June 2010
52 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
The Hold Steady (46)
Wavves (30)
Lissie (21)
Grey Area (17)
Kid Dynamite (17)
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Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot streaming at... →
Best new album of the summer so far, says I.
Legendary announcer Andres Cantor's call of the... →
This makes me so bummed about the English-language announcers. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
via joecoscarelli
The Software Buttons You Love Pushing →
Love this idea.
Spent several hours running around town doing tedious errands the other day in neighborhoods I don’t know well, so I was thrilled to finally tap the “Navigate To->Home” button on my GPS when I was done. It got me wondering: what are the software buttons you just can’t help but love to tap, click, or press? An informal poll on Twitter unearthed a bunch of...
“Well, I think the way you feel as a teenager stays with you, forever. I really...”
– Morrissey (via silent sigh) (via spmorrissey) (via longlivethequeen, gone2brb) (via griptape)
“My window is open here in Manhattan, and when the Americans scored, you could...”
– New York Times soccer writer JEFF KLEIN, on the U.S. (or at least New York City) reaction to the U.S.’s 1-0 win over Algeria.
(via inothernews)
(via dpstyles)
Dealing with high whales (errors) as the result of...
twitterstatus:
Dealing with high whales (errors) as the result of high load. Ops and engineering are responding. Also go #usa!
USA USA
What Needs To Happen For The US Team To Advance →
So you know.
If the US wins, they’re through to the round of 16. A win would give us 5 points in the group. With England and Slovenia playing each other, there’s no way both could finish with more points.
If the US loses, they’re out. Ceding three points to Algeria lets them leapfrog us, and we’re unable to catch Slovenia, no matter what they do in their final game.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Dessa (24)
Knapsack (21)
The Gaslight Anthem (18)
Two Door Cinema Club (15)
Sleigh Bells (11)
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“Those are definitely not Trolli Gummi bears in the video because Trolli Gummi...”
– Trolli senior brand manager John Leonardo, protecting the brand from the horrors of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” video (via brianfeldman)
“A seventy-four-year-old woman was arrested this week after pouring a jar of...”
– I wonder if it was an industrial-sized mayo, or just the normal little ones you can get at the grocery store?
The Book Bench: No Donations in the Book Drop, Please : The New Yorker (via housingworksbookstore)
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“I’m not speaking for anybody in the House of Representatives but myself, but I’m...”
– Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward during his opening statement at the House hearing on the oil spill this morning. You stay classy GOP! (via cajunboy) (via soupsoup)
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KiD CuDi – REVOFEV | Hypebeast
Beginning on July 1st, Starbucks will partner with...
Hope this is true!
(via soupsoup)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Sleigh Bells (66)
Best Coast (49)
The Hold Steady (46)
Teenage Fanclub (36)
Arcade Fire (24)
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The Hold Steady - You Can Make Him Like You
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ShoeMall is having a 4-day 20% off Crocs sale plus... →
You’re welcome, everybody.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Nirvana (29)
Sleigh Bells (20)
The National (14)
Samiam (13)
The Promise Ring (13)
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Surfer punches shark then catches wave →
Headline of the week.
“He gave it a good whack he reckons, a good punch and that doesn’t surprise me knowing Mick,” a witness was quoted as saying.
(via dailywhat)
My fave Biggie mashup →
Whoa, this is really good! I want a whole album of this.
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