December 2009
52 posts
WatchOne of last year’s lovely Oscar nominated shorts.
The world smells like laundry and shortbread cookies this morning. Merry Christmas.
“Let us speak right into whichever of Duritz’s ears doesn’t have a...”
– The 50 Worst Songs of the ’00s, F2K No. 1: Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton, “Big Yellow Taxi” - New York Music - Sound of the City
“Money and the subterranean world are family and they go back a long way; their...”
– Italo Calvino, “The Petrol Pump”, December 1974.
Psychogeography
“The study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals.” - Guy Debord
Related to Baudelaire’s concept of flaneur, a “stroller or lounger”, and derive, or drift, psychogeography sets out an unrestricted method of interacting with a city, in turn shifting ideas...
“The days during which that 19-year-old has Rand’s worldview vectored into...”
– The Bitch is Back: Books: GQ - How Ayn Rand has destroyed America
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johnzanussi:
“This music was recorded by Voyager I and II as they crossed paths with Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. They weren’t captured with a microphone: Audible sound can’t travel through space, so Voyager was listening to the electromagnetic waves around the planets and moons. Waves produced by space phenomena, like the planet’s magnetospheres interacting...
“The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the...”
– (via lastchatwithphontaine)
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that...”
– Rachel Carson (via rememo)
I'm kind of in love with Bored to Death
Israeli Mover: What are you, another self-hating New York Jew?
Jonathan Ames: Yes, yes I am.
“To worry that philosophical works, and works as prolix as Heidegger’s, works...”
– sp!ked review of books | Why they’re really scared of Heidegger
Watchsteelopus:
The Daily Show - November 16, 2009
The ball finally gets inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame after the stick and the cardboard box.
“What are you guys doing over there in Rochester?! Get your heads out of your garbage plates and pay attention, ‘cause if I find out next year that you put in Bubble Wrap before Rubix Cube, I’m grabbing Geoffrey Giraffe, FAO, Schwartz, and...
Is there anything better than Pete Seeger with a...