May 2011
13 posts
“I think this record is depressing to you because it makes you feel that you’ve...”
– Liz Phair to Chuck “Guy Among Guys” Klosterman, “The Exile Factor,” Spin, July 15, 2003
This entire interview is golden, meaning filled with Klosterman being the kind of douche for which Liz has no patience, and Liz, in fact, having no patience for him as he tries to bait her into insulting her own...
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““The secret of Adele’s success? No festivals, tweeting - or selling out. Soul...”
– Lefsetz, today, proving my point about “authenticity” arguments being put forth by blowhards. (via shutuplefsetz)
It’s just as I predicted!!
(via maura)
This is bad enough for all the reasons Maura outlined in the Voice the other day. It’s worse for the idea that an individual’s...
“The Internet has developed a tabloid-ish tendency to identify people who...”
– Just North of Something Important: Just don’t look
More truth from Mike Barthel
“For this Sunday’s show, how did you determine which bands would cover which...”
– Paris Review – Michael Azerrad on ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life’, Dawn Chan
(This whole interview is terrific.)
“Everybody knows by now that there’s a gazillion books on me either out or...”
– To my fans and followers | Bob Dylan
(Via the 33 1/3 blog too)
“(My one change is that I don’t think his songs are novelties; I think...”
– A Snack and an Ego Stroke: Me vs. The Crowd at Childish Gambino
I came across this post on Twitter and it hit on something bouncing around my head that I haven’t been able to articulate. I saw the Donald Glover / Childish Gambino show Friday night and came out of it thinking that it was fun...
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“Stipe: I’ve never written a song that’s hopeless. I’m not a...”
– Michael Stipe - Page 4 - Interview Magazine
Hearing Michael Stipe describe this quality in his songwriting, combined with my obsessive love of R.E.M. during my formative years, explains a lot about my taste in art, I think.
This entire interview is terrific too. (Thanks Matthew)
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“If anyone ever tells you that writing is easy for them or writing is fun or...”
– Writer and comedian Julie Klausner on the most recent episode of her podcast (which I have been enjoying a lot), How Was Your Week? (via tessastrain)
Blackbeard Blog: The Unsaid →
blackbeardblog:
Here are some reasons I think of posts I want to make on Tumblr (though most apply to any social network or tool) and then don’t write them.
I don’t find the time.
I decide the post won’t be interesting.
I realise I’m just saying “ditto” and click ‘like’ instead.
I know the post will cause…
Really interesting post about posts that never live, barriers to posting, etc....
