February 2012
5 posts
“‘I like beautiful things, and things that are tough and serious,’ he...”
– Ry Cooder, writer, historian & master of the bottleneck blues. From “Ry Cooder’s American West”; The New York Times, November 2008
1 tag
It T-Shirt Tuesday, Yo.
A graphic tee from that dextrous king of line drawing, Geoff McFetridge
[via Norse Projects]
WatchMy thoughts keep drifting back to the West Texas desert—I’m itching to get out of the city.
(won’t be long, won’t be long)
January 2012
9 posts
“And when it was all over, the king and his retainers burst out laughing.”
– Haruki Murakami, from Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“YOU MUST BE LOOKING FOR NATURAL BEAUTY IN EPHEMERAL FORMS BECAUSE YOU ARE ON...”
– Jenny Holzer, Artist/Mother More here
Song: “Give Up the Ghost” -...
“I thought of it as making these little Chinese boxes, with intricate...”
– -Stephen Colbert, about his first segments for “The Daily Show”
[from How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?; The New York Times Magazine, 1.8.12]
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“Thirty is really the most important age for women…They have to be started...”
– Dawn Powell [more here]
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December 2011
13 posts
“Frull up fizz and unpop a few shortusians or shake a pale of sparkling ice, hear...”
– John Joyce, from Finnegan’s Wake
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From Daniel Handler’s “Essential...
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Violent Barf-Rage, Poofy Couches, and Literacy's...
towirr:
A gentleman named Farhad Manjoo just posted a proudly contrarian article on Slate explaining why independent bookstores are not only irrelevent but maybe even harmful. I work at an independent bookstore, so that’s an argument I’d be very very curious to see made well. Honestly, I know the failings of small booksellers as well as anyone, and it’d be good to see them articulated. But...
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak
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It T-Shirt Tuesday, Yo.
Wear this blueprint! Benny Gold x Staple Design Glider T-Shirt
[link]
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Have a Nice Weekend
Sincerely, Le Corbusier.
[via communedesign]
Pretty & swirly. Doubt it’s what they...
November 2011
11 posts
The Only Accessory You'll Ever Need →
These sometimes plain, sometimes heavily decorated neckties are a symbol of the West, worn with everything from blue jeans to tuxedos. Texas links the bolo to the romanticism of the pioneer era and suggests that anyone who wears one refuses to be bound by convention. New Mexico says they reflect the state’s tri-cultural heritage — a mix of Hispanic, American Indian and Anglo influences....
Mark my words, this song’s about to get real big stateside.
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It T-Shirt Tuesday, Yo.
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Flame on, baby.
[“Memory Loss” - Deltron 3030...
“I didn’t need a blackboard diagram to understand that they hadn’t...”
– James Wolcott, from Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-dirty in Seventies New York
RECURRING NIGHTMARE. Hit replay.
[“Every...
October 2011
21 posts
“Once upon a time, Mister Rogers went to New York City and got caught in the...”
– from Can You Say … “Hero”?, Tom Junod’s account of a visit to Mister Rogers’ neighborhood
IT’S FRIDAY, Y’ALL…keep it classy this weekend!
quiet, quiet…building up…louder,...
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It T-Shirt Tuesday, Yo.
Club Med, y’all.
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[“Yea Yea Yea Baby” - Stranger Cole...
Always a Little More Than You Had Hoped For; or,...
It occurs to me that there are other towns. It occurs to me so violently that I say, at intervals, “Very well, if New York is going to be like this, I’m going to live somewhere else.” And I do — that’s the funny part of it. But then one day there comes to me the sharp picture of New York at its best, on a shiny blue-and-white Autumn day with its buildings cut...
“Nearly all of art history is about trying to identify the source of value in...”
– Brian Eno, from “A Big Theory of Culture”