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danielkutz: Darwin Deez “You Can’t Be My Girl” from Keith...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:21:37 +0100

Darwin Deez “You Can’t Be My Girl” from Keith Schofield on Vimeo.

A story of unrequited love, told with stock footage.

From the album “Songs For Imaginative People” by Darwin Deez, order from:
iTunes: smarturl.it/darwindeez

luckynumbermusic.com

I fucking love Keith Schofield

interweber: basketball game <3

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:56 +0100

interweber:

basketball game

"Roseanne coined the term “Domestic Goddess” to describe her character."

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:03:26 +0100

“Roseanne coined the term “Domestic Goddess” to describe her character.”

- Just doing some reading about Roseanne.

guardian: The rain isn’t dampening the Queen’s day as she and...

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:49:56 +0100

guardian:

The rain isn’t dampening the Queen’s day as she and Camilla attend the Royal Windsor Horse Show, England. Photograph: Michael Dunlea/Barcroft Media

A picture my sister drew of me 9 years ago #imalone

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:22:35 +0100

A picture my sister drew of me 9 years ago #imalone

hehehehehe

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:59:17 +0100

hehehehehe

jessicalspivey: this is my life. most accurate descript ever....

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:58:38 +0100

jessicalspivey:

this is my life. most accurate descript ever. ever.

"This demand for respectful silence in the wake of a public figure’s death is not just..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:43:00 +0100

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This demand for respectful silence in the wake of a public figure’s death is not just misguided but dangerous. That one should not speak ill of the dead is arguably appropriate when a private person dies, but it is wildly inappropriate for the death of a controversial public figure, particularly one who wielded significant influence and political power…

But the key point is this: those who admire the deceased public figure (and their politics) aren’t silent at all. They are aggressively exploiting the emotions generated by the person’s death to create hagiography. Typifying these highly dubious claims about Thatcher was this (appropriately diplomatic) statement from President Obama: “The world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend.” Those gushing depictions can be quite consequential, as it was for the week-long tidal wave of unbroken reverence that was heaped on Ronald Reagan upon his death, an episode that to this day shapes how Americans view him and the political ideas he symbolized. Demanding that no criticisms be voiced to counter that hagiography is to enable false history and a propagandistic whitewashing of bad acts, distortions that become quickly ossified and then endure by virtue of no opposition and the powerful emotions created by death. When a political leader dies, it is irresponsible in the extreme to demand that only praise be permitted but not criticisms.

Whatever else may be true of her, Thatcher engaged in incredibly consequential acts that affected millions of people around the world. She played a key role not only in bringing about the first Gulf War but also using her influence to publicly advocate for the 2003 attack on Iraq. She denounced Nelson Mandela and his ANC as “terrorists”, something even David Cameron ultimately admitted was wrong. She was a steadfast friend to brutal tyrants such as Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein and Indonesian dictator General Suharto (“One of our very best and most valuable friends”). And as my Guardian colleague Seumas Milne detailed last year, “across Britain Thatcher is still hated for the damage she inflicted – and for her political legacy of rampant inequality and greed, privatisation and social breakdown.”

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- Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette by Glenn Greenwald

This is my favourite TV crossover of all time

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:45:27 +0100

This is my favourite TV crossover of all time

"Jenny Lewis proved that you can be a female singer-songwriter in the brutal, self-lacerating..."

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:20:09 +0100

“Jenny Lewis proved that you can be a female singer-songwriter in the brutal, self-lacerating tradition of Liz Phair or Fiona Apple and an avatar for the arts-and-crafty Urban Outfitters set at the same time. Sound familiar? Today the burden of that dichotomy sits most squarely on the shoulders of Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, an artist openly indebted to the music of Rilo Kiley. When Best Coast’s music began to circulate in 2009 and 2010, it sounded uncannily familiar, like the lovelorn Los Angeles ballads of a girl whose music I’d learned about through Livejournal. It turned out I’d been listening to Cosentino since our respective high school days, when she’d upload acoustic tracks under the name Bethany Sharayah. I liked it because it sounded like Rilo Kiley. ‘When I grow up I know that I will be something special/ And the people will know my face/ And call me by my legal name,’ she sung on one called ‘The War of Copy’, mapping out her own trajectory. Cosentino, I learned, never deleted her Livejournal page, even once she became one of the biggest names in popular indie music, worked with Jon Brion or launched a campaign for Urban Outfitters. There she is, still with a bio that reads, ‘It’s hard to celebrate with a headache,’ still a member of a Rilo Kiley fan community.”

- This is a great Rilo Kiley piece by Carrie Battan. (via katherinestasaph)

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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:57:01 +0000

scarletlipscrimsonfingertips: Winona forever.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:54:51 +0000

scarletlipscrimsonfingertips:

Winona forever.

Me this morning re: this week, which is a week just like any...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:39:00 +0000

Me this morning re: this week, which is a week just like any other really, I should sort myself out, but still

New Mad Men is so soon!!!!!!1111!

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:57:47 +0000

New Mad Men is so soon!!!!!!1111!

michaelsobjectified: Daughter - “Perth” (Bon Iver) v “Ready For...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:55:53 +0000

michaelsobjectified:

Daughter - “Perth” (Bon Iver) v “Ready For The Floor” (Hot Chip)

I hope they do this at End of the Road Festival!

Oh this is nice

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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:09:59 +0000

fav of all time ever

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:31:17 +0000

fav of all time ever

Mad Men – 1x01 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 4x07 The Suitcase, 5x11...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:20:02 +0000

Mad Men – 1x01 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 4x07 The Suitcase, 5x11 The Other Woman

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:18:26 +0000

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stryker: 10/10 would crowdfund

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:16:00 +0000

stryker:

10/10 would crowdfund