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Nov 16

Here's THE GAME: Grab the book nearest you. Right now. • Turn to page 56. • Find the fifth sentence. • Reblog these instructions & post that sentence • Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST book.

tomewing:

aceterrier:

cureforbedbugs:

fireengines:

haguenite:

thedisgruntledgradstudent:

hurricane-k:

himandher:

robotlove:

captainkirk:

tumblingnoodle:

taylortallegra:

angelcondom:

lottieeeee:

elharrington:itskelseyyo:phoebejeebies:thisisdiamond:babywhalesforsale:drawingtheline:
vibinbby
:mr—smith:haileyyy:precarious-peace:raineyday:without-words:
livetolove1234
:sabinasblog:

“Well, Harry… time for us to be off,” said Dumbledore at last, standing up and straightening his long black cloak.

“Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders.”

“She had quite a lot of sex appeal, too, if you really want to know.”

“In either case, the end result is one fearsome monster.”

“Or is this all nonsense?”

“Yes. It has often led him to be liberal and generous, -to give his money freely, to display hospitality, to assist his tenants, and relieve the poor.”

“The crest on the paper was a number of souls gathered round a mountain, with a little arch of text underneath.”

La mano che scrive sembra staccarsi dal corpo e si prolunga in liberta’ assai lungi dal cervello, che, anch’esso in qualche modo staccato dal corpo e divenuto aero, guarda dall’alto, con una terrible lucidita’, le frasi inattese che escono dalla penna.

[The hand that writes seems to disconnect itself from the body and to prolong itself so far from the head, that the head, too, in some way disconnected from teh body e changed into an airplane, looks down from above, with a terrible clarity; phrases unexpected emerge from the pen.]

“You feel any stinging spots?”

“I am Horus.”

An American Dilemma, the monumental study of the Negro and American democracy that was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation, was the combined product of Myrdal, director of the project and principal author of the book, played much the same role that the chairman of the board of directors does in a large corporation.

Graceland’s staff take the notion of the mansion’s upstairs as sanctuary quite seriously (supposedly, the actor Nicolas Cage, who was married to Lisa Marie for three months in 2002, is the only non-family member to have ventured upstairs since Elvis’s death; if one believes rumors, even President Clinton was denied a visit).

That’s what he had done with Alger Hiss.

He’d dressed up in a pink shirt and grey suit trousers, and had either bathed in or drunk a whole bottole of cologne.


Nov 10

Phil Neville refuses to admit that Gary is his brother.

I LOLed


Sep 26

“Peter, you’ve lost the news!”

Pure comedy gold.


Sep 25
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

aceterrier:

Panjabi MC ft. Jay-Z, “Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware Of The Boys)”

I’m not sure where I found out about this — probably Pitchfork, back before keeping up with their track reviews became too onerous a task for someone unwilling to visit the site daily. (Two redesigns ago, I think I’m right in saying.) Jay was supposed to be the path into the song, but as it turned out the song was my path into Jay; I haven’t really explored bhangra, in either traditional or hiphoppified form since, but I’ve gotten a lot out of Hova since then.

I’ve got too many Jay-Z guest spots on my (forthcoming) 2000s list as it is; and since the original was released in 1998, it’s disqualified. Still a banger, though.

This was #77 in my countdown of my favourite 100 songs of the Noughties. Personally, I prefer the version without Jay Z (it’s not often you’ll hear me say that about a song). Gotta agree with aceterrier though - it’s most definitely still a banger.



Sep 21

Los Campesinos! are one of my favourite British bands of this decade, and I think this is brilliant. They’re announcing their new member, to replace Aleks, who left the band in June to return to her studies.


Shamelessly nicked from Popjustice, their Song of The Day from last Thursday is an absolute corker… Medina’s ‘You And I’. I’m getting old, so I don’t go clubbing as often as I used to, but I can’t wait to hear this played out on a dancefloor. It’s got Euro smash hit potential, although it’s clearly coming out at the wrong time of year. Due out Oct 12th.



Sep 9
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conorh:

zangtumb:
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conorh:

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