1983 Raymond Carver - Cathedral ( Read more... )

In anticipation of the Magnetic Fields coming back to Austin, I am making a super mix of all things Stephin Merritt.

It is, of course, a fun yet daunting endeavor.

Matte.

(any non-69 suggestions?)

did you know that Gore Vidal is actually the cousin of Al Gore?

he was born Eugene Luther Gore Vidal and shortened it to just the last two surnames.

funny, no?

hey there, Gossip Girl, could you stop being so compelling so I can go back to flippantly disregarding you as teen fluff.

(actually, it's really good.)

matte.

Itune's celebrity playlists ( Read more... )

1. the new Faint album is actually really good ( Read more... )

you know what is a cool word?

syzygy.

it would be cool to use when playing scrabble especially since many sorces on the internet state that it is the highest scoring word without using a vowel, but apparently modern scrabble boards only come with 2 y's.

you can still play syzygia, though.

matte.

I can spend whole days listening to camera obscura.

matte.

an Italian artist living in LA.

Mostly uses models in a group setting, with not much else going on. They are usually dressed alike, and most of the time look like extras from a Robert Palmer video in between shots.

This is completely not that.


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Deal or No Deal.

it's always on.

I think my hell is perpetually watching deal or no deal and finding myself uncontrollably yelling at the TV to "TAKE THE MONEY, YOU DUMB WHORE!" or "STOP BEING GREEDY, YOU UGLY BITCH!"

It does not bring out the good in me.

SXSW!

matte.