s1600/avett_brothers.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Avett Brothers</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had no time to come up with a mix this week, wompwomp. On the other hand, the bookmarks tab on my computer is overwhelmed with music related links. So waste some time and lose yourself in some randoms I thought to be interesting...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On another note: I did see the Avett Brothers this past Friday at the Aragon Ballroom here in Chicago and it was really outstanding. They played a great set and combined with the beauty of The Aragon Ballroom itself (built in 1926, the interior looks like a little Spanish village) made for an incredibly fun night. I suppose the beers helped, too. On to the links:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good's <a href="http://musicforants.com/blog/?p=7099">best albums of 2011 (so far) </a>list complete with sample downloads.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/202359/10-specialist-blogs-music-nerds-need-to-bookmark?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Day%204%20%28Thursday%29&utm_campaign=Unified%20Mailer">10 specialist blogs for music nerds</a> provided by Flavorpill</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this particularly useful in my life: songs to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/210943/15-songs-to-soundtrack-your-quarterlife-creative-crisis?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Day%206%20%28Saturday%29&utm_campaign=Unified%20Mailer">soundtrack your quarterlife crisis</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/209827/15-wonderful-songs-inspired-by-poets">songs inspired by poets</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an amazing <a href="http://www.covermesongs.com/2011/10/watch-sonos-break-out-a-cappella-effects-for-chris-isaaks-wicked-game.html#more-27424">a cappella cover</a> of Wicked Game </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">another extensive list by MFKWCRG (see first bullet point): <a href="http://musicforants.com/blog/?p=7418">50 songs of the decade</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8030-15-years-of-pitchfork-interviews/">15 Years of of Pitchfork Interviews</a> has some really great excepts: </span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 24px;"><i>You know, the Scarecrow needed a brain, the Tin Man needed a heart, and the other dude needed courage. I need love, you feel me?" - Ghostface Killah, 2009</i></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if anyone knows, please contact me so I can give credit where credit's due.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544423321885053703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156136929221200193.post-33376522039339899572011-09-30T13:57:00.001-05:002011-09-30T15:42:12.586-05:00"the body's blossoming face flower"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UwSiO-vQHLg" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was incredibly lucky to see this performed live. These guys were dead-on. The amount of laugh-crying I experienced left me in physical pain. Really, I felt muscles in my stomach the next morning that I forgot I had.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*update: Changed the video to footage of when I was <i>actually</i> there. You can view the previous video I had up <u><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INSFTSGGIRg&feature=player_embedded">here</a></u>.</span><br />
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