i stayed at an air bnb for the first time last week in ibiza.

i was in someone else´s house, but i didn´t know them. it felt a little like prostitution.

i wanted to say, "normally this is something i do with friends and for free, but i don´t know you and i´m paying for it."

30 bands i have shared a stage with ( Read more... )

koi no yokan (japanese) - the sense one can have upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall in love. differs from “love at first sight” as it does not imply that the feeling of love exists, only the knowledge that a future love is inevitable.

guided by voices
let's go eat the factory
song 11: 'how i met my mother'
"a song about the school of thinking that one can sort of choose one's parents for incarnation."

"if people are more apt to think of themselves as consumers rather than producers, if gratification is associated with consumption rather than working, doing and making, we have only to bear in mind that this is a society where work is either unattainable or alienating." ~ susan willis

alright, i don't own any model of iphone - or ipod - and try to avoid buying things that are antiquated less than 1000 days after they were made. but the most remarkable thing about steve jobs is that the last decade of his life was arguably his best. seriously, how often does that happen? way to go. rock over london, rock on chicago: you deserve a ( Read more... )

"whatever of value, interest, or meaning our respective worlds may appear endued with are thus pure gifts of the spectator's mind. the passion of love is the most familiar and extreme example of this fact. if it comes, it comes; if it does not come, no process of reason can force it . . . .so with fear, with indignation, jealousy, ambition, worship ( Read more... )

guide to determining nationalities in mallorca:
sunburned -- scandinavian
sunburned and inebriated -- british
beach chair claimed with towel since 8 a.m. -- german
on a yacht -- russian
swarthy guy, supermodel girl -- serbian/croatian
dad, mom, kids, two generations of cousins, grandma, and grandpa -- italian
same as above, but at the bar -- spanish

why the world cup is like history:

• the french are arrogant.
• the italians put on a complete show.
• england jacks around forever but pulls it off at the end.
• the u.s. has no style but works their asses off more than anyone.
• the germans destroy everybody but will blow it at the last minute.
• everybody confuses switzerland with sweden.
• everybody underrates the ( Read more... )

"many academic commentators have praised american labor market flexibility as the reason for u.s. economic strength.
ironically, many of them are professors with guaranteed tenure."
~ marc chandler