November 2011
17 posts
2 tags
BOOKS I WANT
Swamplandia! Middlesex & The Virgin Suicides The Keep IQ84 The Pale King The Brothers K Chavs take note, friendosss
Nov 30th
3 tags
“I was not only twenty-three but a conspicuously retarded twenty-three.”
– J.D. Salinger in ”Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters”
Nov 29th
2 notes
3 tags
Nov 25th
17 notes
4 tags
Nov 25th
39 notes
3 tags
Nov 25th
8 notes
2 tags
Listen“Sir Duke” by Stevie Wonder, that horn...
Nov 23rd
1 note
2 tags
“You came out from your register to help me get washing gloves during the p.m....”
– Oh lord, this missed connection is just not quite extreme enough to be a joke, right? Jesus Christ the world we live in. 
Nov 11th
2 tags
Nov 11th
28,455 notes
3 tags
“L.A. is the apocalypse: it’s you and a bunch of parking lots. No...”
– BLDG BLOG
Nov 10th
2 notes
3 tags
Nov 8th
3 notes
5 tags
Nov 8th
10 notes
3 tags
Nov 7th
9 notes
4 tags
Nov 7th
2 notes
6 tags
how i waste my days off
Little kids talking about stuff in songs is way more effective / way less annoyingly precious when it’s not scripted.  Proof: “A Ghost Story” by Atlas Sound— somewhat nonsensical, utterly charming. “Aminals” by Baths — sweet, spontaneous musings re: animals. Does not get old. “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” by M83 — clearly written by an...
Nov 7th
4 tags
"Tenth of December" by George Saunders →
A 52-year-old author just nailing the logic of a smart kid’s internal narrative. Not sentimental, not saccharine, just inventively and gracefully and satisfyingly detailed. 
Nov 7th
5 tags
Nov 4th
10 notes
1 tag
“One of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty one and even twenty three...”
– Joan Didion, Goodbye To All That, 1968. (via xelvinn) [interview here] (via nprfreshair)
Nov 3rd
468 notes