April 2009
hey nyc smokers, free patches/gum is available... →
$10/pack is retarded.
all you have to do is dial 311. they’re giving that shit away, so get a four week supply and that’ll cut $300 off yr monthly budget if you smoke a pack a day.
i quit smoking cigarettes a few days ago.
but i think i’m going to become one of those assholes that smokes a pipe and who’s also really good at word-based games like scrabble and boggle.
also: i used to work at an independent record store when i was in art school and i also owned a boat before i moved to new york city and i own carhartt pants and prefer vinyl.
so i hereby request that someone lines up a 30-30 round into my...
mumblelard:
Ron - Slint
“He turns the pages…”
...
by the way, i've been burning patchouli and...
it works well towards my fragrance layering, especially when combined with the black chamomile body wash i got recently as a gift and unscented deodorant and some gucci envy cologne.
someone stop me before i buy a sleeve of nag champa or a sage smudge or a cast iron japanese censer to infuse my hair liek some geisha from some hanamichi during the edo period.
dammit beavis.
"who visibly does the drugs/who visibly gets the...
wanna figure out what the next mainstream musical trend will be? ask the above of any emerging sound/resurgence. seriously, take one aspect out of the above equation and it’ll have a good run but will never take off.
haydays (and yeah yeah, i know, all of the listed movements had underground origins predating mainstream emergence. but that’s kind of the point here):
fifties: rock and...
“the first [prime, only] principles of the universe are atoms and empty space...”
– democritus, circa -400WXX (iso-8601 dating). or: 400 BCE [gregorian]/-401 [julian]/-8249XX [modified julian day]/3360 [hebrew]/-1053 [islamic (a’salaam a’lakem no ham no bacon)]/6.17.12.X.X [mayan long count]/-7478XXXXXXX [unix time() value]
(just a kicker for you ppls: the human that...
“the universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by...”
– mccarthy
blood meridian, pg. 245
“i’ve always felt that the most important thing about an artist is that you...”
– terry riley
holy crap, hulu has some killer movies up right...
the last temptation of christ
the serpent and the rainbow
your friends and neighbors
and finally:
safe men (a hilarious sleeper comedy that i highly recommend.)
Dammit Beavis
Watchi sent my baby sister some windchimes for her back porch. they’re tuned to just intonation and the set is comprised of a harmonizing alto and soprano.
we live as we dream...alone
littlepotato:
rereading heart of darkness. decided to peruse on old paper i wrote on it. i found it essentially a description of parts of my mourning process. confrontations with mortality have a strong hold on the sense of sanity. from the beginning, Marlow’s loss is a palpable bruised breath. a lingering wound with no truth in sight to ease the pain of existence.
The wilderness appears to be...
attention lovers of the experimental neo-classical... →
Experience the work that changed the course of musical history and influenced countless artists from John Adams to The Who. Specially curated by the Kronos Quartet for the 45th anniversary of the premiere of [Terry Riley’s] In C, a one-time-only gathering of musicians will perform the work in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage for the first time. Featuring Kronos, Terry Riley, and original In C...
kbem's bluegrass saturday mornings! →
when i lived in minneapolis and had to work at the hardware store early of a saturday morn whilst still that sloshy kind of am-hour drunk, this is the only thing that got my ass out of bed or off the floor and off to work.
7am-noon cst/-6 gmt (8am-1pm est/-5 gmt)
have a listen if you’re up. i guarantee it’ll liven up your mornin’.
yee haw! (*ouch*)
well look at that!
a video i directed and shot last may is nominated for a webby! it even got onto msnbc’s countdown (rachel maddow saw it!) after it came out.
see the video here.
then go to pv.webbyawards.com and find it in online video - video remixes/mashups.
it’s labeled “bill o’reilly’s producer” and it’s currently in the lead! woo hoo!
(and while you’re...
I anticipated that he might seem a little odd when...
Chuck Klosterman: You mean you think you literally had the same experience as Doc Holliday [in Tombstone]?
Val Kilmer: Oh, sure. It's not like I believed that I shot somebody, but I absolutely know what it feels like to pull the trigger and take someone's life.
Chuck: You understand how it feels to shoot someone as much as a person who has actually committed a murder?
Val: I understand it more. It's an actor's job. A guy who's lived through the horror of Vietnam has not spent his life preparing his mind for it. He's some punk. Most guys were borderline criminal or poor, and that's why they got sent to Vietnam. It was all the poor, wretched kids who got beat up by their dads, guys who didn't get on the football team, couldn't finagle a scholarship. They didn't have the emotional equipment to handle that experience. But this is what an actor trains to do. I can more effectively represent that kid in Vietnam than a guy who was there.
Chuck: I don't question that you can more effectively represent it, but that's not the same thing. If you were talking to someone who's in prison for murder and the guy said, "Man, it really fucks you up to kill another person," do you think you could reasonably say, "I completely know what you're talking about"?
Val: Oh yeah. I'd know what he's talking about.
Chuck: Let's say someone made a movie about you--Val Kilmer--and they cast Jude Law in the lead role. By your logic, wouldn't this mean that Jude Law--if he succeeded in the role--would therefore understand what it means to be Val Kilmer more than you do?
Val: No, because I'm an actor. The people in those other circumstances don't have the self-knowledge.
Chuck: Well, what if it were a movie about your young life, before you became an actor?
Val: I guess I'd have to say yes.
