November 2011
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BOOKS I WANT
Swamplandia!
Middlesex & The Virgin Suicides
The Keep
IQ84
The Pale King
The Brothers K
Chavs
take note, friendosss
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I was not only twenty-three but a conspicuously retarded twenty-three.
– J.D. Salinger in ”Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters”
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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.
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L.A. is the apocalypse: it’s you and a bunch of parking lots. No...
– BLDG BLOG
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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...
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"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.
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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)