January 2009
Finally, a review of "Reborn" in the Sunday Times... →
(via trishtumbles)
Understatement of the year from her son: “For that matter, “at least in her later life, my mother was not in any way a self-revealing person. In particular, she avoided to the extent she could, without denying it, any discussion of her own homosexuality…”
DeathCulture@Sea/Anodyne (Or, fun with Saturday...
mikedressel:
Cocteau Twins — “Heaven or Las...
Lush/”Hey Hey Helen” because we were...
Morrissey (Almost) Reveals His Arsenal (NSFW) →
numbersixspeaks:
wooliebear:
Have you ever wondered what Morrissey looks like nearly nude? Thanks to the inner sleeve of Mozzer’s single for “Paris,” your fantasies involving him, and his backing band, wearing nothing but a few inches of vinyl can have actual images to go along with them. The (probably NSFW) shot after the jump. HT Nick Eddy
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Ride, “Vapour Trail” (For some reason...
Republican Nightmare, Also
sheilamcclear:
Dennis Leary was right: the “N” in “NyQuil” really does stand for “nightmare.” One dose and I’m having dreams about dismemberment and medical-factories. “Big N, little Y, biiiiig fuckin’ Q…” Relatedly, have no idea what Obama is doing at the moment (sure he’s busy), but hope that he truly is not fucking around when it comes to healthcare.
The sad thing about this is that you could...
“At Yankee Stadium, the latest cost estimate for replacement parks has gone from...”
– Another reason why this stadium is a complete disaster (are you listening, FBI/DOJ?)
“All at once, with the same force that one can find oneself head over heels in...”
– Bright Year on BF troubles.
O.A.B.B.C., you are providing society with a much... →
“But, while there’s no greater Celeb / Trend Whore on TV than Miss O, when...”
– Commenter Leland Frances on Queerty
“As [Ted] Haggard attempts to rehabilitate his image and promote the film, it’s...”
– Kevin Naff (via)
Julia Allison will attend the World Economic... →
mattgaymon:
conorgriff:
Was literally no one else available?
I hope they let her mispronounce “Davos” all week.
I was like: ha ha, stupid Julia Allison/WEF until I realized that I’m probably mispronouncing “Davos” too.
“In other words, not only is mortality beyond our control, but practically...”
– MSnowe. (Schopenhauer went a step further than this to show how the world doesn’t exist outside of our consciousness.)
"There we go." →
hman:
matthewgallaway:
hman:
All it took, at long last, was a few strokes of a pen.
Scribble scribble. “There we go,” President Obama said yesterday as he ordered the closure, within a year, of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Scribble scribble. “There you go,” he said, as he definitively banned torture.
And with that, the United States reclaimed its place among nations that respect...
"There we go." →
hman:
All it took, at long last, was a few strokes of a pen.
Scribble scribble. “There we go,” President Obama said yesterday as he ordered the closure, within a year, of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Scribble scribble. “There you go,” he said, as he definitively banned torture.
And with that, the United States reclaimed its place among nations that respect the rule of law and human...
“But there was more to being an intellectual than a manner of speaking, more even...”
– Richard Yates, The Easter Parade
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This was also like the indie-rock scene circa 1995-97 in New York City. Oh, and junior high circa 1980-81. And life now of course everywhere outside of Washington Heights.
Saturnine 60
hman:
Hey Matthew G.,
I was going through some old records and I actually have a 7” record by Saturnine 60 - “Gaze” b/w “Retreating” - it’s clear vinyl. But yes, you’re right, I bought it thinking it was the other Saturnine.
Sorry about that! Basically it took us forever to come up with a name, and one day I saw “saturnine” used in a movie review, and I was like...
“i know obama will disappoint me, i know that he is not progessive, i know that...”
– Tangerines In a Red Net Bag
Watchmattgaymon:
“It remains to be seen if the Wheel will catch on in the business world where people use computers for actual work and not just dicking around.”
Just what the doctor ordered on a Tuesday morning at work after a long weekend.
Inaugurating Multiculturalist White Supremacy - ie... →
mattgaymon:
“Living in a history of racism, genocide, and everyday suffering is a heavy thing, and moments of optimism are preciously rare. This is why the historical burden is multiplied for those who care to address the euphoria with a different kind of urgency: to move against the visceral sentimentality of the moment and insist, over and over again, that optimism endorses terror when its...
“Not that Obama should have denied himself (and his supporters) a bit of grandeur...”
– I don’t usually love Heilemann, but I agree with him here to the extent that this inauguration feels very much like “business as usual,” and is therefore a squandered opportunity. (Granted, I’m watching from afar, so maybe those up close have a different perspective.)
Happily Ever AFTAH
hman:
So, it seems that in conjunction with the Inauguration and Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, a splinter group of sorts had planned and reserved space for a shindig at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Washington last night.
A completely sane and reasonable group from Illinois called Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, or AFTAH, (um, their website is totally NSFW. Hell, it may not even...
“The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from...”
– Carson McCullers (via athertonbartelby)
I feel like there’s a Carson McCullers resurgence lately, which is great!
“At the root of our current national dilemmas is an accepted lack of integrity....”
– Wynton Marsalis (via Alex Ross).
Bailout Is a Windfall to Banks, if Not to... →
This has very much been my experience trying to refinance in Manhattan. Banks are basically like: “fuck you very much for stopping by!”
The Worst of the Web 2008 →
(via.)