February 2010
88 posts
“When a story about a politician mentions his driver, it usually does not end...”
– Susan Dominus
SNOW DAY
“I’m so happy ‘cause today I found my friends, they’re in my head.”
– Nirvana
new york times | Evidence That Little Touches Do... →
In a paper due out this year in the journal Emotion, Mr. Kraus and his co-authors, Cassy Huang and Dr. Keltner, report that with a few exceptions, good teams tended to be touchier than bad ones. The most touch-bonded teams were the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, currently two of the league’s top teams; at the bottom were the mediocre Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Bobcats.
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21) →
Hot Chip (15)
Sade (12)
Charlotte Gainsbourg (10)
The xx (8)
Musiq Soulchild (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to...”
– Jack Kerouac
Watch
This is Michelle Trachtenberg rapping Nicki Minaj’s verse from Robin Thicke’s “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy,” while traveling through the Holland Tunnel and being filmed by James Van Der Beek. So, basically, the best thing that ever happened.
Cannot stop watching this; thanks for the heads up, Ugi.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
Hot Chip (22)
Sleigh Bells (12)
The Phenomenal Handclap Band (7)
Charlotte Gainsbourg (6)
Yeasayer (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
What U Want : Lupe Fiasco + via Fader
Oh so...
WatchBaby : Phenomenal Handclap Band
Takes me back to summer; saw them do a rocking good-time show at Santos
SO THIS IS IT THEN // YOU'RE HERE TO WIN FRIEND //...
“Maybe you should shave your heart into a vagina?”
– Brainstorming for Valentine’s Day goes oh so wrong.
My Old Man - Joni Mitchell
“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
– Walker Evans
