feeling way better from the sad sad week we all just had. to whit:

Trash Fashion - Rave Dave

Oh no. Part of me is thinking this is a good development (rock n rave), but a bigger part of me is thinking GOOFY HAT? I thought the Disney thing died last summer. also, they should be cited for an inappropriate use of an accordion

1: Put your mp3 player on random
2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarassing.
3: Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly.
4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is cheating.

Note: Emily G will probably get about half of these, they seem definitely skewed in her favor
( songs )

Apollo's Fire is mercifully over. Not that it was a bad experience--it never is. I just need to finish this last paper and have a week off. Or just a day. A day would be nice ( Read more... )

Get to the end of this paragraph and tell me I'm crazy for thinking this is a McSweeney's feature and not an actual interview in the Believer (which it is ( Read more... )

Xerox invents self-erasing paper.Whee ( Read more... )

Check it out. Oberlin made national news. The gingerbread nazi display was displayed at the bottom floor of our building for one night until it was taken down.

I quit Borders. I feel awesome. My life is 24 hours of Married to the Sea all the time (not really). My room is more spotless than usual but not as spotless as it could be ( Read more... )

buraka som sistema f/Petty - Yah!

kuduro. amazing. charlie will like it because of the strong black woman. wish i knew portuguese.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Songs that we sing

Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album 5:55 is some nice, Air-y dream pop. "Songs that We Sing" in particular is really lovely.

Not that I've ever seen Charlotte For Ever, but her overall look reminds me of Francoise Hardy, who I often think is even prettier than Bardot, somehow. Look how arty Hardy's videos ( Read more... )

me, janine, and karelisa on overheard in new york

it's technically overheard...i wasn't involved in the funny part. ok, so i'm a charlatan.