October 2008
96 posts
Watchevanwalsh:
Kele from Bloc Party performs an acoustic version of “This Modern Love”. So fresh.
The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
(this...
“The Doctor can change quite radically, but there’s still an essential...”
– David Tennant, on what it’ll be like for fans when he leaves after next year
WatchYo Yo Ma and Andrew Bird — Improvised duet for cello and violin
sasharappaport: via stereogum
“If you’ve recently found yourself feeling upbeat and optimistic about life,...”
– A Morrissey Memoir? Possibly Very Soon
(via therichgirlsareweeping)
the filter of the mainstream media, eh? Sarah Palin, is that you?
Dannii and Kylie Minogue with the BBC Concert...
Perez Hilton encourages Americans to vote early →
…and admits that he has never previously voted, despite being aged 30.
…and scares the heck out of me by launching into an insane song and dance routine.
"Reading Faulkner at 17, You Foresee Your... →
Barack Obama: Why I believe he should be the next... →
Like everyone else in the world, our mayor apparently has an opinion on the US presidential race. Unlike many other people in the world, our mayor also has a column in Britain’s right-most daily broadsheet.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Jolene
“Thank you for buying this music and for supporting the artists, songwriters,...”
– EMI
So this passage took up a third of the back cover of a liner notes booklet in a CD I received in the post today. And I dunno, I sympathise to a degree. But the ‘lending discs to others’ thing? Is that really the legal/moral equivalent of posting an album online for thousands (tens...
“I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of...”
– Colin Powell
“When McCain goes after ACORN, he’s really just asking you to join him in...”
– Dahlia Lithwick
Angelo Badalamenti - Audrey’s Dance (via...
In which Becky is true to her word.
katiebakes:
youngmanhattanite:
Sarah Palin. Discuss. Sarah Palin is “Becky.” That’s the industry term for the typical Christian radio listener —the churchgoing working mom who doesn’t want to think too hard about anything. She wants programming that affirms what she already believes and that’s safe for the kids in the backseat. Nothing makes it on to the airwaves if it’s going to upset or...
