February 2011
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Finally: From The Daily’s worst-dressed list (I’d been combing everyone else’s worst dressed lists all day), Kathryn Bigelow’s dress was YSL, which I should have known — the cut-outs! The shoulders! The austere glamour! Of course!
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New Mountain Goats album now streaming at NPR! →
superdiscochino:
whoooo!
Excellent; my gloomy Monday has improved about 1000%.
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the xx - VCR
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the jess burke and jessica skolnik challenge to...
oldtobegin:
ourlovewilldestroy:
As prompted by a gchat conversation that has obviously been brewing in both of our brains for a long time:
BE SCARY. Really scary. Make people uncomfortable, but don’t just go for the obvious button-pushing “shock value” bullshit, because that is just as tired and shallow as AM lite gold sounds. Make people uncomfortable because you are genuinely challenging...
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magnificentruin:
Wire Mannequin
oldtobegin:
booyahgrandmere:
Beulah - “If We...
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“Ferguson, who describes himself as a “classic Scottish enlightenment...”
– Niall Ferguson: ‘Westerners don’t understand how vulnerable freedom is’ | Books | The Observer
I admire a lot of smart people who have, in my opinion, an intellectual flaw or two (I mean, don’t we all?) — but this one’s a little hard to swallow. Which is tough,...
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ON THE SET: Michelle Pfeiffer Gets a Make-Under! |... →
New Year’s Eve, the non-sequel sequel to the hit ensemble film (nyar-har) Valentine’s Day is filming some scenes with Michelle Pfeiffer in front of my office building. To say that it’s a zoo out there is an understatement. In the photos behind the link, there’s a nice sliver of my photogenic corner of midtown.
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Watchdouglasmartini:
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The Mountain Goats - Birth of Serpents
From All Eternals Deck (2011), as performed on The Late Show 2/23/11
Direct from John Darnielle’s Twitter:
“Any artist who is blase about being on TV, step aside and give us your space, because to us it is really, really hurt-our-faces-smiling fun.”
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derekdarling:
heaven 17 -...
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“You could go up to a girl you’re into and be like, “Wanna bang on my yacht? You...”
– Picking Up Artsy Girls, Shaving Mystification, and “Am I a Jealous Jerk?” | The Hairpin
#dying
(via doree)
#hilarz. Also, THIS:
I wouldn’t sweat the style thing too much, either. Do you know how many copies of Take Ivy sold last year? Like, a million copies. No one is making fun of your...
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