February 2012
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Feb 8th
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Fake Non-Fiction Best Sellers - Magical Wasteland →
cureforbedbugs: isabelthespy: tomewing: Elbow: The Mysterious Pattern Inside Everything and How It Will Change the Way We Think About the Economy, Health Care, and the Internet What is an “Elbow”? As best-selling science journalist Jonathan Brainer explains, it’s a ubiquitous pattern that looks much like its namesake anatomy: a line moves in one direction and then– suddenly– in another....
Feb 3rd
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“I sometimes have the utopian thought that in a better world, pop music criticism...”
– (Source: n+1) what a terrible opinion.
Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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"A beat this banging could easily overpower a less... →
madeupmemories: This is the weirdest sentence I’ve seen in a while. I’m guessing Tyrone was doing a callback.
Jan 26th
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Jan 22nd
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"I think the reason I find geek culture so... →
alexmacpherson: maura: More at the link, and to all of it: Yes. YES. A victim complex and at the same time a completely unwarranted superiority complex. Also, bad posture.
Jan 22nd
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David's 50 Best Rap Traxx 2011 →
somanyshrimp: #Airhorn #Airhorn #Airhorn Includes zip file of all 50 traxx
Jan 4th
December 2011
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David's Top 20 Rap Tapes of 2011 →
Dec 30th
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Dec 23rd
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“This is not to suggest that we have reached the end of ‘history,’ but rather to...”
– From Jim Collins’ Architectures of Excess, which prefigured Simon Reynolds’ argument in Retromania by about 16 years. In ‘94 it was all about Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, cyberpunk, and Julie Dash films. (via marathonpacks)
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drake motel: Fucking Feelings →
drakemotel: I don’t usually post my feeeeeeelings here; that is a reserve plumbed better by more-experienced souls on the internet. Even the long “e” there in “feeeeeeelings” is a sentiment I’m copying, because I’m not entirely sure how one goes about expressing these things in such an odd, semi-public… Important read.
Dec 8th
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November 2011
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I Got a Promotion →
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Ads go up on Chicago River bridge houses →
txcrew: Quite tacky of you Chicago. yet another reason to hate bank of america
Nov 15th
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Nov 12th
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Ravearchive.com
My dude Adam was recently featured in the BBC’s news magazine for his project keeping track of ’90s rave fliers & tapes at Rave Archive dot com. So congratulations to him. Also, to prove how down he really was, here is dancing in the video for Daft Punk’s “Burnin’” @ 3:09. And make sure to check out the archive, you can catch Thomas Bangalter sets from...
Nov 12th
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Dealing With Your Own Cultural Irrelevance (at Age... →
this piece is like, “i no longer bother to try to be ‘cool’ for people who read tumblr — now i try to be ‘cool’ for people who read the new york times.”
Nov 10th
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The Awl: The McRib as Arbitrage →
willystaley: I wrote about a conspiracy theory that surrounds the elusive McDonald’s sandwich for The Awl. No rap in this one, which is a big step for me!
Nov 8th
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October 2011
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“My deepest impulses are optimistic, an attitude that seems to me as spiritually...”
– Ellen Willis (via jennpelly)
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Oh lord →
Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
Sure Is Fun Watching These Dummies Fight Over the...
celebraterickysargulesh: cordjefferson: I don’t trust the players’ side to make the right choices, because they are saddled with limited intellectual capital. (Sorry, it’s true.) The owners’ side can’t say the same; they should be ashamed.  I don’t fancy myself well-versed in sports writing by any means. Is it standard practice for white writers to call entire populations of mostly black...
Oct 25th
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I did a big piece on Chicago hip-hop for the... →
somanyshrimp: Runs in tomorrow’s print edition. On the Town section. Reblogging myself.
Oct 20th
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this one's for the vacant: kingdrake1: this one’s... →
kingdrake1: this one’s for the vacant: kingdrake1 replied to your post: it’s not wrong to comment on a visual… oldtobegin: kingdrake1 replied to your post: it’s not wrong to comment on a visual aesthetic i disagree with this. the aesthetic & intrinsic value… I think we agree about this — i used white men as an example because I think people are more likely to give them the...
Oct 17th
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this one's for the vacant: kingdrake1 replied to... →
oldtobegin: kingdrake1 replied to your post: it’s not wrong to comment on a visual aesthetic i disagree with this. the aesthetic & intrinsic value are inextricable. sorry, i need to define my terms. when i say “aesthetic value” i am speaking in the context of the conversation i’ve been… i started to expound in a separate post, but I’m not so sure the value of the art and the...
Oct 17th
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