July 2010
23 posts
God Strike Me Dead
whatwillsuffice:
But the Eat, Pray, Love trailers are not annoying me nearly as much as they seem to be annoying other people. Perhaps this is due to a lifelong susceptibility to Julia Roberts that I cannot intellectually defend, or maybe it’s just that I can forgive Javier Bardem the world. Or maybe it’s because they shot part of the movie - I imagine the New York part, but who the hell knows...
Let’s get up early now / Drive clear into the day / Let’s get out of...
– When Mac Was Swimming by The Innocence Mission
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Sarah Jaffe (117)
The Innocence Mission (45)
The Roots (22)
Polly Paulusma (19)
Bon Iver (16)
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On Courage
Even in the face of love lost, hope remains in some form. For those who lose hope entirely lack the will to live. Rather, it is courage that is diminished, and it is this that we must find and cultivate in order to love again.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
Laura Marling (27)
Iron & Wine (14)
Best Coast (12)
Beirut (11)
Sun Kil Moon (11)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Free Energy (58)
Best Coast (54)
Local Natives (27)
Vampire Weekend (22)
Laura Marling (12)
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We guard the safety of the great hope of our souls.
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Quarry Hymns by Land of Talk
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
The Roots (36)
The Innocence Mission (34)
Slow Club (33)
Local Natives (18)
Best Coast (16)
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Remember, remember, the 4th of July.
In my America there is great independent music, dancing, and imbibing; cupcakes and midnight pizza; conversations of girlfriends past; flirtatious text conversations with girls you’ve known for years but didn’t date for myriad reasons; food that makes you salivate; friends of pleasure, and friends of mutual virtue; a pre-birthday celebration of special magnificence with people you...
Pulaski House
This was to be our summer of love. Pulaski was halfway house for broken hearted souls whose dreams would fade while fireflies flickered amongst innumerable conversations of weary desires that had yet to find any foothold in reality.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Best Coast (33)
Local Natives (32)
North Highlands (30)
The Innocence Mission (24)
Thao (20)
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