July 2009
116 posts
Vampires Vamps and Va Va Voom: Recordings and... →
A series of lectures about Vampires in pop culture. There’s at least one about the Buffyverse. After I finish my work for today I’m rewarding myself with an enhanced MP4 slideshow of this.
Vampires AND education ? Swoon.
(I found this via The Autueurs by the way, I wasn’t just cruising around looking for lectures on Buffy)
listening to "Paul Baribeau - strawberry" →
Let Paul Baribeau help you over the mid-week hump.
To say that you are cute would be like saying that a strawberry is sweet, cos a...
– Paul Baribeau (via owlsgo)
Paul Baribeau is maybe the only thing that’s capable of getting me off my Weakerthans kick today…
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Mourning the Death of Handwriting →
Although I spend about 15 hours of my day in front of a computer I also continually write in a notebook, and take one everywhere I go. Handwriting is important kids. I still judge people on it.
nerdology
People born after 1980 tend to have a distinctive style of handwriting: a little bit sloppy, a little bit childish and almost never in cursive. The knee-jerk explanation is that computers are...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
Jawbreaker (132)
Neko Case (128)
Dear Landlord (97)
Frontier Ruckus (78)
Death Cab for Cutie (76)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic
– Life After God, Douglas Coupland.
listening to "Against Me! - Pints Of Guinness Make... →
I find classic Against Me! particularly motivational on “meh” Thursdays….
It would’ve been nice if any of the live feeds had been working properly. Made staying up til 3 worthwhile. My favourite part is the dude who says “Once you’ve seen it, you get hooked for life” Hooked on what? Eclipses?
Anyway, that’s the solar eclipse done. One more Lunar on August 5th and the triple eclipse month is over. Try avoiding making decisions, see where it...
Someone buy this for me please. →
I’m still not a goth. Yes, I’m looking at you Marshall.
Oh, and just so we’re clear, I meant the Merlot.
Movie Review Haiku - 500 Days of Summer →
I love how manic-pixie-dream-girl has entered the vernacular. Does this mean that all people that watch indie rom coms read AV club?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19) →
The Gaslight Anthem (144)
Lucero (97)
Rilo Kiley (85)
Scott H. Biram (64)
She & Him (54)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A couple of times he called the second he’d finished reading a novel and just...
– Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli (via thoughtsdetained)
I, like, totally have Angela Chase syndrome, you... →
new Lucero single is streaming! →
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